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Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739., January 15, 1738. (search)
aused some anxiety at first, but was speedily suppressed by State troops under Generals Lincoln and Shephard. The leader, Daniel Shays, was not unknown in Waltham, as appears from the following document in the possession of an old citizen:— Waltham, Febry 23, 1786. Received of John Bright two pair Mens Shoes for which I promife to Deliver him Fourteen lb. good Flax on demand. Daniel Shays. In the Constitutional Convention of 1788 the votes of a majority of the Delegates from Middlesex County were given against the adoption of the Federal Constitution; seventeen Delegates voting in favor of the adoption and twenty-five against. The Delegates from Waltham and Weston voted in the affirmative; those from Watertown in the negative. April 13, 1789, John Adams, Vice-President elect of the United States, set out on his journey to New York from Braintree, via Dorchester, Charlestown, and Cambridge. At Watertown Major Kent's Artillery saluted his Excellency, who passed on throug
Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739., Index. (search)
68 n. 2. Fairs at Waltham Abbey, 68. Fales, Rev. T. F., rector, 119. Fall of fresh waters, 21, 70. Falls: of Charles River, 21, 70; a disadvantage attending most of the great rivers of New England, 21 n. 4. Familists, the, 32. Farmers' Club, 140. Farm lands or Farms, 51. Farmers' Precinct builds a meeting-house, 54; incorporated as Weston, 55. Farnsworth, Oel, 141. Fasting and prayer, days set apart for, 11, 22. Feake, Robert, 26, 30. Federal Constitution, Middlesex Co. delegates vote against, 108. Fever, many sick with, 15. Field, F., inventor of crayons, 141. Fire destroys wigwams and houses, 17. Fire-arms, accident from careless use of, 32. First Baptist Church constituted, 121; list of pastors, 121. First Church of Waltham passes out of existence, 115; attempted union with Second Rel. Soc. (1826), 116. Fish used for manure, 21 n. 1; driven out of river by impurities from gas works, etc., 22; singular fatality to in Sherman's Pon