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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 232 232 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10 158 158 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 48 48 Browse Search
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. 26 26 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 10 10 Browse Search
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks) 9 9 Browse Search
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. 8 8 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 8 8 Browse Search
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 3. 6 6 Browse Search
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. 5 5 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: May 2, 1864., [Electronic resource], The news. (search)
y turn the scales. Among the contributions recently arrived from Europe should be mentioned one that is of the highest interest. It is an original pen and ink sketch, by Victor Huge of the house occupied by Franklin, in Passy, near Paris, in 1778. The sketch is accompanied by an autograph letter from the donor, or which the following is a literal translation: "In the year 1836 I happened to be at Passy, at the house of Mr Raynard, the author of the tragedy of the 'Knight Templars.' Hair as Franklin used to do, and you look like him.' He answered me, smiling, 'This may be on account of the neighborhood, ' and he pointed out to me a house which could be seen from his garden. 'It is there,' said he to me, 'that Franklin lived in 1778.' I sketched that house, which is now pulled down. This is this drawing. I think that this picture of Franklin's house at Passy is the only one in existence. I offer it to the United States Sanitary Commission. "I am happy that the Sanitar