Tablet Rock is located at Stage Fort Park. The rock features inscriptions commemorating the early settlers of Gloucester and is a significant historical landmark in the area.

Inscription reads:
ON THIS SITE IN
1623
A COMPANY OF FISHERMEN AND FARMERS FROM DORCHESTER ENG.
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF REV. JOHN WHITE FOUNDED
THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY
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FROM THAT TIME THE FISHERIES THE OLDEST INDUSTRY IN THE COMMONWEALTH
HAVE BEEN UNINTERRUPTEDLY PURSUED FROM THIS PORT
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HERE IN 1625 GOV. ROGER CONANT BY WISE DIPLOMACY
AVERTED BLOODSHED BETWEEN CONTENDING FACTIONS
ONE LED BY MYLES STANDISH OF PLYMOUTH
THE OTHER BY CAPT. HEWES
A NOTABLE EXEMPLIFICATION OF ARBITRATION
IN THE BEGINNINGS OF NEW ENGLAND
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PLACED BY THE CITIZENS OF GLOUCESTER 1907