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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 1: (search)
orty shillings. No fires to be kindled before the first of March. They offered a small bounty on every acre of planted field. We presume that the Colony of Massachusetts was quite as far advanced in agricultural skill and productive harvests as that of Connecticut; therefore, we can judge from Mr. Wolcott's farm in Connecticut s, and its fineness and color make it a general favorite. The soil is composed mostly of silex and argilla, a mixture favorable to vegetation. The flora of Massachusetts would be a fair one of Medford. The high hills, rocky pastures, large plains, alluvial intervales, deep swamps, and extensive marshes, here give food to almose; and it therefore better stood the strain of the tornado of August 22, 1851. Its trunk is six feet in diameter near the ground; and it is probably as old as Massachusetts Colony. Two varieties. of walnut are found among us, and nutting is yet a cherished pastime with the boys in October. The sycamore or plane-tree, commonly c
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 2: (search)
that land in the Old World, and especially in England, was scarce and dear. Governor Winthrop in his Journal says: Thursday, 17th of June, 1630: We went to Massachusetts to find out a place for our sitting down. We went up Mystick River about six miles. This was the first exploration of the river, carried probably as far as Mbought for four or five. Monuments of early times. That there were many defences raised against the Indians and the wild beasts, by the early settlers of Massachusetts, is most true; and that many of them were not needed is also true. Not knowing at first how many Indians there were, nor what were their feelings towards the p of their false gods, or to the devil, in any part of our jurisdiction. Penalty £ 5. In 1698, there were four thousand one hundred and sixty-eight Indians in Massachusetts; and there were enough in this neighborhood to keep our fathers wide awake. It was common to go armed to the ploughing field; and Mac Fingal, in his way, give
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 3: (search)
ed and established within the Plymouth and Massachusetts Colonies before the year 1655, without any- Oct. 19, 1630: First General Court of Massachusetts Colony, and this at Boston: Present, the Go keep the county court at Salem. 1643: Massachusetts Colony had thirty towns, and was divided ie Constitution, in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This, not needing any change in t Association, and of the Bible Society of Massachusetts. Having faithfully and ably discharged Arnold's detachment, Jackson's regiment of Massachusetts, then led by Lieut. Col. Brooks, was still my mother. When Gen. Lafayette came to Massachusetts in 1824, he took an early opportunity to de said, I know not whence it came; but, in Massachusetts, I have learned where it has got to. Of a Society of the Cincinnati, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: July 4, 1787. By John Brooks, Ese was appointed Marshal of the District of Massachusetts by President Washington; and, after fillin[1 more...]
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 4: (search)
p for discussion, and that the decision of Massachusetts might be final. The gentleman they first The draft of the new Constitution for Massachusetts was at last prepared; and, May 28, 1780, Ms King, and Caleb Strong as Delegates from Massachusetts. At this juncture, the late requisitionrce of eleven hundred men. The Governor of Massachusetts ordered out four thousand four hundred trotution of the United States was adopted by Massachusetts, Feb. 6, 1788, in its Legislature, by a voas candidate for the office of Governor of Massachusetts, gratified the people of Medford; and, if d to make the number of Representatives in Massachusetts more than two hundred. A convention was Justices of the Peace in Medford. (from Massachusetts Records.) Thomas BrooksMar. 27, 178sts who were banished by the government of Massachusetts, more than sixty were graduates of Harvardsed great wealth, and, turning his eyes to Massachusetts, purchased of Elizabeth, widow of John Ush[7 more...]
