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Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct., chapter 4 (search)
e, Cambridge.—1 Sam. XVII. 38, 39. See Whitman's Hist. Art. Co., 2d Ed. p. 299. Probably not printed. 1754 Nov. 25, 1754, it was voted to adjourn the meeting to the house of Mr. Thomas Adams, innholder in this Precinct. 1755 Galleries in the meeting-house, and the custom of dignifying the pews mentioned. New seats over the gallery stairs made for the negroes to sit in. 1756 Sept. 26, Mr. Cooke preached a sermon from 2 Chron. 34:28, which he delivered at Lexington on April 24, 1757. It contains this passage: And I believe it may be said of New England, notwithstanding our advantages and high profession, that in point of morality, we are much worse than the Indians in the darkest corners of this land. This is awful to think of, but must be allowed by all who perceive the abominations which are committed among us. Multitudes of vices are common among us, which are hardly so much as named or known among these poor heathen, except those who have learned them from