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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 5., chapter 2 (search)
Errata, vol. II, no. 1. Medford in the War of the Revolution. P. 44. There were two negroes by the Eame of Prince Hall. One, probably the servant of Stephen Hall, died in service. The other, who signed the receipt for bounty June 1778, was a prominent man among the colored people of Boston in later years. P. 45. Thomas Revalion's name does not appear among Massachusetts soldiers, 1775-1783. P. 46. William Earl lost his leg while one of the crew of the Alliance. He enlisted on that ship about two months after the battle between the Bon Homme Richard and the Serapis. Helen T. Wild.
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 5., Grace Church, Medford. (search)
e names of the bishops of the diocese, the rector of the parish, the officers, building committee and architect. The church was erected under the supervision of John T. Tarbell, Francis A. Gray, Dudley C. Hall, Shepherd Brooks and the rector as a building committee. The parish took possession of the new stone church on Advent Sunday, 1868. Mr. Learoyd resigned his rectorship at Easter, 1872, and became rector of St. Thomas Church, Taunton. He was elected treasurer of the diocese of Massachusetts in 1873, which office he now (1901) holds. He resigned from St. Thomas Parish in July, 1895, and accepted the rectorship of Emmanuel Church, Wakefield, January 15, 1896. On the fifteenth of September, 1872, the Rev. Charles Lewis Hutchins entered upon the rectorship of the parish. Mr. Hutchins was born in Corcord, New Hampshire, in 1838, of George and Sarah Rolfe Tucker Hutchins. His great-grandfather, Gordon Hutchins, fought as a captain with the Continental troops at Bunker Hill,
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 5., Lawyers of Medford. (search)
Plymouth, the austere Puritans of Salem, came to the shores of Massachusetts for civil and religious liberty, bringing with them as their in of Thomas Lechford, who seems to have been the first lawyer in Massachusetts, it is with a feeling of trepidation that we seek for his succes overcome. About 1768 there were about twenty-five lawyers in Massachusetts; they were clustered at the larger and more thickly populated ldford. He was one of the most eminent and distinguished men of Massachusetts, and probably the most distinguished lawyer who ever lived in Mhe act was passed separating the District of Maine from the State of Massachusetts, and was consequently the last speaker of the united legisliod. Mr. Bigelow was identified with the Masonic fraternity in Massachusetts, over which he presided with signal ability during two trienniaeceived their early instruction and impulse in his office. The Massachusetts Centinel of May 19, 1821, said of him: Amply as this distinguis
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 5., The Lawrence Light Guard. (search)
The culprit did not remain there long enough to be dealt with by the regimental authorities, but apologized, promised good behavior, and kept his word as long as he lived, for he was one who never came home. The 39th Regiment left Boxford September 5, 1862. Immediately upon their arrival in the South, they were put on picket duty on the Potomac River. Writing from Conrad's Ferry, Maryland, on September 20, Capt. Hutchins says, We have slept under a tent but one night since we left Massachusetts. The next morning after arriving at Washington, the regiment marched to Camp Chase at Arlington Heights. They camped there two nights, (the second, in tents). The next day was spent on the march, the second in felling trees for a new camp, and the night on picket duty. With one day for rest and preparation, they started off on a long march to Ball's Bluff, where six companies were on picket, Capt. Hutchins being in command of three of them. He was obliged to go six miles every morni