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Historic leaves, volume 4, April, 1905 - January, 1906, Charlestown schools without the Peninsula Revolutionary period. (search)
port of the schools. May 6, 1782. The selectmen and Edward Gardner; £ 120 (for all the schools). May 12, 1783 (outside), Timothy Tufts, Philemon Russell, Amos Warren; £ 125 (for all schools). May 10, 1784, the selectmen (same amount). May 4, 1785, the selectmen; £ 180 (for all schools). May 15, 1786, the selectmen and Seth Wyman; £ 185 (for all schools). May, 1787, the selectmen, Seth Wyman, William Whittemore (same amount). May 26, 1788, the selectmen, Philemon Russell, Seth Wyman; £ 150 (for all schools). May 14, 1789, the selectmen, Philemon Russell (same amount); Milk Row, £ 31 2s 8d; Alewife Brook, £ 14 17s 2d; Gardner Row, £ 14 18s 10d. May, 1790, ‘91, same committee; £ 150, exclusive of the income of the school fund. May 14, 1792, the selectmen, Richard Devens, Samuel Dexter, Philemon Russell, Seth Wyman; £ 225, including the school fund. Apportioned February, 1793, for the year preceding, Milk Row, £ 41; Alewife Brook, £ 20; Gardn
Historic leaves, volume 4, April, 1905 - January, 1906, Charlestown schools after 1793 (search)
t this be made good so that the will of donors may be complied with. Messrs. James Russell, Richard Devens, and Thomas Harris proposed that a farm in Stoneham, improved by Silas Simonds, and belongino be made for the public school and report at the May meeting. The gentlemen appointed were Richard Devens, Esq., Samuel Dexter, Esq., Captain Thomas Harris, John Larkin, Timothy Thompson, Jr., Johnnd provide an usher for the school within the Neck for six months. Later it was voted to add Richard Devens, Samuel Dexter, Philemon Russell, and Seth Wyman to this committee. May 23, 1791, Voted tadvantageous footing than they now are. This is the vote recorded: That Hon. James Russell, Richard Devens, Esq., and Aaron Putnam, Esq., be a committee on school funds, and to report at an adjourneool funds, who shall be chosen annually. The legislature passed the act March 27, 1793, and Richard Devens, Nathaniel Gorham, Josiah Bartlett, Aaron Putnam, Joseph Hurd, Nathaniel Hawkins, and Seth W
Historic leaves, volume 4, April, 1905 - January, 1906, Charlestown schools after 1812 (search)
ens were considered worthy to be directors of school affairs. Trustees for 1793 and 1794, Richard Devens, Nathaniel Gorham, Josiah Bartlett, Aaron Putnam, Joseph Hurd, Nathaniel Hawkins, Seth Wymanather of eight children. He died in April, 1825, aged seventy-live (Wyman). The names of Richard Devens, Nathaniel Gorham, and Josiah Bartlett would add lustre to the history of any municipality. e than a local reputation. Wyman's invaluable work gives an account of these gentlemen. Hon. Richard Devens, commissary-general in the Revolutionary army, was the first president of the school trusn the Boston Branch Library at Charlestown, City square. A later generation has made the name of Devens still more illustrious. Our interest in Hon. Josiah Bartlett, M. D., Ll.D., (1759-1820) centrest, brother of Benjamin, Jr., who succeeded him on the board. It is a noticeable fact that Messrs. Devens, Bartlett, Putnam, Hurd, and Gorham, Jr., all retired from office at the same time, and few
Historic leaves, volume 4, April, 1905 - January, 1906, Index (search)
College, 70. Davis, Jefferson, 62. Davis, Mary B., 10. Dean Academy, 2. Dedham, Mass., 80. Delta Chapter of Massachusetts, 2. Devens, David, 64, 95. Devens, Richard, 22, 39, 40, 42, 63, 65. Devens, Richard, Esq., 39, 40. Devens, Hon., Richard, 65, 66. Devonshire, Eng., 81. Dexter, Samuel, 22, 39, 40, Dexter, Samuel, Devens, Richard, Esq., 39, 40. Devens, Hon., Richard, 65, 66. Devonshire, Eng., 81. Dexter, Samuel, 22, 39, 40, Dexter, Samuel, Esq., 39. Dixon, Mr., 72. Doane Street, Boston, 86. Dodge, David, 68, 69, 70, 71. Dodge, Horace, 71. Dorchester, Mass., 89. Dow, Brigadier-General, Neal, 50. Dow, Colonel, 27, 50. Dudley, General, 53. East Boston, 84. East Somerville, 8. Edgerley, Edward Everett, 10. Edwards, Mary Lincoln, 1. Elliot, Charles D., Devens, Hon., Richard, 65, 66. Devonshire, Eng., 81. Dexter, Samuel, 22, 39, 40, Dexter, Samuel, Esq., 39. Dixon, Mr., 72. Doane Street, Boston, 86. Dodge, David, 68, 69, 70, 71. Dodge, Horace, 71. Dorchester, Mass., 89. Dow, Brigadier-General, Neal, 50. Dow, Colonel, 27, 50. Dudley, General, 53. East Boston, 84. East Somerville, 8. Edgerley, Edward Everett, 10. Edwards, Mary Lincoln, 1. Elliot, Charles D., 23. Elm Street, 7. Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 11. Emerson, Rev., William, 6. Encyclopaedia Brittanica, 2. Endicott, 4. England, 5. Essex, 87. Essex, Eng., 81. Esterbrook, Hannah. 89. Esterbrook, Joseph, 84, 89. Esterbrook. Millicent, 84. Everton, Samuel, 87. Farewell Song to, the Lane, A, 9, 10. Farragut, Adm
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 10., chapter 5 (search)
d the Mystic River at Medford, and was the successor at an early date of the bridge built at the ford near Cradock's house in Medford. The Mystic Bridge was used by the Malden farmers for their cattle, teams and horses, and they contributed for many years towards its repair. After the completion of the Charlestown Bridge some of the gentlemen interested became identified with a project to build a bridge from Charlestown Neck to the Malden shore near Sweetser's Point. Thomas Russell, Richard Devens, Samuel Swan, Junior, Jonathan Simpson and William Tudor, were granted by the legislature this privilege, 11 March, 1787. It was built in six months and cost £ 5,300. It was opened to travel 30 September, 1787, when a single cannon was fired and the workmen regaled with refreshments, a quiet affair compared with the 17 June celebration of Charles River Bridge the year before. The bridge was two thousand four hundred feet long, including the abutments, and thirty-two feet wide; the draw