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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 15., Colonial houses—old and new. (search)
ming, but the other five are small and shallow, and were intended only for warming, and by some science which seems lost to the modern architect they never smoke, and warm the rooms with just a handful of wood. One of them is surrounded with old Dutch tiles. The alternate ones represent Dutch village scenes in blue and white, while the others have a geometric pattern in blue and brown on a white ground. They are rudely set in soapstone. In one room the fireplace was reset at an early date bDutch village scenes in blue and white, while the others have a geometric pattern in blue and brown on a white ground. They are rudely set in soapstone. In one room the fireplace was reset at an early date by a quaint, wrought-iron grate very different from the iron of the present day. The wood-work and timbers are fastened by clumsy hand-made nails and heavy spikes. This house has been in the possession of the Brooks family since 1768. This date has been given from hearsay and has not been verified, but is approximately correct. The house had already had several other owners, and so must have been built many years before. Jonathan Brooks was the oldest son of Thomas Brooks, who lived on G
The Daily Dispatch: January 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], An Unsentimental Physician. (search)
however, like the others, was in some degree a pretext, for according to a Presbyterian contemporary, many of them there "lived in safety, pompe and case, enjoying their own ways and freedom." The third reason for removing was the wickedness and dissolute habits of the young Dutchmen, who led astray the more godly sons of the Puritans, so that neither Prelacy nor Presbyterianism brought forth fruits of grace fit for their plucking. Reason four: They were afraid "their posterity would become Dutch, and so lose their interest in the English nation; they being desirous rather to enlarge his Majesty's dominions, and to live under their natural prince." Excellent souls! Why didn't they stay under their "natural prince," and why so anxious to "enlarge the dominions" of that persecutor of the saints? The fifth and last reason for their removal, "a great hope and increased zeal they had of laying some good foundation, or, at least, to make some way thereunto, for the propagating and advanc
The Daily Dispatch: February 14, 1861., [Electronic resource], Banquet to Americans at Jeddo — the Old Embassy. (search)
humiliating position for these worthies to occupy in our presence, however high the privilege to approach so near the representative of the throne; at other times we could not but pity them, while we must admit there was some malice mingled with our pity, when we remembered that often times they refused to receive the visits and congratulations of our fairest and proudest countrywomen. The American Minister introduced by name each of the visitors, the introductions were then repeated in Dutch by his secretary, and subsequently in Japanese by the interpreter to his Excellency the Regent. The ceremony ended, general congratulations were passed, some questions asked, and very artful and evasive answers given by the Regent. On the subject of the ordnance presents sent from the United States to the Tycoon, there was much conversation; and notwithstanding the persistent remarks of one of the officers in charge of them, who had orders to remain and instruct them in their use, they pol
The Daily Dispatch: March 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 12 (search)
in the Kentucky and Tennessee delegations. In the Ohio delegation Mr. Chase was left almost alone. He exhibited much disappointment. Iowa was ultra, as were two of the Illinois delegates. From a variety of Washington dispatches, we take the following: The Mayor of Washington has been compelled to detail an additional police force to guard Mr. Lincoln's apartments against intrusion. The corridors of Willards' Hotel are crowded with every grade of office seeker, from hundreds of Dutch and Italian confectioners, who wish to furnish bon bons for the White House, up to those who are willing to go into the Cabinet, or even serve the country at foreign Courts. The number of office seekers already in the city, especially from the West, is almost unprecedented since the establishment of the rule by General Jackson that "to the victors belong the spoils." We have usually had a crowded city on the eve of the inauguration, but judging from the crowds that are pouring in by eve
The Daily Dispatch: June 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], Driven Insane by insults offered to the husband. (search)
is permitted to publish the following extract of a letter to a gentleman in that place, dated Ironton, Mo., May 23. It is probable that the invasion of Ironton and the atrocities herein detailed gave rise to the reports about Jim Lane being between Pocahontas and Jacksonport, Mo.: Yesterday--Wednesday, the 22d--was a day never to be forgotten by us in Arcadia Valley. I pray that I may never see such another day of horror. Lincoln has guerilla soldiers, composed of the lowest class of Dutch, which he has turned loose on the border States, to make war on all the Secessionists — to take freemen as prisoners, and court-martial them for treason if they fail to take the oath of allegiance to the Federal Government. Early yesterday morning a gentleman came galloping up to our house, warning us to hide, that the Lincoln soldiers would be on us shortly. He said they had already shot at him. One of my sons was in the field ploughing, and I ran out to tell him to hide. By the time
