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James Kidder (search for this): chapter 19
ilt at the upper end of the turnpike had an enviable reputation for durability. Their makers have kept abreast of the times, and their products, both horse drawn and motor driven, are in marked contrast to those that passed the old toll gate in 1829. The Estate of Mr. Elijah Smith      to the Proprietors of the Medford Turnpike.Dr. Toll for milk cart. Passing from June 22, 1839, to January 1, 1830.$5.19 By cash2.00 —— 3.19 1830, July 5, Recd. Payment for the Proprietors James Kidder. By this scrap of paper it appears that the toll levied for the daily passage of such vehicles was ten dollars per year, and that the rule of cash before carting or payment in advance, had not then been fully established. Whoever rides over the Mystic avenue of today, finds far better conditions, though there is still room for improvement. Several railroad schemes, upon and beside it, have been broached, but none have materialized. Meanwhile Medford is slowly expanding, and som
Nov (search for this): chapter 19
rectors we may not say, very likely the gentlemen above named, the first and last being of Medford. What more convenient place for their gathering for business than the well appointed inn of mine host Hezekiah Blanchard? And so this old time-worn bill of his comes to us, a mute witness of men and times long gone. Here it is; we bespeak for this carefully made copy a critical reading. The Directors for the Andover & Medford Turnpike road To Hezh Blanchard                Drd cents 1805 NovbrTo 4 Botwls Ginn Toddy 1s/6d$1.00 To 8 Suppers 2s/3d3 To 1 Bottle wine 4s/6d75 Decbr 2To 4 Breakfasts 2s/3d1 50 To 1 Pint Bitters is/6d25 To 9 Dinners 2s/3d    To 3 Bowls Toddy is/6d4 12 To 1 Bowl Toddy 1s/6d    To Bating 4 Horss 1s/6d1.25 11To 1 Bowl Toddy 1s/6d    To 1 mug flip50 To 1 Pint Brandy 3s/    To Bating 2 hors1 21To 3 Bowls Toddy 1/6    To 6 Dinner 2/3 To 1 Pint Ginn 3s/d    To Bating 4 horse1.50 To 1 Pint Ginn 3s/d    To 1 Pint for
Henry Dunster (search for this): chapter 19
amous caption. The scrap of paper in that case we reproduce in this issue. The Edward Collins named therein was Medford's first land speculator—who purchased the Cradock farm. It is significant that the dwelling was styled Medeford House. Henry Dunster (first president of Harvard College) also mentioned therein and associated with Collins—owned the land and dwelling on the opposite side of the river (now Arlington） See Register, Vol. XIII., p. 9. and in one of his and Increase Nowell's fact that the immediate parties were all dead. Joseph Hills had done absolutely nothing for which he deserved arrest, neither had Edward Collins, who was an early settler of Cambridge and a most useful man in that community and in Medford. Henry Dunster, whose estate they represented, was dead. Deputy Governor, John Humphry, the owner. . . incidentally of Wind-Mill Hill [in Lynn where the leased property was] was also dead; Rev. Jose Glover, the man whose loan of So pounds to John Humphry, <
Medford (search for this): chapter 19
Payment for the Proprietors James Kidder. By this scrap of paper it appears that the toll levied for the daily passage of such vehicles was ten dollars per year, and that the rule of cash before carting or payment in advance, had not then been fully established. Whoever rides over the Mystic avenue of today, finds far better conditions, though there is still room for improvement. Several railroad schemes, upon and beside it, have been broached, but none have materialized. Meanwhile Medford is slowly expanding, and some day will see, instead of the tide-mill and pond and the later racetrack, buildings devoted to business use along both sides of the old Medford turnpike. When that shall be, those who use the old pike will miss the bleak prospect we had there in 1860. In company with some forty schoolmates from another town, returning from a sleigh ride to the Navy Yard and State Prison, the ride was along this road. The wind was bitterly cold, and the tumbled — up ice on t
Warners (search for this): chapter 19
6 Dinner 2/3 To 1 Pint Ginn 3s/d    To Bating 4 horse1.50 To 1 Pint Ginn 3s/d    To 1 Pint for Ditto 3s/1 To 1 Pint for Ditto 3s/d    To 1 Bowl for Ditto 1/675 To Bating horses 1s/6d75 Omitted JanyTo Coln Warner Expenses in Town1 45 1806 Apr 5To 5 Dinners 2/3    to Brandy Toddy2 17 To 3 Bowls toddy is/6d    To 1 Glass Toddy 87 To Bating 1 hors 1/625 8 & 10To the Directors Bill for Five Dollars & 82 cents5.82 24To 4 Bowls Toddy 1/6    To Bating 4 horses1.67 ——— $29.54 deduct Warners expenses1.45 —— $28.09 deduct Clerks bill4.22 —— To charge in the Corporation bill dated Feb. 3 180623.87 which should be charged to the Directors6. —— 29.87 May 22d 1806 Rec'd the above in full Hezeh Blanchard As may be noted, its date is the first year of the corporation's existence. Very likely the directors met then to discuss ways and means and to ride thence over the course of the new road on tours of inspection. Evidently by the num
Fitch Hall (search for this): chapter 19
