Old Charlestown: Historical, Biographical, ReminiscentJ.H. West Company, 1902 - 527 páginas |
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... Honorable Edward Lawrence a few years ago , this old house was torn down , so that the procession of the coming Seventeenth of June , as it passes through High Street , cannot pay it a salute ; but if the line should halt near this spot ...
... Honorable Edward Lawrence a few years ago , this old house was torn down , so that the procession of the coming Seventeenth of June , as it passes through High Street , cannot pay it a salute ; but if the line should halt near this spot ...
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... Honorable Arthur W. Tufts , who , a few years ago , removed from this , his native place , to Boston High- lands , where he has become somewhat distinguished . Gilbert Tufts was of the firm of Nathan Tufts & Co. , extensive tanners ...
... Honorable Arthur W. Tufts , who , a few years ago , removed from this , his native place , to Boston High- lands , where he has become somewhat distinguished . Gilbert Tufts was of the firm of Nathan Tufts & Co. , extensive tanners ...
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... Honorable Fran- cis Thompson spent his youth in the Boston store , was afterwards joined as partner , and continued the busi- ness in Custom House Street , Boston , nearly up to the time of his death . The house was always success- ful ...
... Honorable Fran- cis Thompson spent his youth in the Boston store , was afterwards joined as partner , and continued the busi- ness in Custom House Street , Boston , nearly up to the time of his death . The house was always success- ful ...
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... Honorable James Wilson ( " Long Jim " ) , of New Hampshire . George Curry , who occasionally spoke to the Charlestown Dem- ocrats , became Honorable George Curry , governor of the territory of Oregon . These were not Charlestown boys ...
... Honorable James Wilson ( " Long Jim " ) , of New Hampshire . George Curry , who occasionally spoke to the Charlestown Dem- ocrats , became Honorable George Curry , governor of the territory of Oregon . These were not Charlestown boys ...
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... Honorable William M. Evarts , now one of the senators in Congress from the State of New York , lived there from 1812 to 1817. He was a prominent man in town , and for a time one of its selectmen . He was active in the interests of the ...
... Honorable William M. Evarts , now one of the senators in Congress from the State of New York , lived there from 1812 to 1817. He was a prominent man in town , and for a time one of its selectmen . He was active in the interests of the ...
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Adams afterwards Alderman Austin Benjamin board of trustees Boston Bow Street brick house Bridge building built Bunker Hill Bank Bunker Hill Street Captain Charles Charlestown Public Library Charlestown Square citizens City Council Colonel committee Cordis Street daughter Deacon death Devens died Doctor early Edmands Edward Edwin F erected Everett father Forster friends front garden George Hall Harvard Church Harvard College Henry High Street Honorable Hunnewell Hurd Institution for Savings interest James John Joseph Legislature librarian lived Main Street Massachusetts mayor Monument Square Nathan Nathaniel Nathaniel Gorham November 15 occupied old town Oliver Holden prominent purchased referred remembered removed residence Reuben Hunt Richard Frothingham Samuel Samuel Dexter Sawyer Senate Society standing successful Thomas Thompson Timothy tion Town Hill Tufts United States Navy Universalist Walker Warren Institution Washington Street Wharf wife William William Sawyer William W Winthrop
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Página 225 - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.
Página 340 - Then sweetly rose the singer's voice Amid unwonted calm, " Am I a soldier of the cross A follower of the lamb? " And shall I fear to own His cause?" — The very stream was stilled, And hearts that never throbbed with fear With tender thoughts were filled. Ended the song, the singer said, As to his feet he rose, "Thanks to you all, my friends; good night, God grant us sweet repose.
Página 237 - Work; it pleased God to stir up the heart of one Mr. Harvard (a godly Gentleman and a lover of Learning, there living amongst us) to give the one halfe of his Estate (it being in all about 1700.£) towards the erecting of a Colledge, and all his Library: after him another gave 300£.
Página 302 - — the whole apparatus, with the exception of a wooden clock which formed part of it, having been made by himself. In 1837 he abandoned his...
Página 339 - The only songs I know Are those my mother used to sing For me long years ago.
Página 214 - Library of American Biography; " "Principles of Political Economy applied to the Condition, Resources, and Institutions of the American People...
Página 103 - He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.
Página 475 - SECTION 2. There shall be chosen, annually, on the first Monday of February, or within sixty days thereafter, by concurrent vote of the two branches of the City Council, a City Engineer, who shall be a resident of Boston. He shall hold his office for one year from the first Monday of April...
Página 301 - During his absence abroad he had been elected professor of the literature of the arts of design, in the University of the City of New York, and this work occupied his attention for some time.
Página 236 - I have the pleasure of offering you an ideal statue in bronze representing your founder, the Rev. John Harvard, to be designed by Daniel C. French, of Concord, and to be placed in the west end of the enclosure in which Memorial Hall stands. If you do me the honor to accept this offer, I propose to contract at once for the work, including an appropriate pedestal, and I am assured that the statue can be in place by June i, 1884. I am, with much respect, SAMUEL J. BRIDGE.