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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Music and musicians in the United States. (search)
ging of psalms, but since the establishment of musical societies at the beginning of the nineteenth century, the study and practice of music have become increasing factors in life throughout the United States. First practical instruction-book on singing, compiled by Rev. John Tufts, published in New England1712 Organ presented to the Queen's chapel, Boston, by Thomas Brattle, Esq.Aug., 1713 Singing societies established in different parts of New England1720 Beggar's Opera, written by John Gay in 1727 (probably), first produced in New YorkDec. 3, 1750 William Billings, of Boston, publishes a collection of his musical compositions entitled The New England psalm-singer, or American chorister, in 4 and 5 parts1770 Stoughton (Mass.) Musical Society organizedNov. 7, 1786 Oliver Holden, of Charlestown, composer of Coronation, publishes The American harmony, in 3 and 4 parts1792 Mrs. Oldmixon, Nee George, makes her debut in America in Inkle and YaricoDec. 5, 1798 Euterpean Musical
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 7: colonial newspapers and magazines, 1704-1775 (search)
Catechistical guide to sinners, or The plain man's path-way to Heaven, along with an occasional Spectator, Franklin's importations, listed in the Gazette for sale, included works of Bacon, Dryden, Locke, Milton, Otway, Pope, Prior, Swift, Rowe, Defoe, Addison, Steele, Arbuthnot, Congreve, Rabelais, Seneca, Ovid, and various novels, all before 1740. The first catalogue of his Library Company shows substantially the same list, with the addition of Don Quixote, and the works of Shaftesbury, of Gay, of Spenser, and of Voltaire. These latter were probably for sale in the printing office as well. Advertisements of merchandise in all the colonies throw a good deal of light on the customs of the time, and, incidentally, also on the popular taste in reading. We find that Peter Turner has Superfine Scarlet Cloth, Hat Linings, Tatlers, Spectators, and Barclay's Apology See The American Mercury, No. 1010, 3 May, 1739. ; that Peter Harry imports Head Flowers in Boxes, Laces and Edgings,
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 9: the beginnings of verse, 1610-1808 (search)
. Benjamin Church of Boston, who longs for a home in the country, the right kind of wife, congenial friends, and leisure to read his favourite poets-Milton, Dryden, Gay, awful Pope, unequalled bard, and nature-limning Thomson. Though dwelling in a small American town, he sighs for solitude as longingly as he might have done in theer of the Declaration of Independence, whose many occasional poems are merely as good as the average of their kind, but whose songs, some of which are suggestive of Gay and Prior, are distinctly musical and pleasing. The Rev. John Blair Linn (1777-1804), who, like Godfrey and Evans, died young and left his work unfinished, wrote oin his Alexander Selkirk, which occurs with notable frequency in the lyrics of this period. are not without grace and delicacy, which he owes largely to his models, Gay, Prior, and Collins. Like Freneau and other poets of the time, Cliffton found his surroundings unsympathetic: In these cold shades, beneath these shifting skies, W
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index. (search)
Freneau, Philip, 139, 164, 166, 167, 169, 174, 178, 180-183, 212,261 Friendly address to all Reasonable Americans, a, 138 Frobisher, Martin, 2 Froissart, 316 Fruitlands, 338, 340 Fall Vindication of the Measures of the Congress, etc., A, 137 Fuller, Margaret, 333, 340, 341, 342-343, 344, 345 Funeral song, 154 G Gage, General, 29, 134, 135, 140 Gaine, Hugh, 118 n., 182 Galloway, Joseph, 138 Gait, John, 305 Gass, Patrick, 205 Gates, General, 259, 315 Gay, John, 116, 162, 177, 178 Gazette (Philadelphia), 341 General Gage's Soliloquy, 139 General idea of philosophy, a, 82 General Historie of Virginia, New England, and the summer Isles, the, 17 General magazine and historical chronicles for all the British colonies in America, the, 95, 121 Gentleman's magazine, the, 98, 121 Geography made easy, 187 George II, 125 George II, III, 125, 168, 216 George Balcombe, 312 Georgia Spec., or land in the Moon, a, 219 Gerry,
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 12: civil History. (search)
lot hill, and larger lots, varying in size from six to one hundred and thirty acres. Gradually these lots passed into fewer hands, until at length the larger portion of the whole was embraced in three and subsequently four farms. The old field early became the property of Edward Goffe He erected a house a few rods eastwardly from the junction of Main and Bow streets. A very old house, perhaps the original structure, standing on this spot, is said to have been taken down in 1774. and John Gay; by sundry conveyances the larger portion became vested in Chief Justice Francis Dana, who subsequently purchased the whole tract formerly called small lot hill (except, perhaps, a few acres in the northeasterly corner), and several other lots of land on both sides of the highway now called Main Street. Judge Dana erected a spacious mansion on the westerly side of the highway to the common pales, The highway which separated the old field from small lot hill. now called Dana Street, ab
