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Cambridge sketches (ed. Estelle M. H. Merrill), The oldest road in Cambridge. (search)
reet-cars became useless after a few years' trial and their removal has now been ordered by the city government, so that the avenue may return to its dignified quiet, reminding us of the remark of Dr. Abiel Holmes, It is generally conceded that this town eminently combines the tranquillity of philosophic solitude with the choicest pleasures and advantages of refined society. This quotation reminds one of the valuable sketch of Cambridge by his son, Mr. John Holmes, in the History of Middlesex County. With flashes of wit which strongly remind his readers of his brother, the poet, Mr. Holmes gives his own recollections of Cambridge in the past. He says that the houses on Kirkland street were erected about 1821, and that east of the Delta, now occupied by Memorial Hall, was a swamp extending to the higher ground and there terminating in the forest. He says that he himself has seen. Indian corn growing where the Scientific School now stands, and that, in his early recollections, bu
Cambridge sketches (ed. Estelle M. H. Merrill), The Charities of Cambridge. (search)
ciety by the annihilation of the liquor traffic and the suppression of vice. Its methods are mainly educational, pursued through the dissemination of temperance literature and scientific instruction regarding the effects of alcohol and the use of tobacco and other narcotics. It carries on many lines of work, among them that in the Loyal Temperance Legion, temperance instruction in Sunday schools and in mother's meetings. Religious meetings are regularly held with the prisoners of the Middlesex county jail where helpful literature is distributed. The Cambridge Branch of the Massachusetts Indian Association was established in 1886, and a good deal of the philanthropic energy of our community has been expended upon it ever since. Interest in this organization being coextensive. with the city limits, its fairs draw workers from every parish or district, and its entertainments and meetings for arousing public sentiment have received alike general support. The money secured in such
h. Feb. 16, 1648-9. Voted, by the Town, That the Townsmen should prosecute suit in law against such of the inhabitants of Watertowne as have trespassed in our Great Swamp. At this time Sparks Street and Vassal Lane formed part of the boundary line between Cambridge and Watertown; and the Great Swamp extended northerly from Vassal Lane on both sides of Menotomy River. It would seem that the Townsmen immediately commenced suit against one of the trespassers. In the Court Files of Middlesex County, 1649-50, is still preserved The Reply of Richard Jackson and Thomas Danforth, plaint., in the behalf of the town of Cambridge, against Samuel Thatcher, of Watertown, def., unto his several answers in the action of the cause for taking away wood out of their bounds. In answer to the allegation that the swamp was common property, it is declared that, The present inhabitants of Cambridge purchased the whole dimensions of the town (this legally settled their bounds by order of Court) of t
of January in the third year of his Majesty's reign, annoque Domini, 1687. By order, &c., J. West, D. Secy. What was the result of this process does not appear on record; for the records of the Council during the administration of Andros were carried away, and no copy of the portion embracing this date has been obtained. Fortunately, however, a certified copy of the order, which is equivalent to an act of incorporation, is on file in the office of the clerk of the Judicial Courts in Middlesex County:— At a Council held at the Council Chamber in Boston on Wednesday the eleventh day of January, 1687; Present, His Excy. Sr. Edmund Andros, Kt., &c. William Stoughton, Esqs. Robert Mason, Esqs. Peter Buckley, Esqs. Wait Winthrop, Esqs. John Usher, Esqs. Edward Randolph, Esqs. Francis Nicholson, Esqs. Upon reading this day in Council the petition of the inhabitants of Cambridge Village in the County of Middlesex, being sixty families or upwards,
ontribution of several public spirited persons in some neighbor towns, which bridge being now decayed, and by reason of the danger is presented to the county of Middlesex, and the town of Cambridge, as they allege in their petition, being not able to repair it, so that of necessity it must be pulled up and slighted, and the passagwn of Cambridge, one sixth part by the said Village, Newton was at first called Cambridge Village. and three sixth parts at the public charge of the county of Middlesex. Newton continued to pay its proportion of the expense until May 4, 1781, when it was exempted from further liability by the General Court. Mass. Rec., XLII. Cambridge, over Charles River, be repaired from time to time, one half at the charge of the town of Cambridge, and the other half at the charge of the county of Middlesex. Ibid., VII. 92. This tax on the county may not seem unreasonable, when it is considered that a large portion of the travel to and from Boston passed over th
