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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 8., A Soldier's letters, 1775. (search)
ers, 1775. To the Wider Judith Winn in Nottingham West in the Province of New hampshire in the County of hilsborough With Care. Winter hill March the 7 yer 1776 Mother these lines com unto you hooping thay will find you and all well as J be at present through good Providence and I want you to send Down som yarn to mendacoat we have no fiting at present they have Split five mortars 2 men kild. . . . they have intrenched on Dogester hill. . . . Camp Winter hill March the 20 yer 1776 . . . J would inform you that we have got Bunker hill & Boston and we Do som expect to go into Boston soon to be stationed ther soone and J want you mother if you can make me som sharts and som trowses and and a pare of stockings and if you can send me down som meet I shall be glad. New York April the 29 yer 1776 . . . this Day we are a going to imbark abord of a ship to go to Cobeck and I am very well Please with the notion and J want you Mother to get what you want for your chomf
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 8., The taverns of Medford. (search)
lled up in the year 1880 when the present stone bridge was built. The estate remained in the Parker family until the year 1776, when it was sold to Mr. Hezekiah Blanchard, and the house on the lot was called a dwelling house. None of the Parker famAdams, Benjamin, 1756. Bascom, Henry L., 1822, 1823. Billings, Moses, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1773, 1774, 775, 1776, 1777. Blanchard, Hezekiah, 1780, 1781, 1782, 1783, 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 137, 1738, 1739, 1740, 1750(part of the year), 1751, 1752, 1753. Bradshaw, Mercy, 1753, 1755. Bradshaw, Thomas, 1775, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782, 783, 1784, 785, 1786, 1787, 1788, 1789. Brooks, James W., 1824, 1825. Brooks, T1709, 1710, 1711, 1712, 713, 1714, 1715, 1716, 1717, 1718. Perham, Daniel, 1812, 1813. Porter, Jonathan, 1774, 1775, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782, 1783, 1784, 1785, 1786. Putnam, Ebenezer, 1813, 1814, 1815, 1816, 1817, 1818, 1821
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 8., The loyalists of Medford. (search)
and that the existing order of things could not be overthrown by a parcel of rebels, as they considered their opponents. The result of the siege of Boston and its evacuation by the British was a great blow to them. Through the hard winter of 1775-76 upward of a thousand of them had been shut up in Boston, whither they had fled for protection, exposed to hunger, cold and the loathsome disease small pox. The versatile Burgoyne, leaving for a while his complaints against his brother chiefs, soughname was added to the list if a majority of those present so voted. The completed list was given to two or more justices of the peace who issued warrants for the arrest of the proscribed persons. The first test law of Massachusetts, dated May I, 1776, was among the earliest passed by any of the colonies; it was general in its application, affecting all males over sixteen. It obliged people to swear that the war was just and necessary on the part of the colonies, that they would not aid the Br
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 8., Captain Isaac Hall. (search)
went to the rail fence. The greater part under the lead of their colonel on the third attack advanced towards the redoubt. On the way, Colonel Gardner was struck by a ball, which inflicted a mortal wound. The loss of the regiment in this battle was six killed, seven wounded. September 1, 1775, Isaac Hall was discharged to organize another company of men from Medford, Stoneham and other adjoining towns. With this company he marched to Dorchester Heights in March, 1776. During 1775 and 1776 he acted as commissary for the troops that were quartered here. His business affairs had evidently suffered from his absence on military duties. He and his brothers also lost large sums from furnishing the government with rum and other medical and military supplies, and receiving payment in a constantly depreciating currency. In 1778 he was assessed for a tax of about £ 30 in gold. In 1789, the year of his death, his tax had decreased to £ 4 in currency. In 1787 he sold his distillery to
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 8., The two hundred seventy-fifth anniversary. (search)
icated a tablet placed on the Savings Bank building, in honor of Governor John Brooks. It bears the inscription:— on this site stood the house of born 1752 John Brooks died 1825 distinguished citizen, Physician, Patriot Captain and Major 1775-1776 lieutenant Colonel 1776-1783 in the American Revolution Brigadier General 1792-1796 United states Army Major General 1786-1796 Adjutant General 1813-1816 Massachusetts militia Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1816-1823 Honorary A. M.1776-1783 in the American Revolution Brigadier General 1792-1796 United states Army Major General 1786-1796 Adjutant General 1813-1816 Massachusetts militia Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1816-1823 Honorary A. M., M. D., and Ll.D., Overseer Harvard College This tablet placed by the Massachusetts Society Sons of the American Revolution 1905 A water carnival on Mystic Lake, Friday evening, attracted a large gathering to witness the fairy-like display. On Saturday, a grand parade of the military, civic and industrial departments of the city, with visiting organizations and floats representing the mercantile interests of the city was the attraction of the morning. Athletic sports, an illumination an