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17th (search for this): chapter 4
if he could thereby render useful service to his country. When Gen. Ward had determined to fortify the heights of Charlestown, and arrangements were made for this purpose, finding that he was not included in the detachment, he solicited the general to permit him to accompany it; and his request was granted. He was active during the whole night of the 16th of June, in throwing up intrenchments, in reconnoitering the ground, and in watching the movements of the enemy. On the morning of the 17th, when it was perceived that the enemy were making preparations for an assault, he was despatched by Col. Prescott, as a confidential officer, to inform Gen. Ward of the movements, and to represent to him the importance of his sending reinforcements. No horse could be had, and he was obliged to walk. This duty prevented his being in that glorious battle which has immortalized the heroes who were engaged in it, and consecrated the ground to everlasting fame. Amidst the exulting feelings wh
February (search for this): chapter 4
time a right to organize itself and choose a representative without further legislation. Thus Medford was an incorporated town in 1630. The first representative was Stephen Willis, elected Feb. 25, 1684. The annual meeting was always held in February. In the absence of early records, we are left to conjecture, from what afterwards appeared, what existed in the earliest times. We therefore presume that the first settlers of Medford did as their neighbors did; that is, organized a municipa 1702, in the fourteenth year of His Majesty's reign. By other of the selectmen of said Medford. Jno. Bradstreet, Town-clerk. Among the oldest records existing, we have proof of what we have said, as follows:-- The first Monday of February, in the year of our Lord 1677, Goodman John Hall was chosen Constable by the inhabitants of Meadford for the year ensuing. Joseph Wade, John Hall, and Stephen Willis, were chosen Selectmen for ordering of the affairs of the plantation for the y
March (search for this): chapter 4
eeting: You are hereby required, in His Majesty's name, to warn the freeholders and other inhabitants of Medford to meet at their meetinghouse, the first Monday of March next ensuing the date hereof, by eight o'clock in the morning; then and there to choose a Constable, Selectmen, Town-clerk, and other town-officers, as the law dircounts, both for work done for the town and minister's board, from the beginning of the world unto this day, the sum of £ 16. 16s. 10d. Errors excepted. At the March meeting the officers of the town were chosen ; and much stir was there through the village on that day. The result of one of them is thus recorded:-- At a town-nd to give eleven-pence on the pound as premium to the collector. 1773: Meeting for the annual choice of town-officers. Voted that it be on the first Monday of March for the future. The town-meeting was, from earliest days, a marked occasion by the boys. The school had the day as a vacation. The gallery of the meeting house
March 2nd (search for this): chapter 4
deliver to his fellow-officers on the Fourth of July. When President Monroe visited Boston in 1817, he said he had read the inaugural speech of Governor Brooks with entire approbation; and then added, I am willing to take the principles of that speech as the basis of my administration. After the death of the Governor, which occurred March 1, 1825, the Massachusetts Medical Society, of which he was then President, took notice of the event in the most appropriate manner. The next day, March 2, the Councillors of that Society passed the following:-- Resolved, That the Councillors regard with deep sensibility the loss by death of the late President of the Society, the Hon. John Brooks, and that they feel assured they shall express the sentiments of the Society, as they do their own, in stating that the Society has derived honor from having had at their head a man beloved in private life, justly respected in his profession, and distinguished in his state and country for the fait
April 19th (search for this): chapter 4
to work on his land; and, as many of his horticultural experiments were suggested by books, he often found them of small pecuniary profit. In the army, he played chess with his friend Kosciusko, and occasionally in Medford enjoyed a social game. He said that the most fatiguing day he ever spent was the 19th of April, 1775. That, we apprehend, was the auroral hour of his life. He was greater than his means. How many men are less! Rev. Mr. Foster says:-- On the morning of the 19th of April, just at sunrise, alarmguns were fired. The regulars had gone to Concord. I ran directly to Major Brooks, and asked if he were going to Concord, and when? Immediately was the answer. With his minute-men, he pursued the enemy to their boats at Charlestown. Dr. Ripley says:-- As the enemy passed the road from Bedford, they met a body of minute-men, commanded by Major John Brooks. A little below Bedford Road there was a sharp action, and several of the British were killed. R