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 5: (search)
above one mile from his dwelling-house without some arms, upon pain of 12d. for every default. In 1637, two hundred men, as warriors, were to be raised in Massachusetts. The following towns furnished numbers in proportion to their population: Boston, 26; Salem, 18; Saugus, 16; Ipswich, 17; Newbury, 8; Roxbury, 10; Hingham, 6;n issued a warrant for a meeting of all the inhabitants who had a right to vote. The warrant was dated May 18, 1781, and was issued in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for the purpose of choosing militia officers, as set forth in the Militia Act. This was the sole business of the meeting. The result was as follows:overnor for a charter to establish a company of volunteer militia, to be attached to the fifth regiment of infantry, in the first brigade and third division of Massachusetts militia. This petition was granted; and the company adopted the name of Brooks Phalanx, in honor of his late Excellency Governor Brooks. Oct. 11, 1841: The
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 7: ecclesiastical history (continued). (search)
rish expenses were as follows: In 1825, $1,208.16; in 1830, $1,235.35; in 1840, $1,701.24 ; in 1845, $2,348.01; in 1850, $1,523.21. The change of the law in Massachusetts respecting the support of ministers, and the consequent change of action in some parishes, had produced fatal results. One statute provides thus: No person shvolution, his agent could not deliver the cup without legislative authority. The following public document will sufficiently explain itself:-- Commonwealth of Massachusetts.in Senate, Oct. 26, 1781. On the petition of David Osgood, pastor of the church of Christ in Medford, in behalf of said church:-- Resolved, That,the grief of the church. A society was formed to act in concert with the church; and was incorporated, under the general act of incorporation of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, May 29, 1842, on application of Moses Parsons, Lewis C. Sorntas, Robert L. Ells, William Parsons, and others. Many inconveniences were experienced
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 8: Education. (search)
e oak. It is important to state that free schools originated in Massachusetts. In 1671, Sir William Berkeley, first Governor of Virginia, s and all abominations. God save us from both! Now look at Massachusetts. The Rev. John Robinson, before the Pilgrims left Leyden, chargfficiently explain the facts. Materials for a history of Massachusetts schools. The communications in our former numbers, respectinBefore the Annual Convention of the Congregational Ministers of Massachusetts1798 At the Ordination of Rev. Leonard Woods, at Newbury1798 Tonday, Nov. 26, of that month, he issued the first sheet of the Massachusetts Gazette. He died Oct. 30, 1807, aged sixty-seven. He was an a Education, &c.,--Lectures delivered before the Legislatures of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Connecticut1836 History of Preach Contributions to Silliman's Journal; Journals of Education in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York, and Ohio; North American
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 11: currency. (search)
s: A double ring on either side, with this inscription, Massachusetts, and a tree in the centre, on the one side; and New Engand something durable. When independence was declared, Massachusetts (April 11, 1776) put it on her State flag, and fought tas suppressed by James II.; and thereupon, in 1686, our Massachusetts patriots began to move in the establishment of a bank; especially when, as in 1740, there were circulating in Massachusetts public bills of four provinces, at 29s. for an ounce of silver. New tenor of Massachusetts at 6s. 8d., but current at 9s. 8d. oz. of silver. Connecticut new tenor at 8s., and Rhorevent the effort in England to withdraw the charter of Massachusetts, and to liquidate charges in London. The rates and ps,--province, county, and town. The first tax-bills of Massachusetts Colony, which were made out by counties, began October, parts of New Hampshire, and the north-eastern parts of Massachusetts, passed through Medford; and its distance from Boston m
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 12: crimes and Punishments. (search)
several slaves for his own use, and not to sell, and therefore prays that the duty on them be remitted. The duty was four pounds a head. This petition was laid on the table, and rests there yet. In 1781, a final blow was given to slavery in Massachusetts; and in this the inhabitants of Medford unanimously rejoiced. To show how anxious our fathers were to prevent all abuse of an existing custom, the town passed the following vote, Aug. 4, 1718: Voted that every inhabitant of this town (Medfore as many (one hundred and twenty) Scots brought hither and sold for servants in time of the war with England, and most now married and living here, and about half so many Irish brought hither at several times as servants. Judge Sewall, of Massachusetts, June 22, 1716, says, I essayed to prevent negroes and Indians being rated with horses and cattle, but could not succeed. No cargoes of slaves were brought into Medford; but how many cargoes of Medford rum went to Africa and the West Indie
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 14: fire-department. (search)
es confined to parish limits. Sewing-circles, charitable associations, literary unions, religious brotherhoods, and such like, are silent yet powerful agencies for the gratification of the social instincts, for the acquisition of knowledge, the cultivation of taste, the improvement of manners, and the progress of religion; but especially for relieving the necessitous, comforting the sick, and providing for the young. The order of the sons of Temperance. Mystic Division, No. 20, of Massachusetts. This branch of a widely extended and benevolent fraternity was organized Oct. 5, 1853, and already numbers over thirty members. The first office, of W. P., has a new occupant every three months. The gentlemen who have held it are S. D. Poole, J. M. Usher, Benjamin H. Samson, William A. Sanborn, John Brown, and Richard G. Pinkham. A public installation of officers was had in the Town Hall, April 11, 1854, when delegations from other branches were present; and a supper afterwards made
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