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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 11., David Henry Brown. (search)
igh schools, first at South Abington, now Whitman, and then at Stoneham, Mass. He was a clerk in the quartermaster's department at Nashville, Tennessee, in 1864 and 1865. On returning to Boston, he entered the educational department of Taggard & Thompson, publishers and stationers. On the retirement of Mr. Taggard, in 1869, he became a member of the firm, and continued the business, the firm name soon becoming Thompson, Brown & Co. Among the most noted books which bore their imprint, were Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Practice, Eaton & Bradbury's Mathematical Series, and Meservey's Book-keeping. At his death, he was one of the oldest publishers in the country, and his firm, through all the vicissitudes of business and of keen competition, bore a reputation for honorable dealings. In 1869 Mr. Brown married Abby Dudley Tucker, daughter of General Henry and Nancy (Dudley) Tucker, of Raymond, New Hampshire, a lineal descendant of Gov. Thomas Dudley, of the Massachusetts Bay Co
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 11., Galen James. (search)
She was used in the China trade to smuggle opium. Sometimes Sprague and James built ships for their own investment, selling them on the stocks. In the Palmyra and James H. Shepherd, they retained a share. The captain of the former was named Cushing and was a brother of Mr. David Cushing of Medford. Captain St. Croix Redman commanded the James H. Shepherd, and although Mr. Shepherd owned the major part of her, the captain and the builders each had an interest in her. The Soldan, the last sMr. David Cushing of Medford. Captain St. Croix Redman commanded the James H. Shepherd, and although Mr. Shepherd owned the major part of her, the captain and the builders each had an interest in her. The Soldan, the last ship built, lay on the stocks all summer before a purchaser was found. She was bought in part by George Pratt. Captain Shaw, her commander, and Sprague and James had a share in her. These ships plied between New Orleans and Antwerp, doing business principally in cotton. These ventures to sea in the main proved profitable. It is impossible now to tell the fate of all the ships of Sprague and James, but though some were wrecked and others were outclassed when the new style of clipper ships
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 16.,
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rt, is ever demolished somebody will resurrect some of our playthings and present them to the Historical Society, duly inscribed. On summer evenings all the children of the neighborhood gathered at Allen court for a game of hide-and-seek. Five, ten, fifteen, twenty—away we scurried to cover. It was fair to hide in our barn or grandpa's, down Allen and Hadley courts, and around the Fountain House in Mr. Sawyer's yard. There were some yards that I never remember of hiding in, but Uncle David Cushing on Hadley court never seemed to object, although no children belonged there, and we certainly all belonged to Mr. and Miss Sawyer. Such fun as there was in running in for the swift-footed. When twilight fell Mrs. Howe or my mother rang the bell, which was the signal that the fun was over, and with good-night calls we all started for bed. Back of grandfather's barn was the garden, with a grape trellis in the center which arched a flower-bordered path. The vegetable garden was on