MA-005 Appletons Pulput

Marker text: APPLETON'S PULPUT

In 1687 Major Appleton of Ipswich made a speech on this rock denouncing the tyranny of the Royal Governor, Sir Edmund Andros. A watch was stationed on the hill to give warning of any approach of the Crown Officers.

Massachusetts Bay Colony-Tercentenary Commission.

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Location: Appleton St, east of Central St., Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetta

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