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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 4., Incidents and reminiscences of the Fire Department of Medford. (search)
One, Gov. BrooksNo. 1 One, Gen'l JacksonNo. 2. We have now in the service of the city an organization bearing the name of Washington Hook and Ladder Company which has been in existence for seventy-two years without interruption. From time to time this has been composed of many of our best and most influential citizens, who were imbued with the same sympathetic spirit that characterized the members of the former organization. They were organized under an act of the General Court of Massachusetts in the year 1828, by a charter duly signed by the Hon. Levi Lincoln as Governor, and Edward D. Bangs as Secretary of State. So far as I have been able to learn, this is the only Fire Company now holding a charter designating them a Company of Hook and Ladder Men. At the time of their organization there were two companies of firemen in the city of Philadelphia, called The Northern Liberty and The Hibernian Engine Company, who were organized with a charter signed by King George of England
and houses, and were to provide a guard of such persons as they saw fit. The idea of erecting a gate across the main road was a good one, because it prevented travellers from Boston and vicinnity, which was the base of smallpox epidemics in Massachusetts, from entering Medford without being unceremoniously stopped and fumigated at the smoke house. In the Treasurer's report one item states that Mr. Timothy Waite was paid £ 1 16 shillings 4 1/2 pence, for Work & some Nails for the Smoke House ing epidemic, and to provide houses for those who were taken with the disease. The town meeting voted to provide a house, and decided to prosecute to the fullest extent any person who inoculated or was inoculated. This method of treatment failed in Medford as elsewhere, and no further measures of this sort were taken until the introduction of vaccination. It will be seen that Medford has had her full share of the burden of the smallpox which caused such devastation in early Massachusetts.
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 4., First Universalist Society in Medford. (search)
emed it of sufficient consideration to give this petition in full, together with the names of the petitioners, to show that the society was organized in due form of law, and to make a record of the names of the persons who were the originators and prime movers in the formation of this organization. Justice Cushing was evidently prompt in business, for on the seventh day after receiving this petition he issued his warrant to Moses Merrill, one of the petitioners, as follows: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex, ss. To Moses Merrill of Medford, in said County, Greeting: Whereas, certain persons, namely [here follow the names of the twenty-five persons already named], inhabitants of said town of Medford, duly qualified to vote in town affairs, and members of a religious society in said town, have requested me to issue a warrant for calling the first meeting of the said religious society, directed to some suitable person, who is a member thereof, requiring him to notify and
ed in regard to children, apprentices, journeymen, and spinsters. It was no disgrace to be warned out, unless there was danger of one becoming a town charge. In such cases, if the person did not leave town within fourteen days after the date of warning, the constable was instructed to escort him to the town line, where he was met by the constable of the next town. He was in this way passed from town to town until he reached his last place of residence. When it became a State, Massachusetts was more strict; high and low, rich and poor, who were new residents, were warned out of town at the session of the court following their change of residence. If all the men in the following list had been obliged to leave town as a result of being warned out, Medford would have lost some of her most useful citizens: Names.From. Date.Warned out.Remarks. Adams, BenjaminPlainfield, Oct., 1756May 3, 1757     Elizabeth (wife)    Simeon Children    Ebenezer Children     Abra
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 4., Elizur Wright and the Middlesex Fells. (search)
he determined those grand old saviors of mankind should perish only to save their brother trees, and his work for his Fells was redoubled. He had already established Forest Festivals, which were held yearly and in different parts of the Fells, that its attractions might supplement the speaking, or rather might speak for themselves; and in 1883, in his Forestry Law of 1882, Chap. 255, he had secured all the legislation necessary to his plan, and to the taking of lands by it anywhere in Massachusetts; had enlisted trustees to take charge of his conditional obligations; had obtained toward the subscription written pledges to the amount of $14,102, and verbal promises of more than twice that sum, and had begun the work of organizing Public Domain Clubs in the Fells municipalities and in Boston, for he did not forget that Boston's obligation should be measured by her benefits, which acting in concert with the Fells Association might elect committees and employ canvassers. Such a club,
riotic Citizens of France. 3. The Gallant Officers and Soldiers of the French Army. 4. The National Convention of France—May they plan such a Constitution of Government as shall give Joy and Safety to their Constituents—and enlighten all Europe. 5. The Patriot of Patriots, George Washington, President of the United States of America. 6. The American Congress. 7. May the alliance subsisting between France and America be perpetual. 8. Governor Hancock, and the Patriots of Massachusetts. 9. Brunswick's disgrace, and retreat to the Russian Armies in Poland. 10. Thomas Paine, and the Rights of man—May they be understood and adopted by all mankind. 11. May the People of France, having wrested the Septre from Monarchy, enjoy Liberty without Anarchy. 12. A speedy and universal downfall of Tyranny and Oppression, and may Liberty and Equality be triumphant. 13. May the Hatchet be buried between the United States and the Indians, until the helve be crumbled to du<
ed themselves of the privilege of visiting the historic mansion. That the fame of the place has gone far and wide is proved by those who come from long distances. Persons registered from many distant States, including Mississippi, Florida, Texas, California, and Washington on the Pacific, and even from Canada, England, and Honolulu. Several members of the Royall family have been at the house, and other descendants of those who in bygone days made the house their home. The Harvard Summer School were interested guests in July, and note-books were in demand when the Regent of the Chapter read a short historical address. Various chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Boston Society Sons of the American Revolution have made the house the goal of their summer outings. September twentieth the State Regent and regents of Massachusetts D. A.R. held a meeting at the house and discussed at length the possibility of making the place a permanent historical museum.