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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 7: ecclesiastical history (continued). (search)
wherein life and property were for ever dedicated to God and to his church. Whether the voluntary system, as adopted in New England, is or is not a failure, is with some no longer a question. April 9, 1849: Voted, unanimously, to give Rev. George W. Briggs, of Plymouth, an invitation to settle with us as our minister in the gospel. $1,200 salary. April 15, Mr. Briggs communicated his refusal in a short and satisfactory letter. June 11, 1849: Voted that the parish vote by yeas and nays oMr. Briggs communicated his refusal in a short and satisfactory letter. June 11, 1849: Voted that the parish vote by yeas and nays on the motion to extend an invitation to the Rev. John Pierpont to settle with them in the ministry for one year, with a salary of one thousand dollars,--provided the connection be dissolved on either side by giving a previous notice of six months. Yeas, 25; nays, 24. June 25, 1849: The above vote was amended so as to read as follows:-- That this parish do extend to the Rev. John Pierpont an invitation to become its pastor on a salary of one thousand dollars a year,--payable by quarterly ye
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), Cambridge a city. (search)
as exile to him. Socrates never cared to go beyond the bounds of Athens. The great universal heart welcomes the city as a natural growth of the eternal forces. F. B. Sanborn. Rome, Venice, Cambridge! I take it for an ascending scale, Rome being the first step and Cambridge the glowing apex. But you would n't know Cambridge—with its railroad, and its water-works, and its new houses. J. R. Lowell. [1856.] There were three memorable Cambridge days in 1846. On the 17th of March, Governor Briggs signed the legislative act, which incorporated the City of Cambridge. On the 30th day of the same month, the voters of Cambridge adopted this act. On May 4, the first city government was inaugurated, and the career of Cambridge as a chartered municipality began. It is the purpose of this chapter to indicate the progress which Cambridge has made in municipal unity, and the growth and prosperity which have resulted from municipal action and direction, rather than to dwell upon the res
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 Protestant churches of Cambridge. (search)
its ministers. Dr. Holmes had visited among the people, distributed hymn-books and catechisms, and tried in all ways to be a pastor to those who had no other. Of course this could not long suffice. A new parish was formed in 1808, and a church in 1809; a meeting-house was opened in 1807. Rev. Thomas Brattle Gannett, who had two good Cambridge names, was the first minister. In the division which came later this church placed itself upon the Unitarian side. The long ministry of Rev. George W. Briggs, D. D., has but just closed, —a man held in reverence by all who knew him. Other Unitarian churches have since been organized in different parts of the city, but only these two are holding services at the present time. The first Methodist Episcopal Society was formed in East Cambridge in 1813, and is doing an important work in that ward, while other Methodist churches are busily engaged in different parts of the city. The Methodists have recently erected a fine stone meeting-house on M
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1: prelminary narrative, Preliminary narrative. (search)
Senator E. D. Baker's Defence at Ball's Bluff. troops were sent across a rapid stream and exposed to a greater force, without intrenchments and with the stream behind them, was a Massachusetts man and a regular army officer. So was Gen. Frederick W. Lander, who fell in the battle, and was the first of her general officers to die in the service,—as he had also been the first of all men, it was claimed, to offer his services to the general government. See his funeral sermon, by Rev. George W. Briggs, D. D. The 15th Mass. Infantry (Colonel Devens) and the 20th (Col. W. R. Lee) were (with the 71st Pennsylvania) the regiments chiefly engaged, the two companies of the 19th not being in action. Placed in a hopeless position, and hopelessly outnumbered, they did as well, doubtless, as any raw troops could have done; and when they retreated at last, every man for himself, across a river which, as the writer heard Colonel Devens say afterwards, literally boiled with bullets, they had
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 16: ecclesiastical History. (search)
