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Pomfret (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
£ 26 13 4; The estate formerly owned by Lechmere, at the corner of Brattle and Sparks streets. John Vassall, Esq., £ 100; Widow Penelope Vassall, £ 15; William Brattle, Esq., £ 29; Ralph Inman, Esq., £ 40; Edward Stow, £ 10; David Phips, Esq., £ 40. Five of these estates were subsequently confiscated and sold by the Commonwealth; the estates of Lechmere (144 acres) and Oliver (96 acres), to Andrew Cabot, Esq., of Salem, Nov. 24, 1779; the estate of Sewall (44 acres) to Thomas Lee of Pomfret, Conn., Dec. 7, 1779; Sometimes called English Thomas, to distinguish him from another Thomas Lee, his nearest neighbor. He was a rich merchant, honored and beloved for his generosity to the poor. He died May 26, 1797, in the 60th year of his age. the estate of Phips (50 acres) to Isaiah Doane of Boston, May 25, 1781; and the estate of Vassall (116 acres) to Nathaniel Tracy, Esq., of Newburyport, June 28, 1781. Inman returned soon, and his estate was restored to him. The heirs of Borland
Dorchester, Mass. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
oper, to deliver ourselves and posterity from Slavery. Within a month afterwards, the Gordian knot of this controversy was cut, by the destruction of the tea in Boston Harbor, after an earnest and protracted effort to induce the consignees to send it back to Europe. Whether any Cambridge men participated in this final act, or not, it is reasonably certain that they assisted in the preliminary measures. Hutchinson says, the Committees of Correspondence of the towns of Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester, Brookline, and Cambridge, united, and held their meetings daily, or by short adjournments, in Faneuil Hall, or one of the rooms belonging to it, and gave such directions as they thought proper. Two of the other vessels with tea arriving from London, they were ordered by this new body to the same wharf where the first ships lay, under pretence of the conveniency of having the whole under one guard. It soon after appeared that a further conveniency accompanied it. Hist. Mass., III. 433
New Hampshire (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
be appointed by the King. The Lieutenant-governor (Thomas Oliver), and two members of the Council Samuel Danforth and Joseph Lee), appointed under the provisions of this act, were inhabitants of Cambridge. Colonel Oliver was a man of wealth and character, but had not previously held public station, except military. Perhaps one exception should be made: We hear that Thomas Oliver, Esq., of Cambridge, is appointed Judge of the Provincial Courts of Vice-Admiralty for this Province and New Hampshire. —Boston Gazette, May 3, 1773. It was indeed suggested by some, that his name was inserted in the commission by mistake, instead of Peter Oliver, the Chief Justice and a member of the old Council. Judge Lee had been a Representative, but never before a member of the Council; on the contrary, Judge Danforth was the senior member of that Board, having held office, by thirty-six successive elections, since May, 1739. The new Council (styled the Mandamus Council because its members were ap
Quebec (Canada) (search for this): chapter 13
ed, That (with all humility) it is the opinion of the town, that the inhabitants of this Province have a legal claim to all the natural, inherent, constitutional rights of Englishmen, notwithstanding their distance from Great Britain; that the Stamp Act is an infraction upon these rights. One instance out of many, in our opinion, is this:—the Distributor of Stamps will have a sovereignty over every thing but the lives of the people, since it is in his power to summon every one he pleases to Quebec, Montreal, or Newfoundland, to answer for pretended or real breaches of this Act; and when the faithful subject arrives there, by whom is he to be tried? Not by his peers (the birth-right of every Englishman); no, but by the Judge of Admiralty, without a jury, and it is possible without law. Under these circumstances, the Stamp-Master may unrighteously get more than his Majesty will upon a balance by the stamps; for who would not rather pay the fine than be thus harassed, thus tried? Why a
Halifax (Canada) (search for this): chapter 13
ed on Thursday evening, and surrounded the Attorney-General's house, Jonathan Sewall was Attorney-general, and his house still remains at the westerly corner of Brattle and Sparks Streets. who is also Judge of Admiralty on the new plan, for Nova Scotia; and being provoked by the firing of a gun from a window, they broke some glass, but did no more mischief. The company, however, concerned in this, were mostly boys and negroes, who soon dispersed. On perceiving the concourse on Friday mnging to Borland, were advertised by the agents of the Commonwealth to be leased at auction, March 1, 1780. General Brattle conveyed all his real estate in Cambridge, Dec. 13, 1774, to his only surviving son, Major Thomas Brattle, and died in Halifax, N. S., October, 1776. By the persevering efforts of Mrs. Katherine Wendell, the only surviving daughter of General Brattle, the estate was preserved from confiscation, and was recovered by Major Brattle after his return from Europe,—having been pr
