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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 16: ecclesiastical History. (search)
r building the church is dated at Boston, April 25, 1759. The petition to the society was signed by Henry Vassal, Joseph Lee, John Vassal, Ralph Inman, Thomas Oliver, David Phips, Robert Temple, James Apthorp. At a meeting held at Boston, September 29, 1759, the six first named gentlemen, with the Rev. East Apthorp, were chosen as the building committee; Ralph Inman, Esq., was appointed Treasurer. Hist. Notice, etc., p. 21. These six first named gentlemen resided in Cambridge, and were amonful money, the church also paying for the removal of the Pound. The line of the Common, which was originally curved, was thus straightened, the burying ground being also extended up to the church line. Hist. Notice, p. 22. At the meeting, Sept. 29, 1759, when the size and general plan of the edifice were determined, it was voted, That the expense of executing the whole building is not to exceed £ 500 sterling. Hist. Notice, p. 21. But although the dimensions of the building proposed by t