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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 5: civil History. (search)
ge, 350 acres; severally about the outside of the bounds between Watertowne, Concord, and Charlestowne. During this period, the General Court passed several orders, affecting the comfort and prosperity of the people dwelling here:— Oct. 28, 1636. The Court agreed to give 400l. towards a school or college, whereof 200l. to be paid the next year, and 200l. when the work is finished, and the next Court to appoint where and what building. Mass. Col. Rec., i. 183. President Quincy (Hist. Harv. Coll., i. 1), states that this foundation of the College was laid Sept. 8, 1636, overlooking the fact that the General Court, which met on that day, adjourned until October, and made this grant on the 28th day of that month. The College was ordered to be established at Newtown, Nov. 15, 1637, and the town granted to the Professor 2 2/3 acres of land, on which Holworthy, Stoughton, and Hollis Halls are supposed to stand. This grant to the Professor, made May 11, 1638, is defined on the reco
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 15: ecclesiastical History. (search)
ferent times have been assembled within its walls. Washington and his brother patriots in arms there worshipped, during the investment of Boston by the Provincial army, in 1775. In 1779, the delegates from the towns of Massachusetts there met and framed the Constitution of the Commonwealth, which the people of that State ratified in 1780. There Lafayette, on his triumphal visit to the United States, in 1824, was eloquently welcomed, during the presidency of Dr. Kirkland. Quincy's Hist. Harv. Univ., II. 463. Long before the triumphal visit of Lafayette, and several years before the erection of this famous edifice, another distinguished foreigner, Rev. George Whitefield, visited America, creating nearly as much excitement as Lafayette himself; with this difference, however, that while all united to honor the one, the other was vehemently applauded by some and resolutely and sternly opposed by others. Without discussing the subject in controversy between him and his opposers,
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
with Holyoke, who, about a month later, was elected by unanimous vote. He was removed from his Professorship a year afterwards. He held his office ten years and five months (from the time of his inauguration), and might have continued to hold it, with credit to himself and benefit to the College, had his wisdom and firmness been equal to his acknowledged abilities. Little is known of him after his dismission. He went to Charleston, S. C., and there he died Oct. 22, 1745. Peirce's Hist. Harv. Univ. Griffith, Henry, d. here 12 Nov. 1639. Griswold, Francis (variously written, Greshold, Greshould, Grisell, Grissell, Grissoll, and Grisold), by w. Mary, had Mary, b. 28 Oct. 1639; Hannah, b. 3 Feb. 1642-3, d. Ap. 1643; Hannah, b. 4 Mar. 1644-5. Francis the f. res. on the northerly side of Kirkland Street, and d. in Charlestown 2 Oct. 1652, leaving two daughters; his wid. Mary m. William Bullard. Grover., Andrew, m. Hannah Hill 7 Feb. 1673-4. 2. Thomas, a carpenter, from
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with Holyoke, who, about a month later, was elected by unanimous vote. He was removed from his Professorship a year afterwards. He held his office ten years and five months (from the time of his inauguration), and might have continued to hold it, with credit to himself and benefit to the College, had his wisdom and firmness been equal to his acknowledged abilities. Little is known of him after his dismission. He went to Charleston, S. C., and there he died Oct. 22, 1745. Peirce's Hist. Harv. Univ. Griffith, Henry, d. here 12 Nov. 1639. Griswold, Francis (variously written, Greshold, Greshould, Grisell, Grissell, Grissoll, and Grisold), by w. Mary, had Mary, b. 28 Oct. 1639; Hannah, b. 3 Feb. 1642-3, d. Ap. 1643; Hannah, b. 4 Mar. 1644-5. Francis the f. res. on the northerly side of Kirkland Street, and d. in Charlestown 2 Oct. 1652, leaving two daughters; his wid. Mary m. William Bullard. Grover., Andrew, m. Hannah Hill 7 Feb. 1673-4. 2. Thomas, a carpenter, from