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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 3: (search)
bers, being owners of a considerable part of the said lands, and having dwelling-houses thereon, do hereby signify that we heartily join with the inhabitants of Medford in the foregoing petition. Samuel Brooks, Committee for Medford. Ebenezer Brooks, Committee for Medford. Z. Pool, Committee for Medford. Joseph Tufts, Committee for Medford. Stephen Hall, Committee for Medford. Caleb Brooks, Benjamin Parker, Benjamin Teal, James Tufts, Ebenezer Marrow, Jonathan Tufts, John Jenks, Robert Crane, John Degrushy. This petition was granted April 17, 1754. March 4, 1754: Samuel Hall was chosen Constable, and refused to serve; and the town took up with £ 5, old tenor, inasmuch as he is a lame person. May 8, 1754: Voted that any person have a right to erect an engine for the weighing of hay, and have the proceeds thereof. Aug. 5, 1754: Voted that the part of the Excise Bill of his Majesty which relates to the private consumption of wine and spirits shall not be in full for
The Daily Dispatch: May 13, 1862., [Electronic resource], The war. (search)
lowing particulars of outrages perpetrated in St. Inigoes' district; We are indebted to Robert Crane, Esq., a gentleman well known to us for truthfulness and intelligence, for the following detavisit paid by another detachment to the same locality on the 15th instant. From the letter of Mr. Crane, it will be seen that we do not exaggerate in ginal notice the extent of the outrages committl except one of my negroes got out of their way, and this one they compelled to go with them. Mrs. Crane sent for assistance to the Indiana cavalry, which was stationed at St. Inigoes, who came in a house, demanded that the meat- house door should be opened, and took what they wanted, telling Mrs. Crane if they thought proper they could take all. They tried to behave very badly with my negro women. Mrs. Crane again sent for the Indiana cavalry, who, with four or five men of the immediate neighborhood, came as quickly as they could. Before they arrived, however, the soldiers had left, one of
The Daily Dispatch: September 16, 1863., [Electronic resource], Wanted (search)
Thos. O. Burton, and Robert, property of Benj. Cutler, for cutting and stabbing James, slave of John Wells, on the 9th day of August, were ordered 39 lashes each. The trial of Charles Schwartz; for stealing a horse from Chas. T. Gauter, was postponed till the next term. A copies was awarded against Mary Lee for non-attendance, charged with receiving stolen goods, returnable this morning. Joridna Mayo, a free negroes, charged with stealing one feather bed from a negro named Robert Crane, on the 29th of August, was discharged. Meade, slave of Wm. P. Strother, charged with stealing from the C. S. Government six sides of leather, valued at $1,000, one piece of gray cloth, valued at $500, and one bag of coffee, worth $100, on the 29th of August, was ordered 39 lashes. A rule was awarded Samuel E. Fox to appear on Saturday and show cause why he should not be fined for permitting his slave Royall to go at large. Misdemeanor cases will be tried to-day.--Prompt at