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The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), Cambridge Common. (search)
than that aforementioned, then and in such case the whole of the premises hereby granted to said town shall revert to the Proprietors granting the same, and the present grant shall thereupon be deemed null and void. As early as 1636, the annual elections of the colony for the choice of Governor, Deputy-Governor, and Assistants were held under a large oak-tree which stood on the easterly side of the Common, opposite Holmes Place. One of the most remarkable of these elections took place May 17, 1637, the contest being between Governor Harry Vane and Ex-Governor John Winthrop. The day was clear and warm, when, at one o'clock in the afternoon, the freemen of the colony gathered in groups about this tree. Most of the noted men of the colony, including the magistrates and clergy, were among the large number present. Governor Vane, in English fashion, beneath the open sky, announced the purpose of the meeting to be the annual election. Great excitement prevailed, and in the midst of
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order, Boston events. (search)
3 per cent. premium, Dec. 1, 1868 At par; specie payment resumed, Jan. 1, 1879 Gorman, Edith an escaped Nun, lectured in Music Hall, Mar. 18, 1871 Governor of New England, Capt. John Smith, 1622 Of the Massachusetts Colony, Mathew Craddock, 1629 Colonial, John Winthrop, chosen, Oct. 20, 1629 John Winthrop, re-chosen, Aug. 23, 1630 Thomas Dudley, chosen, May 14, 1634 John Haynes, chosen, May 6, 1635 Henry Vane, chosen, May 15, 1636 John Winthrop, chosen, May 17, 1637 Thomas Dudley, chosen, May 13, 1640 Richard Bellingham, chosen, June 2, 1641 John Winthrop, chosen, May 13, 1643 Governor Colonial, John Endicott, chosen, May 29, 1644 Thomas Dudley, chosen, May 14, 1645 John Winthrop, chosen, May 6, 1646 John Endicott, chosen, May 10, 1649 Richard Bellingham, chosen, May 3, 1654 John Endicott, chosen, May 23, 1655 Richard Bellingham, chosen, May 4, 1665 John Leverett, chosen, May 7, 1673 Simon Bradstreet, chosen,