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Gilbert Nash
1825–1888
A 19th-century Massachusetts writer remembered for both poetry and local history, he left behind a vivid record of Weymouth’s past. His work moves between lyrical verse and careful historical collecting, giving modern readers a sense of both place and period.
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Wessagusset and Weymouth
by Charles Francis Adams, Charles Francis Adams, Gilbert Nash
About the author
Gilbert Nash was an American writer born in 1825 and died in 1888. Surviving catalog and archival records connect him most clearly with Weymouth, Massachusetts, where he became known as a local historian as well as a poet.
His best-known historical work is Historical Sketch of the Town of Weymouth, Massachusetts, from 1622 to 1884, published in 1885 under the auspices of the Weymouth Historical Society. Contemporary materials from the society describe the book as a careful compilation, and it remains an important source for readers interested in the town’s early history.
Nash also wrote poetry. His collection Bay Leaves: And Other Poems was published in 1870, showing a different side of his writing life—more reflective and literary, but still rooted in the language and concerns of his century. No suitable confirmed portrait image was found in the sources reviewed here.