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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 197 197 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 23 23 Browse Search
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George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 18 18 Browse Search
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard) 15 15 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 13 13 Browse Search
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks) 11 11 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 10 10 Browse Search
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. 9 9 Browse Search
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman) 7 7 Browse Search
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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 2: (search)
4, the town opposed the opening of a road from the Charlestown Road, at the foot of Winter Hill, to Cragie's Bridge in East Cambridge. A long and warm debate concerning this project prevailed for a considerable time; but, at length, the patrons of the measure succeeded, and the road was opened. For twenty years, it proved to be, what the town foretold it would be, an almost unused highway. Even now, it diverts very little travel from the better and shorter routes through Charlestown. In 1818, the town voted to expend one hundred dollars in repairing the roads; in 1831, voted three hundred dollars; in 1840, voted one thousand dollars; in 1850, voted fifteen hundred dollars. Appended to the vote of 1840 was this prohibition: None but inhabitants shall be allowed to work in repairing the roads; and each inhabitant shall have the same right and opportunity of working out his highway tax. In 1831, the Lowell Railroad was laid out through Medford, creating no small opposition in som
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 3: (search)
ed and seventy-eight dollars fifty-nine cents. The inhabitants voted, April 3, 1837, to receive it according to the terms of the grant, and to use it in paying the debts and expenses of the town. It may be interesting to compare the expenses of 1818 and 1855. They are as follows. For 1818:-- Minister's salary and grant of wood$500.00 Poor1,225.46 Paid Charlestown for paupers241.00 Roads507.63 Schools740.00 Abatement of taxes258.47 Town-officers150.00 Collecting taxes270.00 Expens1818:-- Minister's salary and grant of wood$500.00 Poor1,225.46 Paid Charlestown for paupers241.00 Roads507.63 Schools740.00 Abatement of taxes258.47 Town-officers150.00 Collecting taxes270.00 Expenses for opposing a new road150.00 Interest on town-debt141.00 For injury of horse on drawbridge50.00 Sexton, $25.00; Miscellaneous expenses, $94.56119.56    $4,353.12 The expenses from Feb. 15, 1854, to Feb. 15, 1855, were as follows:-- Public schools$7,138.82 Highways2,031.10 Bridges37.71 Street lamps192.27 Poor — alms-house3,571.86 Fire department2,046.04 Salaries and fees1,482.67 Miscellaneous expenses3,123.09 Notes payable and interest paid5,284.00 Amount of town and cou
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 4: (search)
nry B. Stanton57. Nov. 9, 1846.Daniel P. King157.  George W. Dike156.  Increase H. Brown12. Nov. 13, 1848.Daniel P. King244.  Robert Rantoul, jun200.  Caleb Stetson70. Nov. 11, 1850.Charles W. Upham232.  Robert Rantoul, jun217.  Samuel E. Sewall64. Nov. 8, 1852.Francis B. Fay200.  George Hood192.  John B. Alley64.  George Osborn62. Nov. 13, 1854.Nathaniel P. Banks470.  Luther V. Bell136. Councillors and Senators. John Brooks, Councillor1812. P. C. Brooks, Councillor1818. Timothy Bigelow, Councillor1820. James M. Usher, Senator,1851. Sanford B. Perry, Senator,1852. E. C. Baker, Senator,1855. Representatives of Medford in the General Court. Peter Tuftschosen1689. Peter Tufts1690. Nathaniel Wade1692. Peter Tufts1694. Thomas Willis1703. Ebenezer Brooks1704. Thomas Willis1705. Stephen Willis1708. Thomas Tufts1714. Peter Tufts1715. Thomas Tufts1718. John Bradshaw1722. Samuel Brooks1723. John Allfordchosen1726. Benjamin Willis1730.
