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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 1., Notes. (search)
gister. The price has been placed at such a moderate sum that a large number ought to be disposed of. Any item of interest pertaining to the work of the Society may be sent to any member of the committee. the Society has in its rooms a fine collection of army relics, the same being a permanent loan from Mr. M. E. Chandler, of Maiden. the Publication Committee regrets that it will not be able to give to the readers of the register the admirable papers read before the Society by Rev. Henry C. DeLong, on the Early Ministers of Medford, and by Rev. C. A. Staples, of Lexington, on the Hancock Clark House, or the interesting address of Mr. Sylvester Baxter, of Malden, on the Metropolitan Park System. the Society would gratefully receive as gifts or loans books or articles of historic interest and value. Memberships in the Society are cordially invited. the Publication Committee makes its appreciative acknowledgments to Hon. Mellen Chamberlain for his paper on The Importance
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 3., chapter 9 (search)
Early ministers of Medford. read before the Medford Historical Society, Nov. 18, 1896. by Rev. Henry C. Delong. WE are to trace the story of the early ministers of Medford. It is important to remember that religion was not, as now, dependent on the support of the individual citizen, but was a public requirement. A town or community was obliged to provide for the preaching of the Gospel, and if the duty was omitted for any reason the General Court punished the neglect with a fine. Medford at one time was summoned before this august body for its failure in this respect. The minister received his call from the town, his salary was fixed by the town, and, save in exceptional circumstances, was raised by a tax on the inhabitants. There is a tradition current that when Miss Mary Osgood was a little girl she fell out with one of her mates and revenged herself by saying: Your father is nothing but a shoemaker; to which the instant retort came: I don't care, your father is supporte
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 2., Dedication of memorial tablet to Sarah (Bradlee) Fulton. (search)
went to her long home. Some thirty years ago the old house was burned, and beside the cellar wall only the door stone was left. The property passed out of the family, but fortunately into the hands of one who venerates the past of his native town, and through his generosity the tablet was obtained. Gen. Samuel C. Lawrence. The dedication exercises were very simple. In the absence of the Chaplain of the Chapter (who was prevented by illness) the invocation was pronounced by Rev. Henry C. DeLong, pastor of the First Parish, of which Mrs. Fulton was a member. The Regent of the Chapter, Mrs. Charles H. Loomis, spoke briefly, introducing the State Regent, who in beautiful language gave a history of the patriotic deeds of Mrs. Fulton, enjoining the audience, and through them the people of Massachusetts, to emulate the devotion to country which she possessed. The Secretary of the Chapter read a poem written for the occasion by C. H. Loomis. For the descendants of John and
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 5., Mrs. Jane Turell. (search)
necessary to more than recall the fact that her husband, the Rev. Ebenezer Turell, was pastor of the Church in Medford from 1724 to 1778, a period of fifty-four years, as his history has been sketched in The Early Ministers of Medford by the Rev. H. C. DeLong. The reasons for publishing these memoirs are thus variously set forth by Mr. Turell: That my Readers may be charmed into a Love and Admiration of Virtue and Holiness, I now place before their eyes the Picture of my Dear Deceasedtoric value— one of them being that of the builder of this house, Convers Francis—and other appropriate gifts. Let us therefore say as Whittier did of her noble husband; may she not also— Hear the blessing, Good and faithful enter in! Henry C. Delong, Walter C. Wright, Calvin H. Clark. Rev. Ebenezer Turell. by Helen T. Wild. Rev. Ebenezer Turell was the son of Samuel and Lydia (Stoddard) Turell. He was born Feb. 15, 1702, and graduated from college in 1721. In 1724, he was ordai<
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 5., Mrs. M. T. Haskins. (search)
ak of it in the highest terms. And by no means the least of the good was his genial personality, which made the place brighter for those who came to it. There is left to us the delightful memory of a man of pure character and noble purpose, who used his opportunities for the worthiest ends; a friend of all that is good, a lover of his kind, he has made the world better, and too early, as we think, he has passed from this earthly scene which needs such to forward its highest welfare. Henry C. Delong. Lorin L. Dame. William Cushing Wait. February 17, 1902. Society Notes. The miniature poster at the head of Mr. Hollis' paper on Grace Church is a reproduction of the first call for a meeting of the Episcopalians in Medford. The Saturday Evening Course of the society has proved very interesting, and good-sized audiences have greeted the speakers. Mr. F. M. Hawes of Somerville spoke on the Lyric Poetry of the Revolution on January 4, and was assisted by a double quartet, which
