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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 7., An eighteenth century enterprise. (search)
n (which still remains in excellent condition), entertained handsomely at a jubilee, held in honor of the event. Ten years had elapsed since Judge Sullivan had broached the design of the canal to Col. Baldwin, then the sheriff of the county, and the Middlesex Canal was completed and ready for business, the first of its kind in America, the great enterprise of the time, but to Sullivan's scheme the Merrimack River was expected to contribute. It is well to remember just here, that Lowell, Lawrence, Nashua and Manchester were then places still to be, and that passage up the Merrimack was interrupted by the falls of Wicassee, Bow, Isle Hooksett, and Amoskeag. A company, called the Merrimack Boating Co., was formed, closely allied to the Proprietors of Middlesex Canal, to work the river, while canals and locks were constructed around the various falls, notably Blodgett's Canal at Amoskeag. Allusion has been made to the breaking ground with ceremony. In the construction of these locks
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 7., Medford Historical Society. (search)
Medford Historical Society. Officers for the year ending March, 1905. President. David H. Brown. Vice-Presidents. Rosewell B. Lawrence. Charles H. Loomis. William Cushing Wait Charles H. Morss. Treasurer. Benjamin F. Fenton. Recording Secretary. Herbert A. Weit Corresponding Secretary. Z. George S. T. Fuller. Librarian and Curator. Miss Agnes W. Lincoln. Standing committees. Publication. Miss Helen T. Wild, Chairman. David H. Brown. Henry M. Begien. George S. T. Fuller. H. A. Weitz. Moses W. Mann. Membership. Rosewell B. Lawrence, Chairman. John H. Hooper. Mrs. Ellen M. Gill. Calvin H. Clark. Miss Jessie M. Dinsmore. Miss Lily B. Atherton. Walter F. Cushing. Edw. W. Teele. Clifton Loring. J. L. Brockway. Mortimer E. Wilber. Percy W. Richardson. Papers and addresses. David H. Brown, Chairman. Walter H. Cushing. Charles H. Morss. John H. Hooper. William Cushing Wait. Miss Agnes W. Lincoln Hi
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 7., Meeting-house brook and the second Meeting-house. (search)
ust love the cool water. Then it swings around and passes south-easterly under a stone wall out into the orchard of General Lawrence's farm. Here it forms three levels, being dammed with large blocks of granite, making a miniature sea,—a delight to24, 1766In family of Samuel Tufts jr. Lampson, MarthaIpswich, Nov. 19, 1761Single woman in family of William Bradshaw. Lawrence, AnnaLexington, May 15, 1764Mar. 1, 1765In family of Aaron Hall. Servant in family of Hugh Lawrence, LydiaWoburnFloyd,Lawrence, LydiaWoburnFloyd, and of Dr. Simon Tufts, 1765. Lealand, AmariahSherborn, April, 1758Nov. 27, 1758Taken in by Col. I. Royall.   Ursula (wife)   Abner Children   Jesse   Ebenezer   Ezra   Sibyl   Elizabeth   Cloe   Abigail   Rhoda Learned, ThomasJan. 30ered us to lie down, then one of our batteries opened fire and they exchanged a number of shots. I recollected what General Lawrence told me. He said when I heard a shot coming to lie close to the ground, and I did so, but as soon as