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Contents
I
The Dexter Estate
Samuel Dexter - Giles Alexander-Nathan Bridge — Ham-
ilton Davidson Rhodes Lockwood.
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II
The Swift Estate
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17
Charles Thompson - Samuel Thompson-The Academy -
Captain David Low Richard Baker
VII
The Thompson Homestead
Timothy Thompson and his Family
28
31
35
40
47
VIII
The McNeil Estate
Lynde's Point and its Improvement - The Homestead
Archibald McNeil-Samuel Jaques - Visit of Lafayette 56
IX
Gallant Huntsmen
Reynard's Pursuers and where they went Mrs. Hall's
Strawberries.
X
Some Noted Men
James Frothingham Josiah Barker The Goodwins -
Ship-Building
XI
The Old Ship Union - Washington Street
Captain George Barker - Reuben Hunt - Professor George
F. Barker - Samuel Devens...
XII
Washington Street and Some of Its
Residents
William M. Byrnes George Hyde-
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74
James Adams
Residences of Richard Devens and John Harris Henry
Jaques and his Family. . . .
XV
Bow Street
George W. Tyler's Library and its Distinguished Visitors -
George Davidson and his Voyage around the World in
the Ship Columbia when the river Columbia was discov-
ered John J. Stowell.
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92
XVI
The Devens and Harris Families
Commissary Devens-Jonathan Harris Charlotte Harris
- Social Life. - General Charles Devens...
XVII
The Devens House on Chelsea Street
Eminent Men among its Former Occupants- Bow Street
again - Deacon Isaac Warren William W. Wheildon
The Bunker Hill Aurora.
XVIII
Prominent and Distinguished Men
The Feltons
Robert Lovering and his Son, Professor
Joseph Lovering - Civil Engineering - The Morocco
Industry
XIX
The Father of Civil Engineering in
America
The Baldwin Estate - James Harrison Captain Thomas
Beckford Colonel Loammi Baldwin - George R.
Baldwin ...
XX
The Vineyard
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105
III
117
Isaac Mead. - David Haggerston - The Mead Home.... 123
Benjamin Thompson - James Walker, D.D. — George E.
Ellis, D.D.
XXVI
The Forsters
The Old Furniture-Store - Jacob Forster and Forster, Law-
rence & Co.....
XXVII
The Tufts Family
Tufts College-An Interesting Statement in regard to Other
Colleges also founded by and named for Former Res-
idents of Charlestown- How did the Town of Malden
get its Name?..
XXVIII
The Tufts Family (continued)
Deacon Amos Tufts - Joseph F. Tufts Eliab P. Mack-
intire Nathan Tufts - A Famous Law-suit..
XXIX
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165
Some Fine Old Estates
Retrospective Glances at the Homes of Former Citizens
Nathan Tufts Ebenezer Breed - - Nathan Adams .. 171
XXX
The Once Prominent Breed Family
Richard and John Breed Commodore John Shaw
Morton's Point - Rope-making
XXXI
The Frothinghams
Names That Are Familiar to All Old Residents of Charles-
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184
XXXII
A Notable Visitor
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Kossuth, the Hungarian Patriot, greeted in Charlestown as a
Tried and True Friend of Liberty Reception at
Mayor Frothingham's....
193
Charlotte
200
Dr. William J. Walker - Distinguished Graduates of his
School Samuel T. Armstrong, an Eminent Book
Where the Universalists held their First
Publisher
Meetings
XXXV
206
A Chapter of History
Suggested by the Death of Professor Bowen
Professorship in Harvard College
XXXVI
The Name of Austin
The Alford
212
It Appeared Very Early and Has Held a Prominent Position
in the History of Charlestown - Nathaniel Austin
William Austin..
XXXVII
The Austin Family
Arthur, Henry, Francis, and James Austin...
XXXVIII
The Bridge Family
Its High Standing - Matthew Bridge-Samuel J. Bridge
- The Family Estate on Town Hill-Lafayette's
Second Visit to Charlestown..
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