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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., chapter 4 (search)
te of June 8, 1775:— Lost, in the battle of Menotomy, by Nathan Putnam, of Captain Hutchinson's Company, who was then badly wounded, a French firelock. marked D. No. 6, with a marking iron, on the breech. Said Putnam carried it to a cross-road near a mill. Whoever has said gun in possession, is desired to return it to Colonel Mansfield of Lynn, or to the selectmen of Danvers, and they shall be rewarded for their trouble. From a list of funerals in Medford, is the following: 1775, April 21, Mr. Henry Putnam—slain at Menotomy by the enemy, in the retreat from Concord on the 19th inst. He was about 70 years. April 26, William Polly, a young man, of a wound in Concord Battle. Mr. Henry Putnam, according to the Medford records, met his death, April 19, and William Polly died April 25, 1775. These persons having connection here, are named in the Genealogies. It is said that William Polly was shot by the British flank-guard while he was riding on horseback at a distance from th
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 5 (search)
ration was accepted, and a committee of nine was chosen to cause books of subscription to be opened, first of May, 1845, to the capital stock, not to exceed $200,000. This committee consisted of Benjamin Muzzey and Samuel Chandler, of Lexington; Doctor T. Wellington and John Schouler, of West Cambridge; John Wesson and John W. Mulliken, of Charlestown; Edward Munroe and Otis Dana, of Boston; and J. W. Simonds, of Bedford. The meeting then adjourned to meet in Parish Hall at West Cambridge, April 21, to confer with its citizens. This conference meeting was largely attended, and indicated a mutual interest and good feeling of the citizens of both towns. Benjamin Muzzey, who presided (Mr. Warren acting as secretary), stated that no business was contemplated at this meeting but only an interchange of views desired. Estimates were discussed, and harmony prevailed in the discussion, indicating a prompt action and successful commencement of the road, which by the compromise act was to b