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 22: statistics. (search)
Francis E. Fay, Samuel P. P. Felsit, Harry. Fillebrown, Richard. Fisher, Jabez. Fisk, Nathan. Fisk, Rufus. Fisk, William. Fogg, Ebenezer. Ford, Jonathan W. Ford, Simeon. Foster, John. Foster, Joseph. Foster, Thomas. Freeman, John. Frost James. Frost, James, 2d. Frost, William. Fuller, J. N. Fuller, Oliver. Fuller, Robert. Fuller, Timothy. Ford, Thomas. Farrar, Jacob. Fairbanks, Silas. Fay, Isaac. Gary, Jonathan. Gay, Lusher. Gideon, John. Gilson, Asa. Gilson, Simeon. Goddard, Benjamin. Goddard, Daniel. Goddard, John. Goddard, Nathaniel. Goddard, Thomas. Goodenow, Daniel. Gookin, Squire. Gookin, Thomas T. Gordon, Charles. Gorham, Benjamin. Gould, Camaralzaman. Grant, Abraham. Gray, Benjamin. Gray, Lewis. Green, John. Green, Samuel S. Green, Zaccheus. Greenwood, Henry. Gibbs, John. Gray, Samuel. Goodhue, Nathaniel. Gannett, Thomas B
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
a, more extended account of the Gates family, see Barry's Hist. Framingham. Gay, John, of Wrentham, Miller, bought of Gov. Belcher, 8 Feb. 1733, a part of the eas the original Blue Anchor Tavern stand; it does not appear, however, whether Mr. Gay pursued the business of an inn-holder. His wife, whom he prob. m. before he w. Hannah, had Mary, b. 17 Ap. 1676, d. 25 July 1676. Possibly this name may be Gay; in which case, perhaps Hannah may be the same who m. Owen Warland 3 Ap. 1679. oston, 17 Ap. 1710, and——Shepard of Boston, and was living in 1746; Sarah, m. John Gay, and d. 1772; John, b. 1695, grad. H. C. 1712, Master of the Grammar School aildren were Jonathan; Elizabeth, b. 1726, was placed under the guardianship of John Gay of Camb. 30 Nov. 1737, being then described as in the twelfth year of her age was a trader in Chs. He was probably the same who sold the estate formerly of John Gay in 1785, then styled trader of Boston, and having repurchased a part of it, so
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, G. (search)
Oct. 1732; John. Jonathan the f. rem. to Worcester, and died there in 1756. For a, more extended account of the Gates family, see Barry's Hist. Framingham. Gay, John, of Wrentham, Miller, bought of Gov. Belcher, 8 Feb. 1733, a part of the estate at the N. E. corner of Brighton and Mount Auburn streets; and afterwards purchinder, which had been owned by the heirs of Edmund Angier, or of John Hovey. This was the original Blue Anchor Tavern stand; it does not appear, however, whether Mr. Gay pursued the business of an inn-holder. His wife, whom he prob. m. before he removed here, was Sarah, dau. of Jonathan Nutting. They had no children. He d. bet-4. 2. Thomas, a carpenter, from Reading, bought the estate at the N. W. corner of Brattle and Mason streets, 1711, but sold it again, the next year. Guy, John, by w. Hannah, had Mary, b. 17 Ap. 1676, d. 25 July 1676. Possibly this name may be Gay; in which case, perhaps Hannah may be the same who m. Owen Warland 3 Ap. 1679.
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, N. (search)
y 1733. 3. Jonathan, s. of John (1), by Elizabeth had Hannah, m. John Gross of Boston, 17 Ap. 1710, and——Shepard of Boston, and was living in 1746; Sarah, m. John Gay, and d. 1772; John, b. 1695, grad. H. C. 1712, Master of the Grammar School at Salem 1719-1749, Ruling Elder of a new church at Salem 1736, Notary Public 1755, Jonathan, S. of Jonathan (3), settled in Wrentham, where he d. before 1735. His children were Jonathan; Elizabeth, b. 1726, was placed under the guardianship of John Gay of Camb. 30 Nov. 1737, being then described as in the twelfth year of her age, m. John Hicks 26 Ap. 1748, and died Dec. (buried the 22d) 1825, a. 99; Hannah. of 1778. Whether he returned is not ascertained. 8. Jonathan, S. of James (6), was a trader in Chs. He was probably the same who sold the estate formerly of John Gay in 1785, then styled trader of Boston, and having repurchased a part of it, sold it again to Judge Winthrop in 1786, then styled trader of Reading. 9. Samuel,
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Index of names (search)
7, 204, 57, 86, 92, 336, 75, 403, 17, 25. Foy, 76. Francis, 59, 76, 186, 312, 63. French, 35, 58, 9, 62, 254, 5, 7. Frost, 34, 5, 59, 68, 75, 6, 143, 80, 254-8, 69, 73, 297, 353, 407, 15. Frothingham, 408, 11,17, 18, 23. Frye, 405, 6, 23. Fuller, 80, 1, 208, 426. Fultz, 339. Gage, 65, 154, 6-8, 162. Gale, 208. Gallop, 170. Gamage, 407. Gannett, 176, 94, 219, 311, 12, 14. Gardner, 5, 142-4, 54, 9, 292, 5, 407, 8, 11, 13, 18-21, 5, 8. Gates, 263. Gay, 173. Gearner, 33. Gedney, 111, 15. Genings, 355. George, 110. George III., 144. Gerrish, 288, 423. Gerry, 168, 93, 203, 6. Gibbons, 383, 4. Gibbs, 289. Gibson, 33, 59, 75, 102, 263, 74, 356, 7, 63, 4. Gilman, 325. Girling, 35. Gleason, 342. Glover, 44, 5, 252, 335, 420, 3. Goddard, 4, 397. Goffe, 34-6, 42, 54, 5, 9, 60, 2, 7-9, 125, 7, 35, 73, 4, 97, 211, 15, 16, 50, 9, 60, 2, 371, 2, 401, 3, 4. Goodhue, 335. Goodman, 12, 32, 174. Good
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