The Daily Dispatch: June 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], The arrest of Ed. C. Randolph. (search)
or supporting them from Washington, the eighty have disbanded. The Captain's baggage was seized for board in New York, and he has returned to Canada, highly disgusted. The Garibald: being found difficult to fill it up. The new Irish recruits, our informant is of opinion, sympathise with the South, and many of them would be glad to desert at a good opportunity. The best material the North has for fighting purposes is believed to be opposed to the war. The new recruits are mostly made up of Dutch, with some Irish, and a considerable sprinkling of street loafers. Our informant says he cannot imagine a greater contrast than the physique and deportment of the Northern recruits and the Virginia forces at Harper's Ferry, from which point he has come direct to Richmond. He says he believes that literally there are no better soldiers in the world than those at Harper's Ferry, and the number of them is very large. They are well armed, well equipped, in excellent health, and eager for a co
The Daily Dispatch: November 19, 1860., [Electronic resource], The Romance of Rascality. (search)
New Publications. Life and Correspondence of John A. Quitman, Major General U. S. A., and Governor of the State of Mississippi. By J. F. H. Claiborne. II vols. New York: Harper & Bros.--This work is written with the wonted spirit and eloquence of the author. It is one of very considerable interest. Gen. Quitman was of Dutch descent, and was born and educated in New York. Of a phlegmatic race, and brought up among a practical and methodical people, with early training of a decidedly Federalist turn, it is a little singular that he became a star among what were called the Southern fire eaters, and longed to see the South independent. He was a man of ability, with some of the traits of greatness, and of unimpeachable reputation for honor and integrity. His own life takes in some important events in the history of his country. For sale by J. W. Randolph. The Four Georges; Sketches of Manners, Morals, Court and Town Life. By W. M. Thackeray. New York: Harper & Bros. Thes
The Daily Dispatch: February 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], House of Delegates. (search)
nge to Southern men that there should be in the North men who are as sound on the subject of slavery as the most ardent Carolinian, yet, it is nevertheless a fact, and, though the waves of fanaticism have of late years increased around them, and they appear like a solitary rock in the midst of a tumultuous ocean, still they stand like a rock, beating back the angry billows and never yielding an inch to their furious assaults. The North was originally settled by different races, English, Dutch, Swedes, &c., the English being the predominant element — an element, however, which had more dissimilar and conflicting properties than any which distinguished it from other races. The Puritans formed the great body of the New England population, with some exceptions, even then. There was a Cavalier settlement even in New England, and here and there, scattered throughout the country, Cavalier families who never to this day have become assimilated either in religion or polities with their
The Daily Dispatch: July 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 10 (search)
tucky, too, will be on hand: Things are hard here at present, the "Hessians" having full sway. Why don't your people send us some troops to help us to clean them out? We have the disposition but not the arms to do it. Large numbers of dead Dutch are arriving here daily from South-Western Missouri, although the fact is denied. It is reported that Ben. McCulloch has been cutting Gratz Brown's regiment to pieces somewhere on the South-West branch of the Pacific railroad. The State trouth-Western Missouri, although the fact is denied. It is reported that Ben. McCulloch has been cutting Gratz Brown's regiment to pieces somewhere on the South-West branch of the Pacific railroad. The State troops have had a fight with the Hessians at Boonville — the Missourians to the number of 300 making an attack on a whole regiment of Dutch, and if they had not been ordered to retire I believe would have killed every one of them. I have not had a pop at them yet, but expect to soon.
The Daily Dispatch: July 3, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 9 (search)
privateering.--This, connected with the military movement in Canada, and the increase of the American squadron, make her secret designs apparent. It is understood that the blockaders are instructed to watch British vessels closely and allow no interference. Grafton, June 29.--There has been a skirmish near Cumberland. Thirteen Federalists, Zouaves, abandoned their horses and took to the hills, arriving in Cumberland last night with two missing and one killed. Cairo, June 29.--Two Dutch companies were ordered to Alton to join the forces there, which are threatening Missouri. The Germans did not want to leave Cairo, and many left in tears. Louisville, June 29--The St. Louis Democrat's Cairo correspondent says that hundreds of Missourians are concentrating on the Arkansas border and are receiving arms from the South. They expect to be joined by Tennesseeans, Arkansians and Mississippians. Bird's Point is guarded by two regiments and a battalion of flying artillery
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