Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct., chapter 5, page 141

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1831

The town opposed the placing of certain horse-sheds on the Common, by the burying-place.—See page 117 previous.

1832

The Pound was located on the town land near the school-house in the Southeast District. The teachers of schools in town, in 1831 and 1832, were Samuel L. Gould, Samuel Adams, Miles T. Gardner, James Nason, John W. Huntington, Priscilla Hagar, Rebecca Whittemore, Eliza A. Carlisle, Mary A. Locke, and Lucy A. Teel.

1833

The town allowed $500 for procuring fire-engines; $250 to the South District, and $250 to the Middle and Lower Districts. The old engine was considered as belonging to the Middle and Lower Districts.

1834

Side-walks first mentioned on the town records.

1835

Legacy of $100 left by Dr. Ebenezer Learned, of Hopkinton, N. H., accepted. This was for the purpose of establishing a Juvenile Library for the free use of the children of the public schools of the town.¹

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1836

The town voted that the selectmen be instructed to erect a suitable monument over the graves of the late William and Mary Cutter, the sum not to exceed fifty dollars, in addition to the sum appropriated for that purpose by the executor of the will of Mrs. Mary Cutter. The accompanying cut is a picture of the monument in the Old Burying Ground. The report of the standing committee of the West Cambridge Juvenile Library, for 1863, contains the following particulars regarding its history:—--In the year 1835, Dr. Ebenezer Learned made a bequest of $100,. for the purpose of establishing a Juvenile Library for the free use of the children of the public schools of West Cambridge. The library thus established was increased by donations from the friends of the West Cambridge Sewing Circle, and from

1 liberal citizens of the town. In 1837, the town passed a vote that $30 annually be appropriated for the Juvenile Library, on condition that each family shall have the privilege of taking out books free. One hundred dollars were left for the same object by Dr. Wellington, which is invested as a permanent fund, the interest only being used each year. In 1860, the town liberally increased their appropriation to $100 annually for the purchase of books, on the same condition as before, that each family in town should have the right to use the library. The number of volumes in 1863 was about 1800. It was established as the Arlington Public Library in 1872.

Boston: David Clapp and son. 564 Washington Street, 1880.

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Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct.