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The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), The beginnings of Cambridge. (search)
but they took care that it should be dispensed by discreet and responsible persons. An innkeeper in those days must be a man of approved character, and the position was most respectable. We find that in 1652 the townsmen do grant liberty to Andrew Belcher to sell beer and bread, for entertainment of strangers and the good of the town. The wife of this Andrew Belcher was sister of Thomas Danforth, the deputy-governor; their son, who also became mine host, was a member of the Council, and theirAndrew Belcher was sister of Thomas Danforth, the deputy-governor; their son, who also became mine host, was a member of the Council, and their grandson was Jonathan Belcher, royal governor of Massachusetts and of New Jersey. In 1671, at the northeast corner of Mount Auburn and Boylston streets, the first Belcher opened the famous Blue Anchor Tavern, which remained on that spot until 1737, when its sign was transferred to a more commodious house on the west side of Boylston Street, nearly opposite the recent site of the post-office. In a parlor of the Blue Anchor, the selectmen of Cambridge used to hold their meetings, in which the c
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), Burial-places in Cambridge. (search)
d him from his sufferings May 26th, 1797, in the 60th year of his age. Near the front boundary is a brick monument, covered with a massive stone block, on which is cut:— Here lyeth interred ye body of Major-General Gookin, aged 75 years, who departed this life ye 19th of March, 1686-7. The tomb probably contains the remains of his family, including his son, the Rev. Nathaniel Gookin. General Gookin was an influential man in the early days of the colony. Near this are the tombs of Governor Belcher, Dr. Gamage, the Watsons, and the Munroes, level with the sod and unmarked. In the year 1845, Mr. William Thaddeus Harris published a very useful book of epitaphs from this old ground, from the earliest date to the year 1800. In the years succeeding 1800, with a few exceptions, the names only, on the monuments erected since that date, are given. Therefore it is hoped that some modern Old Mortality, with the records of the first proprietors and the town, together with the needed to
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), General Index. (search)
Cambridge Safe Deposit and Trust Co., 307; Cambridge Savings, 309; Cambridgeport Savings, 311; North Avenue Savings, 311; East Cambridge Savings, 312. Baptist churches, 240. Bears in Cambridge, 9. Beginnings of Cambridge, The, 1-13. Belcher, Andrew, the first innkeeper, 11. Belcher, Jonathan, royal governor, 11. Berkeley Street School, 212. Bigelow, Dr. Jacob, 73. Blue Anchor Tavern, 11. Borland House, 28. Boston, preeminence of, 1; not intended for seat of government, Belcher, Jonathan, royal governor, 11. Berkeley Street School, 212. Bigelow, Dr. Jacob, 73. Blue Anchor Tavern, 11. Borland House, 28. Boston, preeminence of, 1; not intended for seat of government, 1; assembling of General Court at, 2; means of communicating with, 4; troops stationed in, 20; granted authority to improve the river bank, 106; its city council opposes the construction of Harvard Bridge, 107; completes the Charlesbank, 107; no provision for girls in its early schools, 189; high school opened for girls in, 192. Boston Massacre, 20.. Boston Porcelain and Glass Company, 30. Boston Port Bill, 22. Boston Tea-party, 22. Bounties for wolves, 9. Bower of Bliss, The, 3