Cape Cod, new & old . Chapter IVBARNSTABLE —THE COUNTY SEAT ^ IF you should imagine a long picture gal-lery — three centuries long, and as wideas from the Atlantic to the Pacific — hungwith American types, from the Indian and thePuritan to the twentieth-century businessman, you would, if you had a correct view ofsuch a gallery, notice that not an inconsider-able portion of it would be occupied by theNew England type, in various phases of itsdevelopment. And you would be struck byeven a more detailed classification: the CapeCod type. Perhaps, however, in order to studythis specialized group, it

Cape Cod, new & old . Chapter IVBARNSTABLE —THE COUNTY SEAT ^ IF you should imagine a long picture gal-lery — three centuries long, and as wideas from the Atlantic to the Pacific — hungwith American types, from the Indian and thePuritan to the twentieth-century businessman, you would, if you had a correct view ofsuch a gallery, notice that not an inconsider-able portion of it would be occupied by theNew England type, in various phases of itsdevelopment. And you would be struck byeven a more detailed classification: the CapeCod type. Perhaps, however, in order to studythis specialized group, it Stock Photo

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Cape Cod, new & old . Chapter IVBARNSTABLE —THE COUNTY SEAT ^ IF you should imagine a long picture gal-lery — three centuries long, and as wideas from the Atlantic to the Pacific — hungwith American types, from the Indian and thePuritan to the twentieth-century businessman, you would, if you had a correct view ofsuch a gallery, notice that not an inconsider-able portion of it would be occupied by theNew England type, in various phases of itsdevelopment. And you would be struck byeven a more detailed classification: the CapeCod type. Perhaps, however, in order to studythis specialized group, it would be better totransfer our imaginations from a national pic-ture gallery to a local one; and what more suit- 40 CAPE COD NEW AND OLD able place than the gracious and sedate countyseat of Barnstable? Barnstable has been the home of many dis-q^<=-foi^jiingxiished men: Jame^ Otis, Samuel A. Otis(member of Congress and father of HarrisonGray Otis), Solicitor-General Davis, SamuelShaw, Mr. Palfrey (the histor

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