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 5., Medford Historical Society, Seventh year, 1902-1903. (search)
Medford Historical Society, Seventh year, 1902-1903. October 20.—Time-keeping in a Medford Home two hundred Years Ago. Mr. John Albree, Jr., Swampscott, and Social Meeting. November 17.—Medford in 1847. Mr. Charles Cummings. December 15.—The Middlesex Canal. (Illustrated.) Mr. Moses W. Mann. January 19.—The Environment and Tendencies of Colonial Life. (Illustrated.) Rev. George M. Bodge of Westwood. February 16.—The Baptist Church of Medford. Mrs. Amanda H. Plummer. March 16.—Annual Meeting. April 20.—Rev. John Pierpont: His Life and Work. Rev. Henry C. DeLong. May 18.—The 39th Massachusetts Regiment in the Civil War. Hon. C. H. Porter of Quincy. Committee on Papers and Addresses. David H. Brown. Walter H. Cushing. Charles H. Morss. John H. Hooper. William Cushing Wait. Miss A
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 6., chapter 2 (search)
would have been astonished could he have realized its extent. The thirty-five hundred pupils who, in Medford alone, came under his care and guidance, bear witness to the great love and veneration in which he was held, and we in this city, together with those other communities that have shared his life and have felt his presence, mourn the loss of our firm friend, our enthusiastic co-worker and the loyal citizen. The best summing up of his personal qualities is in these words of the Rev. Henry C. DeLong, at the funeral service in the First Parish Church:— I am moved to say what we all feel when we try to make an estimate of a friend we have profoundly loved, that a man is more than the sum of his qualities. For in him these are fused into a personality, and so become much more than they are when they stand apart as separate elements of his character. Eminently is this true of our friend whom we now recall, who was notably a man whose personal force entered into his whole lif
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 6., John Pierpont. (search)
John Pierpont. by Rev. Henry C. Delong. [Read before the Medford Historical Society, April 20, 1903.] WE have the story to tell of a man who made a distinct mark upon his time, but whose picture must be drawn chiefly by means of such occasional writings as he has left, which have been rescued from oblivion by the passion of librarians to save all the material from which history can be made. Mr. Pierpont was born in Litchfield, Conn., April 6, 1785. He graduated from Yale College in 1804, at the age of nineteen, and from Harvard Divinity School in 1818. He received the degree of A. M. at Yale College in 1820 and at Harvard College in 1821. On leaving college in 1804 he was for four years tutor in the family of Col. William Alston at Charleston, S. C., and in 1809 he entered upon the study of law in a well-known law school at Litchfield, Conn., and was admitted to the bar at Newburyport, Mass., in 1812. His friend, John Neal, says: He opened a law office at 103 Court stree
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 10., chapter 20 (search)
Papers and addresses. 1906-7. [Read before the Medford Historical Society.] October 15.—Mexico. Mr. George S. Delano. Followed by a social hour. November 19.—The Trees of Medford. Illustrated. Mr. Charles H. Morss. December 17.—The Royall House and its people. Miss Helen T. Wild. January 21.—The Restoration of the Flag to Sumter. Illustrated. Capt. D. Eldredge of Boston. February 18.—Some letters of Miss Lucy Osgood. Rev. Henry C. DeLong. March 18.—Annual Meeting. How I found the spinning Wheel. Mr. F. H. C. Woolley of Malden. April 15.—Women in the Civil War and now. Mrs. Sarah E. Fuller. May 20.—The first Methodist Episcopal Church in Medford. Mrs. Abby D. Saxe. Supplementary course. December 1.—Russia of the Past and of the Future. Prof. Leo Wiener of Harvard University. January 5.—Present Day Aspects in Latin America. Senorita Carolina Holman Huidobro of Boston. February 2.—Over Boston Neck to Mystic (Medford). Mr. Walter K
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 10., Some letters of Miss Lucy Osgood. (search)
Some letters of Miss Lucy Osgood. by Reverend Henry C. Delong. [Read before the Medford Historical Society, February 18, 1907.] MISS Lucy Osgood, some of whose letters I have the privilege of presenting, was the second daughter of David Osgood, D. D., who was the honored minister of Medford from 1774 to 1822, a period of forty-eight years. She was born June 17, 1791, and died on her eighty-second birthday, June 17, 1873. So far as I can learn the education of the daughters of Dr. Osgood, after their early years, was received wholly from himself. Miss Lucy, as well as her older sister Mary, was instructed by her father in Hebrew, Greek and Latin, and in Greek and Latin she was proficient, and was the equal of college professors who, during her father's life, were frequent visitors at his house. Later in life she learned French, German and Italian—learning German when nearly fifty years old—and reading these with a facility which few persons attain in a foreign tongue. It is
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