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Historic leaves, volume 3, April, 1904 - January, 1905, Committees appointed for the school outside the Neck, together with the annual appropriations. (search)
precinct. This is the record:— June 12, 1751, voted to pay Mr. Cotton Tuffts, 76£, old tenor, in full, as schoolmaster and employed by Mr. John Skinner, deceased, one of the committee to regulate the school without the neck. This was, doubtless, the son of Dr. Simon Tufts, the first physician of Medford. Cotton Tufts was born May 3, 1734, and graduated from Harvard College in 1749. Our record shows that he was master of the ferule at the early age of seventeen. Later he married a Miss Smith, sister, it is said, of President John Adams' wife, and resided in Weymouth. He was president of the Massachusetts Medical Association about 1776. His funeral sermon, preached by the Rev. Jacob Norton, is still extant. Wyman, against the name of Joseph Russell (Walter3, Joseph2, William1), born August 25, 1703, says that he kept school about 1724. As the place is not designated, we may not be justified in including him among Charlestown teachers. He may have taught in Menotomy (West C
Historic leaves, volume 3, April, 1904 - January, 1905, The teaching of local history in the public schools (search)
blic library contains some historical addresses suited to our purposes. Among them is that of ex-Mayor William H. Furber, July 4, 1876, treating of original territory included in Charlestown, purchase of Somerville territory from the Indians, hills and their fortifications, seizure of powder from the old mill, separation from Charlestown, growth, street railways, Somerville in the Civil War, and adoption of the city charter. Another by Mr. John S. Hayes includes first explorers, visit of John Smith and of Miles Standish, Winthrop's coming, division of land, siege of Boston, Burgoyne's troops on Prospect Hill, Paul Revere's ride, first school and first schoolhouse. Historic Heights and Points gives a brief sketch of the fortifications and their importance. Somerville's history is worthy of study per se. The life of the city has been continuous and progressive, and the children who graduate from our schools should have a knowledge sufficiently comprehensive and orderly to enable
Historic leaves, volume 3, April, 1904 - January, 1905, Index (search)
70. Scotland, 35. Sewall, Judge, 84. Shawsheen River, 1. Shawshine (Billerica), 53. Sheafe, Edward, Jr., 43. Shepherd, Rev., Thomas, 73. Shirley, Governor, 31. Simson, Joseph, 11, 12, 65. Skelton, —, 29. Skinner, John, 16, 17. Smith, —, 18. Smith, Betsey, 37. Smith, John, 60. Somerville Historical Society, Meetings of, 72. Somerville Hospital, 70. Somerville National Bank, 70. Somerville Past and Present, 59. Southey, Robert, 63. Sowhegum Farm, 14. Sparohauke, NSmith, John, 60. Somerville Historical Society, Meetings of, 72. Somerville Hospital, 70. Somerville National Bank, 70. Somerville Past and Present, 59. Southey, Robert, 63. Sowhegum Farm, 14. Sparohauke, Nathaniel, 79. Sparks Street, Cambridge, 51. Spencer (family), 43. Spot Pond, 11. Sprague, John, 12. Spring Lane, Boston, 30. Standish, Miles, 60. State Board of Education, 63. Stearns, Sarah, 82. Stearns, William, 24. Stevens, John, 14. Stickney (family), 42. Stimson, Andrew, Jr., 12. Stimson, Joseph, 12. Stimpson, Rev., Joseph, 65. Stoddard Locks, 2. Stone, Daniel, 78. Stone, David, 77, 78, 85. Stone, Deacon, 76, 79, 84, 86. Stone, Elizabeth, 78. Stone, Gregory,