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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 20: Congressman and Governor. (search)
t me. Of his own motion the governor can nominate officers, but these officers cannot serve until the appointments are agreed to by an executive council of nine. In my council every member but one was opposed to me. The governor cannot even pardon an innocent man out of the State prison except by the advice and consent of the council. There was but one thing that I could do, and that was to attempt to reform the eleemosynary institutions of the State. I found that the State almshouse at Tewksbury, where there were some seven or eight hundred State paupers, more or less, had been carried on with such extent of peculation, that even the corpses of the paupers that died there were sold as a matter of traffic, and were delivered at Harvard College for use there; and that sometimes the bodies were skinned and the skins tanned. I attempted an investigation of that lazar house. The Republican party employed counsel to sustain the officer of the institution at great expense, and did ever
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 6: ecclesiastical history. (search)
bored and successful eulogy of every quality in the deceased which could ornament a man or sanctify a preacher. The manuscript sermons which have escaped destruction are chiefly amplifications of texts which pertained to his theme, ending with the accustomed improvement, which was a practical application of his doctrine to the hearts and lives of his audience. Rev. David Osgood, D. D. The third minister of Medford was born in the south-west part of Andover, within half a mile of the Tewksbury line. His father, Captain Isaac Osgood, who lived to an advanced age, was born upon and occupied the same farm which had been owned and cultivated by his father before him, Mr. Stephen Osgood, who belonged originally to the north parish in Andover. David, the oldest of Captain Isaac Osgood's four sons, was born October, 1747. His mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Flint; and she was the daughter of a respectable farmer in the neighboring town of Reading. She was a great invalid; and no
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 10: Middlesex County. (search)
pended by the town during the war for State aid to soldiers' families, and repaid by the Commonwealth, was as follows: In 1861, $269.50; in 1862, $1,356.55; in 1863, $1,611.09; in 1864, $1,770.68; in 1865, $1,191.36. Total amount, $6,199.18. Tewksbury Incorporated December 23, 1734. Population in 1860, 1,744; in 1865, 1,801. Valuation in 1860, $620,886; in 1865, $746,624. The selectmen in 1861, 1862, and 1863 were Leonard Huntress, Aaron Frost, Alvin Marshall; in 1864, Leonard Huntree town during the war for State aid to soldiers' families, and repaid by the Commonwealth, was as follows: In 1861, $114.39; in 1862, $1,217.69; in 1863, $1,532.02; in 1864, $1,626.08; in 1865, $900.00. Total amount, $5,490.18. The ladies of Tewksbury from the beginning to the end of the struggle were unceasing in their labors in behalf of the soldiers and their families. Townsend Incorporated June 29, 1732. Population in 1860, 2,005; in 1865, 2,056. Valuation in 1860, $663,222; in 1
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 1: civil History. (search)
grant was confirmed absolutely, March 7, 1643-4, Ibid., II. 62. The description in this grant is somewhat different from the former: Shawshin is granted to Cambridg, without any condition of makeing a village there; and the land between them and Concord is granted them, all save what is formerly granted to the military company or others, provided the church and present elders continue at Cambridge. and included the present town of Billerica, parts of Bedford and Carlisle, and a part of Tewksbury, or of Chelmsford, or of both. The terms of the grant—all the land lying between Concord and Merrimac rivers—would seem to include Lowell; yet an Indian village then occupied that territory, and such villages were generally protected. The township had now attained its full size. In shape somewhat like an hour-glass, about thirty-five miles in length, and wide at each extremity, it was not much more than one mile in width in the central part, where the original settlement was made, and
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
