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Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct. 21 1 Browse Search
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865 16 0 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1 15 1 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3 14 0 Browse Search
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order 14 0 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 12 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 12 0 Browse Search
John G. B. Adams, Reminiscences of the Nineteenth Massachusetts Regiment 10 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies 8 2 Browse Search
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 8 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts, (search)
were appointed agents to seek in England a confirmation of the Rhode Island charter. Before their departure, Mr. Clarke, with Mr. Crandall and Obadiah Holmes, delegates from the Baptist Church in Newport, visited an aged Baptist brother in Lynn, Mass., who was too feeble to attend public worship. On a Sunday morning they ventured to give The province House, residence of the Royal governors of Massachusetts. a public exhortation at the house of the brother. For this they were arrested, ast the Baptists). The next day they were sent to Boston, where Clarke was sentenced to pay a fine of $100, or be whipped. One charge against him was that he neglected to take off his hat when he was forced into the Congregational meeting-house at Lynn. In a sermon just before Clarke's trial, John Cotton declared that to deny the efficacy of infant baptism was to overthrow all, and was soul murder —a capital offence. So Endicott held in passing sentence upon the prisoner. He charged Clarke wi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mitchell, Maria 1818-1869 (search)
her father, William Mitchell (who died in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., in April, 1869), a fondness for astronomical studies and became a valuable assistant to him in the study of astronomy when she was quite young. Examining nebulae and searching for comets, her industry and efforts were rewarded when, on Oct. 1, 1847, she discovered a telescopic comet, for which she received a gold medal from the King of Denmark. She was afterwards employed in making observations connected with the United States coast survey, and for many years assisted in the compilation of the Nautical almanac. In the spring of 1865 she was appointed Professor of Astronomy and superintendent of the observatory at Vassar College, and entered upon her duties in September. She resigned in 1888. Professor Mitchell was a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, being the first woman admitted to that body. She received the honorary degrees of Ph.D. and Ll.D. She died in Lynn, Mass., June 28, 1889.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Morey letter. (search)
Morey letter. During the Presidential campaign of 1880 a letter on the Chinese question, purporting to have been written by the Republican nominee, General Garfield, to H. L. Morey, of Lynn, Mass., was published. It asserted that individuals as well as companies have the right to buy labor where it is cheapest, etc. This letter appeared in New York, and was circulated by Democratic journals. Garfield at once declared the letter a forgery.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New England. (search)
od (Thames) River, was revealed to the New-Englanders, they planted a settlement at New Haven and, pushing westward, crowded the Dutch not only on the mainland, but on Long Island. In 1639, Lewis Gardiner purchased an island still known as Gardiner's Island, at the east end of Long Island; and James Farrett, sent out by the Earl of Stirling (see Alexander, Sir William), took possession of Shelter Island, near by, at the same time claiming the whole of Long Island. In 1640 a company from Lynn, Mass., led by Capt Daniel Howe, attempted a settlement at Cow Neck, in North Hempstead, Long Island, when they tore down the arms of the Prince of Orange which they found upon a tree, and carved in place of the Early settlers in New England. shield a grinning face. Howe and his companions were driven off by the Dutch, and settled on the eastern extremity of Long Island. Some New Haven people took possession of Southold, on the Sound; and only a few years later, Hempstead, Jamaica, Flushi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pierson, Abraham 1641-1707 (search)
