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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 8., The taverns of Medford. (search)
d in the year 1803 by Mr. Andrew Blanchard of Mr. Ebenezer Hall, 2d. It was part of a tract of land purchased by Colonel Royall of Mr. Jonathan Tufts in the year 1755, and devised by him to his daughter, Herriot Pepperell, and by her sold to Mr. Hall in the year 1800. The house was probably built by Mr. Blanchard in the year 1804. It was opened as a hotel in the year 1805, and was known as the Medford Hotel. Its first landlord was Mr. John Jaquith. He was succeeded by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Jaquith, and by Messrs. Seth Mayo, Rufus Frost, Samuel Kendall, Moses Jaquith, A. Proctor, and others. On May 11, 1835, a company of thirty-five gentlemen and one lady formed an association known by name of the Medford Hotel Association, for the purpose of purchasing certain lands and tenements situated in Medford, to be used and occupied as a hotel. The capital stock consisted of one hundred eighty-three shares, par value per share, one hundred dollars. Shareholders. No. of Shares