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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1,606 0 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 462 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 416 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 286 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition. 260 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition. 254 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 242 0 Browse Search
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks) 230 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition. 218 0 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1 166 0 Browse Search
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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 25., Views of Medford. (search)
engraved) the steel plate from which it was printed. The elder Thatcher Magoun's residence, now the Public Library (which has been noted in the Register) is shown, and the same process was followed in it, as also in view of Medford square, which, as it is Medford's civic center, deserves special mention. Its point of view is at the entrance of Salem street. As we look up High street today we see nothing that is in the picture save the three well-preserved Hall houses. It is a typical New England village scene of the 50's. The town-house is the dominant feature, its pillared portico elevated several steps above the sidewalk; at the street corner is the tall granite post, then known as Howe's folly, surmounted by an equally tall lamppost. Signboards over the four side-doors show that stores were in the first story and more steps elevated. A passenger has alighted from the stage-coach, a rider on horseback is at the water-trough, but the town pump, if in working order, leans
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 25., Women of the Mayflower and Plymouth Colony. (search)
Franklin sailed for London and secured type and printing press and immediately began the printing of pamphlets and books; and soon became the printer of the Boston Gazette, the official paper of the province. In 1721 Franklin established the New England Courant. The Courant began in the midst of one of the greatest small pox epidemics Boston ever had. Doctors Increase and Cotton Mather were ardent advocates of inoculation, and strongly supported by Dr. Zabdiel Boylston. Franklin with great fch people were free to visit and read. The library contained a set of The Spectator, by Addison, recently published, eminent histories, learned works of recent scholarship, and a copy of Shakespeare's works, said to be the first known copy in New England. This library was not a public or circulating library, was free to any one who desired to come to the print shop to read. This print shop became a gathering place for the literates of Boston of two hundred years ago, and was of the type pres
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 25., Mr. Stetson's notes on information wanted. (search)
re for central administration of the governor's property, and on the nearest site to the only ford which offered sufficient level space. There was no retaining wall nor filling at the river; all was normal, unchanged by man. The gazer saw west-bound travelers passing along the narrow path on the verge just above high-water mark and then climbing the steep in front of the library lot, and east bound ones going along the gravel beach to the Cradock buildings. This was a varge-way, just as New England country folks call it now. This glimpse into initial Medford reveals a shelf only between the great south bastion of Pasture hill and the river. Query: How wide was that shelf, and what was the color of that gravel? How far was the crest from the river? How many feet higher than the present surface of High street was the then surface of the ground? Mr. Hooper points out (p. 2) that the tide used to flow into Medford square, and that the bridge used to be twice its present lengt
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 25., Old ships and ship-building days of Medford. (search)
rticle the names of Medford-built ships are italicized. IN the History of New England, by John Winthrop, is this record: July 4, 1631. The governor built a bark ts did little other farming. This business was of vital importance to the New England colonies, as they produced nothing which could be transported to Europe to pill retained traces of their old-time grandeur, and had, an unusual sight in New England, a slave quarters. A shaded path led up to its graceful portico beside whicCudworth and others who have built vessels here. After the Revolution the New England states in particular found themselves in desperate straits from the cutting ufactures that they required, there was nothing which could be exported from New England. In July, 1783, an order in council required that all trade between the Uniof the U. S.S. Chesapeake on the high seas. This measure was unpopular in New England and revived the Federalist party, which had almost ceased to exist. The F