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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 11: currency. (search)
enerous appropriations for this sacred and cherished object. March 6, 1854: The town accepted and adopted the report of the committee appointed to direct the preparation of the cemetery for use. The items of their bill of costs will sufficiently explain the very beginning of the noble work. They are as follows:-- Paid for land$5,000.00  Paid for labor on streets774.89  Paid for receiving-tomb359.10  Paid for stone wall and posts715.63  Paid for sundries280.98   $7,130.60 Due Mr. Wadsworth, for plan, &c.$275.00  Due Mr. Denis and Roberts, for iron gates60.00  Due Mr. N. A. Chandler, for work45.00   $380.00      $7,510.60 The place was solemnly consecrated by religious services, performed within the enclosure, Oct. 31, 1853; and then the lots were offered for sale at public auction. Thirty-one lots were sold on the first occasion for $634.50; and the highest price given for choice was $15; and the lowest, $1. The highest price fixed upon the best lots was
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 15: Historical items. (search)
d houses. The belief in them was very common for the first hundred years of our history; and it was a faith full of efficacy to puzzle men and frighten children. 1690.--The delusions of witchcraft never penetrated Medford. (See Mr. Turell's narrative.) In 1690, Medford chose a sealer of weights and measures. The oath of fidelity was often taken in Medford during the first century. It differed from the freeman oath. 1697.--Isaac Royal, merchant, of Boston, was married, by Benjamin Wadsworth, July 1, 1697, to Elizabeth, only child of Asaph Eliot, of Boston. Hon. Isaac Royal chosen moderator of a town-meeting,--the first mention of his name on the records (about 1755). May 3, 1697.--Voted to pay the representative eighteen-pence per day during his service in the General Court. 1699.--John Bradstreet, of Medford, descendant of Governor Bradstreet, son of Simon, married his cousin, Mercy Wade, of Medford, Oct. 9, 1699. Their children were Dudley, born Oct. 26, 1701,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Harvard University, (search)
ures. See Radcliffe College. Presidents of Harvard. Name.Term of office.Remarks. Rev. Henry Dunster1640 to 1654Forced to resign. Rev. Charles Chauncy1654 to 1672Died in office. Rev. Leonard Hoar1672 to 1675Obliged to resign. Uriah Oakes1675 to 1681Not formally in stalled untill 1680. Rev. John Rogers1682 to 1684Died in office. Rev. Increase Mather1685 to 1701 Rev. Samuel Willard1701 to 1707Vice-president untill his death. Rev. John Leverett1707 to 1724Died in office. Rev. Benj. Wadsworth1725 to 1737Died in office. Rev. Edward Holyoke1737 to 1769Died in office. Rev. Samuel Locke1770 to 1773 Resigned. Rev. Samuel Langdon1774 to 1780Died in office. Rev. Joseph Willard1781 to 1804Died in office Salary $1,400 a year. Rev. Samuel Webber1806 to 1810Died in office. Rev. John T. Kirkland1810 to 1828Resigned. Rev. Josiah Quincy1829 to 1845Wrote a history of the college upto 1840. Edward Everett1846 to 1849 Jared Sparks1849 to 1853 James Walker1853 to 1860 Cornelius C
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Intrepid, the (search)
ating mine for the purpose of destroying the piratical cruisers in the harbor of Tripoli. In a room below deck 100 barrels of gunpowder were placed, and immediately above them a large quantity of shot, shell, and irregular pieces of iron were deposited. Combustibles were placed in other parts of the vessel. On the night of Sept. 3, 1804, the Intrepid Intrepid memento at Washington was towed into the harbor by two boats, the whole under the command of Captain Somers, attended by Lieutenant Wadsworth, of the Constitution, and Mr. Israel, an ardent young man who got on board the Intrepid by stealth. These, with a few men to work the torpedo-vessel, and the crews of the boats, constituted the company engaged in the perilous enterprise. the Intrepid entered the harbor at nine o'clock in the evening. The night was very dark. Many eager eyes were turned towards the spot where her shadowy form was last seen. Suddenly a fierce and lurid light streamed up from the dark waters like v
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 10: civil History. (search)
