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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 11., A recently discovered Letter written by Colonel Isaac Royall in 1779. (search)
of you in return makes me fearful they did not get to Hand and meeting the other Day with Capt. Malachi Salter who is Uncle to Mr Willis Hall's Wife and who told me he was bound to Halifax and from thence home to Boston and if I had any Letters to send to my Friends would be glad to oblige me and would take particular care of them so that I thought this would be a good opportunity of sending you a Letter by him who will be able to tell you my state note. Isaac Royall was born in Antigua in 1719, and died in England of small-pox in 1781. See Vol. III, p. 133. of Health and situation and can give you an account of my Dear Motherless Grand Children who he has seen and for whose Mother you always express'd so great an esteem and regard and Mary the second Daughter looks very much like her tho they are all very healthy fine promising Children as you would wish to see in a Thousand my Heart I confess is too much bound up in them tho I think they at present bid fair to deserve every est
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 16., Volume II of Medford records. (search)
the card system, giving a reference to every name and to every place which appears in either volume. These lists, you can readily see, practically give a census of the adult male inhabitants during those years. Scattered through the book are entries of the finding of stray cattle of all kinds, which the law required should be recorded in the town records and a description of the animal found, entered therein. Some are quite interesting, as will be seen in the following:— Decemr 1th 1719 Taken up A Stray by Thomas Willis Junr of Medford A Dark Brown heifer Adjudged to be about Two Years Olde with some White on her taile & under her Belly & A piece Cutt of her Right Eare with a Slit & fork In ye Same Where the Owner paying Reasonable Charges May have his Owne Againe August 13th 1734 Taken up in Damage fesant and Strayd a Brown Cow Judged to be about 7 years old her Naturall mars are a White Spot behind Each Ear—— her Artifitiall mark is a Swallow Tayle in ye Near Ear<
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 29., The history of the Royall house and its occupants. (search)
our Royall House in Medford, was his grandson, born in Yarmouth on Casco Bay, Maine, in 1672. At the early age of three years his parent (William, Jr.) moved to Dorchester, Mass., because of continuous troubles with the Indians in Maine. Young Isaac, as he grew older, developed a love for the sea and took frequent trips from Dorchester to the West Indies, where he finally married and made a home, amassing great wealth as a planter and merchant. Isaac Royall, Jr., was born in Antigua in 1719, and a sister, Penelope, in 1724. The father realizing that his children could not receive the education in Antigua that he desired, sought for them his native land and placed them in a school in Dorchester. He then looked about the country for a suitable site for a home. The Mystic river and its adjacent lands appealed to his fancy, and in June, 1732, he purchased five hundred acres of the Ten Hills farm land and began the erection of the Royall House —which appears today on the exter
The Daily Dispatch: April 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 7 (search)
The First Post-Office was established in France in 1464; in England in 1581; in Germany in 1641; although one authority attributes the authorship of the modern postal system to the Emperor Maximilian of Germany, for the purpose of facilitating an espionage over his subjects through the medium of their correspondence, and also for the purpose of enriching himself by the profits of the enterprise. The first post in America was established in New York 1719, under the Colonial Government. In 1789 the direction of the postal business of the country was conferred on Congress by the terms of the Constitution. At that time there were but 75 post-offices in the Union; in 1825 there were 5,677. At the commencement of 1859 there were 28,573.
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