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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 28.,
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has this inscription, Massachusetts for the Union, the Constitution and the Enforcement of the Laws which meant then to include the Fugitive Slave Law. The words Bell and Everett have been chipped away. When that church and the Mystic united, both were placed in the new tower on Salem street. The building was sold to the Roman Catholics and was used for some years by them till the erection of St. Joseph's, farther up the street. In its remodelled form we can find it the store of Page & Curtin. Medford post office was in various places in this square,—a century ago in Mr. Porter's store, on Main street, the building just recently demolished. Then the stage coach was the public conveyance used. Henry Richardson (one of the 1818 Club) wrote: Our railroad was not running then, The project was not broached, And those that chose to ride to town Went in J. Wyman's coach. In every morn, at 8 A. M. 'Twould stand with open door, Beneath the willow in the square, Just by George Por