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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 12., One of Medford's historic houses. (search)
West room Mr James Floyd, Sexton and Mason was one of her scholars. They sold the house to Timothy Fitch from Nantucket about 1790. Mrs Angier then removed to the upper part of the town and afterward moved into the country. Mr Fitch never lived in the house. He enlarged it to its present dimension and gave the east half to his youngest son Charles (a bachelor) and the West half to his oldest daughter Abigail, Mrs Tarbett (whose husband Hugh Tarbett a Scotchman went off with the Tories in 1776, and she lived and died a quasi widow). Charles rented the east half to General Brooks who lived there in October, 1789 and entertained General Washington there at breakfast when he visited Boston and Salem that year About 1790, Charles sold his half of the house and the land in front down to the Salt marsh, to Mr Andrew Blanchard, who about 1809 sold the land in front to Tim. Bigelow Esqr for $1000, and often scolded himself that he did not ask more, as he was sure Mr Bigelow would have g
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 12., Medford advertising in 1776. (search)
Medford advertising in 1776. Two men, natives of Medford, were engaged in the editing and publication of a weekly paper at Salem, called the Essex Gazette. Soon after the battle of Lexington, they moved to Cambridge, establishing themselves in Stoughton Hall, remaining there till the evacuation of Boston by the British. The name New England Chronicle was prefixed to its former one; these men therein styled themselves simply Printers and the paper was issued on Thursdays. Examination of a file of the above paper for the first three months of that eventful year, reveals several advertisements and items of interest to Medford readers, some of which we notice. On January 15, the Colony of New Hampshire, by its Paymaster Samuel Hobart, offered one hundred dollars reward for the discovery of some evil minded person or persons who did steal and carry away between two and three hundred pounds lawful money, emitted by said colony. It was taken from out the house of Benjamin Hall,