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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 11., Ye olde Meting-House of Meadford. (search)
n Capt. Hall and the Medford Minute Men marched up High street to Lexington. Another thing; the preciseness of the record and the detail of description furnish the data from which we are able to furnish a plan of ye Olde Metinghouse. The Rev. Charles Brooks, in the History of Medford (1855), gives (I think) a mistaken impression of it, both as to its size and appearance. Accustomed to the drawing and use of plans as has been the writer, it seems fitting to present a plan of this ancient and there the new church, the First Church of Christ, in Meadford, was organized, or, as it was termed, gathered. Fifteen men signed the covenant, but no women. Four bore the name of Hall, three that of Whitmore, three more of Willis, two of Brooks, and one each of Bradshaw, Francis and Pierce. After this was done the council adjourned to the meeting-house, where Mr. Porter was ordained, he preaching his own ordination sermon. The custom is different today, and so are many other circumsta
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 11., Unpublished Manuscripts. (search)
the hive, Mr Train sprinkled flour (from a cook's flour box) and then went to Mr Swan's hives where he found the flour on the Bees, and thus identified them as the Invaders. It was a Case that did not admit of any redress. C. S. Dec. 1855 Mr. Brooks' volume was published in 1855. Another attached paper commented upon the announcement of the same from the Unitarian pulpit. Along with the above are several newspaper clippings in relation to pugnacious bees. Mr. Swan was about forty years early seventies moved backward, enlarged and remodelled to its present shape by the late Alvin D. Puffer. Both the Messrs. Swan were observers of men and things in Medford. The Battle of the Boys. [For account of the same see page 492, Brooks' History, 1808, Snowballing.] Sectional differences existed in Medford a century ago even among the boys, as those living east of the meetinghouse were called maggots, while those at the west were designated as fag-enders. The snow fort of th
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 12., Wood's dam and the mill beyond the Mystic. (search)
derable excitement at the time, and as public opinion was somewhat divided in relation to it, the present account is written. There had been at that locality a small mill, operated by the receding tide, from a time almost immemorial. Rev. Charles Brooks, in writing the history of Medford, published in 1855, said, There was a mill a short distance below Wear Bridge, but who built it, or how long it stood, we have not been able to discover. Evidently the historian considered that the mill y recent construction. From his writing, inference might be had, that the whole was of a time long past, like those he had before mentioned, but for the succeeding sentence, The place is now occupied, though omitting to say how, or by whom. Mr. Brooks was then sixty years of age, a native of Medford (his birthplace within a mile of Wear bridge), and his history shows that he had a close acquaintance with all parts of the town. Again, he did not mistake this spot for the site of the Broughto
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 13., Early Improvements on the Mystic. (search)
marsh bordering on the Menotomy which, situated below, was quite near to the Broughton mill. The building of the dam in the river of Misticke may have deflected the tidal flow southward into the Menotomy to a greater degree than usual. Some have thought this to be the meadow said to have been damaged, but as it was salt marsh it is doubtful if the hogs rooted there. The other meadows of Mr. Symmes were nearly two miles away on the Aberjona, just beyond the Medford ponds. According to Mr. Brooks, the tidal flow affected the pond a few inches. If the Broughton dam was of a height much higher than flood-tide, it is evident that its effect would be to damnify a fresh-water meadow. If so, it is also evident that the power thus created was great and the privilege valuable. It was across the Aberjona, just below the Symmes' meadows, that the massive stone aqueduct of the Middlesex canal was built in 1828. There, on February 15, 1855, an ice-jam was formed by a sudden thaw, and these
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 13., The last Medford Indian. (search)
The last Medford Indian. Mr. Brooks, in his History of Medford, written more than fifty years ago, devoted some space to the Indians, and before closing with a somewhat elaborate flight of fe noticed that this location is that of the present Sarah Fuller Home, and near to the home of Mr. Brooks. Doubtless, in his early boyhood, as a neighbor, he had abundant opportunity to learn what wehousewives of the adjoining towns, and doubtless her knowledge of Indian remedies hinted at by Mr. Brooks was also profited by. And so, for some years after the fire at Old Toney's, she lived her w graces and gifts in exercise, as to the wealthy and beloved of his parish. After one reads Mr. Brooks' closing words referred to, this thought recurs:— Lo! the poor Indian whose untutored mindunity to there behold Him in the clouds and the tempests that raged over these rocky wilds. Mr. Brooks was twenty-five years old in 1820, and just entering his work as a Christian minister. Doubtl
