Riverside in Cambridge in Middlesex County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)
Simon and Anne Bradstreet
Erected by Cambridge Historical Commission.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • Women.
Location. 42° 22.401′ N, 71° 7.149′ W. Marker is in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County. It is in Riverside. It is at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue (Route 2A) and Brattle Street, on the left when traveling west on Massachusetts Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1380 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge MA 02138, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater Boston. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
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1. Simon Bradstreet. Excerpt:
After a brief stay in Boston, Bradstreet made his first residence in Newtowne (later renamed Cambridge), near the Dudleys in what is now Harvard Square. In 1637, during the Antinomian Controversy, he was one of the magistrates that sat at the trial of Anne Hutchinson, and voted for her banishment from the colony. In 1639, he was granted land in Salem, near that of John Endecott. He lived there for a time, moving in 1634 to Ipswich before becoming one of the founding settlers(Submitted on June 30, 2024, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan.)of Andover in 1648.
2. Anne Bradstreet. Excerpt:
Anne Bradstreet's education gave her advantages that allowed her to write with authority about politics, history, medicine, and theology. Her personal library of books was said to have numbered over 800, although many were destroyed when her home burned down. This event itself inspired a poem titled "Upon the Burning of Our House July 10th, 1666". At first, she rejects the anger and grief that this worldly tragedy has caused her; she looks toward God and the assurance of heaven as consolation, saying:(Submitted on June 30, 2024, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan.)
And when I could no longer look,
I blest His grace that gave and took,
That laid my goods now in the dust.
Yea, so it was, and so 'twas just.
It was his own; it was not mine.
Far be it that I should repine.
By Henry W. Smith - New York Public Library Digital Collection , Public Domain, https://commons.w, circa 1854
3. Simon Bradstreet
By Edmund H. Garrett - http://commonplace.online/article/humble-assertions-the-true-story-of-anne-br, circa 1898
4. Anne Bradstreet
No portrait of Anne was made during her lifetime
Photographed by R.J. OHara, June 16, 2025
5. Bradstreet Marker in Harvard Square
Credits. This page was last revised on July 7, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 2, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 521 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 2, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 3, 4. submitted on June 30, 2024, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. 5. submitted on July 6, 2025, by R.J. OHara of Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
