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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. 6 0 Browse Search
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks) 4 0 Browse Search
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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 2., The development of the public School of Medford. (search)
er the location and plan had been reported it still took three years with eight town meetings to secure this simple wooden structure, twenty-four feet long, twenty feet wide, ten feet high, on land already owned by the town. The house was doubtless completed on time or very nearly so, because we find next to the last entry for the year in the Treasurer's Book: Pd Benj. Willis on account of the School House £ 10; and in 1733: Pd. Jona. Watson for work at School House£ 18-10s. Jacob Polly for work at School House1-15s. Sam. Francis for work at School House1-15s. The school house cost up to this time £ 32, but in 1734-5, month impossible of determination: To Cash pd to Deacn Willis for the School house materials £ 20-2s. –6d. Cash pd John Bradshaw for materials for ye school, 6s, making the total £ 52-8/6d. There had probably been a school for three or four months every winter for the thirteen years from the establishment of the first school to the building
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 2., A business man of long ago. (search)
Oakes, for work and Materials for the High Ways———126 [ ]h 4To Cash pd to Solomon Page for keeping School12100 (Highwayes [] Cash pd. to Stephen Patten for work at ye080 []o Cash pd to Lydia Peirce for Sweeping ye Meeting house400 [ ] Cash pd to Saml Brooks for keeping School1600 [ ]5To Cash pd. to John Willis, for work at ye Highways516 [ ] 26To Cash pd. to Solomon Page for keeping School2200 [ ] oTo Cash pd. to Jona: Watson, for work at ye School house18100 [ ]6To Cash paid to Jacob Polly, for work at ye School house1150 To Cash pd. to Saml Francis for work at ye School house1150 (Towns Pew []Cash pd. to Peter Seccombe for Building ye21310 (highways [] Cash pd. to Francis Whitmore for work at ye1116 (Towns Pew [] Cash pd to Francis Leathe, for building ye0100 [] Cash pd. to William Hall, for work at ye highway160 (highway To Cash pd. to Aaron Blanchard, for work at the146 To Cash pd. to Joseph Tompson for work at ye highways0100 To Cash pd to William Willis, ac<
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 2., Slavery in Medford. (search)
fifteen at a time, and the slave-quarters, so-called, have become an object of considerable historical interest. The entire number of persons holding slaves in the last half of the 18th century probably did not exceed thirty, the town records giving, indirectly, the names of twenty. Partial list of slaveholders: Capt. Caleb Brooks, Ebenezer Brooks, Samuel Brooks, Capt. Thomas Brooks,—Bishop,—Brown, Mary Bradshaw, Andrew Hall, Jonathan Hall, Jr., Stephen Hall, Benj. Hall, Hugh Floyd, Jacob Polly, Zachariah Pool, Isaac Royall, Dr. Simon Tufts, Rev. Mr. Turrell, Stephen Willis, Deacon Benj. Willis, Francis Whitmore. Not that our ancestors believed it wrong; the names of Rev. Mr. Turrell and Deacon Benj. Willis would refute that. But economically it was unprofitable, and its ultimate extinction was doubtless the expectation of all who gave the subject any thought. I have referred to Deacon Benj. Willis as a slaveholder. The following extract from his will may show the attitude