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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 11., Action of board of selectmen on Governor Brooks's portrait. (search)
Action of board of selectmen on Governor Brooks's portrait. To the Selectmen of the Town of Medford.— We respectfully request you to remove the portrait of Governor Brooks, which now hangs in the Town Hall, to the new Library. (Signed) Mrs. Dudley Hall, H. H. Bradlee, Dudley C. Hall, George D. Hall, Horace D. Hall. Voted, the portrait of Governor Brooks be removed to the Public Library. Selectmen's Records, B. 9, p. 74. July 7, 1875. [See Vol. X, page 104.
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 11., Ye olde Meting-House of Meadford. (search)
was constructed in the same manner as the women's seat, as at this same town meeting it was directed that the seat where Mr Hall and Mr Wyre sits should be built up the same as where the woman sits. That wasn't all, either. The two back seats wereontain often the word liberty. It is somewhat ominous and prophetic of the day that came seventy-five years later, when Capt. Hall and the Medford Minute Men marched up High street to Lexington. Another thing; the preciseness of the record and thes for neats toong & cheefe at ye fast 00-03-6, and one from Capt. Peter for veall at ye fast, 00-06-3, and another from Mrs. Hall for intertainment of ye ministers at ye fast, 01-02-00. The meeting-house had been built for sixteen years, and somed, was organized, or, as it was termed, gathered. Fifteen men signed the covenant, but no women. Four bore the name of Hall, three that of Whitmore, three more of Willis, two of Brooks, and one each of Bradshaw, Francis and Pierce. After this wa
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 11., The Second Battle of Bunker's Hill. (search)
of Arlington, Medford, and Malden. Its corporate existence became finally absorbed in that of Boston in 1874. The three or four houses that Major Knowlton left could have afforded but little shelter to the British troops whom editor or printer Hall styled ministerial butchers. The result of the action was that the lines were closer drawn against the enemy in Charlestown. We will refer again to Mr. Hall's paper:— We hear that the enemy, the evening on which troops burnt the houses atMr. Hall's paper:— We hear that the enemy, the evening on which troops burnt the houses at Charlestown, were entertaining themselves at the exhibition of a Play, which they called the Blockade of Boston; in the midst of which a person appeared before the audience, and with great earnestness declared that the Yankees were attacking Bunker's Hill. The deluded wretches at first, took this to be merely farcial, and intended as a part of their diversion. But soon convinced that the actor meant to represent a solemn reality, the whole assembly left the house in confusion, and scampered o
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 11., Unpublished Manuscripts. (search)
c schools, who have filled their high and sacred office. ... Usage forbids this, etc. In a letter to Dudley Hall, Esq., Mr. Swan, in 1865 (soon after the death of his brother doctor Swan), wrote of enclosing the following list, which he hoped Mr. Hall would attach to page 283 of his copy of the history, as he himself had done. Mr. Swan came from his home in New York to his brother's obsequies, and on meeting Mr. Hall they talked of their school days long past. Doubtless they exchanged memorMr. Hall they talked of their school days long past. Doubtless they exchanged memories pleasant and otherwise that hark back to the days when the oil of birch was freely used. With little regard for usage, he found it in his power, and his memoranda are a valuable contribution to Medford annals. Schoolmasters in Medford. Oct., 1789. [Mr] Prentiss, [schoolhouse] now Mr. Train's house. When Gen'l Washington visited Col. Brooks. About 1790. Nathaniel Thayer. Settled as minister of Lancaster in 1793. Father of John E. Thayer and Brother, Brokers, Boston. After