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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 11: civil History. (search)
ospital at Sewall's Point in Brookline might no longer be used for the treatment of small-pox, as coasters were fearful of passing up the river with fuel; and so much wood in Cambridge and the vicinity had been destroyed by the army, that the inhabitants and students could obtain none except at exorbitant prices. The Court ordered that the barracks standing within the fort at Sewall's Point be not used for a hospital, and that they be kept clear of infection. Mass. Rec., XXXV. 287. August 14, 1777, the General Court granted a parcel of nails ( 3300 double tens ) to a Committee, for repairing the jail at Cambridge, the Committee not being able to obtain them elsewhere,—the said nails to be paid for by the town. Mass. Arch., CCXV. 46. September 10, 1777. The petition of the selectmen of the town of Cambridge, in behalf of themselves and the inhabitants of said town, humbly sheweth,— That whereas the inhabitants of said town are in great necessity of the article of salt, and it n