Pierson, Abraham 1641-1707 First president of Yale College; born in Lynn, Mass., in 1641; graduated at Harvard College in 1668; ordained a colleague of his father, at Newark, N. J., in March, 1672: and from 1694 till his death was minister of Killingworth, Conn. He was president of Yale College in 1700-7. He died in Killingworth, Conn., March 7, 1707. His father, Abraham (born in Yorkshire, England, in 1608; died in Newark, N. J., Aug. 9, 1678), was one of the first settlers of Newark (1667), and was the first minister in that town. He also preached to the Long Island Indians in their own language.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
. 10, 1880 Publication of forged letters on the Chinese question (Morey letters) attributed to General Garfield, addressed to a mythical person, H. L. Morey, of Lynn,......Oct. 20, 1880 Presidential election......Nov. 2, 1880 Lucretia Mott, born 1793, dies in Montgomery county, Pa......Nov. 11, 1880 Electoral votes of ...June 6, 1889 Simon Cameron, statesman, born 1799, dies at Donegal, Lancaster co., Pa.......June 26, 1889 Maria Mitchell, astronomer, born 1818, dies at Lynn, Mass.......June 28, 1889 Theodore Dwight Woolsey, ex-president of Yale College, born 1801, dies at New Haven, Conn.......July 1, 1889 Sioux reservation in Dak, 1889 Pan-American delegates, after visiting all sections of the country, a journey of 6,000 miles, return to Washington......Nov. 13, 1889 Great fire in Lynn, Mass.; 80 acres burned over; 296 buildings destroyed; loss over $4,000,000......Nov. 26, 1889 Fifty-first Congress, first session, meets......Dec. 2, 1889 [Thom
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts (search)
by Mr. Dudley, Mr. Bradstreet, and others......1630 Dorchester and Boston settled......1630 Lynn settled......1630 Famine in the Massachusetts Bay colony December, 1630, and January, 1631 te of it, is named Harvard, after its founder......March 13, 1639 Inhabitants from the town of Lynn settle on Long Island......1640 First original publication from Massachusetts, a volume of poeJohn Clarke, a minister from the Baptist church at Newport, R. I., and two others are arrested at Lynn as Baptists and sent to Boston, where Clarke is sentenced to pay a fine of £ 20 or be whipped; thn, born 1831, dies at Nonquit......Aug. 5, 1888 Maria Mitchell, astronomer, born 1818, dies at Lynn......June 28, 1889 Maritime exhibition opens at Boston......Nov. 4, 1889 Great fire at LynnLynn; 296 buildings destroyed; 80 acres burned over; loss, $5,000,000......Nov. 26, 1889 Haverhill celebrates its 250th anniversary......July 2, 1890 Cyclone visits the suburbs of South Lawrence, th
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Veto (search)
Building in Dayton, O.Passed over veto. 235July 10, 1886Public Building in Asheville, N. C. 236July 30, 1886Bridge across Lake Champlain. 237July 30, 1886Public Building at Springfield, Mass. Bills vetoed by the Presidents—Continued. President.No.Date.Subject of Bill.Remarks. Cleveland, 301 238 to 261July 31, 1886 to Feb. 11, 1887Pensions and Reliefs Private. 262Feb. 16, 1886Texas Seed Bill. 263 to 272Feb. 19, 1887 to Feb. 24, 1887Pensions. 273Feb. 25, 1887Public Building at Lynn, Mass. 274Feb. 26, 1887Pensions, Private. 275 276Feb. 26, 1887Public Building at Portsmouth, O., and Lafayette, Ind. 277 278 to 292Apr. 4, 1888 to May 3, 1888Pensions and Reliefs. 293Apr. 7, 1888Sale of Indian Land. 294Apr. 9, 1888Public Building at Allentown, Pa. 295 to 297May 9, 1888 to May 18, 1888Pensions. 298May 18, 1888Use of Castle Island, Boston Harbor. 299 to 307May 18, 1888 to May 26, 1888Pensions. 308May 28, 1888Public Building at Youngstown, O. 309 to 311May 28, 1888Pensi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wood, William 1580-1669 (search)
Wood, William 1580-1669 Colonist; born in England about 1580; emigrated to America in 1629; returned to England in 1633; and again came to America and settled in Lynn, Mass., which town he represented in the General Court in 1636; removed to Sandwich in 1637, where he became town clerk, and resided till his death. He published New England's Prospect; A true, lively, and experimental description of that part of America commonly called New England, etc. He died in Sandwich, Mass., in 1669.
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