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Edmund Fowle House - The Edmund Fowle House (early 1740s) is located at 26 Marshall Street, Watertown, Massachusetts, and believed to be the second oldest surviving house in Watertown. (The Browne House is older.
Treaty of Watertown - The Treaty of Watertown, the first foreign treaty concluded by the United States of America after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, was signed on July 19, 1776 in the Edmund Fowle House in the town of Watertown, Massachusetts Bay. The treaty established a military alliance between the United States and the St.
Browne House - The Abraham Browne House (built circa 1694-1701) is a colonial house located at 562 Main Street, Watertown, Massachusetts. It is now a nonprofit museum operated by Historic New England and open to the public two afternoons per year.
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