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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 14., A chapter of Corrections. (search)
hat must have been in those days a busy corner of Medford, including the river traffic, the boating in the canal, the turnpike travel and the tide mill work, all converged in that narrow space. A few words concerning the Blessing of the Bay. Mr. Brooks styles it the first keel laid in this western world. In a former number of the Register Mr. Hooper has shown that Mr. Cradock had the Rebecca built here in 1629, but was there not one built still earlier at Popham, on the coast of Maine? Aners that poetic license must account for bricks brought over sea, as well as the location of the wigwam of Sagamore John. That same license provided Medford with a village clock when Revere rode over Cradock bridge nearly a half century before Mr. Brooks really gave one. It was like carrying coals to Newcastle to bring ordinary bricks from England with clay so abundant here, even for a house finished for Governor John. Was it? The old house guards its secrets well, though some curious things