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Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739. 1 1 Browse Search
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loudly, `come gals, strike up; but even this kindly solicitation failed to arouse their courage to the sticking point, and this part of the service was entirely omitted. The steeple was struck by lightning in August, 1770, and set on fire. It was seen by a man who was milking near by, and he ascended the belfry and extinguished the fire with his pail of milk. This led to the introduction of lightning rods in Waltham. John Winthrop in a letter to Benjamin Franklin, dated Cambridge, October 26, 1771, says:—I am very glad to find your admirable invention of lightning-rods is coming into fashion in England, and cannot but think your circulating particular directions for making them by the magazines will greatly promote the use of them. I have on all occasions encouraged them in this country, and have the satisfaction to find it has not been without effect. A little piece I inserted in our newspapers last summer induced the people of Waltham (a town a few miles from hence) to fix ro