Court twenty-two years, 1742-1751, and 1757-1768; Justice of the Peace; Register of Probate twenty-four years, 1745-1769; and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas seventeen years, 1752-1769. He d. 19 May 1769, aged nearly 68; his w. Sarah d. at Tewksbury, Dec. 1793, a. 81. 8. Moses, s. of Moses (5), m. Elizabeth Fillebrown, 25 Dec. 1746. He was a tanner, and inherited part of the homestead, including half the dwellinghouse. He d. 8 Mar. 1753, aged nearly 50. His w. Elizabeth d. 1784. Thel the upland bounded northerly by Lincoln Street, easterly by the marsh, southerly by School Street and westerly by a line passing through the centre of the Brick Meeting-house lot, nearly parallel with Columbia Street. About 1782 he removed to Tewksbury, but returned about 1796, and resided several years in the house on Plymouth Street, recently destroyed, familiarly known as the Cholera House, having sold the homestead, in 1794, to the Corporation of Harvard College. In 1805 he erected the h
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, B. (search)
Court twenty-two years, 1742-1751, and 1757-1768; Justice of the Peace; Register of Probate twenty-four years, 1745-1769; and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas seventeen years, 1752-1769. He d. 19 May 1769, aged nearly 68; his w. Sarah d. at Tewksbury, Dec. 1793, a. 81. 8. Moses, s. of Moses (5), m. Elizabeth Fillebrown, 25 Dec. 1746. He was a tanner, and inherited part of the homestead, including half the dwellinghouse. He d. 8 Mar. 1753, aged nearly 50. His w. Elizabeth d. 1784. Thel the upland bounded northerly by Lincoln Street, easterly by the marsh, southerly by School Street and westerly by a line passing through the centre of the Brick Meeting-house lot, nearly parallel with Columbia Street. About 1782 he removed to Tewksbury, but returned about 1796, and resided several years in the house on Plymouth Street, recently destroyed, familiarly known as the Cholera House, having sold the homestead, in 1794, to the Corporation of Harvard College. In 1805 he erected the h
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 19: (search)
it, he tossed it to me, saying a little impatiently, That is too bad; it is the second time Labouchere has summoned me back to London, since I have been on this excursion. I read it through, and found he was sent for to be sworn in as a Privy Councillor; a great honor, which can be conferred on him only on Friday, as that is the last meeting of the Council for some weeks or months. . . .. After five minutes consultation, and making an appointment with Lady Head to meet her on Saturday at Tewksbury, he jumped into a cab, and was off for Ellerbeck and London. As soon as he was gone the rest of us went into the exhibition. At first I was much bewildered. The building is so vast, and the number of pictures, statues, bronzes, engravings, drawings, and, in short, everything that can be called a work of art, is so immense, that, with five or six thousand people walking up and down, it was a very confusing scene. But the arrangement is good, and gradually the whole became intelligible.
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order, Boston events. (search)
. 9, 1795 At Barton's Point, built and completed, May 18, 1802 Lands at Barton's Point sold in part, Mar. 7, 1825 Occupants removed to South Boston, Mar., 1825 Occupants removed to Deer Island, Jan., 1854 State paupers removed to Tewksbury, May, 1854 Occupants at Roxbury sent to Deer Island, April, 1868 Austin Farm prepared for women, 1877 Marcellus street prepared for truant boys, 1878 Amee, J. L. C. Ex-Chief of Police, died in Boston, aged 67, Feb. 4, 1867 Amechools, 1641 No more wood to be cut there, 1655 Pest-house voted, but not built, 1717 Leased to Luther Spear, five years, 1824 Emigrant buildings completed, Dec., 1849 House of Industry completed, 1854 State paupers removed to Tewksbury, May, 1854 Georges. Fort Warren sold to the United States, 1846 A formidable fort with a garrison, 1880 Governor's. Given to Governor Winthrop for a garden, 1632 The annual rent, 2 bushels of apples, 1632 Rent remitted by the Cou
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 3., chapter 9 (search)
attendants on your ministrations, and ready to aid you in your holy work. Fortunately it is possible to describe Dr. Osgood by means of his contemporaries and friends. Miss Lucy Osgood wrote of her father, May 6, 1848: My father was born in Andover, October, 1747. I do not remember the day of the month, as he was never in the habit of observing anniversaries. His father, Mr. Isaac Osgood, a sensible, pious farmer, lived in the southwestern part of the town near the borders of Tewksbury, upon a farm originally purchased, I believe, by his grandfather. The picture of the ancient house is contained in the memoir of the patriot James Otis, who was boarding in my grandfather's family when a flash of lightning killed him in the doorway, partial insanity having caused his friends to seek the retirement of a country residence for him. My father was the eldest of four sons. After laboring on the farm until his nineteenth year he begged that he might receive his portion in a lib