William Hutchinson (search for this): chapter 13
and properties of his Majesty's subjects here. Hutchinson's Hist. Mass., III. 477, 478. A distinct opi same month, they attacked the house of Lieutenant-governor Hutchinson, who had rendered himself obnoxious by ession and custody of the Lieutenant-governor. Hutchinson's Hist. Mass., III. 124. At a town meeting in Ca, and nothing further passed upon the subject. Hutchinson's Hist. Mass., III. 158-160. On the 16th of chose to resign before the election came on. Hutchinson's Hist. Mass., III. 148. The intention to exclud only, payable upon its importation into America. Hutchinson's Hist. Mass., III. 179. At the same time commisy of his subjects in the province may require. Hutchinson's Hist. Mass., III. 204, 205. The time fixed for that they assisted in the preliminary measures. Hutchinson says, the Committees of Correspondence of the tow I did the like to Governors Pownal, Bernard, and Hutchinson; in doing of which, every soldier will say I did
James Russell Lowell (search for this): chapter 13
John Brewster. (succeeded by Jonathan Sewall, June 10, 1771), Judge Joseph Lee, House, corner of Brattle and Appleton streets, now the homestead of George Nichols. Capt. George Ruggles House, corner Brattle and Fayerweather Streets, long the homestead of the late William Wells. (succeeded by Thomas Fayerweather, Oct. 31, 1774), and Lieut.-gov. Thomas Oliver, House, Elmwood Avenue, the homestead successively of Vice-president Elbridge Gerry, Rev. Charles Lowell, and his son Prof. James Russell Lowell,—each, in his respective sphere of politics, theology, and poetry, more illustrious than the original occupant. All these houses remain in good condition, though erected more than a hundred years ago; but the farms have been divided into smaller estates. owned and resided on contiguous estates; and their families composed a select social circle, to which few others were admitted. Prominent among those few were Judge Samuel Danforth, House, on the easterly side of Dunster Str
John Brewster (search for this): chapter 13
William Brattle, House, next westerly from the University Press. Col. John Vassall, House, afterwards Washington's Headquarters, now the homestead of Prof. Henry W. Longfellow, and famous both as the tent of Mars and as the favorite haunt of the Muses. Penelope Vassall, widow of Col. Henry Vassall, House nearly opposite to the Headquarters, now the homestead of the venerable Samuel Batchelder. Richard Lechmere House, corner of Brattle and Sparks streets, now the homestead of John Brewster. (succeeded by Jonathan Sewall, June 10, 1771), Judge Joseph Lee, House, corner of Brattle and Appleton streets, now the homestead of George Nichols. Capt. George Ruggles House, corner Brattle and Fayerweather Streets, long the homestead of the late William Wells. (succeeded by Thomas Fayerweather, Oct. 31, 1774), and Lieut.-gov. Thomas Oliver, House, Elmwood Avenue, the homestead successively of Vice-president Elbridge Gerry, Rev. Charles Lowell, and his son Prof. James Russell
Edward Marrett (search for this): chapter 13
lives and fortunes to support them in the measure,— We the inhabitants of the town of Cambridge, in full town-meeting assembled and warned for the purpose abovesaid, do solemnly engage with our lives and fortunes to support them in the measure. Most faithfully did they redeem their pledge. The inhabitants of Cambridge suffered the various privations and inconveniences incident to warfare, from which they sought relief in a quiet and peaceable manner. On the 18th of September, 1776, Edward Marrett, by direction of the town, petitioned the General Court that the hospital at Sewall's Point in Brookline might no longer be used for the treatment of small-pox, as coasters were fearful of passing up the river with fuel; and so much wood in Cambridge and the vicinity had been destroyed by the army, that the inhabitants and students could obtain none except at exorbitant prices. The Court ordered that the barracks standing within the fort at Sewall's Point be not used for a hospital, an
George Ruggles (search for this): chapter 13
er. (succeeded by Jonathan Sewall, June 10, 1771), Judge Joseph Lee, House, corner of Brattle and Appleton streets, now the homestead of George Nichols. Capt. George Ruggles House, corner Brattle and Fayerweather Streets, long the homestead of the late William Wells. (succeeded by Thomas Fayerweather, Oct. 31, 1774), and Lien. Seven families, Mrs. Oliver was sister to Vassall; and Mrs. Vassall was sister to Oliver. The deceased father of Vassall and Mrs. Oliver was brother to Mrs. Ruggles, to Mrs. Borland, and to the deceased husband of the widow Vassall; and the deceased mother of Vassall and Mrs. Oliver was sister to Col. Phips, to Mrs. Lechmeid to have dwelt in Boston during the siege, after which he returned to his estate, which he enjoyed unmolested until his death Dec. 5, 1802, at the age of 93. Capt. Ruggles sold his estate, Oct. 31, 1774, to Thomas Fayerweather, and removed from Cambridge; his subsequent history is unknown to me. All the others were regarded as en
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