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The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 5. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier), Margaret Smith's Journal (search)
ent into the Agamenticus River with a bright sun. Before dark we got to the house of my honored uncle, where, he not being at home, his wife and daughters did receive us kindly. September 10. I do find myself truly comfortable at this place. My two cousins, Polly and Thankful, are both young, unmarried women, very kind and pleasant, and, since my Newbury friends left, I have been learning of them many things pertaining to housekeeping, albeit I am still but a poor scholar. Uncle is Marshall of the Province, which takes him much from home; and aunt, who is a sickly woman, keeps much in her chamber; so that the affairs of the household and of the plantation do mainly rest upon the young women. If ever I get back to Hilton Grange again, I shall have tales to tell of my baking and brewing, of my pumpkin-pies, and bread made of the flour of the Indian corn; yea, more, of gathering of the wild fruit in the woods, and cranberries in the meadows, milking the cows, and looking after t
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., V. Town of Arlington. (search)
hief so great. In those hours, when undisciplined patriots were preparing for conflict with the trained soldiers of England, the careful eye of Washington calmly surveying the whole horizon, selected your hills as the breast-work behind which he was to retrieve the day. The hills still stand firm and everlasting as when he looked upon them, but smiling now with fertility and peace. The Welsh Mountains near Cambridge, and the rear of the lines at Roxbury, were designated for that purpose. Marshall's Washington, vol. II. p. 230. —Memorandum made by Dr. Benjamin Cutter many years since (died 1864). 1871-72. The Arlington Water Works were constructed. Water Commissioners were elected in 1873. Cost of construction to the town, over $300,000. The source of supply is an artificial reservoir located near by in Lexington, which receives the waters of 173 acres, embracing the area known as the Great Meadows in that town. 1872 The town established its public library—transferring
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., chapter 9 (search)
Jan. 1823). Elizabeth his w. d. 10 July, 1817, a. 39, and Anna, perhaps his second w., m. Joel Bussell, 27 Nov. 1826. See Wyman, 266. 36. Thomas, s. of Gershom (14), m. Hannah Whittemore, 19 May, 1757. Thomas o. c. Pct. ch. 10 Dec. 1758. Had Hannah, bap. 10 Dec. 1758, d.—dau. of late Thomas—27 July, 1783 (a. 25); Mehitable, b. 23, bap. 29 June, 1760, d. 1 May, 1777 (a. 18); Elizabeth, b. 14, bap. 18 July, 1762; Thomas, b. 26 June, bap. 1 July, 1764; James, b. 16, bap. 16 Mar. 1766; Marshall, b. 7, bap. 13 Mar. 1768; Eunice, b. 10, bap. 15 Apr. 1770; Abijah, b. 11, bap. 12 July, 1772, d. 16 Oct. 1772, a. 3 mos.; Abijah, b. 27 Aug., bap.—privately —5 Sept. 1773, d. 13 Nov. 1773, a. 3 mos. Thomas the father d. of languishment, 17 May, 1782. 37. Gershom, s. of Gershom (14), m. Rebecca Crosby, 15 Mar. 1757. He o. c. Pct. ch. 4 Dec. 1757. Had Gershom, b. 6 Nov., bap. 4 Dec. 1757; Rebecca, b. 1, bap. 3 Aug. 1760, m. first Andrew Cutter (par. 45), 15 July, 1779, and second Wal
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., Index of names. (search)
ell 118, 119, 136 Lucas, 216, 275 Ludlow, 134,135 Lufkin, 339 Luthey, 347 Lynch, 341, 347 Lyons, 339 Maccarty, 275 Maccorly, 275, 304 Mackie, 112, 275 Mackintire, 176, 272, 276 Macomber, 348 Madison, 136, 277 Mahoney, 348 Mallet, 219, 264, 275,277 Mann, 114, 193, 276 Manning, 11, 326 Mansfield, 72 Marchant, 342 Marden, 343 Mark, 348 Marr, 339 Marrett, 74, 84, 215, 256, 318, 334 Marsh, 31, 32, 90, 152, 154, 170, 171, 276 Marshall, 162 Marston, 276, 314 Martin, 166,343, 345, 350 Mason, 131,199, 204, 215, 218, 235, 276, 294, 306, 330 Matthews, 198, 276 Mayhew, 31,32 Maynard, 276, 300 McAllister, 346 McCann, 348 McCarthy, 154 McConlow, 342 McDermott, 347 McDool, 347 McEnenna, 342 McIntire, see Mackintire McLennan, 276, 292 McLeod, 348 McMullen, 342 McNulty, 339 McCloud, 53 McDonald, 64, 343 Mead, 19, 205, 256, 276, 316 Meads, 221 Meek, 276, 324 Mer
Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739., Index. (search)
39, 50. Small-pox Hospital, 80, 91. Smith: David built Brick Tavern, 89, 90; Samuel built Prospect House, 89. Snake Rock Hill, 106. Soil rich in Trapelo, 81. Soldiers' Aid Society, 111. Soldiers drafted for Indian war, 62. Soldiers' monument, 110. Somersetshire, colonists from 13. Somerville, 38. Southcot, Mr., a brave soldier, 14. Southside. territory included in, 137. Spirit of liberty in thought and action, 23. Sportsman's paradise, 81. Spring. Dr. Marshall, 82 n. 1. Springfield settled, 40. Squadron lines, 51. Squeb, Capt., a merciless man, 13; lands his passengers on Nantasket Point, 13. Steam-power introduced at factory, 133. Steams: Isaac, autograph, 79; 81, 100; Isak, autograph, 79; Jonathan, 88; Phinehas, 79; Samuel, 124. Stearns, Rev. Dr., of Lincoln, 77. Sterns, Widow, 53. Stirling, Lord, received grant of Long Island, etc., 46. Stocks set up, 71. Stone, Capt., 40, 42. Stone rolling-dam, 127. Stony Brook
