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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 15: ecclesiastical History. (search)
t amongst them, distinct from the town. Doubtless Mr. Mitchell shared the fears which were expressed by the townsmen, that the fraction will prove destructive to the whole body. Upon the extreme urgency of the petitioners, the town consented, Jan. 23, 1659-60, that the remote inhabitants on the south side of the River should annually be abated the one half of their proportion to the ministry's allowance, during the time that they were provided of an able minister according to law. And Jan. 15, 1661-2, all persons residing south of the river and more than four miles distant from the old meeting-house, were released from all ministerial charges, on condition that they should give good security to the town for the payment of twenty pounds per annum forever to the use of the other part of the town belonging to the old meeting-house on the north side of the River. Although these propositions were not accepted, the agitation was continued for many years, until Newton became a separate