in the same proportion. But how would the site of Union hall appear to its proprietor could he see it today? No ginn toddy, bitters or flip at any price, no bating hors, but more automobiles in twenty-four hours than horses in a year then, and no walking out from Boston for exercise. Jonathan Porter would look with delight upon the elm arched vista of Forest street, and turning about find his old home, the only thing of that day remaining, changed somewhat, but still recognizable. Col. Fitch Hall could find the old mansions a little way up High street. Both did well in projecting and building the Andover Turnpike, one hundred and fourteen years ago. An older scrap. At the May meeting of the Historical Society, President Charles E. Mann of the Malden society read an interesting paper with the now world famous caption. The scrap of paper in that case we reproduce in this issue. The Edward Collins named therein was Medford's first land speculator—who purchased the Cradock
Charles E. Mann (search for this): chapter 19
House. Henry Dunster (first president of Harvard College) also mentioned therein and associated with Collins—owned the land and dwelling on the opposite side of the river (now Arlington） See Register, Vol. XIII., p. 9. and in one of his and Increase Nowell's leases the lessee was to pay £ 3 per year in wheat and barley at 4s per bushel, delivered at Medeford House twice each year; the first payment to be in 1648. The lease was for fifteen years and the property was in Lynn. Mr. Mann said A strange thing about this interesting document is that it should have led to such drastic proceedings, when one considers the fact that the immediate parties were all dead. Joseph Hills had done absolutely nothing for which he deserved arrest, neither had Edward Collins, who was an early settler of Cambridge and a most useful man in that community and in Medford. Henry Dunster, whose estate they represented, was dead. Deputy Governor, John Humphry, the owner. . . incidentally o
Jonathan Porter (search for this): chapter 19
ch he had enlarged and given the name of Union Hall, there was every convenience to promote festivity and happiness; the house is furnished with the best of Wine, Porter and other Liquors, and every kind of refreshment called for can be supplied, . . . and those who are fond of an afternoon's excursion for amusement and exerci Andover was agitated, resulting in the charter on June 15, 1805, of the Andover and Medford Turnpike. The corporators, according to the Brooks history, were Jonathan Porter, Joseph Hurd, Nathan Parker, Oliver Holden and Fitch Hall. The meager account we have of its construction and history shows it in marked contrast to the othrs or flip at any price, no bating hors, but more automobiles in twenty-four hours than horses in a year then, and no walking out from Boston for exercise. Jonathan Porter would look with delight upon the elm arched vista of Forest street, and turning about find his old home, the only thing of that day remaining, changed somewha
Jonathan Warner (search for this): chapter 19
s too late to rectify mistakes (for the innkeeper has been dead a century), but he forgot to insert in charge column three dollars for three toddys and six dinners, and made a slight error in his footing. It would be interesting to know who Col. Warner was, and the items of his expense in town that was overlooked at the time, later charged, and at last deducted. He may have been an adviser or engineer, and so a guest of the directors. If so, why the final deduction? And why the deduction ee of the company, meeting with the directors, who may have numbered six. For want of any such bills, we are led to infer that the directors of the Andover Turnpike paid collectively their own expenses, and the company those of the clerk and Col. Warner. If so they were unlike those of the Middlesex Canal whose accounts show wines, lemons, sugar, trucking same, and broken tumblers, for the directors party. Much has been written about that famous old waterway, and it is still a favorite an
Collins (search for this): chapter 19
n older scrap. At the May meeting of the Historical Society, President Charles E. Mann of the Malden society read an interesting paper with the now world famous caption. The scrap of paper in that case we reproduce in this issue. The Edward Collins named therein was Medford's first land speculator—who purchased the Cradock farm. It is significant that the dwelling was styled Medeford House. Henry Dunster (first president of Harvard College) also mentioned therein and associated with Collins—owned the land and dwelling on the opposite side of the river (now Arlington） See Register, Vol. XIII., p. 9. and in one of his and Increase Nowell's leases the lessee was to pay £ 3 per year in wheat and barley at 4s per bushel, delivered at Medeford House twice each year; the first payment to be in 1648. The lease was for fifteen years and the property was in Lynn. Mr. Mann said A strange thing about this interesting document is that it should have led to such drastic p
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