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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 3., Medford in the War of the Revolution. (search)
y. The regulars had started on their second expedition, and this time they would not return unmolested. The flower of the town had marched away. The old men and boys could not restrain themselves. They followed on, and the women waited. Abigail Brooks, the wife of Rev. Edward Brooks, bade her husband good-by as with gun on his shoulder he rode off toward Lexington. Outstripping those on foot, he pressed forward to Concord, and was in the fight at the bridge. Here he saved the life of Lieenotomy. The white face of his mother, the gleaming bayonets, the rattle of musketry, and the anxiety for his absent father made a lasting impression on the boy's mind. By and by the shots grew fainter, and tired stragglers began to pass. Abigail Brooks had a great iron kettle hung under the elm-tree which you can see to-day, and served chocolate to all who wished it. The stately lady, the granddaughter of Rev. John Cotton, serving these battle-stained men, makes a picture which Medford peop
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 3., Births, Deaths and Marriages from early records. (search)
[Aprill]* Febrewary 20th 171 9/20 Peter Son of Peter Wait & Abigal his Wife Born Aprill 21 1720 Joanna Porter Daughtr. of ye Revernd Mr. Aaron Porter & Mrs Susanah his Wife Born March 21st 1719 Jona Polley & Ledia Nutting wr. Maried by ye Revernd Mr Aaron Porter Febr 25/171920 John Hall & Elizebeth Walker Maried by ye Revernd Mr Aaron Porter Aprll 27/1720 Jane Porter Daughtr. of ye Revernd Mr. Aaron Porter Mr. Susanah his Wife Born November 9th/1720 Mr. Thomas Oaks and Abigail Brooks maried by ye Revernd: Mr: Aaron Porter Octr: 27/1720 Ruth Daughter of Richard & Elizebeth Wait was Born Decemr: I: 1720 John Hall Dyed Novemr 14th 1720 John Son of John & Elizbeth Hall Born Novr: 24th 1720 Ledia Daughter of Jonathan Polley and Ledia his Wife Born Decembr. 12 1720 Ruth Daughter of Thomas Hall and Abigail his Wife Born Augoft ye 30 1719 Ledia Daughter of Ebenezr. Nutting & Ledia his Wife Born Novr. 5th 1692 Births Jonathan Son of Ebenezr: Nutting & L
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 3., The Evolution of the Medford public Library. (search)
s the forerunner of the nearly one thousand Social Libraries which sprang up so rapidly throughout the United States. Franklin, in his autobiography, speaking of the benefits derived from them, says: They have improved the general conversation of the Americans; have made the common tradesmen and farmers as intelligent as most gentlemen in other countries; and, perhaps, have contributed in some degree to the stand so generally made throughout the colonies in defence of their privileges. In Brooks' History of Medford it is stated that our own library had its origin in the Medford Social Library, which was founded in 1825 by a society whose design, as set forth in their constitution, was to collect books promotive of piety and good morals, and to aid in the diffusion of valuable information. We find that the first thought of the library for the people here arose in the mind of the pastor of the First Congregational Church in Medford in 1825, the Rev. Andrew Bigelow. In the records of
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 3., The Royall House loan exhibition. (search)
xperts pronounced the china exhibit very valuable, yet it was mainly made up of bits of family treasures valued by their owners for love's sake. A cake basket of silver wire was brought to the Royall House in 1815 by Madam Ruth Tidd, and was used there as long as she lived. A silver porringer was owned by her father, William L. Dawes. He was a descendant of William Dawes, who rode through Roxbury to alarm the country, April, 1775. Among Revolutionary relics was the kettle in which Mrs. Abigail Brooks, wife of Rev. Edward Brooks, made chocolate for returning minute-men. Descendants of the Russell family loaned pewter plates which had been buried in Menotomy woods to save them from the British, April 19, 1775. Muskets which were once aimed at each other in deadly conflict hung side by side. A relic of colonial wars was the blanket on the high-posted bedstead. It was homespun, and bore the sign of the broad arrow, which is the mark of English government supplies, and the initials