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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies 2 0 Browse Search
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order 2 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition. 2 0 Browse Search
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1828. (search)
neral Wadsworth was a noble incarnation of the American people. He certainly displayed throughout the same earnest, self-sacrificing, undismayed spirit which they collectively manifested. James Samuel Wadsworth was born at Geneseo, New York, October 30, 1807. He was the eldest son of James Wadsworth, who had emigrated from Durham, in Connecticut, and whose family was among the most ancient and respectable in that State. It is said that one of his ancestors was that sturdy Puritan, Joseph Wadsworth, the captain of train-bands who concealed in the famous oak at Hartford, in defiance of the authority of the tyrant Andros, the precious charter which Charles II. had given to the Colony; and who afterwards, when another intruding governor, Colonel Fletcher of New York, attempted to exercise illegal rule over the Connecticut militia, caused his drums to beat and drown the reading of the royal commission, saying to Fletcher, If I am interrupted, I will make the daylight shine through y
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order, Boston events. (search)
Assessed £700, 1702 Assessed $40,000, 1797 Assessed $8,069,719.82, 1879 Treasurer, John Oliver, chosen, July 21, 1641 James Penn, chosen, Mar. 18, 1650 Ensign Hutchinson, chosen, Mar. 16, 1652 William Davis, chosen, Mar. 30, 1655 John Hall, chosen, Mar. 29, 1657 John richards, chosen, Mar. 26, 1667 Thomas Brattle, chosen, Mar. 20, 1674 Richard Mullicut, chosen, Mar. 10, 1690 James Taylor, chosen, Mar. 14, 1691 Joseph Prout, chosen, Mar. 1, 1701 Joseph Wadsworth, chosen, Mar. 15, 1719 David Jeffries, chosen, Mar. 12, 1749 Peter Boyer, chosen, Mar. 11, 1782 Joseph Russell, chosen, Mar. 14, 1791 Samuel Clapp, chosen, Mar. 14, 1796 Benjamin Sumner, chosen, Mar. 16, 1803 William Smith, chosen, Mar. 10, 1806 Andrew Signorey, chosen, June 27, 1814 Trask, Howard a notorious felon, escaped from Boston jail, Sep. 16, 1822 Tread-Mill for criminals, advocated, 1823 Trees Orange. A noted sign at the head of Hanover st
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 17: (search)
ssion, and demanded Oct. 31. the surrender of its charter. The brave Governor Treat pleaded earnestly for the cherished patent, which Trum bull had been purchased by sacrifices and martyrdoms, and was endeared by halcyon days. The shades of evening descended during the prolonged discussion; an anxious crowd of farmers had gathered to witness the debate. The charter lay on the table. Of a sudden, the lights are extinguished; and, as they are rekindled, the charter has disappeared. Joseph Wadsworth, of Hartford, stealing noiselessly through the opening crowd, concealed the precious parchment in the hollow of an oak, which was older than the colony, and long remained Hinman, 172 to confirm the tale. Meantime Andros assumed the government, selected councillors, and, demanding the records of Connecticut, to the annals of its freedom set the word Finis. Should Connecticut resist, and alone declare independence? The colonists submitted; yet their consciences were afterwards troubl