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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 209 209 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.) 42 42 Browse Search
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman) 25 25 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Walcott Boynton, Reader's History of American Literature 18 18 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 15 15 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 8 8 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 20. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 7 7 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.) 7 7 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1. 6 6 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 6 6 Browse Search
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The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), The Rindge gifts. (search)
The Rindge gifts. Ex-Governor William E. Russell. Until 1887, Cambridge, while distinguished in many ways, had not been specially favored by any large gifts from her citizens for public purposes. She had been conspicuous for her educational institutions, for her many and varied industries, for her sturdy citizenship, and especially for the part she had taken in the struggle for the independence of our country, and later for union and liberty. Intelligence, patriotism, and many other virtues were characteristic of her people, but their wealth was not great, and it had not been devoted to a large extent to distinctly public objects. The year 1887 marked a new epoch in her history. Then began a period of larger things, of grander municipal life, of greater public spirit in works of philanthropy and benevolence, and of devotion to the charities that soothe and heal and bless. The privilege of starting this movement was given to one of her younger sons of ample fortune and of g
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), The Cambridge idea. (search)
bular exhibit of the vote of Cambridge on this question since the State Local Option Law went into effect in 1881:— Tabular exhibit of vote. YesNo Yes.No.Majority.Majority. 18812,6142,6086- 18822,7722,379393- 18833,1162,522594- 18843,6592,5221,137- 18852,7642,234530- 18862,3442,910-566 18873,7274,293-566 18883,8194,483-664 18893,3003,793-493 18903,6114,180-569 18913,5654,051-86 18924,7635,606-843 18934,5395,329-790 18944,5005,099-599 18954,1605,663-1,503 Population in 1887 (when vote took effect)somewhat under 70,000 Population in 1896about 84,000 Employees of Cambridge factories, 189014,208 7. As the result of the exclusion of the saloon, though doubtless other causes have had some part in the same, it may be mentioned that our population has increased nearly twice as fast as before the saloon went; that the quality of the increase has much improved; that new houses began to be built twice or thrice as rapidly; that our valuation had increased—some thre
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), The Cambridge littoral. (search)
hasten the construction of the new avenue across the Charles. Obstruction to the measure was prolonged in the city council of Boston, in spite of the petition of many of the leading citizens and of the heaviest tax-payers of that city, until, in 1887, recourse was had to the General Court for relief, and a mandatory act was obtained enforcing the construction of the bridge and providing for a commission with full powers to accomplish that end. The bridge act of 1887 was unique in that no forme1887 was unique in that no former legislature had exerted such compulsory powers in enforcing a public work of this order upon two of the larger cities of the State, one of which through a representative body had declared by a large majority for its indefinite postponement. The passage of the enforcing act was followed by a quick beginning of the work on the bridge structure under the commission in charge, and the work of reclaiming the lowlands within the territory of the Embankment Company was resumed. The completion of
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), Physical Training. (search)
be said to represent the era of gymnasium construction, and the next few years will witness a marked improvement in gymnasium intructions. It is natural that individuals desiring to acquaint themselves more fully with the Harvard methods of physical training should be attracted to Cambridge as the centre from which the new movement has largely radiated. Harvard began to feel the demand for instructors in this branch of education soon after the completion of the Hemenway Gymnasium. Since 1887 there has been a considerable number of teachers from all parts of the country who have repaired to Cambridge during the summer months to study and practice the methods of physical training taught at the Harvard Summer School. In this department alone we have had since the school opened 584 different pupils, 206 of whom were men, and 378 women. Of these, 225 have come from New England, 192 from the Middle Eastern States, 111 from the Middle or Central States, 19 from the extreme Western Sta
