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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 10: Middlesex County. (search)
2,000.00. Total amount, $11,853.89. Bedford Incorporated Sept. 23, 1729. Population in 1860, 843; in 1865, 820. Valuation in 1860, $470,657; in 1865, $489,123. The selectmen during the years 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, and 1865, were William A. Stearns, William M. Ashby, Oliver T. Lane. The town-clerk in 1861, 1862, and 1863, was Thomas Stiles; in 1864 and 1865, William A. Stearns. The town-treasurer during all the years of the war was P. W. Chamberlin. When information was receiveWilliam A. Stearns. The town-treasurer during all the years of the war was P. W. Chamberlin. When information was received of the attack upon the Sixth Regiment in Baltimore (April 19th), great indignation was expressed. A citizens' meeting was immediately held, in which several gentlemen of Bedford made speeches which expressed strongly the patriotic feelings of the people, and twenty-two hundred and twenty-eight dollars were subscribed to fit out volunteers for military service, and to provide for their families. Other meetings were held for a like purpose. The first legal town-meeting was held on the 8th of
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), Radcliffe College. (search)
uction of the same high grade and placed its seal upon degrees of the same value. The idea of a college for women in Cambridge, which should share the advantages of the University, had been presented nearly thirty years before, by the Rev. Dr. William A. Stearns, for more than twenty years pastor of the Prospect Street Church. Dr. Stearns was a prominent member of the School Board, and in the Report for 1849 he left the following record of his farseeing wisdom:— When we take into consiDr. Stearns was a prominent member of the School Board, and in the Report for 1849 he left the following record of his farseeing wisdom:— When we take into consideration that our noble University, with its professional and scientific schools, towers in the midst of us, and that the High School now forms a connecting link between this institution and the lower schools, we cannot but look with admiration upon the educational advantages of Cambridge. If private munificence would endow one additional school, in which our daughters could obtain advantages for improvement approximating those which our sons enjoy in the University, the opportunities for ed
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), The public schools of Cambridge. (search)
mar school, for the first time in the exclusively modern sense, for both sexes. There was some opposition to bringing the sexes together in this way, but Rev. William A. Stearns, chairman of the school committee and subsequently president of Amherst College, voiced the unanimous opinion of the committee that it was wise to do so. age might have lived in the dreams of men who sought to advance the schools. It is certain, however, that the graphic, high-toned, and fearless reports of William A. Stearns Rev. William A. Stearns was the president of Amherst College, from 1854 to the time of his death in 1876.—editor. and his associates did wonders in quickRev. William A. Stearns was the president of Amherst College, from 1854 to the time of his death in 1876.—editor. and his associates did wonders in quickening the town's educational conscience, and in toning up the schools to the better standards of the times. The schools of Cambridge to-day. The School Committee of Cambridge numbers fifteen members. The term of service is three years, one third of the committee retiring each year. Thus the board is practically a continuous
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), The Protestant churches of Cambridge. (search)
es of this order are doing their work in East Cambridge and North Cambridge. Before the separation of the First Church from the First Parish, but while the controversy which resulted in that was becoming very serious, a second Congregational church was formed, the first of this order in Cambridgeport. This was in 1827. A meeting-house was built on Norfolk Street, and in 1852 a more stately house on Prospect Street, where the church now has its seat. Among its ministers have been Rev. William A. Stearns, one of the most honored and useful citizens of the town, and afterwards president of Amherst College; and the Rev. David N. Beach, who after eleven years of vigorous service, in which the interests of the city have known his influence, has just transferred his work to another part of the land. Other churches have been formed, three in Cambridgeport and one in North Cambridge, and there are thus six Congregational churches in the city. The history of the Roman Catholic churches
Cambridge sketches (ed. Estelle M. H. Merrill), Some Cambridge schools in the olden time. (search)
imes with the stately doctor at their head, oftener with an attendant. This man was an early and zealous abolitionist, and as for some reason now forgotten the school had taken a dislike to him, among its lessons were laid up the resolutions not to go crazy, even for the sake of riding on white horses; and on no account to be abolitionists. But this was seventy years ago. As a specimen of this man's zeal, it is related that taking advantage one Sunday of the absence of his minister, Dr. Stearns, who afterwards went to Amherst College as president, he attempted to introduce the abhorred doctrine into the pulpit. Now it was in those times the custom for the members of the congregation who were afflicted in mind, body or estate, to send written requests to the minister officiating, that prayer might be offered on their behalf. The phraseology might be Mr. Bimelech Stone desires the prayers of the church, the same being very weak and low ; or Mrs. Tremor desires prayers for the
