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own entirely surrounded Medford, and that in 1754 Medford acquired considerable of Charlestown territory in two parcels. This Rev. William Smith (who until his ordination was Mister William) was the son of Thomas and Abigail (Fowle) Smith. Thomas Smith was styled merchant and had a farm of eighty acres (and house), bounded north by Mystic river, south and southwest by J. Dickson, and east by James Tufts and C. Crosswell. It was situated, as will be thus seen, at the bend of the river and atTuesday. No steam or electric cars then, and little wonder he needed a new chaise in 1751, that cost almost as much as the new barn. And this antedated the famous one horse shay of Dr. Holmes by fourteen years. Friday had no terrors for Parson Smith,—he set out an orchard and grafted scions on the old trees on that day. They had a merry time at the raising of the barn, as note three items therefor. Three men had framed it in about eleven days work, and the raising only took the forenoon. F