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), Radcliffe College. (search)
evious years. Year.No of Students.Fees.Salaries. 1879-8025$3,725.00$5,171.00 1880-81474,786.256,363.32 1881-82385,017.506,549.56 1882-83413,899.387,778.48 1883-84495,581.257,950.20 1884-85557,193.758,725.00 1885-86739,661.259,400.00 1886-879012,113.7513,525.00 1887-8810313,475.0013,064.00 1888-8911515,460.0014,575.00 1889-9014220,018.3218,925.00 1890-9117425,035.0021,700.00 1891-9224134,010.0027,686.00 1892-9326337,240.0031,929.00 1893-9425542,845.0034,112.50 1894-9528449,626.1887-8810313,475.0013,064.00 1888-8911515,460.0014,575.00 1889-9014220,018.3218,925.00 1890-9117425,035.0021,700.00 1891-9224134,010.0027,686.00 1892-9326337,240.0031,929.00 1893-9425542,845.0034,112.50 1894-9528449,626.8347,667.00 In writing of her experiences in America, Dr. Anna Kuhnow, of Leipsic, speaks of the enviable position of women among us, and adds that she missed the feeble health with which they are so widely credited in Germany. I may safely assert, she continues, that among these college students were the healthiest women, both physically and mentally, that I have ever met. This emphatic testimony is supported by the experience of Radcliffe College. Our record closes as the third stage
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), Private schools in Cambridge. (search)
and the scientific school, but also thorough training in branches not required for the entrance examinations. The success of the school was immediate, and its growth rapid. In 1885 more commodious quarters were found at No. 8 Garden Street. In 1887 the gymnasium was built. In 1889, in order to increase the economy of time and effort that their peculiar organization had already effected, the principals added a preparatory department, and were thereby enabled to lay out a continuous course ofmith was encouraged by Ezra Abbot, John Fiske, Charles Eliot Norton, and Francis J. Child to open a private school for boys and girls at 16 Ash Street. It was removed the next year to 5 Phillips Place, and again changed to 54 Garden Street, and in 1887 to its present high and sunny locality at 13 Buckingham Street. The school aimed to give an education broader than usual, by methods tending toward intellectual independence, anticipating thereby a large number of the suggestions of the recent
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), The public Library. (search)
fifteen thousand dollars for the increase and support of the library; but the city lost this bequest through legal objections to the form in which it was expressed. In 1874 the library, for the use of which a fee of one dollar a year had been charged, was made free to the public; and in 1879 the name was changed to the Cambridge Public Library. In 1875 the library contained seven thousand volumes; in 1885 it had increased to eighteen thousand; and in 1895 to about fifty thousand. In 1887, when the need of enlarged accommodations had become urgent, Mr. Frederick H. Rindge generously offered to give the city a large tract of land on Broadway, and to erect thereon a public library building. The offer was gratefully accepted, and the building was completed in June, 1889. It contained a book-room, or stack, capable of holding eighty-five thousand volumes, a reading-room measuring sixty by twenty feet, a delivery-room, and a suite of rooms for the preservation of the works of Ca
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), Financial and manufacturing. (search)
1883; David B. Flint, elected 1883, resigned in 1887; Charles E. Raymond, elected 1887, resigned 1881887, resigned 1889. Walter S. Swan, now its president, was elected in 1889. Mr. Dana, its first cashier, held the pod Israel Tibbetts; Gustavus Goepper, elected in 1887 to succeed Charles J. Adams; Charles J. Adams, heir boilers to all parts of the country. In 1887 Mr. Roberts retired from the firm, selling his lates, bonbons, and caramels, began business in 1887, in a two-story building on Windsor Street; theof to-day. The partnership was terminated in 1887 by the death of Mr. Davis. The business was co; Shaw, Applin & Co., 1877; A. B. & E. L. Shaw, 1887. The old firms of Foster, Lawrence & Co. andnting-presses. The number of men employed in 1887 was only six, and the total income at that time thirty-one feet in length,—were made here. In 1887 Frank R. McDonald was taken into the firm, and ed, Mr. H. M. Sawyer became the sole owner. In 1887 Mr. C. H. Sawyer being admitted, the firm was c[4 more...]