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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 265 265 Browse Search
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) 152 152 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 53 53 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 46 46 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 42 42 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies 31 31 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.) 28 28 Browse Search
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 28 28 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I. 17 17 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 16 16 Browse Search
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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 6: Essex County. (search)
hall, and to be labelled, The battle-sword of Major Henry Jackson How, who fell in front of Richmond while gloriously defending the Constitution and flag of his country. Resolved, That these resolutions be entered on the town records, and a copy of the same transmitted to the family of the deceased. Major How served in the Twenty-Second Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, and was one of the bravest and most promising of our young officers. He graduated at Harvard College in the class of 1859, and was killed at the battle of Glendale, before Richmond, June 30, 1862, nobly facing the foe. A sketch of his life and service is published in The Harvard Memorial. Resolved, That we recognize, in the names of those who on the battle-field and by the wayside have fallen in defence of their country, martyrs to the same sacred cause of Liberty: gratefully will we cherish their names, and honor ourselves by perpetuating them to posterity. Resolved, That the town-clerk be instructed to
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 10: Middlesex County. (search)
ion in 1860, 3,206; in 1865, $3,299. Valuation in 1860, $1,207,701; in 1865, $1,333,637. The selectmen in 1861 were Jesse Carter, Franklin Harriman, A. R. Green; in 1862, B. F. Richardson, Jesse Carter, H. H. French; in 1863, John Hill, Onslow Gilmore,——; in 1864, John Hill, L. F. Lynde, M. L. Morse, E. T. Whittier; in 1865, John Hill, M. L. Morse, L. F. Lynde, Reuben Richardson, E. T. Whittier, A. R. Green. The town-clerk through all these years was Silas Dean. The town-treasurer from 1859 to 1871 was Sumner Richardson, 2d. 1861. The first legal town-meeting to act upon matters connected with the war was held on the 2d of May, at which it was voted to allow the new military company the use of the town hall, free of any charge, Stoneham had a company in the Sixth Regiment which left the State April 17th, and was attacked by the mob in Baltimore, April 19th, and the captain and first lieutenant were wounded. A full description of which is given in volume I. pp. 92 to 98 in