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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 126 8 Browse Search
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct. 27 1 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) 23 3 Browse Search
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 1. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier) 20 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Walcott Boynton, Reader's History of American Literature 19 1 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1 19 1 Browse Search
Bliss Perry, The American spirit in lierature: a chronicle of great interpreters 11 1 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 11 1 Browse Search
Historic leaves, volume 2, April, 1903 - January, 1904 10 0 Browse Search
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Historic leaves, volume 2, April, 1903 - January, 1904, Charlestown School in the 17th century. (search)
1650. As early as 1653 he was the minister in Middletown, Ct., and March 22, 1670, he and his two brothers were enumerated among the fifty-two householders and proprietors of that place. In 1681 he seems to have been settled in Simsbury, Ct. Judge Sewall, in a letter dated November 16, 1705, writes that the Rev. Mr. Samuel Stow, of Middletown, went from thence to heaven upon the 8 May, 1704. 30: 3 mo. 1657. A town rate, amounting to £ 100, for va-. rious purposes, includes an item of £ 7 ttwice that amount. Mr. Cheever died in Boston August 21, 1708, at the advanced age of ninety-four. His connection with the Latin School continued thirty-seven years, and his labors as an instructor of youth covered nearly twice that period. Judge Sewall, in his diary, writes: August 23, 1708, Mr. Cheever was buried from the schoolhouse. Dr. Cotton Mather preached the funeral sermon, which was printed and re-printed. His body was consigned to the Granary Burial Ground. The book with which C
Historic leaves, volume 2, April, 1903 - January, 1904, Charlestown School in the 17th century. (search)
ive of Charlestown to teach in her schools. Then, too, as one of the pioneers in the work, he set the pace for that great army of young men who ever since have trained themselves for the battle of life by first showing the young idea how to shoot. He was the son of Solomon Phipps, before mentioned, a prominent and useful citizen of that time. His name is the second on the list of those who graduated from Harvard College in 1671. Isaac Foster, also from Charlestown, stood first, and Samuel Sewall (a name distinguished in our Colonial history) came third. The rest of the class, eleven in number, were Samuel Mather, Samuel Danforth, Peter Thacher, William Adams, Thomas Weld, John Bowles, John Norton, and Edward Tylor. In 1680, a year after he entered upon his labors as school teacher, he had fifty-three pupils. His services on Town Hill continued until June, 1684. Mr. Phipps was thrice married, but the mother of his eleven children appears to have been the second wife, Kathe
own15 School Fund, Charlestown, Beginnings of17 Schoolhouse, Town Hill, Description of64 School Street, Boston13 School Street, Somerville44 Scituate, Second Parish of16 Scott, Mrs. Julia H.27 Schuyler, Philip95 Sedgwick, Major17, 18 Sewall, Judge19, 20 Sewall, Samuel34 Shedd Place, The46, 47 Shepard, Isaac F.3 Shepard, Rev. Thomas32, 34 Ship Hercules16 Siege of Boston80 Sigourney Family, The12 Simsbury, Conn.19 Skilton, George43 Skilton, John43 Skilton Place, The43 SodegonSewall, Samuel34 Shedd Place, The46, 47 Shepard, Isaac F.3 Shepard, Rev. Thomas32, 34 Ship Hercules16 Siege of Boston80 Sigourney Family, The12 Simsbury, Conn.19 Skilton, George43 Skilton, John43 Skilton Place, The43 Sodegonock19 Somerville Chapter, F. A. M.101 Somerville During Siege of Boston81 Somerville Historical Society1, 73, 74, 77, 81, 85, 102, 104 Somerville Historical Society, Officers of24, 48, 72 Somerville Hospital103 Somerville Journal5, 6, 76, 85 Somerville, Mass.15 ‘Somerville Past and Present’37 Somerville Public Library22 Somerville Water Board22 Southampton, N. Y.103 ‘Spinning Schools,’ Charlestown60 Sprague, Ralph16 Stark, General90 Starr, Comfort60 State House, Boston15 Stedma