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Charlestown, Boston
Charlestown
is the oldest
neighborhood
in
Boston
,
Massachusetts
,
United States
. Originally called Mishawum by the
Massachusett
, it is located on a
peninsula
north of the
Charles River
, across from downtown Boston, and also adjoins the
Mystic River
and
Boston Harbor
. Charlestown was laid out in 1629 by engineer Thomas Graves, one of its early settlers, in the reign of
Charles I of England
. It was originally a separate town and the first capital of the
Massachusetts Bay Colony
.
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