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Salem (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
witnesses. (By this we mean for the existence of the house.) Fifth. Just where his business made it necessary. Is there any evidence that Mr. Cradock's business interests centered at that point, so far away from the trail or path leading from Salem to Boston, via the ford at Mystick and the bridge he later built? He then adds, The conclusion, therefore, is inevitable that Mr. Cradock built it. It would be inevitable if that particular house was surely there prior to 1652, but there is nal jewel made, and which pleasant fiction was all too readily accepted. But having made the assumption at the start, and next the assertion that it was so, he fixed the date at 1634, because there was clay thereabout, and bricks had been made in Salem a few years earlier. He says nothing about the lime of the mortar with which this brick house was built, but does elsewhere tell the authenticated story of Governor Winthrop's stone house across the river, that fell down only a few years before
New England (United States) (search for this): chapter 18
written or published. Of Medford's (Brooks', 1855) Mr. Usher says, The book was one of the earliest contributions to New England's municipal history. In that work Mr. Brooks devoted two pages to the old two-story brick house on Ship street, calling it one of the most precious relics of antiquity in New England. This was under this italicized caption, Governor Cradock's House. He said That it was built by Mr. Cradock soon after the arrival of his company, . . . will appear from the followinAmerica. Every brick was imported from England. Named from Matthew Cradock, governor of the Massachusetts Company in New England. Last April this ceased to appear, at the instance of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.New England Antiquities. In one of its recent bulletins that society has called attention to this house, giving a view of it and also of another similar house after restoration, with which it compares it, and says— The Peter Tufts house has been much modernized, but c
Medford (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
ngs that illustrate it show the front and easterly end of the house as it then was, an interior view of fireplace and window, and six detail drawings of construction, all from sketches made on the spot by our own artist. These and the technical part of the text are highly interesting and instructive. The historical part follows in its detail Mr. Brooks' history. A correspondent in Medford directed attention to it, and in another column we find the following:— Mr. C. B. Johnson, of Medford, Mass., writing with reference to the Cradock mansion, which we illustrate in this issue, says that when an apprentice, some thirty-five years ago, he helped reshingle the north side. He states that those portions of the shingles which were exposed to the weather had become worn to about 1/16 inch in thickness. Doubtless Mr. Johnson (Clope, he was familiarly called) meant thinness, and from what we know of the durability of that old-time lumber it is not impossible that they were the origi
North America (search for this): chapter 18
r Tufts some fifteen or twenty years before his death in 1700, and first occupied by Captain Peter Tufts, perhaps before the death of his first wife, or his marriage to Mary (daughter of Rev. Seaborn Cotton), the mother of the first Dr. Simon Tufts. Relative to this house the Transcript has, until recently, issued in its Strangers' Directory the following:— Cradock house. Riverside avenue, Medford. Built 1634, the first brick house in the colony, and the oldest house standing in North America. Every brick was imported from England. Named from Matthew Cradock, governor of the Massachusetts Company in New England. Last April this ceased to appear, at the instance of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. In one of its recent bulletins that society has called attention to this house, giving a view of it and also of another similar house after restoration, with which it compares it, and says— The Peter Tufts house has been much modernized, but cou
Wellington (Ohio, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
de avenue) was referred to in a deed dated 1657 as The Common Highway leading from the Mansion House (Wellington) unto Charlestown Commons and Meadford House. In the register article, Wellington was supplied by Mr. Hooper to locate the mansion referred to in that deed, which is the old Blanchard-Bradbury-Wellington house still standing. But the writer in the Globe misrepresented the matter by saying— The word Wellington is inserted by Mr. Hooper to show that the old brick house in Wellington was recognized as early as 1657 at least as the Cradock mansion above all others. Today however Mr. Hooper has forsaken the old idea entirely and bows down before the Cushing theory. Possibly it might surprise the Globe writer were he to be told that the Mansion House was not of brick, was not the so-called Cradock mansion, Medford seems to have had many mansions in those days, as Edward Collins mentions the mansion house of Golden Moore in his sale to Thomas Brooks in 1656. nor wa
