hide Matching Documents

The documents where this entity occurs most often are shown below. Click on a document to open it.

Document Max. Freq Min. Freq
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks) 20 2 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 12 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 8 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.) 8 0 Browse Search
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 25. 6 0 Browse Search
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. 4 0 Browse Search
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 1. 4 0 Browse Search
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2 2 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore) 2 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. 2 0 Browse Search
View all matching documents...

Browsing named entities in Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 1.. You can also browse the collection for William Wood or search for William Wood in all documents.

Your search returned 2 results in 2 document sections:

Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 1., Medford Historical Society. (search)
, Henry B. Nye, Charles E. Ober, J. E. Oldfield, John. Oldfield, Mrs. Mary. Oldfield, Miss Ada. Page, Mrs. Annie M. Papkee, J. A. Parker, Charles H. Peak, Irvin E. Peak, Mrs. Esther R. Phemister, E. A. Plummer, Mrs. J. M. G. Porter, Miss Helen. Randall, Edward S. Russell, Mrs. Cora L. Sampson, George T. Sampson, Miss Ellen R. Sargent, Miss Mary E. Shultis, Mark. Shultis, Mrs. Kate D. Spinney, Frank T. Stetson, George W. Stickney, Allison M. Stickney, Mrs. Allison M. Stone, Miss Katherine H. Street, John D. Swan, Charles H. Swift, Miss Caroline E. Symmes, Miss Amelia M. Teele, Edward W. Thompson, Wm. A. Wait, William Cushing. Wait, Francis A. Wait, Miss Hetty F. Wait, Miss Sarah H. Washburne, Miss M. Louise. Wilber, Nahum E. Wilber, Mortimer E. Wild, Miss Helen T. Withington, Henry. Wood, Joseph W. Woolley, Fred. H. C. Wright, Thomas G. *Wright, Walter C.
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 1., Notes. (search)
he first historian of the town would form a most appropriate feature in the decoration of these rooms. To return to the Blessing of the Bay—it must not be assumed that this vessel was the first ever built in New England. In 1607 a vessel of 30 tons, called the Virginia, was built at the mouth of the Kennebec river, by the Popham colonists, who started a settlement which ultimately collapsed. This vessel made several voyages across the Atlantic. An account of the colony, written by William Wood, who resided in the colony several years, published in 1634, gives us a glimpse of Medford in the earliest days of its settlement, and it incidentally refers to the next piece of ship-building which was done on the Mystic, or, as he calls it, Mistick: The next town is Mystick, which is three miles from Charlestown by land, and a league and one half by water. It is seated on the waterside very pleasantly; there are not many houses as yet. At the head of this river are great and spaciou