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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 4., Incidents and reminiscences of the Fire Department of Medford. (search)
meet and confer with the Fire Wards and Selectmen, that the above resolutions be carried into effect. Signed Dudley Hall,Committee. W. Ward. Committee. Present at the meeting: Doctor Luther Stearns, Selectman and Fire Ward. Thatcher Magoun, Selectman. Nathl. Hall, Esqr., Fire Ward. Andrew Blanchard, Fire Ward. Jonathan Porter, Fire Ward. Your Committee. It was also voted that Resolve 8 be posted. In their records no mention is made of fires at which they dided. That every person entering the company shall pay to the Clerk two dollars to be appropriated to defray the expenses of the company. Attest George W. Porter, Clerk. The first fire on record occurred Thursday, March 13, 1834, at Thatcher Magoun's shipyard; the second, Dec. 30, 1834, on Andrew Blanchard's lumber wharf. These same rules and regulations have been in existence, and were rigidly adhered to by the present company until the department was made a permanent one. In 18
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 4.,
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rded while serving their apprenticeship with Mr. Magoun. His ship-yard was opposite, where from 180el Lapham (2d), who became apprenticed to Thatcher Magoun, and, after serving his time, started bus00 and learned the ship-building trade of Thatcher Magoun, in whose family he lived while so doing.he age of eighteen, learning his trade of Thatcher Magoun. Living at first in a double house with ton. Mr. Curtis built twenty-seven vessels at Magoun's yard. In partnership with J. O. Curtis he bhfield, Dec. 31, 1806, was apprenticed to Thatcher Magoun at the age of seventeen. The house at thden. In later years he ran the saw-mill for Mr. Magoun at his ship-yard, afterward going into the c above Oakman Joyce's. In 1856 he worked for Mr. Magoun, and during the Civil War, in the navy yard.cher Magoun S. B. Bourne, Comdr. The Thatcher Magoun is truly an elegant ship extremely sharp 1851 there was constructed by B. F. Delano, at Magoun's yard, the ship Dauntless, of 800 tons, fault[6 more...]
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 6., chapter 2 (search)
towns first named had a much larger valuation than Medford in proportion to their number of scholars. Boston's was triple that of Medford. In 1852 Medford had fallen to the twentieth place, not because its appropriation was less, but because other towns and cities had greatly advanced in that respect. Medford spent for schools in 1846, $3,922; in 1847, $4,515, and in 1852, $5,428. Its population in 1847 was about 3,400, and in 1852, about 4,300. Industries. From 1802, when Thatcher Magoun, Sr., laid the first keel of that fleet of ocean merchants ships whose sails have shaded every sea and bay on the navigable globe, down to the laying of the last keel by Joshua T. Foster in 1873, ship building was the leading industry of the town. The business was of steady growth from the first, and reached its climax in the decade from 1843 to 1853, in which one hundred and eighty-five vessels were constructed. The banner year was 1845, in which thirty of the number slid over the ways.
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 7., Some old Medford houses and estates. (search)
ford as standing about five hundred feet north of Ship street and about the same distance west of Park street, opposite Mr. Magoun's shipyard, and which he says was taken down many years ago by that gentleman, really stood about fifty feet each way fThis house, after passing through the ownership of many different persons, finally came into the possession of Mr. Thatcher Magoun, senior, and Mr. George B. Lapham, Mr. Magoun owning the easterly half and Mr. Lapham the westerly half. The land upoMr. Magoun owning the easterly half and Mr. Lapham the westerly half. The land upon which this house stood was used by Mr. Magoun for the preparation of materials that entered into the construction of his ships. The Cradock house. The Cradock farm house and other buildings connected therewith were located in and about what iMr. Magoun for the preparation of materials that entered into the construction of his ships. The Cradock house. The Cradock farm house and other buildings connected therewith were located in and about what is now known as Medford square. On an undated map, supposed to have been made about the year 1633 (see Med-ford Historical Register, Vol. I, No. 4, Page 121), the way from Mistick ford to Salem is indicated by two dotted parallel lines, and the farm
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 8., The taverns of Medford. (search)
ed eighty-three shares, par value per share, one hundred dollars. Shareholders. No. of Shares Jonathan Brooks,5 Samuel Train,10 Marcus Whitney,10 Luther Angier,10 Timothy Cotting,5 Galen James,5 John Angier,5 David Kimball,5 Thatcher Magoun, Jr.,5 Henry Porter,5 Joseph Manning, Jr.,5 George W. Porter,5 George L. Stearns5 Thomas R. Peck,5 S. P. Heywood,5 Dudley Hall,5 B. M. Clark,1 Thomas H. Floyd,3 No. of Shares Thatcher Magoun,10 Nathaniel H. Bishop,10 Andrew BlanchThatcher Magoun,10 Nathaniel H. Bishop,10 Andrew Blanchard, Jr.,5 Samuel Kidder,5 Turell Tufts,10 Isaac Sprague,5 Francis R. Bigelow,5 John W. Mulliken,5 Joseph and Milton James,5 Jonathan Porter,5 Waterman & Ewell,2 Nathan Sawyer,2 Isaac and James Wellington,2 Jotham Stetson,3 Isaac H. Haskins,2 James O. Curtis,2 Abner Bartlett,1 Abigail Whitney,5 Under this association, which had for its main purpose the keeping of a temperance house, the building was enlarged. In the upper story of the ell was a large and commodious dance hal
