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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 7: ecclesiastical history (continued). (search)
,--payable by quarterly yearly payments,--and with the understanding and agreement that either of said parties may put an end to the connection by giving to the other party six months notice, in writing, of his or their intention so to do. July 9, 1849: At a meeting of the parish this day, the following was introduced and voted:-- Resolved, that, in view of the history of this parish, its present condition, and its future prospects, it is regarded as inexpedient, and hazardous to our bestierpont on the subject of his settlement, and for conducting and making arrangements for his installation. This committee report, April 8, 1850, as follows:-- At a meeting of the special committee of the first parish of Medford, appointed, July 9, 1849, to make arrangements with the Rev. John Pierpont for the commencement of his pastoral labors in its pulpit, on conference with the pastor and with his concurrence,-- Voted to dispense with the ceremony of an ecclesiastical council for the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Chouteau, Pierre 1749-1849 (search)
Chouteau, Pierre 1749-1849 Trader; born in New Orleans in 1749; ascended the Mississippi River, and founded the city of St. Louis, Mo. He died in St. Louis, Mo., July 9, 1849.
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 12., The first Parish in Medford. (search)
appointed to communicate with Mr. Pierpont, but before doing so a paper was presented to the legal voters in the parish who were not present at the meeting when the call was extended to him, with the result that 71 were in his favor to 21 opposed, and at a parish meeting, held June 25, 1849, the call was renewed by a large vote. Mr. Pierpont accepted the call, but before he had taken up his residence here the minority in the parish had gathered their forces, and at a subsequent meeting, July 9, 1849, passed the following resolution: Resolved, that in view of the history of this parish, its present condition and its future prospects, it is regarded as inexpedient and hazardous to our best interests as a Christian church, for our pastor to preach any political abolition sermons or discourses in the pulpit on the Sabbath. There were then two distinct organizations of church and parish, and as the church could be sooner called together, on July 15 a meeting was held, when Abner Bartlett