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 5: (search)
86 to 1790. Name unknown1790-1798. Andrew Hall1798-1803. Ebenezer Hall, jun1803-1806. Nehemiah Wyman, of Charlestown1806-1808. Caleb Blanchard1808-1809. John Cutter1809-1811. Ephraim Bailey1811-1814. J. P. Clisby1814-1815. Thomas Shed1815-1818. Gersham Cutter1818-1821. John P. Bigelow1821-1823. Martin Burrage1823-1824. Edmund Symnes1824-1827. On the 11th of January, 1828, it resigned its commission, and has never been revived. For the first twenty-five years of its existence, 1818-1821. John P. Bigelow1821-1823. Martin Burrage1823-1824. Edmund Symnes1824-1827. On the 11th of January, 1828, it resigned its commission, and has never been revived. For the first twenty-five years of its existence, this company stood among the first for celerity and grace of drill-exercise and martial manoeuvre. It felt that it had a sort of brigade character to sustain; and the ambitious young men of Medford joined heartily to make it the banner corps of the county. In the war of 1812, this company was called to guard the powder-house, and did duty there for some weeks. The zeal for military display declined after 1814, and there was only an annual training for keeping up the show of warlike prepar
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 8: Education. (search)
march of armies or the sailing of fleets; for they laid well the first foundation-stones of that immortal edifice,--human character. Since 1799, a law had existed in the town, pledging it to pay for the instruction of poor children at the dame schools. Whittling seems native to New England boys. March 7, 1808, the town voted to repair the seats and benches in the schoolhouse. In 1817, female teachers for the female department were preferred. They taught through six months only. In 1818, when Medford had two hundred and two families, the expenses of the schools were as follows :-- Master for one year, at $20 per month$240 Board for the same, at $3 per week156 Master four months, at $20 per month80 Board for the same, at $3 per week52 Three female teachers twenty-five weeks each, at $4300 Rent for schoolhouses for female schools45    $873 April 7, 1823: Voted to build a new schoolhouse on the front line of the burying-place. Nov. 1, 1824: Voted to divide the
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 10: trade. (search)
he baking business with Captain Ebenezer Hall, in Medford. After acting as his foreman for some years, he set up for himself in West Cambridge (then called Menotomy), where he remained two years, when Captain Hall came to him, and proposed to him to return to Medford, and take his bakehouse and business, and carry it on for himself. This he agreed to do. Thus Mr. Francis, in 1797, found himself in Medford, doing a good business in the place of his master. In that business he continued till 1818, without intermission, and accumulated a comfortable property. He early gave the energies of an active mind to the invention of a new kind of cracker. He well knew that the quality of the flour demanded his first scrutiny; and so skilful had he become in the examination of that article, that he cared nothing about its marks or popularity. He would tell the true price in a few moments, and was never known to select a bad barrel. In the manufacture of his bread, every component part was per
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), chapter 18 (search)
on, b. Apr. 30, 1778. 1-2TIMOTHY Dexter m. Ruth----, and had--  2-7Timothy, b. Dec. 4, 1794; d. May 10, 1823.  8Samuel Webster, b. Nov. 2, 1796; m. Ann Whitney, 1818.  9 Anson, b. Oct. 28, 1798; m.1. Sarah Brigham, 1822. 2. Lucy Richards, 1835. 3. Sarah Joselyn, 1839.  10Nancy S., b. Aug. 8, 1800; m. John W. Durgin, ho d. in 1747; 2d, Rebecca, dau. of Capt. Ralph Hart, by whom he had three sons and five daughters.  1-2Joseph Howe, jun., b. of the above, in 1753, d. in Boston, 1818. He m., 1st, Sarah Davis, 1776, by whom he had three sons; 2d, Margaret Cotton, in 1787,--issue, one daughter; and, 3d, Sarah Simpson, 1789,--issue, one son and t Tufts m. Sarah Miller, and had--  147-222Sarah Elizabeth, b. 1811; m. Andrew B. Kidder.  223Mary Tapley, b. 1813; d. 1833.  224Martha, b. 1815.  225Nathan, b. 1818; m. Mary Jane Fitz.  226Marcellus, b. 1820; d. 1822.  227Hannah Johnson, b. 1822; m. Dr. Chauncey Booth.  228Daniel, b. 1825; d. 1825.  229Francis, b. 18