Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Mr. Turell” in chapter 16, page 484 of HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855.:
...d, Sunday.
Rev. Mr. Turell preached.
Rev. Joshua Tufts preached in Medford, Aug. 24, 1740.
A species of very destructive worm appeared in July, 1743.
They destroyed both grass and corn.
Mr. Turell preached, July 3, on the event, from Lam. III. 39, and Ezek.
XVIII. 25.
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