CAMBRIDGE, MASS.,
\kˈe͡ɪmbɹɪd͡ʒ], \kˈeɪmbɹɪdʒ], \k_ˈeɪ_m_b_ɹ_ɪ_dʒ]\
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was settled by colonists under Governor Winthrop in 1630, and first called Newtown. The American army occupied Cambridge during the period while the British held Boston. The city was incorporated in 1846. Harvard College was founded here in 1636.
By John Franklin Jameson
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