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 9., The Bradburys of Medford and their ancestry. (search)
eat rejoicing and festivity in 1786, the Malden bridge over the Mystic in 1787, the West Boston bridge in 1793, and Chelsea bridge over the Mystic in 1803. He saw that landmark that shows up so plainly against the sky from that part of our city rise in its solid strength with its great dome on Beacon Hill, but the granite shaft, its companion landmark, had not reared its towering height on Bunker Hill. He saw the rise of ship building in this town, the ships launched from the yards of Thatcher Magoun, Turner & Briggs, and Calvin Turner. He felt the mysterious touch nature experienced on the Dark Day, May 19, 1780. He may have watched the building of the Andover turnpike and the Medford turnpike. He saw what we can only imagine, the great river traffic that Medford had, the various craft that sailed up and down the Mystic. Charlestown, after its destruction by fire, June 17, 1775, had been built up with substantial homes, with fine gardens, so unlike what we know that we can scar
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 9., Notes here and there. (search)
rding school at his home on Ashland street, corner of Chestnut street. The school room was in the rear, facing Chestnut street, and is now changed into a dwelling. Miss Annette Hale, Mr. Hathaway's sister-in-law, was his assistant. Mary A. Tay,Medford Mary A. Hathaway,Medford Sarah Hathaway,Medford Sarah Miller,Medford Georgie Pearce,Medford Helen Mills,Medford Ellen Green,Medford William Adams,New York George P. Floyd,Medford Samuel Vaughan,Medford Edward Bacon,Medford Thatcher Magoun,Medford Otis Litchfield,Medford Edward Holman,Medford Mary A. Jackman,Byfield Mary S. Moody,Byfield Frances F. Stimpson,Vermont Emily Angier,Boston Josephine Bates,Boston Josephine Smith,Boston Susie B. Noyes, Falmouth, Me. Herbert Holman,Medford Hermon Mills,Medford Samuel C. Lawrence,Medford Silsby Thomas,Medford Samuel S. Green,Medford George Evans,Boston Alfred Evans,Boston Traverse Morong,Woburn. The Mystic house. This summer an old landmark has been removed
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 11., Medford fifty-four years ago. (search)
in years, but a man in size and intelligence. He begged to be one of those chosen, and his prayer was granted. With his companions, carrying his little bundle, he walked a hundred miles to Boston. That was in the year 1802. In that year Thatcher Magoun was building his first vessel on the Mystic, and thither the young lad hurried in pursuit of work, which he at once obtained. On the second day after his arrival he fell from the deck to the ship's bottom and was instantly killed. All thand dirty, and a single one sufficed on most trips. Horse-cars and electrics were yet undreamed of. West Medford existed in little more than name. I used frequently to walk out there. The houses were few along High street after leaving Thatcher Magoun's. In the summer of 1853 the number of dwellings within the borders of West Medford could not have been over thirty. The streets that had been laid out were mere country roads and were unpaved and unsidewalked, and what is now one of the mo
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 11., Galen James. (search)
t is only a little while ago that she left us, and we appreciate her sterling qualities. Her father spent the last years of his life in her family. He died April 14, 1879. Before his majority, Galen James came to Medford and worked for Thatcher Magoun, in the only ship-yard then existing in the town. In 1811, he paid his first tax in Medford, and though he was only twenty-one years old, he was assessed for personal estate to the amount of $200. He was not taxed here in 1812, being at thaonly the advantages of the common schools, and were early put to work. In 1816 the firm of Sprague and James was formed. Isaac Sprague, the senior partner, was the son of Asher Sprague of Scituate, and was a ship carpenter in the yard of Thatcher Magoun. In 1814 he married and went to housekeeping in a house of his own, and was taxed that year for stock in trade and faculty. Mr. Sprague hired land at Labor in Vain landing and contracted to build a vessel for James Lee, a crusty bachelor m
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 11., Unpublished Manuscripts. (search)
e time of President Washington's visit, General (not then Governor) Brooks lived in the Jonathan Watson house, adjoining the third meeting-house. The visit of General Washington to General Brooks in 1789, was in the forenoon. He came on horseback, escorted by several gentlemen from Boston. Their horses were taken to the barn of Mr Isaac Greenleaf nearly opposite the house of Dr. Osgood—where Capt. Ward from Salem afterwards built his house and died —and now owned and occupied by Mr Thatcher Magoun Jr. Mrs Samuel Swan was then at school in the Town School (kept by Mr Prentiss) now Mr Train's house, and next West of Genl Brooks' house. She remembers the children were all brought out in line in front of the School to see General Washington. Every scholar held a quill in his hand. Mr Greenleaf's son Isaac, now living in Medford—aged 80—also remembers the visit, and that the horses were brought to his Father's barn. Benjamin L. Swan remembers hearing of this visit from Ge
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