was described as much incumbered with trees fallen, and many rocky swamps, and other obstructions to travellers, drovers, and others, to the hazarding life or limb of both men and horses. Mass. Prov. Rec., VII. 99. Six years earlier, Rev. Benjamin Wadsworth, afterwards President of Harvard College, accompanied the commissioners appointed to treat with the Maquas or Mohawks, at Albany, and travelled over this road to Brookfield, then generally called Quaboag: Capt. Sewal and Major Townsend, t now, through the Divine goodness, that distemper having utterly ceased here; it is agreed and ordered by the President and Tutors, that the undergraduates forthwith repair to the College, to follow their studies and stated exercises. Benjamin Wadsworth, Pres. The distemper returned again before the end of the year, as appears by a paragraph in the News Letter, dated Oct. 8, 1730: We hear from Cambridge, that Mr. William Patten, Representative for the town of Billerica, being taken sick of t
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
or, and was early appointed Steward and Cook of Harvard College, which last office he held until his death. He resigned the office of Steward in 1667, and Thomas Danforth was elected in his stead. Judge Sewall, in noticing his death, styles him Major Bordman. This was probably a title, indicating his office in College, a Steward being in some sort a majordomo. 2. Andrew, s. of William (1), m. Ruth Bull, 15 Oct. 1669, and had Andrew, b. 22 Aug. 1670; Ruth, b. 15 Jan. 1671-2, m. Rev. Benjamin Wadsworth, President of Harvard College, 30 Dec. 1696, and d. without issue, 17 Feb. 1744-5; Moses, b. 8 July 1672, d. 15 Feb. 1672-3; Martha, b. 31 Oct. 1675, d. 14 June 1676; Abigail, b. 10 Mar. 1677-8, d. 10 July 1678. Such is the record of births; but there are manifest mistakes in it. The son Andrew, in a manuscript account of his family, dates his own birth 22 Aug. 1671, and that of his sister Ruth, 28 Jan. 1672-3. I cannot reconcile these dates with the others. Andrew the f. was a t
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, B. (search)
or, and was early appointed Steward and Cook of Harvard College, which last office he held until his death. He resigned the office of Steward in 1667, and Thomas Danforth was elected in his stead. Judge Sewall, in noticing his death, styles him Major Bordman. This was probably a title, indicating his office in College, a Steward being in some sort a majordomo. 2. Andrew, s. of William (1), m. Ruth Bull, 15 Oct. 1669, and had Andrew, b. 22 Aug. 1670; Ruth, b. 15 Jan. 1671-2, m. Rev. Benjamin Wadsworth, President of Harvard College, 30 Dec. 1696, and d. without issue, 17 Feb. 1744-5; Moses, b. 8 July 1672, d. 15 Feb. 1672-3; Martha, b. 31 Oct. 1675, d. 14 June 1676; Abigail, b. 10 Mar. 1677-8, d. 10 July 1678. Such is the record of births; but there are manifest mistakes in it. The son Andrew, in a manuscript account of his family, dates his own birth 22 Aug. 1671, and that of his sister Ruth, 28 Jan. 1672-3. I cannot reconcile these dates with the others. Andrew the f. was a t
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 9 (search)
S. Colored Infantry, Oct. 26, 1863. Discharged, Nov. 30, 1864. Major, 87th (new) U. S. Colored Infantry, Feb. 1, 1865. Discharged, Aug. 14, 1865. Tremaine, William Scott. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 24th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 7, 1863. Mustered out, Apr. 24, 1864. Major, Surgeon, 31st U. S. Colored Infantry, May 2, 1864. Resigned, Sept. 9, 1864. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 1, 1864; accepted, Sept 5, 1864. See United States Army. Wadsworth, Benjamin. Private, 1st Mass. Infantry, Aug. 17, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 82d U S. Colored Infantry, Mar. 2, 1863. Died, June 26, 1863, before Port Hudson, La., of wounds received in action. Wall, Joseph. Second Lieutenant, 1st Mass. Heavy Artillery, Feb. 9, 1862. First Lieutenant, Dec. 31, 1862. Captain, 36th U. S. Colored Infantry, May 11, 1864. Transferred to 45th U. S. Colored Infantry, Oct. 24, 1864. Resigned, Nov. 15, 1864. Ward, John Langdon. Born at Buffalo, N. Y., Oc
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, Index of names of persons. (search)
A., 146 Very, S. W., 162 Very, Samuel, Jr., 146 Viele, Egbert, 728 Villard, Henry, 728 Vinal, J. F., 231 Vinall, J. T., 146 Vincent, A. H., 364 Vincent, W. J., 146 Vinton, H. L., 728 Vogelsang, Peter, 364 Von Einsiedel, Henry, 482 Voorhecs, L. D. D., 146 Vose, E. J., 364 Vose, J. H., 364 W. Wachter, Philip, 365 Wade, C. J., 365 Wade, H. C., 148 Wade, J. H., 365 Wade, J. M., 148 Wade, J. P., 365 Wade, T. F., 148 Wade, W. H., 365 Wadleigh, G. A., 365 Wadsworth, Benjamin, 496 Wadsworth, E. L., 450 Wadsworth, H. M., 148 Wadsworth, O. F., 390, 562 Wageley, Louis, 365 Wagner, G. T., 365 Wainwright, J. M., 148 Wainwright, J. M., 148 Wainwright, R. A., 450, 562 Wainwright, S. A., 450 Wait, N. W., 148 Waitt, O. W., 365 Walch, J. A., 365 Walcott, A. W., 482 Walcott, Aaron F., 356 Walcott, Alfred F., 365 Walcott, C. F., 198, 231, 450, 562, 607, 728 Walcott, Edward, 450 Walcott, H. O., 148 Walcott, J. H., 365 Walcott, W. H., 451, 562 Walde