Cambridge sketches (ed. Estelle M. H. Merrill), Recollections of my childhood. (search)
andmother's home in the country, where the hollyhocks stood near the open windows, and the bees flew in and out, and the white floors were sanded, and the rows of shining tins full of milk looked so inviting, and the fruit cake smelt so sweet in the high cupboards, with a big wooden button, as it was called, to fasten the doors instead of a lock. The two sisters who kept the store where I loved to linger, were regular attendants at the old Orthodox Church on Norfolk street, where Rev. William A. Stearns preached faithfully for many years. My father used to assist in taking up the collection, and always said if everyone should give as generously in proportion as these women, the results would be astonishing. Miss Abigail usually wore in the house a buff muslin turban, but for church the bonnets were something to attract attention, being made of black satin lined with yellow. Immense bows of broad gauze ribbon were placed between the crown which resembled a tin quart measure, an
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 16: ecclesiastical History. (search)
enient, it was sold, The house was used for a lectureroom, and for similar purposes, until it was consumed by fire, Nov. 7, 1854. and a much larger brick house was erected on the westerly side of Prospect Street between Harvard and Austin streets: the corner-stone was laid July 29, 1851, and the house was dedicated June 30, 1852. The first pastor of the church was Rev. David Perry, D. C. 1824, who was ordained April 23, 1829, and resigned October 13, 1830. He was succeeded by Rev. William A. Stearns, who was born at Bedford, March 17, 1805, H. C. 1827, D. D. 1853, was ordained December 14, 1831, and resigned December 14, 1854. The pastoral connection was dissolved, that he might accept the Presidency of Amherst College, to which he had been elected. His pastorate was distinguished for energy and success; and it is understood that his presidency was equally energetic and successful. He died 8 June, 1876. Rev. Edward W. Gilman, Y. C. 1843, who had been settled at Lockport, N. Y
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1848. (search)
lowered himself a few feet, and then dropped from a third-story window, as the only method of gaining an instant audience of his kind old nurse in the basement, to whom he poured out his griefs, and then manfully walked up stairs to explain the offence, and receive punishment. He had from childhood a great love of reading, a retentive memory, and a very ready imagination. He delighted in poetry, and wrote verses with great facility. His instructors in preparation for college were Rev. W. A. Stearns, with Messrs. Charles K. Dillaway and Stephen M. Weld; and in 1844 he entered the Freshman Class of Harvard University. In college he entered at once upon the rather perilous career which attends the class wit and satirist. In rhymes, bon-mots, and caricatures he had no rival; while his varied intellectual tastes, with his love of athletic exercises, and of gay society, furnished temptations to draw him away from the regular college studies. The paths of the class wit and the clas
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1860. (search)
life the pastor of the Winter Street Church in Boston. His mother's maiden name was Adelia Strong, daughter of the Hon. Solomon Strong of Leominster, and a lineal descendant from Elder John Strong, a stanch and pious Puritan, who came to this country in 1629. The mother died in 1848, and the father in August, 1851; so that William Rogers was left an orphan in early boyhood. Fortunately, however, his father was a man of many friends, and it was in the household of one of these,, the Rev. William A. Stearns, then of Cambridge, that he found a home for the five years following. He went thence, in the autumn of 1854, to the Phillips Academy at Andover, where he was under the care of that able and popular teacher Uncle Sam Taylor. There he led a very quiet life; studied well, rose above mediocrity in scholarship, and enjoyed a general popularity among his schoolmates. In 1856 he went from the Academy to Harvard College, and entered as Freshman with the Class of 1860. During the fi
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, Biographical Index. (search)
Smith, Elbridge, I. 333. Smith, Gen. (Rebel service), I. 213. Smith, Hiram, II. 42. Smith, J C., Rev., I. 356. Smith, Nathan, II. 391. Smith, Thomas, II. 391. Snow, Rev. Mr., I. 42. Soule, C. C., Capt., II. 378. Soule, G. L., I. 358; II. 372. Spurr, John, Gen., I. 440. Spurr, Mary A. L., I. 440. Spurr, S. D. Col., I. 440. Spurr, T. J., Lieut., Memoir, I. 440-445. Also, I. 186, 395;, 402. Stackpole, J. L., Maj., I. 372. Staigg, Richard, I. 351. Stearns, W. A., Rev., I. 132; II. 158. Stevens, Edward L., Lieut., Memoir, 1. 391 -394. Stevens, Eliza L., I. 137; I. 395. Stevens, George Watson, I. 138. Stevens, Gorham, I. 137. Stevens, G. P., Memoir, II. 395-404. Stevens, I. I., Maj.-Gen., I. 137. Stevens, Silas, II. 391. Stevens, William, I. 137; II. 395. Stevens, W. G., I. 139. Stevens, W. O., Col., Memoir, I 137-149. Also, II. 395. Stevenson, R. H., Lieut.-Col., II. 107. Stevenson, T. G., Brig.-Gen., I. 3
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