Mansion house (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 18
which is the old Blanchard-Bradbury-Wellington house still standing. But the writer in the Globe misrepresented the matter by saying— The word Wellington is inserted by Mr. Hooper to show that the old brick house in Wellington was recognized as early as 1657 at least as the Cradock mansion above all others. Today however Mr. Hooper has forsaken the old idea entirely and bows down before the Cushing theory. Possibly it might surprise the Globe writer were he to be told that the Mansion House was not of brick, was not the so-called Cradock mansion, Medford seems to have had many mansions in those days, as Edward Collins mentions the mansion house of Golden Moore in his sale to Thomas Brooks in 1656. nor was it then within the bounds of Medford. We may not assume erection of any house in 1634, and ignore possibility of non-existence in 1652, because the deed did not make these existing structures cognizable. Richard Russell (one of the Cradock heirs' grantees) in 1667 m
Francis Green (search for this): chapter 18
deputy to the General Court. At about this latter time we find him building a pew in the first meeting-house, in the best location. All these were honors not carelessly bestowed, and ever afterward he was known as Captain Peter. This second Peter Tufts was thrice married and had eight sons and ten daughters, three of whom, with one son, died in infancy. The sixth son (the thirteenth child, born 1700, graduated at Harvard College, 1724) was Simon Tufts, the first physician of Medford. Dr. Green (see Vol. I, No. 4, register) notes that he was born in Medford, but omits to tell us where. We are led to inquire why it was that in the published History of Medford no mention was made of the home or residence of a man so prominent in town affairs as was the second Peter Tufts, Medford's first representative in the General Court. And further, why for the half century prior to 1904 was the Tufts family domicile lost sight of? In the interest of historic truth, supported by laborious
Matthew Cradock (search for this): chapter 18
This was under this italicized caption, Governor Cradock's House. He said That it was built by Mr.Mr. Cradock soon after the arrival of his company, . . . will appear from the following facts. Let e produces. First. The land was given to Mr. Cradock. So was a strip about four miles along the river. Second. When the heirs of Mr. Cradock gave a deed, 1652, they mentioned houses, barns, ae it necessary. Is there any evidence that Mr. Cradock's business interests centered at that pointe conclusion, therefore, is inevitable that Mr. Cradock built it. It would be inevitable if that preader of Medford's history will doubt that Mr. Cradock had a house built at about 1634, where his lear,. . . . the old fort, so called, was Governor Cradock's house, built in 1634. Doubtless the Meck was imported from England. Named from Matthew Cradock, governor of the Massachusetts Company inHouse was not of brick, was not the so-called Cradock mansion, Medford seems to have had many ma[2 more...]
C. B. Johnson (search for this): chapter 18
d the technical part of the text are highly interesting and instructive. The historical part follows in its detail Mr. Brooks' history. A correspondent in Medford directed attention to it, and in another column we find the following:— Mr. C. B. Johnson, of Medford, Mass., writing with reference to the Cradock mansion, which we illustrate in this issue, says that when an apprentice, some thirty-five years ago, he helped reshingle the north side. He states that those portions of the shingles which were exposed to the weather had become worn to about 1/16 inch in thickness. Doubtless Mr. Johnson (Clope, he was familiarly called) meant thinness, and from what we know of the durability of that old-time lumber it is not impossible that they were the original shingles. Of the numerous book and paper accounts of this old house we have never found any discovery of facts Mr. Brooks' preface predicted that names it the Cradock house prior to Mr. Brooks' history, and all are repeti
Seaborn Cotton (search for this): chapter 18
er Dr. Tufts, confidently asserting it to be the old two-story brick house in East Medford (that because of Mr. Brooks' assumption, unproven statement and inference, has for fifty years been widely heralded as the oldest house in America, built by Mr. Cradock,) and assign its erection to the first Peter Tufts some fifteen or twenty years before his death in 1700, and first occupied by Captain Peter Tufts, perhaps before the death of his first wife, or his marriage to Mary (daughter of Rev. Seaborn Cotton), the mother of the first Dr. Simon Tufts. Relative to this house the Transcript has, until recently, issued in its Strangers' Directory the following:— Cradock house. Riverside avenue, Medford. Built 1634, the first brick house in the colony, and the oldest house standing in North America. Every brick was imported from England. Named from Matthew Cradock, governor of the Massachusetts Company in New England. Last April this ceased to appear, at the instance of the Soci
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