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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 13., The Royall house people of a century ago. (search)
something of them, perhaps more than of any who dwelt there in the half century succeeding Colonel Royall's departure. That interest led him to many inquiries, the preservation of letters of answer, and his own written conclusions. A touch of romance runs through it all, and the perusal of the papers referred to gives an interesting peep into the past, as well as into the ancient mansion, an object of interest in our city. Mr. Welch was a dry goods merchant of Boston, having a store on Cornhill near the Brattle street church, and a residence on Franklin street, in the famous Tontine buildings. In his earlier youth he is said to have been an auctioneer, and boarded in what the writer styled a private boarding house in Park street. Among those living there was an invalid lady, to whom a Mrs. Jarvis of Watertown frequently sent parcels and delicacies by her daughter. The young men there domiciled were not slow in noting her visits or observing her attractive personality, and