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William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 395 395 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 370 370 Browse Search
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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8 46 46 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition. 36 36 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 34 34 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition. 29 29 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died. 26 26 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments. 25 25 Browse Search
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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 6: civil History. (search)
y had but about 3,000 sheep in the Colony. Hist. Mass., i. 93. Winthrop says, This year there came over great store of provisions, both out of England and Ireland, and but few passengers (and those brought very little money), which was occasioned by the store of money and quick markets which the merchants found here the two or three years before, so as now all our money was drained from us, and cattle and all commodities grew very cheap, which enforced us at the next General Court, in the eighth month, to make an order, that corn should pass in payments of new debts; Indian, at 4s. the bushel; rye, at 5s., and wheat, at 6s.; and that upon all executions for former debts, the creditor might take what goods he pleased (or, if he had no goods, then his lands), to be appraised by three men, one chosen by the creditor, one by the debtor, and the third by the Marshall. Savage's Winthrop, II. 7. To this state of things Mr. Hooker probably referred when he renewed his efforts, in the
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 10: civil History. (search)
In 1721, the small-pox prevailed more extensively and fatally than ever before in Boston and its vicinity.* A statement of results was made officially in the Boston News Letter : Boston, Feb. 24, 1721-2. By the Selectmen. The number of persons visited with the small-pox since its coming into town, in April last past, having been inquired into by direction from the Selectmen, amounts to 5,889:—844 of whom died and were buried in the preceding months, as follows:—May, 1; June, 8; July, 11; Aug., 26; Sept., 101; Oct., 411; Nov., 249; Dec., 31; Jan., 6. The extent of the destruction of life in Cambridge, by this scourge, is not known with exactness; but references to it are found in the New England Courant: Cambridge, Thursday, Nov. 30, 1721. This morning died here William Hutchinson, of Boston, Esq., of the small-pox, in the 38th year of his age. （Dec. 4, 1721.) Last week died one of the Indian hostages (mentioned in our last) of the small-pox at Cambridge. （Jan. 22, 1721-2.) O
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 11: civil History. (search)
habitants of Cambridge thus protested against the arbitrary exercise of power by Parliament, and against the enforcement of the Stamp Act in particular, they were not ready to encourage any violent outbreak of popular fury. During the preceding August, by hanging him in effigy, breaking into his house, and destroying part of his furniture, some of the inhabitants of Boston had induced Mr. Secretary Oliver to promise that he would not act as Distributor of Stamps; and on the evening of the 26thctober 27, 1766, The inhabitants having taken into consideration the affair now pending in the Great and General Court, relative to the losses sustained by divers persons, by means of the outrage and violence of the mob in Boston, in the month of August, A. D. 1765,—Voted, That it be an instruction to the Representative of this town to use his best endeavors in the General Court that a compensation be made to the Lieutenant-governor and other sufferers (upon proper application by them made for t
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
g. 1740, d. Dec. 1740; Thaddeus, b. 19 Aug. 1741, d. 10 Jan. 1747-8; Martha, b. 25 Nov. 1742, m. Dr. Isaac Foster of Chs.-July 1765, and d. 21 Sept. 1770; Hugh, b. 16 May 1745,d. 8 Mar. 1746; a child, b. and d. 2 Ap. 1748; John Alford, b. 10 Dec. 1750, grad. H. C. 1771, was Clerk in the Boston Post Office, afterwards res. here with his sisters, and still later with Rev. Dr. Harris at Dorchester, where he d. unm. 16 Feb. 1831, in consequence of being run over by a milk cart in the previous August; Hannah, b. 3 Sept. 1760, d. here unm. 20 Jan. 1847; Thaddeus, b. 3 Aug. 1762, d. 15 Sept. 1762; Ann, b.——1763, d. here unm. 25 Nov. 1816; Elizabeth, b. 21 May 1765, d. here unm. 12 May 1830; Abigail Belcher, b. 23 July 1766, d. 5 July 1767. Thaddeus the f. d. 1 May 1802, a. 95 years and 4 months; his w. Ann d. 4 Jan. 1802, a. 71. 8. Nehemiah, s. of Joseph (6), a tanner in Watertown, m. Elizabeth Stone 28 Mar. 1754; she d. 24 Ap. 1755, and he m. Martha Clark in 1756; she d. 23 July 1761,
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, M. (search)
g. 1740, d. Dec. 1740; Thaddeus, b. 19 Aug. 1741, d. 10 Jan. 1747-8; Martha, b. 25 Nov. 1742, m. Dr. Isaac Foster of Chs.-July 1765, and d. 21 Sept. 1770; Hugh, b. 16 May 1745,d. 8 Mar. 1746; a child, b. and d. 2 Ap. 1748; John Alford, b. 10 Dec. 1750, grad. H. C. 1771, was Clerk in the Boston Post Office, afterwards res. here with his sisters, and still later with Rev. Dr. Harris at Dorchester, where he d. unm. 16 Feb. 1831, in consequence of being run over by a milk cart in the previous August; Hannah, b. 3 Sept. 1760, d. here unm. 20 Jan. 1847; Thaddeus, b. 3 Aug. 1762, d. 15 Sept. 1762; Ann, b.——1763, d. here unm. 25 Nov. 1816; Elizabeth, b. 21 May 1765, d. here unm. 12 May 1830; Abigail Belcher, b. 23 July 1766, d. 5 July 1767. Thaddeus the f. d. 1 May 1802, a. 95 years and 4 months; his w. Ann d. 4 Jan. 1802, a. 71. 8. Nehemiah, s. of Joseph (6), a tanner in Watertown, m. Elizabeth Stone 28 Mar. 1754; she d. 24 Ap. 1755, and he m. Martha Clark in 1756; she d. 23 July 1761,