Charlestown

[ chahrlz-toun ]

/ ˈtʃɑrlzˌtaʊn /

a former city in E Massachusetts: since 1874 a part of Boston; navy yard; battle of Bunker Hill June 17, 1775.

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Families would move to Charlestown to be closer to the incarcerated, creating a cycle of crime.
Prepping for the Oscars on DVD|Marlow Stern|January 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST
We started early in the morning, and by noon I was duly delivered to the warden at Charlestown prison.
Seven Wives and Seven Prisons|L.A. Abbott
We went back to Charlestown, where, after waiting a little, we crossed over about three o'clock.
Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680|Jasper Danckaerts
Northward, across the water, the lights of Charlestown glimmered through a thin fog.
Cardigan|Robert W. Chambers

I was sent to Charlestown after you left for Camden and was stationed there for some months.
Peggy Owen at Yorktown|Lucy Foster Madison
Sheridan's force did not move for two days when the 28th, the army marched to Charlestown.
History of the Twelfth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry|William Hewitt