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H. Wager Halleck , A. M. , Lieut. of Engineers, U. S. Army ., Elements of Military Art and Science; or, Course of Instruction in Strategy, Fortification, Tactis of Battles &c., Embracing the Duties of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery and Engineers. Adapted to the Use of Volunteers and Militia., Chapter 13 : permanent fortifications.—Historical Notice of the progress of this Art.—Description of the several parts of a Fortress, and the various Methods of fortifying a position (search)
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 2 : (search)
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 3 : (search)
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 10 : trade. (search)
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 11 : currency. (search)
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 15 : Historical items. (search)
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), chapter 18 (search)
Agawam,
The Indian name of Ipswich, Mass.; settled in 1633; incorporated under the present name in 1634.
See Boston; Massachusetts.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alexander , Sir William , 1580 -1640 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bogardus , Everardus , 1633 - (search)
Bogardus, Everardus, 1633-
Was the first clergyman in New Netherland; born in Holland.
He and Adam Roelandson, school-master, came to America with Governor Van Twiller in 1633.
Bogardus was a bold, outspoken man, and did not shrink from giving a piece of his mind to men in authority.
Provoked by what he considered maladministration of public affairs, he wrote a letter to Governor Van Twiller, in which he called him a child of the devil, and threatened to give him such a shake from the pu1633.
Bogardus was a bold, outspoken man, and did not shrink from giving a piece of his mind to men in authority.
Provoked by what he considered maladministration of public affairs, he wrote a letter to Governor Van Twiller, in which he called him a child of the devil, and threatened to give him such a shake from the pulpit the next Sunday as would make him shudder.
About 1638 Bogardus married Annetje.
widow of Roeloff Jansen, to whose hushand Van Twiller had granted 62 acres of land on Manhattan Island, now in possession of Trinity Church, New York.
This is the estate which the heirs of Annetje Jansen Bogardus have been seeking for many years to recover.
Being charged before the Classis of Amsterdam with conduct unbecoming a clergyman.
Bogardus was about to go thither to defend himself on the arrival of