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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 12., Wood's dam and the mill beyond the Mystic. (search)
e Harbor Commissioners, that Mr. Wood had again put his dam across the river. By the above, it would appear that somebody had removed the dam, and that Mr. Wood, who appears to have had good staying qualities, had rebuilt it. A little later the selectmen voted, that the clerk notify the Harbor Commissioners, that Mr. Wood had constructed a dam across Mystic River. Another month passed away and the record shows a curious state of affairs at the town house, as it was then voted, that Mr. Hastings be a committee to write a letter to the Harbor Commissioners in relation to Wood's Dam and that the former committee on Wood's Dam present the same. Not having consulted the records of the commissioners, the writer is unable to say whether this trebly voted action ever reached them, though we may presume that the committee attended to its duty. There is no reference to the matter again for three years, when it appears that Mr. . . . appeared in relation to Wood's Dam. A brief record,