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 13., High tides at Medford. (search)
High tides at Medford. Under the head of Distillation, Mr. Brooks mentioned one Blanchard, whose first plant was east of the bridge. There rose a tide so high as to overflow all his vats with salt water. This ruined him, as entirely as it did his rum. He added, With courage he kept his spirits up, etc. Times have changed—some keep courage up with spirits—still the tides ebb and flow, and occasionally run very high. In 1851, at the destruction of Minot's Light, Medford Square was flooded, and transit was had in boats, but the square has been raised since. Stories are told of numerous boulders then rolled upon the canal aqueduct to weight it down. No tide, since, equalled it, not even in the Portland storm. On December 26 last, after a raging storm, the tide rose almost as high as in '51, flooding the wharves and rising on old Ship street. The new dam proved its usefulness and stability. The upper Mystic remained at its normal height, and perils by flood, such as Chelse
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 13., Stage-coach days in Medford. (search)
re told which show his ready wit. An interesting account of a runaway slave is told at length in Brooks' History of Medford, which is a pleasing piece of local history, in which the old stage-driver, ue to be the most remarkable man in Medford.— A. B. 28 Feby 1835. This was addressed to Jona Brooks Esqr., Medford. A. B. was Alfred Brooks, son of the one to whom the note was addressed, and younger brother of the wellknown Rev. Charles Brooks, at one time a neighbor to the Wymans. Contracts were made by the Government with the stage-coach proprietor for carrying the mail, and after havi in Middlesex and Suffolk counties. He owned a green baize-covered sleigh, with the name Governor Brooks painted on it, and perhaps this is the vehicle called in the ledger the stage-sleigh. It is said to have belonged to Governor Brooks. A good story is told of him which shows his attention to business and his determination not to lose a passenger. A lady belonging to a well-known and
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 13., In one corner of Medford. (search)
n the Medford Turnpike. In the limited space of this issue, justice cannot be done to the subject, but only a few cursory allusions. It was written by Rev. Charles Brooks, probably after the discontinuance of the canal. The query naturally arises, how long a whip? If the coachman drove a six horse stage and swerved from a sord shipyards; all these crowded in this narrow pass and thence onward to the great world outside and beyond. No wonder that a Medford born citizen, in reading Mr. Brooks' account of the turnpike (then fresh from the press), felt moved to illustrate the same with the pen and ink sketch the Register reproduces today for a wider re twice rebuilt by him after destruction by fire. This, with the business, has long since vanished and Combination Park now occupies a part of the pond site. Mr. Brooks says, about the year 80 the turnpike began to be used as a race course and trotting matches were quite common. One race track, the Mystic Park, has had its day
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 14., Medford milkmen. (search)
Medford milkmen. HISTORICAL writers, from Rev. Charles Brooks onward, have alluded to the distillers of old Medford. The Old Medford they produced was said to be the best rum ever made (for which, thanks). The Register has recently presented two interesting articles relative to Medford's water supply and its distribution. No elaborate system of great central reservoir and underground pipes conveys the lacteal fluid to our kitchen; it is still delivered by the pint or quart by a hurrying man or boy, as in the olden days, and the business is now ably conducted by a few well-known people. When Medford was a farming town, as in the old time, ere the rise of ship-building, more butter and cheese was made and less milk sold. With its increased population and the growing city of Boston there came a market for milk, and the business increased accordingly. The wagon business felt its influence, also, and Medford-built milk wagons were in demand, because of their excellent and
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 14., Medford men's Monumental money. (search)
Medford men's Monumental money. The following names and sums appear in the list of contributors from Medford to the erection of Bunker Hill Monument:— Jonathan Angier$5 Nathan Adams5 Nathan Adams, Jr.5 John Brooks30 Jonathan Brooks10 A. S. V. Brooks5 John Brooks5 S. R. Brooks10 Charles Brooks10 Elizabeth Brooks10 Alfred Brooks10 Lucy A. Brooks10 Abner Bartlett5 Andrew Bigelow5 Leonard Bucknam5 Dudley Hall40 Dudley C. Hall5 Frederic D. Hall5 Ebenezer Hall10 Charles J. Hall$5 Edward B. Hall5 Wm. P. Huntington5 Joseph Manning5 Joseph Manning, Jr.5 Jonathan Porter5 Joseph Swan5 Benjamin L. Swan100 D. Swan5 Timothy Swan10 Caleb Swan10 Watts Turner5 Turell Tufts5 William Ward10 Samuel Ward5 William Ward, 3d5 John G. Ward5 Joseph Wyman, Jr.
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