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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 22., Medford a century ago—1819. (search)
show the sum of $42.00, in sums of one and two dollars, distributed among twenty-three persons, and also a contribution of $96.oo more, in sums of three to five dollars for the same purpose. James T. Floyd was the sexton, and the selectmen allowed his bill for setting glass and painting bell frame, in all $29.00; but we fancy the sexton's bill was larger the following year, for in the winter of 1819-20 came an innovation in the old meeting-house. On October 29 the selectmen approved Moses Merrill's bill for cast-iron stoves and funnel, $20.00. Just think of it, all you who have furnace repairs to make just a century later—a heating plant for $20.00! But how about $200 for Parson Osgood's supply of wood for the same year, deducted from the $500 salary? Even with the high price of coal in 1919, the average householder today would deem it a hardship to pay $200 for a year's fuel, to say nothing of spending two-fifths of his income for warmth. Seth Mayo was one of the tavern-kee
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 22., Medford Association, 1819 (search)
for the present year John Howe Those with this mark are officers for the present year Jeduthun Richardson Those with this mark are officers for the present year Jonathan Porter Those with this mark are officers for the present year Joseph Lamson Cornelius Tufts Henry Withington Nathan Adams Those with this mark are officers for the present year Joseph Manning J Swan Those with this mark are officers for the present year Daniel Symmes Benjamin Hill Stilman Clark Moses Merrill Henry Reed Noah Johnson Those with this mark are officers for the present year Seth Mayo Nathaniel Jaquith Timothy Bigelow D Hall Those with this mark are officers for the present year Andrew Bigelow Jonathan Harrington Edward Bradbury David Buckman 2nd Marshall Symmes Nathan Adams Jun Those with this mark are officers for the present year Isaac Floyd John T White Theophilus Boyd Jonathan Warner