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1772 AD (search for this): chapter 7
k Tavern. Twenty-seven years old; came to Medford from Malden, 1773; commissioned second lieutenant, 1776. Stephen Hall. Seventy-one years old; called Honorable and Gentleman; served in legislature and on committee of advice. Sarah Bradlee Fulton. Aged twenty-three; energetic, patriotic woman; carried despatches to Boston by order of Washington; assisted in disguising husband and brothers for Boston Tea Party. Dr. Simon Tufts. Forty-eight years old; representative to General Court, 1772-1775; trusted friend and trustee of Isaac Royall; attended wounded soldiers after Bunker Hill. Minuteman. Enter Belinda carrying basket. Spies about her. Enter Abigail Hall, following her curiously about. Abigail. What are you looking for, Belinda? Belinda. Sh, sh, sh! Abigail. What are you looking for? Belinda (coming close to her). De Ebil One. Abigail. The Ebil One? Belinda. Didn't you hear him aridina by de house de odder night? I done wake up in de night and de
1773 AD (search for this): chapter 7
in the square. by Ruth Dame Coolidge. Scene, Medford square, before Royal Oak Tavern. afternoon, April 19, 1775. Characters in order of entrance. Belinda. Old colored woman in service of Isaac Royall. Abigail. Thirteen-year-old daughter of Capt. Isaac Hall. Harry Bond. Blacksmith from Mystic Avenue. Scotch-Irish; killed at Bunker Hill; patriots met and discussed at his home. Jonathan Porter, proprietor of Royal Oak Tavern. Twenty-seven years old; came to Medford from Malden, 1773; commissioned second lieutenant, 1776. Stephen Hall. Seventy-one years old; called Honorable and Gentleman; served in legislature and on committee of advice. Sarah Bradlee Fulton. Aged twenty-three; energetic, patriotic woman; carried despatches to Boston by order of Washington; assisted in disguising husband and brothers for Boston Tea Party. Dr. Simon Tufts. Forty-eight years old; representative to General Court, 1772-1775; trusted friend and trustee of Isaac Royall; attended wou
April 19th, 1775 AD (search for this): chapter 7
As the day wore on armed provincials from other towns trooped through the square. See Historical Register, Vol. XXVIII, No. 3, Medford and Her Minutemen, April 19, 1775, by Richard B. Coolidge. The road between Medford and Salem was the highway leading to the country northeast of Boston. Seventy-six men from Malden, with dru Francis Parkman and Peter Chardon Brooks. The Tavern in the square. by Ruth Dame Coolidge. Scene, Medford square, before Royal Oak Tavern. afternoon, April 19, 1775. Characters in order of entrance. Belinda. Old colored woman in service of Isaac Royall. Abigail. Thirteen-year-old daughter of Capt. Isaac Hall. Haand it no longer. Look out for yourself, Royal Oak. Farewell. (Exits with musket.) The Roadside farm. by E. G. Bigelow and A. Gleason. Time—5.00 P. M., April 19, 1775. Exterior of Rev. Edward Brooks' home on Grove Street, showing house. Under tree a fire with kettle on tripod, table with pewter mugs, bread, etc., chair,
November (search for this): chapter 7
m to hesitate, loathe to lose a chance to fight. If they go to Menotomy the king's troops may be already on the Charlestown highway or perhaps to Cambridge. (Sound of distant cannon.) Hall. Whichever way they march back to the shelter of their boats, 'tis evident they are testing the mettle of our men with their cannon. Bond. Ay, cannon, Master Hall. 'Tis that was troubling me, so that I left my work and came here. Where are our Medford guns, the seven cannon we brought out here in November hid in loads of hay and wood? Are they safe, or are these troops on their way to take them also? Hall. They are safe, nor do I think that General Gage knows aught of them. Bond. But suppose the British should send some men-of-war up the Mystic to Cradock bridge to help their soldiers in their retreat? Hall. Know you, good smith, what Medford should have? Fireboats, Fireboats were built in Medford in June, 1775. Medford in the Revolution, H. T. Wild. man, by the corner of the
April 19th, 1927 AD (search for this): chapter 7
Foreword. The Medford Historical Society, in its recognition of the Nineteenth of April, 1927, attempted to visualize the life in this town on that famous day in 1775. The two pageant-plays, as they may be called, are based on historic fact and well-grounded tradition, and embody in dramatic form the excitement, confusion and life of the day. The first is called The Tavern in the Square, and is supposed to take place near the Royal Oak tavern shortly before noon. For the sake of dramatic brevity the events of the next three or four hours are condensed into a short play. The second is called The Roadside Farm, and has for its background the home of the Rev. Edward Brooks, which stood on the west side of Grove street, West Medford, and the time is late in the same afternoon. The historic facts on which the plays are based are as follows: Medford was the first stop of the rider Paul Revere, who notified Captain Isaac Hall. It is not known when the Medford minutemen left, but th
August (search for this): chapter 7
Bond. Blood! That will be a red flag to our boys. How many have passed by your tavern today? Porter. Company after company from the north, and men and boys trailing after them, and farmers on horseback to get in a shot or two, all in a most prodigious hurry. Bond. And in too great a hurry to stop at the Royal Oak and exchange news. Porter. I never saw men so hot upon their way, as if every minute counted. Bond. Minutemen of course, and ready in a minute, too, weren't they? Last August you mind how Gage sent the redcoats up to the powder house to take our powder? Porter. I mind it well, and we men stood yonder, our hands on our hips, and watched them, perforce, while they took it away under our noses. Bond. Took it away right out of Medford, didn't they, to Castle William—all they found there, anyhow? Porter. And what they didn't find had taken wings, hadn't it? Bond. Well, it flew away somewhere, but I guess it will fly home again today. And the redcoats will
June, 1775 AD (search for this): chapter 7
Where are our Medford guns, the seven cannon we brought out here in November hid in loads of hay and wood? Are they safe, or are these troops on their way to take them also? Hall. They are safe, nor do I think that General Gage knows aught of them. Bond. But suppose the British should send some men-of-war up the Mystic to Cradock bridge to help their soldiers in their retreat? Hall. Know you, good smith, what Medford should have? Fireboats, Fireboats were built in Medford in June, 1775. Medford in the Revolution, H. T. Wild. man, by the corner of the bridge, ready to set on fire and turn upon any hostile boat that comes nosing up our stream. Bond (rubbing his hands). Fireboats! A mighty thought! I would that the British men-of-war would come up the river. Then we'd look up the stream and we'd see those Tory boats come sailing on, all unknowing, and suddenly our fireboats would go flaming down upon them, flaring like my forge, and the British sailors would bend to
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