The first lighthouse in America was given the green light to be built at Little Brewster Island, Massachusetts.
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The Richard Fairbanks Tavern and Post Office in Massachusetts became the first American colonial post office.
Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island, arrived from England in the Massachusetts Bay Colony to become a minister in a Boston church.
The Mayflower, filled with Puritan Pilgrims, spotted land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
The first polar bear in America was exhibited in Boston.
Innocent Bridget Bishop was the first person to be trialed and hung for witchcraft in Massachusetts, US.
