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Historic leaves, volume 8, April, 1909 - January, 1910, Our Seal. (search)
ndant of John Upham, of Weymouth and Malden, 1600-1681. It consists of a shield outlined in gold, on which appears illustrated, also in gold, the launching of the Blessing of the Bay, the raising on Prospect Hill of the first American flag, and the Old Powder House. The shield is surrounded by a looped ribbon of blue, on which in gold letters is the name, Somerville Historical Society, and the date of organization, 1897. Regarding the Blessing of the Bay, Some time in 1631, to quote Mr. Elliot, the governor (Winthrop) seems to have come to Somerville territory and established himself at Ten Hills, where he evidently lived during the summers of many years, Charlestown peninsula, and later Boston, being his winter residence. On July 4, 1631, he built a bark at Mistick, which was launched this day, and called the Blessing of the Bay. This was at Ten Hills Farm, in Somerville, just east of the present Wellington Bridge. She was of thirty tons burden, and was the first cr
Historic leaves, volume 8, April, 1909 - January, 1910, Memoir. (search)
mar school in Cambridge. The teacher during Mr. Elliot's attendance was Edmund B. Whitman. Mr. ElliMr. Elliot was a member of the first entering class of the Somerville High School. The front portion of theturn succeeded by Leonard Walker in 1855. Mr. Elliot's engineering education began in the office nson, C. L. Stevenson being the new member. Mr. Elliot studied for his profession in this office un. Elliot's war record.) In January, 1865, Mr. Elliot removed to Cambridge, Mass., and entered the some such device has since been granted. Mr. Elliot removed in the spring of 1867 to Brookline, only remaining office in the building, that Mr. Elliot proposed that a newspaper be started, and upimportant engineering works carried on under Mr. Elliot as city engineer were the construction of thoed by the Governor for economic reasons. Mr. Elliot was one of the founders of the Somerville Hiinformed on the history of this section than Mr. Elliot, and he prepared a brief history of the town[5 more...]
Historic leaves, volume 8, April, 1909 - January, 1910, Mr. Elliot's Army record. (search)
story of the Nineteenth Army Corps, and from Mr. Elliot's paper on The Siege of Port Hudson, read be me blameless. The quality of the work of Mr. Elliot as an engineer and draftsman had become widetion of the work, General Abbot procured for Mr. Elliot an appointment from the War Department as Ass; the latter would therefore be regarded as Mr. Elliot's immediate commander. It appears from his vement of the Nineteenth Army Corps in which Mr. Elliot participated. By March 7, leaving T. W. Shel 12 Banks crossed to Berwick City, and here Mr. Elliot failed to connect with his horse and equipmeonfederates, Banks reached Opelousas, which, Mr. Elliot writes, is one of the cleanest and pred July 8, 1863. From this date till July 26 Mr. Elliot had charge of the engineer's office, preparithe Red River campaign was entered upon, and Mr. Elliot was assigned to duty in this newly-formed artion of the value of a man. Twice, at least, Mr. Elliot received special mention for meritorious ser[6 more...]
Historic leaves, volume 8, April, 1909 - January, 1910, Address of William H. Armstrong at Memorial service October 31, 1909. (search)
ir lines of beauty, into the city that we are now so proud of. Mr. Elliot came to Somerville when he was nine years old. He was educated inall was in Somerville. I am to speak of the Board of Trade and Mr. Elliot's connection with it. The Board of Trade of our city is establishn every way possible. You are not surprised when I tell you that Mr. Elliot became a member of the Board at once, and put himself into the wo through its agencies. The Board was organized in March, 1899; Mr. Elliot joined it in May. He had held the office of vice-president, was rnestly, and if one of our governors had not used the veto power, Mr. Elliot and his friends would have seen the work completed with success, le to cross in safety and without delays. During the Civil War Mr. Elliot's services were promptly given to the country, and he did good anrivers and harbors are mentioned, we have so little of them. But Mr. Elliot had a vision of what might be done with our Mystic River front, a
Historic leaves, volume 8, April, 1909 - January, 1910, Address of F. M. Hawes at Memorial service October 31, 1909. (search)
e boys arranged to have very long ones. Young Elliot committed to memory twenty pages of Scott's Mae the roof with their oratory. From a lad Mr. Elliot was fond of using tools. The Fitchburg Rails, makes them veritable works of art. But Mr. Elliot's artistic ability was not limited to drawine occasional poem, entitled The Templars. Mr. Elliot was so fond of fun that rhyming squibs flowethis point of view, if we failed to speak of Mr. Elliot's social nature. It is no disparagement of s and hailed by them by his Christian name. Mr. Elliot was fond of good company, and his fund of st for refreshment after the toils of the day, Mr. Elliot found time for reading and keeping abreast oed all the books he could find about him. Mr. Elliot was a collector in the real sense of the wore of the earlier explorers in those fields. Mr. Elliot was a high authority on certain kinds of boounder officer, Captain Thomas Urann (one of Mrs. Elliot's ancestors). At one time Mr. Elliot had a [2 more...]
Historic leaves, volume 8, April, 1909 - January, 1910, Index (search)
ass., 45. Edgell, Captain, Benjamin, 5. Editorials in Somerville Journal by Charles D. Elliot, 61. Eliot, Abigail, 53. Eliot, Abigaile, 53. Eliot, Benjamin, 53. Eliot, Ebenezer, 53. Eliot, Elizabeth, 53. Eliot, Hannah, 53. Eliot, Jacob, 54. Eliot, Jane, 53. Eliot, Joel, 54. Eliot, John, 53. Eliot, Joseph, 53, 54. Eliot, Joseph, Jr., 53. Eliot, Mercy, 54. Eliot, Nehemiah, 53. Eliot, Nehemiah, Jr., 54. Eliot, Samuel, 53. Eliot, Thomas, 53. Eliot, Thomas, Jr., 53. Elliot, Adelaide Genevieve , 63. Elliot, Alfred Lawrence, 56, 62. Elliot, Caroline, 54. Elliot, Charles Edwin, 54. Elliot, Charles Darwin, 49, 53-84. Elliot, Charles Joseph, 63. Elliot, Clara Lenora, 62. Elliot, Ella Florence, 62. Elliot, Hannah, 54. Elliot, Joel, 78. Elliot, Joel Augustus, 54. Elliot, Joseph, 53, 54, 55. Elliot, Mary Elvira, 32, 56, 62. Elliot, Mary Joanna, 54. Elliot, Mary Murray (Flagg), 54. Elliot, Nancy Maria, 54. Elliot, Sarah Elizabeth, 54. Elliot, Timot