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The old Royall house, Medford By Charles D. Elliot
The celebration of the 275th anniversary of the founding of Medford brought with it the organization of a society for the purchase and restoration of the ancient Royall mansion, now the headquarters of the Medford Daughters of the Revolution; its four and one-third acres having been lotted and placed on sale by its owner.
The old house was built some two centuries ago. Isaac Royall, a merchant from Antigua, afterwards bought it, probably about 1737, and remodeled it after an English mansion in Antigua, from whence he brought with him twenty-seven slaves, whose old brick quarters, with its huge fireplace, is probably the last existing vestige of slavery in Massachusetts.
Colonel Isaac Royall, Jr., son of the merchant, was a Loyal-1st, and at the breaking out of the Revolution went to England, leaving for disposal by his agents, among other chattels, his slaves Stephen, George, Hagar, Mira, Betsey, and Nancy, probably among
Historic leaves, volume 4, April, 1905 - January, 1906, Officers of Somerville historical Society . (search)
Historic leaves, volume 4, April, 1905 - January, 1906, Officers of Somerville historical Society . (search)
Historic leaves, volume 4, April, 1905 - January, 1906, Officers of Somerville historical Society . (search)
Historic leaves, volume 4, April, 1905 - January, 1906, Officers of Somerville historical Society . (search)