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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 4., Medford Historical Society. (search)
pherd. Life Members.Brooks, Peter C. Brown, David H. Brown, Mrs. Abby D. Brown, Mrs. Harriet W. Brown, Edward D. Brown, George E. Bruce, Mrs. F. P. Bullard, B. Frank. Burbank, Miss Ella L. Burbank, Miss Ida E. Buss, Charles B. Buss, Herman L. Chany, Miss A. Clara. Chandler, Dr. N. F. Chipman, Miss Bessie W. Clark, Miss Mary S. Clark, Miss Sarah L. Clark, Calvin. Cleaves, Dr. James E. Cleaves, Mrs. Emmie N. Coffin, Freeman C. Coburn, Charles F. Converse, M. M. Cordis, Mrs. Adelaide E. Craig, William C. Crockett, George W. Croudis, George A. Croudis, Mrs. Mabel H. Cushing, Walter H. Cushing, Walter F. Cushing, Mrs. Carrie E. Cushing, Samuel. Cushing, Mrs. Samuel. Dalrymple, Willard. Dalrymple, Mrs. Julia W. Dame, Lorin L. Dame, Mrs. Isabel A. Davenport, George E. Davenport, Miss Viola T. Davis, Miss E. A. Dean, John Ward. Dean, Mrs. Lydia E. Delano, George S.
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 4., Reminiscences of an earlier Medford. (search)
anced age, and might be considered as links connecting the centuries. Beside those I have already mentioned were Ebenezer Hall, Joseph Manning, 1st., Dr. Daniel Swan, Dudley Hall, and Joseph Swan. Their conversation, reverting to incidents which occurred in their youth, opened vistas into a past which now seems very remote to us. Other patrons of the reading-room, belonging to a later generation, were Samuel Lapham, Joseph Manning, 2d., Daniel Lawrence, George L. Stearns, John Sparrell, Jonas Coburn, George Hervey, Dudley C. Hall, Peter C. Hall, George W. Porter, John Clough, Albert H. Butters, and Col. Francis R. Bigelow, and there were doubtless others whose names escape me. Let it be remembered that I am speaking of the reading-room in the early period of its history. I was not so well acquainted with it afterwards. When the Tufts House was taken down the quarters of the club were removed to a building on the east side of Pasture Hill Lane (recently taken down), and there they
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 5., The Lawrence Light Guard. (search)
n the south end. The hall floor had about four rows of slips or pews with high backs, and rising one above the other, leaving about one third of the floor open in the centre. The desk was at the south end and a gallery was opposite it, over the entrance. There were two rooms on the north side, on the second floor; one of them occupied by George Hervey, tailor, as a work room. The selectmen's room was in the lower northwest corner. Mr. Hervey's tailor shop was in the northeast corner. Jonas Coburn's dry goods store occupied a large room having two entrances on Main street. Oliver Blake's dry goods store and Mr. Randall's book store were in the south end of the building. The Town Hall was the scene of school examinations, which were great events to the children. Across the square on High street the Seccomb house City Hall Annex. was occupied by Joseph Wyman, stage driver and proprietor of a livery stable. Dr. C. V. Bemis boarded in this house when he came to Medford. His of
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 25., Medford in 1837 (search)
Institution for$1419.58Schools$5764.28 Savings4000.00Poor2082.92 Taxes7938.31Notes payable and int.3331.79 School. Com. damage to Schoolhouse collected10.75Highways and Bridges780.27 Nathan Adams for removal of house10.12Fire Dept. 324.62 Sale of Fishing rights96.00Law Suits534.06 Stone posts from Charlestown8.25Salaries & Fees609.95 State Treas. for State paupers111.94Miscellaneous524.89 State Treas. for School Fund64.03Bal. in treasury31.07 State Treas. for Military15.00 Jonas Coburn rent of store332.37 S. S. Green rent of store127.50 Reading Room Assn.50.00 —————— $14,13. 85$14,13. 85 Probable outstanding$1,183. One item in Miscellaneous is Charles Caldwell. —platform and rail in front of desk, 17.50. A few of our older citizens will recall this furnishing of the old town hall that did duty until Medford became a city (perhaps longer), the elevated aisle through which the voters passed before the selectmen in voting by ballot. Another: Zephaniah S