April 19, 1851. Rev. Artemas B. Muzzey, born in Lexington, Sept. 21, 1802, H. C. 1824, was ordained at Framingham, June 10, 1830, dismissed May 18, 1833, and installed here Jan. 1, 1834. He resigned May 4, 1846, and was succeeded by Rev. John F. W. Ware, H. C. 1838, who was installed Nov. 29, 1846, and resigned April 1, 1864. He is now pastor of the church in Arlington Street, Boston. Rev. Henry C. Badger was installed Jan. 15, 1865, resigned Oct. 1, 1865, and was succeeded by Rev. George W. Briggs, B. U. 1825, D. D. 1855, who was installed April 3, 1867. The four successors of Mr. Gannett are still actively engaged in the ministry; may it be long before judgment shall be pronounced upon their completed labors. Deacons. Elected.Died.Age. Nathaniel Livermore1809 The date of election does not distinctly appear; but Mr. Ware, in his Sermon before quoted, says: The church appears to have been fully organized on the 14th July, 1809; Nathaniel Livermore being its first deac
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Index of names (search)
Bowler, 321. Bowles, 317. Bowman, 58, 297, 305, 410. Bowtell, 59, 75. Boyer, 320. Boylston, 128. Bradish, 35, 59, 161, 225, 8, 92, 7, 305, 426, 8. Bradlee, 334. Bradshaw, 58, 75. Bradstreet, 6-9, 11, 20, 1, 3, 7, 32, 69, 71, 110-14, 16, 354, 459. Brannagan, 329. Brattle, 116, 17, 43, 56-8, 68-70, 97, 203, 33, 80, 2-8, 92, 352, 75, 404, 6-8, 18. Brewer, 328. Brewster, 168, 345. Bridge, 11, 32, 36, 42,59, 60, 2, 75, 120, 251, 305, 63, 4, 423, 8. Briggs, 311. Brigham, 35, 59, 258. Brinley, 133. Broadbent, 110. Brooks, 177, 318. Brown, 59, 76, 7, 111, 208, 222, 6, 31, 74, 314, 32, 40, 55, 407, 19, 26, 8, 438. Bruce, 150. Buck, 35, 58, 9, 75, 6 Bulfinch, 322. Bulkeley, 26, 35, 51, 95. Bull, 58. Bunker, 212, 13. Burdakin, 320. Burgoyne, 168, 427. Burr, 35. Burrill, 135. Burton, 322. Butler, 11, 32, 5, 422. Buttrick, 239, 44, 416. Byfield, 109, 10, 16. Cabot, 170, 5, 83-5, 98. Cald
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, I. List of officers from Massachusetts in United States Navy, 1861 to 1865. (search)
Neptune.West India.Jan. 18, 1864.Resigned.Actg. 3d Asst. Engr. Bridges, Isaac N., See enlistment, July 9, 1861. Credit, West Cambridge. See enlistment, June 3, 1862. Credit, Boston.Me.-Mass.Jan. 9, 1862.Actg. Master's Mate.Brandywine.Store Ship.Jan. 21, 1862.Resigned.Actg. Master's Mate. Briggs, David L., See enlistment, Jnly 30, 1861. Credit, New Bedford.Mass.Mass.Mass.Dec. 8, 1862.Actg. Gunner.Keystone State.North Atlantic.Mar. 22, 1865.Appointment revoked.Actg. Gunner. Briggs, George W.,Mass.Mass.Mass.Sept. 2, 1864.Actg. Master's Mate.Berberry.North Atlantic.Jan. 27, 1866.Hon. discharged.Mate. Briggs, John G.,Mass.Mass.Mass.1 July 9, 1862.Actg. 3d Asst. Enprr.Signal.Mississippi.Nov. 4, 1865.Hon. discharged.Actg. 2d Asst. Engr. Jan. 29, 1863.Actg. 2d Asst. Engr. Briggs, Thomas L.,Fla.Mass.Mass.July 12, 1864.Actg. Ensign.O. H. Lee.West Gulf.Sept. 21, 1865.Hon. discharged.Actg. Ensign. Brigham, Franklin W., Credit, Brookline.Mass.Mass.Mass. JMay 7, 1863.Actg.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, Index of names of persons. (search)
., 18 Brickley, John, 18 Bride, W. J., 580 Bridge, H. M., 160 Bridge, N. W., 580 Bridge, W. W., 249 Bridgeham, T. S., 249 Bridgeman, Edward, 249 Bridgeman, Eliot, 249, 485 Bridgeman, Malcolm, 249 Bridges, B. A., 249 Bridges, I. N., 18 Bridges, Lyman, 459, 509 Bridgewater, G. N., 485 Bridgham, C. B., 878 Bridgman, Frank, 402, 509 Briens, C. P., 249 Briesler, John, Mrs., 580 Briggs, C. E., 378 Briggs, C. H., 249 Briggs, C. W., 249 Briggs, D. L., 18 Briggs, G. F., 485 Briggs, G. W., 18 Briggs, H. S., 171, 207, 402, 624 Briggs, H. W., 249 Briggs, J. B., 249 Briggs, J. G., 18 Briggs, J. W., 249 Briggs, Moses, 249 Briggs, O. F., 249 Briggs, R. F., 249 Briggs, R. F., 249 Briggs, S. P., 580 Briggs, T. L., 18 Briggs, W. H. H., 249 Briggs, W. S., 250 Briggs, William, Jr., 249 Brigham, A. M., 485 Brigham, A. W., 250 Brigham, C. O., 460 Brigham, E. D., 402, 509 Brigham, E. F., 250 Brigham, E. H., 250 Brigham, F. W., 18 Brigham, G. H., 20 Brigham, H
The Daily Dispatch: July 26, 1861., [Electronic resource], $10 Reward (search)
The Hospital at Mason Hall Church, under the able and zealous care of Dr. Geo. W. Briggs, assisted by an efficient corps of ladies where valuable services are constantly rendered, is receiving a large share of the sick and wounded from Manassas into its large, cleanly, and comfortable rooms. The neat and comfortable hospital at Spring field Temperances Hall, in the same neighborhood, which enjoys the excellent attentions of Dr. John Knox, and the most abundant ministrations of a number of ladies and gentlemen, in also filling up from the same source.
The Daily Dispatch: March 6, 1862., [Electronic resource], The battle of Manassas. (search)
Vandelism. --Some unknown persons, lost to all sense of decency, went into Hollywood Cemetery, on Monday night last, and threw down, broke, and defaced several of the moral records placed by the hand of affection over the remains of the dead. Among the monuments thus treated was the one over the remains of Mrs. Dr. Geo. W. Briggs; two in the section of G. & A. Bargamin, and one over the remains of Roscoe B. Heath's child, besides several others, one or two of which were broken in several parts.