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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 13: civil History. (search)
ted from its former obligation, it was manifestly only for a short time. Again, Oct. 25, 1733, the bridge having been very thoroughly and effectually repaired, after a large portion of it had been carried away by the ice, the Court granted to Cambridge, £ 117 16s., to Newton, £ 100, and to Lexington, £ 82 4s., in all £ 300, Mass. Rec., XV. 4 53. On the 28th of the following January the town voted thanks to the General Court for the aid rendered; and also to Col. Jacob Wendell Esq. and Mr. Craddock for their kindness to us in procuring and collecting a very bountiful subscription for us, to encourage and enable us to go through the charge of the repair of our Great Bridge. in consideration of their extraordinary expense; and on the 22d of June, 1734, Voted, that three thousand acres of the unappropriated lands of the Province be and hereby are granted to the towns of Cambridge, Newton, and Lexington, to enable them forever hereafter at their own cost and charge, to keep, amend, an