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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. 2 2 Browse Search
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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., January 15, 1738. (search)
and occupied by Isaac Bemis as a tavern in 1798, and kept by him for a long time. John Ball is supposed to have occupied the stand previous to him, and a Mr. Stratton followed him. It is still standing, the only one of the ancient taverns left, but no longer a public house. It is among the oldest houses of Waltham, and doubtless a fair specimen of the ancient inn. The first retailer of strong liquors in the town was Jonathan Hammond in 1739, and next Rebecca Walker, in 1750; then Mrs. Sarah Bowles succeeded in the liquor line, until 1752, when Samuel Woodburn was licensed, he being of good conversation, as stated in the records. This conversation was equally satisfactory to the Widow Sarah Bowles, his predecessor, whom he married, and the town transferred to him the liquor license. The inns continued to increase, and in 1765, with a population of 663 there were six taverns; in 1783 there were nine, the highest number ever reached ... In 1798 there were but five, and this nu
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., Index. (search)
9. Boston Bay or Harbor at first called Massachusetts Bay, 11 n. 3. Boston Manufacturing Co. incorporated, 130; purchases property of Cotton & Wool Factory Co., 132. Boston Rock Hill, 28. Boston Watch Co. at Roxbury, 135; move to Waltham, 135; failure of, 136. Boundary questions between Watertown and New Town, 19. Bounty for killing squirrels and blackbirds, 98; to soldiers in Canada expedition, 101. Bowers, Mrs. Isaac: only domestic goods store in Boston, 131. Bowles, Mrs., Sarah, innkeeper, 90. Bradford, Alden, plants a willow near cotton factory, 130 n. 1. Bradford, Governor of Plymouth, visits Salem, 11; gives right hand of fellowship to church, 12; visits Winthrop to arrange for trading at the Connecticut, 35; complains against the settlers on the Conn;, 36; shrewdness of, 37. Bradshaw, Eleazer, sells tea, 85. Bradstul, Simul, owner of Oldham Farm, 38. Brewer, Col., Jonathan, wounded at Bunker Hill, 82; proposed an expedition to Quebec, 103