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Medford Historical Society.
the Medford Historical Society was incorporated under Massachusetts laws, May 22, 1896.
The incorporators were Wm. Cushing Wait, Will C. Eddy, Lorin L. Dame, Mrs. Louise G. DeLong, Miss Helen T. Wild, Miss Eliza M. Gill, Miss Mary E. Sargent, Allston P. Joyce, and Charles H. Loomis.
The objects of the Society are to collect, preserve, and disseminate the local and general history of Medford and the genealogy of Medford families; to make antiquarian collections; to collect books of general history, genealogy, and biography; and to prepare, or cause to be prepared, from time to time such papers and records relating to these subjects as maybe of general interest to the members.
Medford is one of the ancient and honorable communities of the country.
Founded in 1630, its municipal life has been patriotic, dignified, and law-abiding, while the family history of many of its citizens is filled with facts and experiences relating to ye early tymes, w
Medford Historical Society.
Officer.
President.
William Cushing Wait.
Vice-Presidents.
Will C. Eddy,
Lorin L. Dame,
Benj. P. Hollis,
Mrs. H. C. Delong.
Recording secretary.
Helen T. Wild.
Corresponding secretary.
Eliza M. Gill.
Treasurer.
Charles H. Loomis.
Librarian and Curator.
Mary E. Sargent.
Standing committees.
Membership.
Benj. P. Hollis,
Benj. F. Morrison,
Dr. J. E. Cleaves,
Dr. R. J. P. Goodwin,
Miss Fannie E. Bemis.
Publicat
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 1., chapter 15 (search)
The Middlesex canal.
this sketch in its original form appeared in the Bay State Monthly, November, 1884.
as it now stands it was read before the Medford Historical Society in January, 1897.
authorities consulted: complete records of the corporation, in the county Commissioners' office at Cambridge; Historical sketch of the Middlesex canal, by Caleb Eddy, 1843: Amory's life of Governor Sullivan, 1859. by Lorin L. Dame, D. S.
The curious traveller may still trace with little difficulty the line of the old Middlesex canal, with here and there a break, from the basin at Charlestown to its junction with the Merrimac at Middlesex Village.
Like an accusing ghost, it never strays far from the Boston & Lowell railroad, to which it owes its untimely end. At Medford the Woburn sewer runs along one portion of its bed, the Mystic water-pipes another.
The tow-path, at one point, marks the course of the defunct Mystic Valley railroad; at others it has been metamorphosed into sections of
Medford Historical Society.
Officer.
For year ending March, 1899.
President.
William Cushing Wait.
Vice-Presidents.
Lorin L. Dame,
Benjamin. P. Hollis,
Rosewell B. Lawrence,
Miss. H. Stone.
Recording secretary.
Will C. Eddy.
Corresponding secretary.
Eliza M. Gill.
Treasurer.
Charles H. Loomis.
Librarian and Curator.
Mary E. Sargent.
Standing committees.
Membership.
Dr. J. E. Cleaves,
Dr. R. J. P. Goodwin,
Benj. F. Morrison,
Geo. O. Foste