Comments on: Winter Clamming and Lowell’s Point

By: Charlie

Charlie — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 18:43:41 +0000

“In order to sustain themselves” . . . . . . . I am often struck by the choice of words by legislative and judiciary folks in their rulings, not to mention lawyers, and the ways in which such imprecise language might cause headaches down the ages. A classic example would be the Second Amendment. I challenge any fair-minded and unbiased observer to read this and tell us all what it really means. I feel the good folk who hand down these rulings seldom give a thought to future interpretations.

In the case of the Wampanoags, “sustenance might have originally meant physical sustenance (i.e., food) but could later be interpreted to mean commercial sustenance and maybe even spiritual and emotional sustenance. In this case were I asked for my opinion, I would have to confess that I am a “fence-sitter.”

By: David Churbuck

David Churbuck — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:22:27 +0000

Thanks Jim for the correction. So was AL Lowell a Cotuit summer resident at all? I wonder if Chatfield family legend that Abbot befriends Thomas is correct, or if indeed it was George….and how curious that his father-in-law would also be a Lowell! Brahmin incest?

I owe you a phone call
dc

By: Jim Gould

Jim Gould — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 02:46:17 +0000

The official US board of geographical names does not list Lowell or Lowell’s Point, nor Codman’s (it’s officially Bluff Point), nor Handy’s as some maps show (but Handy Point). Call it what you will, but all of the old maps show it as the residence of George Gardner Lowell, the president’s father-in-law, who should probably be credited with the name.