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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 24., The Tama-Houre-Laune. (search)
The Tama-Houre-Laune. In our most recent exchange, the Washington Quarterly, are copies of letters of Capt. Eliah Grimes of the brig Owhyhee written to Sprague & Marshall, Boston, merchants in the Pacific coast trade of a century ago. After mentioning much sickness and the death of several men, the captain names one man he had decided to send back to the islands, one who came out in the Tama-houre-laune, and also says, they have cold pains in breast and head, which I think is owing in great measure to the brig being so fully salted; she is damp from one end to the other. We do not find any reference to the brig Owhyee (former spelling of Hawaii) in the list of Medford-built vessels, and cannot be certain which brig was so fully salted, but we find the names of two brigs built in 1820 in Medford by Thatcher Magoun for Josiah Marshall. One was the Tama-houre-laune, 162.63 tons, the other the Jones, 163.36 tons, the seventy-seventh and seventy-eighth in the notable list. A
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 24., Troubles of a Medford churchman. (search)
ks0-11-0– Peter Seccomb1-13-01-0-31-0-8 Richard Sprague1-13-00-7-60-3-5 Matthew Ellis1-5-30-4-9 r his head. But he had some faculty, as Constable Sprague found when he presented that Medford taxreedom by bringing an action in court against Sprague for assaulting, beating, wounding and imprisohim, and detaining him in prison till he paid Sprague a fine of £ 3-1s. At a subsequent town meet to Vote, whether the Town will reamburst Richard Sprague his Reasonable charges in managing the La and reinforcements were coming to the aid of Sprague, erstwhile constable of Medford. The fame ofd bring his action in N. England, against one Sprague who levyed such sum in order to try the right. 194 (first Session). A petition of Richard Sprague, late constable of Medford in county of M6 (second Session). A petition of Richard Sprague: Praying for some allowance from this Cou informed that the [original] petition of Richard Sprague is not found in the Archives, and that on[4 more...]
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 24., Our illustration. (search)
note in Medford, and constable of the town in 1733. Mention is made of him elsewhere in this issue of the Register. From out this comfortable mansion, Constable Richard Sprague sallied forth one day, perhaps with his staff of office, but clothed with the majesty of the law, and backed by the warrant of the selectmen, to lay holdars ago, and with a few changes, holds good today. The railroad crossing and its gates, the Mystic Church spire, the electric light, were things unknown in Richard Sprague's time, and not very old when some old Medford man posed for his picture in Dead-man's alley. Who was he? Were he to return today and walk up to the square the square he might curiously look at the contents of the old brick distil-house, now a garage. One tall chimney and ventilators through which rum fumes escaped are gone. Instead, those of oil and gasoline prevail. And what would Constable Sprague say to the display of automobiles now seen across the street from his old house?