Browsing named entities in Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct.. You can also browse the collection for June 14th, 1772 AD or search for June 14th, 1772 AD in all documents.

Your search returned 1 result in 1 document section:

Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct., chapter 4 (search)
in the month of January, and over a dozen during the spring and summer months; in 1729, twenty-seven; 1729 to 1743, fifteen; 1743 to 1770, nineteen. That of November, 1755, was the most violent, being felt in Europe and America, and resulting in the destruction of Lisbon, where 60,000 persons perished. In Boston many chimneys were demolished, and other singular effects were experienced throughout New England. The publications of the time are full of the matter. Another (No. 1328—June 14, 1772) conveys an impression that religion suffered neglect in the towns and parishes of New England at this period, for which the calamity of the time [the presence of British troops in their midst] was esteemed a judgment. Another (No. 1336—Aug. 16, 1772) states, We may well tremble under the apprehension of wicked and arbitrary power. In this year he preached a sermon on Eccles. 12: 14, to the youth— Sept. 13, 1772. They were professedly united for the worship of God on the evening o<