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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 5: civil History. (search)
upon formerly to be built at Cambridge shall be called Harvard College. Mass. Col. Rec., i. 253. So called in honor of Rev. John Harvard, who endowed the college with half of his estate together with the whole of his library. Under date of March, 1639, Winthrop says, a printing-house was begun at Cambridge by one Daye, at the charge of Mr. Glover, who died on sea hitherward. The first thing which was printed was the freeman's oath; the next was an almanac made for New England by Mr. William Peirce, mariner; the next was the Psalms newly turned into metre. Savages' Winthrop, i. 289. Many years ago, the late Thaddeus William Harris, M. D., then Librarian of Harvard College, gave me a copy of an ancient document preserved in the archives of that institution, which manifestly relates to this affair, though, perhaps for prudential reasons, no mention is made in it concerning printing. It is a bond in the usual form, given by Stephen Day He wrote his name Daye. of Cambridge, co
Historic leaves, volume 3, April, 1904 - January, 1905, John Winthrop (search)
Winthrop says: About 4 in the morning we were near our port. We shot off two pieces of ordnance, and sent our skiff to Mr. Peirce his ship, which lay in the harbor. . . . Mr. Peirce came aboard us, and returned to fetch Mr. Endecott. . . . and with Mr. Peirce came aboard us, and returned to fetch Mr. Endecott. . . . and with him Mr. Skelton and Capt. Levett. . . . We . . . returned with them to Nahumkeck (Salem), where we supped with good venison pasty and good beer, and at night we returned to our ship. On Thursday, June 17, he writes: We went to Mattachusetts, to find were washed down to the ground; and much harm was done to other houses by that storm. November 2. The ship Lyon, William Peirce, master, arrived at Natascot. There came in her, the Governour's wife, his eldest son and his wife, and others of hi who died about a week after they came to sea. November 4. The Governour, his wife and children went on shore, with Mr. Peirce, in his ship's boat. The ship gave them six or seven pieces. At their landing, the captains, with their companies in
Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739., March 19, 1627-8. (search)
ch slow progress as that in two years they had not three houses built there, and he whom One Mr. Norcross, an university scholar. they had called to be their minister left them for their delays. Among the petitioners for the plantation at Nashaway was Stephen Day, who first introduced printing in New England, having established a printing office at Cambridge, in March, 1638, where the first thing which was printed was the Freemen's oath; the next an almanac made for New England, by Mr. William Peirce, mariner, and the next the Psalms newly turned into metre. On July 1, 1644, the Church and Colony met with a great loss in the death of Rev. George Phillips, one of their best and most venerable men. Much has been written in his praise. His Church showed their respect for his memory by providing for the education of his eldest son Samuel. The records show that he had liberal grants of land, among which was one of forty acres of the Beaver Brook plowlands, lying east of the Driftw
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 8., The taverns of Medford. (search)
erson beforehanded so as to lay in a good stock of liquors and other necessaries for a Tavern, may meet with proper encouragement from Isaac Royall Esq. (from Brooks' History of Medford.) This advertisement was answered by Mr. John Bradshaw, who was a few years prior to this date the owner and landlord of the Royal Oak Tavern. Mr. Bradshaw was landlord of the Admiral Vernon from the year 1744 to about the middle of the year 1750, when he removed back to Medford. He was succeeded by Messrs. William Peirce, William Jones, and others. In the year 1768 Mr. Moses Billings was licensed as an innholder and took charge of the Admiral Vernon, where he remained until the year 1777. In the year 1778, Mr. Edward Walker took charge of this tavern. He was succeeded by Mr. Benjamin Shaw and others. Mr. James Tufts was licensed as an innholder at the Admiral Vernon in the year 1792, and was its landlord from that year to 1800, both inclusive. At the close of Mr. Tufts' term as landlord, this ho