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Historic leaves, volume 3, April, 1904 - January, 1905, Historical Sketch of the old Middlesex canal. (search)
Charles T. Jackson, Professor John W. Webster, of Harvard University, S. L. Dana, of Lowell, and A. A. Hayes, of Roxbury, and by all declared to be pure, soft, and eminently suitable for the purpose. The scheme was, however, not successful, and in 1845 Caleb Eddy resigned his position. Stock fell to $150, and in 1846 the canal was abandoned and the property was sold for $130,000, and the amount divided among the stockholders. On April 4, 1852, the last canal-boat was run on the canal by Joel Dix, of Billerica. By conveyances made in 1832, the company reserved the right to use the land for canaling purposes; perhaps they thought the railroad would not be successful, but they soon gave up such thoughts, if they entertained them; and on October 3, 1859, the Supreme Court issued a decree that the proprietors had forfeited all their franchises and privileges by reason of nonfeasance, non-user, misfeasance, and neglect. Thus the corporation was forever extinguished, and went out lik
Historic leaves, volume 3, April, 1904 - January, 1905, Index (search)
ushing, Matthew, 14, 44. Cushing, Sarah (Loring), 44. Cushing, Solomon, 44. Cutter, Daniel, 69. Cutter, Edward, 24. Cutter, Fitch, 24. Cutter, —, 24. Dame, Elizabeth, 19. Dana, S. L., 9. Danforth, Nicholas, 52. Danforth, Deputy Governor Thomas, 55. Danforth, Thomas, 53. Dedham, Mass., 88. Defence, Ship, 73, 74, 79. Derwent, Cumberlandshire, Eng., 49. Despeaux, Helen M., 36. Devonshire Street, Boston, 30. Dickering Wapentake, East Riding, Yorkshire, Eng., 49. Dix, Joel, 9. Dogget, John, 51. Domesday Book, 50. Dorchester, Mass., 48. Downer (family), 43. Drake's History of Middlesex County. 5, 9, 60. Dudley, Deputy Governor Thomas, 27, 28, 33, 52. Dunning's Coal Wharf, 3. Dutton, H. W. & Son, 56. Eddy, Caleb, 8, 9. Edmands, John, 66. Edward II., King, 50. Edwardston, Eng., 25. Edgerly, Adine Fitz (Pratt), 38. Edgerly, Annie E. W. (Mixer), 38. Edgerly, Caroline, 38. Edgerly, Charles Brown, 38. Edgerly, Edward Everett, 36, 38