May (search for this): chapter 4
attachment010 For entering action023 Stephen Willis, for charge at court016 Oct. 19, 1686: S. Willis appointed to record all births and deaths occurring in Medford. As soon as Medford could send a representative to the General Court it did so; and the first was chosen in 1689. The records run thus, on the choice of a representative to stand for and represent them in the Session or Sessions of the General Court or Assembly, appointed to be begun and held at Boston, on the----day of May next. £ 3 voted for his services. April 21, 1693: The Orders and By-laws prepared for Medford were discussed, accepted, and allowed. In the election of town-officers, they only could vote who had taken the oath of fidelity; which oath was in relation to the town what the freemen's oath was in relation to the Colony. It will be seen, by the following record, that their town-officers in Medford were few:-- March 5, 1694: Caleb Brooks was chosen Constable for the year ensuing. Major
May 1st (search for this): chapter 4
mission from the selectmen; penalty $10. 8. No obstructions of the street; penalty $5. 9. No dirt, ashes, &c., put in the streets; penalty $10. 10. No wheelbarrow or cart on side-walks; penalty $5. 11. Snow-balling, throwing stones, &c., whereby persons may be annoyed in the streets; penalty $5. 12. No bathing in exposed places; penalty $5. 13. Fast driving forbidden; penalty $10. 14. Clerk of the market shall be appointed annually. 15. Dogs without a collar, between 1st May and 1st October, to be killed by the police. 16. No dog shall disturb any neighborhood, and after being warned, penalty $1 for each day after notice is served. 17. Police shall see to the peace of the town, and complain of all disorderly boys. 18. All fines to be paid into the treasury. While these by-laws show the care of the inhabitants of Medford for externals, the following votes show a deeper care for moral interests:-- Feb. 13, 1843: Voted that all good citizens sh
May 6th (search for this): chapter 4
e movements for benefiting the town took place May 10, 1714, when they voted to choose a Committee to consult with the selectmen of Charlestown, to see if they will consent to annex the first division of Charlestown lots bounded on Medford. These aims are not lost sight of; for, in 1726, the town chooses a Committee to petition Charlestown on the subject of annexing certain districts. The petitioners ask for some part of Charlestown adjoining to Medford on the north side of Mystic River. May 6th of that year, they chose another Committee to examine the Province Records, and see if Medford has any right to land lying in Charlestown; and, if so, to prosecute the same at the town's expense. To show our fathers' care for public duty, we have the following vote, May 19, 1701: Voted that Sergeant Stephen Willis assist in the Committee, if his brother Thomas Willis should be out of the way. Town-meetings were sometimes held in private houses, though generally at the tavern. The mod
June 16th (search for this): chapter 4
agere. Although he sought no enterprise through vain-glory, his active zeal and high ambition led him to solicit the post of danger, if he could thereby render useful service to his country. When Gen. Ward had determined to fortify the heights of Charlestown, and arrangements were made for this purpose, finding that he was not included in the detachment, he solicited the general to permit him to accompany it; and his request was granted. He was active during the whole night of the 16th of June, in throwing up intrenchments, in reconnoitering the ground, and in watching the movements of the enemy. On the morning of the 17th, when it was perceived that the enemy were making preparations for an assault, he was despatched by Col. Prescott, as a confidential officer, to inform Gen. Ward of the movements, and to represent to him the importance of his sending reinforcements. No horse could be had, and he was obliged to walk. This duty prevented his being in that glorious battle whi
July 4th (search for this): chapter 4
er has there died among us a man so widely known, so highly honored, so truly beloved, or so deeply lamented. His printed compositions were few. The first public oration delivered by him was printed with this title, An Oration delivered to the Society of the Cincinnati, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: July 4, 1787. By John Brooks, Esq. This is just such an oration as a sensible and patriotic officer, fresh from the fields of conquest, would deliver to his fellow-officers on the Fourth of July. When President Monroe visited Boston in 1817, he said he had read the inaugural speech of Governor Brooks with entire approbation; and then added, I am willing to take the principles of that speech as the basis of my administration. After the death of the Governor, which occurred March 1, 1825, the Massachusetts Medical Society, of which he was then President, took notice of the event in the most appropriate manner. The next day, March 2, the Councillors of that Society passed th
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