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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1,606 0 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 462 0 Browse Search
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.) 416 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 286 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition. 260 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition. 254 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 242 0 Browse Search
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks) 230 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition. 218 0 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1 166 0 Browse Search
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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 29., The history of the Royall house and its occupants. (search)
by Isaac Royall the work of enlarging was put into the hands of his brother Jacob. The plans were drawn in Antigua from a nobleman's house which Royall much admired and it was his wish to have an exact duplicate. Shipbuilding being the industry of Medford, much skilled labor could be obtained, and by their handiwork and that of clever architects was produced the elegant paneling, rich cornices, fluted pilasters, doorways, and interior carvings, and the finest stairway to be found in New England—all being much admired in the present generation. The house has everything to commend it as a fine specimen of the architecture of its period. Writers spoke of it one hundred and seventy-five years ago as the grandest house in the thirteen colonies. It won fame long before the Revolution for the strength and beauty of its construction on the outside and elaborate finish of the interior. Beautiful grounds surrounded the house, enclosed as it was by a brick wall with an imposing gatew
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 29., The Cradock house, past and future. (search)
atthew Cradock, governor of the Massachusetts Company in New England. It is hard enough for Medford to lose its shipbuildinge star of empire takes its way and invested his money in New England. We may as well confess here, that financially the invet. In 1620 James I had granted to the Grand Council for New England all the land between forty and forty-eight degrees northhe title of Governor and Company of Massachusetts Bay in New England. And by this charter the king constitutes our welbelovend the Puritans saw before them a period of oppression. New England became desirable more as a refuge than a trading post, ae in inabling me to undergoe what I have & doe suffer by New England, & . . . if my heart deceyve me not, I joye more in the ced, when taking an auto trip through some older part of New England, that if you note one old house of peculiar construction Peter Tufts house. The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities Bulletin, April, 1915. called attention t
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 29., The Identity of the Cradock house. (search)
] claim? and said, The tradition of the Cradock house is very old. It has the authority of age, and is such authority to be lightly set aside? During the past thirty years persistent search has been made for identity and very old tradition. We here present a reprint of pages 46 and 47 of Brooks' History of Medford (1855), a book now very rare. Governor Cradock's House.—The old two-story brick house in East Medford, on Ship street, is one of the most precious relics of antiquity in New England. That it was built by Mr. Cradock soon after the arrival of his company of carpenters, fishermen, and farmers, will appear from the following facts. The land on which it stands was given by the General Court to Mr. Cradock. When the heirs of Mr. Cradock gave a deed of their property, June 2, 1652, they mentioned houses, barns, and many other buildings, but did not so specify these objects as to render them cognizable by us. There is no deed of this house given by any other person. T