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter VI (search)
yed the benefit of independent colonial legislation; As an opposite statement has received the sanction, not of Oldmixon, Chalmers, and Robertson only, but of Marshall and of Story (see Story's Commentaries, i. 28, without the slightest effort to convene a colonial assembly), I deem it necessary to state, that many of the statu Rymer, XX. 484. Hazard, i. 477. Savage on Winthrop, II. 160, 161. Hening, i. 224, and 4. Campbell, 61. But Keith, and Beverly, and Chalmers, and Burk, and Marshall, were ignorant of such a governor as Wyatt, in 1639, and represent Berkeley as the immediate successor of Harvey. appointed in his stead. Early in the next yeartures of the discontent which pervaded the colony, and have represented that discontent as heightened by commercial oppression. Beverley, Chalmers, Robertson, Marshall. Even the accurate and learned Holmes has transmitted the error. Compare Jared Sparks, in North American Review, XX. New series, 433—436. The statement is a f
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 12: (search)
e. It was resolved to regard the Narragansetts as enemies; and a little before the winter solstice, a thousand men, levied by Dec. 18. the united colonies, and commanded by the brave Chap. XII.} 1675 Dec. 19 Josiah Winslow, a native of New England, invaded their territory. After a night spent in the open air, they waded through the snow from day-break till an hour after noon; and at last reached the cluster of wigwams which a fort protected. Davenport, Gardner, Johnson, Gallop, Siely, Marshall, led their companies through the narrow entrance in the face of death, and left their lives as a testimony to their patriotism and courage. Feeble palisades could not check the determined valor of the white men; and the group of Indian cabins was soon set on fire. Thus were swept away the humble glories of the Narragansetts; the winter's stores of the tribe, their curiously-wrought baskets, full of corn, their famous strings of wampum, their wigwams nicely lined with mats,—all the little
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 8: (search)
killed,—among them, Sir Peter Hal- chap. VIII.} 1755. ket,—and thirty-seven were wounded, including Gage 1755 and other field-officers. Of the men, one half were killed or wounded. Braddock braved every danger. His secretary was shot dead; both his English aids were disabled early in the engagement Washington to his mother, 18 July, 1755. leaving the American alone to distribute his orders. I expected every moment, said one whose eye was on Washing ton, to see him fall. Craik, in Marshall's Life of Washington, II. 19. Nothing but the superin tending care of Providence could have saved him. An Indian chief—I suppose a Shawnee—singled him out with his rifle; and bade others of his warriors do the same. Two horses were killed under him; four balls penetrated his coat. Some potent Manitou guards his life, exclaimed the savage. Same to Mr. Custis, of Arlington. Death, wrote Washington, was levelling my companions on every side of me; but, by the all-powerful dispensations
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 9: (search)
u, there is danger of it. I shall be much mistaken if administration do not now, from the present state of our currency, dissensions, and other circumstances, push matters to the utmost extremity. Nothing will prevent it but the interposition of Spain, and their disappointed hope from Russia. Washington to George Mason, Middlebrook, 27 March, 1779. Copied by me from Ms. draft in Washington's handwriting: printed from the papers of George Mason, in the Virginia Historical Register, v. 96. Marshall's Life of Washington, i. 291. On the eighteenth of May he wrote to another May 18. friend: I never was, and much less reason have I now to be, afraid of the enemy's arms; but I have no scruples in declaring to you, that I have never yet Chap. IX.} 1779. seen the time in which our affairs, in my opinion, were at as low an ebb as at the present; and, without a speedy and capital change, we shall not be able to call out the resources of the country. Writings of Washington, ed. Sparks
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 22: (search)
rd and marked them for his own. Two miles from such an enclosure, on a wide plain covered with primeval pines and chestnut and oak, about sixteen miles from Spartanburg, seven miles from the Cherokee ford on the Broad river, and a little less than five miles from the line of North Carolina, Morgan encamped his party for the night. Greene had left Morgan to his discretion, yet with warning against risk in a battle; his best officers now urged him beyond all things to avoid an engagement. Marshall's Life of Washington, i. 402. With a noble confidence in himself and in his troops, he resolved to give battle to his pursuers. Chap. XXII.} 1781. Jan. 16. In the evening, he moved among his men, inspiring them with cheerfulness. During the night, Pickens, who had been for a few days absent, returned with about one hundred and fifty militia, and another party of fifty came in. At an hour before daylight, Morgan, through his 17. excellent system of spies, knew that Tarleton's troops w
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