essions. At length a lot of land, where Lyceum Hall now stands, was purchased of Caleb Prentice, who conveyed the same Nov. 5, 1757, to William Brattle, Andrew Bordman, and Edmund Trowbridge, for the use of the town of Cambridge, and county of Middlesex, for erecting and continuing a Court House upon forever hereafter. On this lot a house was erected, more spacious than the former, and was occupied by the courts more than half a century. An attempt was afterwards made to erect another edificd the Market Place. It was bounded northerly on Mount Auburn Street, easterly on Brighton Street, and southerly on Winthrop Street. This lot retained the name of Market Place more than two hundred years; but there is no evidence that any Middlesex Co. Rec. market house was ever erected thereon. The Market Place is now generally called Winthrop Square. After remaining open and common for two centuries, on petition of Levi Farwell and others, April 7, 1834, the Selectmen were authorized
Mass. Col. Rec., i. 190. All these exhibited a military spirit. Captain Cooke was one of the earliest members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1638-9, was its captain in 1643, and when a similar company was incorporated in Middlesex County, May 14, 1645, he was its first captain. Having performed faithfully many military and civil services here, He was a member and Speaker of the House of Deputies, and served on many of its important committees. he returned to England neary training hereafter. Ibid., II. 217. About this time Daniel Gookin removed to Cambridge, and probably was the next Captain of the trainband, of which he retained the command about forty years. He was commander-in-chief of the militia in Middlesex County during that terrible contest which is generally denominated Philip's War, or the Narragansett War, even before he attained the rank of Sergeant-major. He came from Virginia to Boston, May 20, 1644, being then styled Captain; he resided in
or the Sinking Funds upon this portion of the debt, there must be raised by taxation this year the sum of $188,162.50 for interest, and $155,265.00 for the Sinking Fund, making a total of $343,427.50, equal to more than $5.50 per thousand on the valuation of the City, as determined last year. Census of Massachusetts—1875. copied from advance sheets, kindly furnished by Hon. Carroll D. Wright. Chief of the Bureau of statistics of labor. Manufactures and related Occupations. Middlesex County. City of Cambridge. names of Industries.Number of Establishments.Capital Invested.Value of Goods made and work done manufactures Artists' Materials 2$400$2,675 Barrels130,00020,100 Barrels and Harnesses257,50056,650 Boats 12,50018,000 Boilers, Tanks, etc255,000180,550 Boots and Shoes73,1509,135 Bookbinding272,000435,300 Book and Pamphlet Printing3420,0005,51,000 Bread, Cake, and Pastry1346,800261,222 Bricks7513,000249,275 Brittania Ware, Stationers' Hardware, etc130,
m Ward, is indicated by two legal documents found on record in Middlesex County: (1.) Thomas Brigham, John Brigham, Samuel Brigham, Hannah War. He was Treasurer of Harvard College 1650-1669, Treasurer of Middlesex County several years, and Recorder 1648-1686. He was also Commission6 Selectman sixteen years, between 1636 and 1655; Treasurer of Middlesex Co. 1657-8; Commissioner (or Magistrate) to settle controversies fo, Sheriff and Judge C. C. P., and Oliver, Judge of Probate for Middlesex County; Peter; Thomas, b. 17 July 1700, grad. H. C. 1719, a schoolma abandoned the profession he was elected Register of Deeds for Middlesex County in 1822, which office he held, by successive elections, until vage. It is now gleaned from the Probate Records and Files in Middlesex County, and from the Records of the Superior Court under date of Janury, dau. of Hannah Giles, deceased. As his will was proved in Middlesex County it is probable that he d. here, having left Boston during the
ury 1 Mar. 1655-6, who removed to Marlborough and d. in May 1663, and she m. William Hunt of Concord whom she survived, and d. at Marlborough 22 or 28 Dec. 1693. On her second marriage, she took with her to Sudbury and to Marlborough all her children, from whom descended a numerous posterity, residing in and near Marlborough, some of whom attained high distinction. The marriage of Mary to John Fay, and of Hannah to William Ward, is indicated by two legal documents found on record in Middlesex County: (1.) Thomas Brigham, John Brigham, Samuel Brigham, Hannah Ward, and John Fay and Samuel Fay, children of Mary Fay, all of Marlborough in said County of Middlesex, being the children and heirs of their father Thomas Brigham late of Cambridge, etc., commenced a suit 28 Sept. 1695, to recover certain in possession of Samuel Hastings, Sen., who purchased the Brigham homestead. Mid. Prob. Rec., VII. 9, at the end of the volume. (2.) Thomas, John, and Samuel Brigham, and William Ward, all o
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