Old Charlestown: Historical, Biographical, ReminiscentJ.H. West Company, 1902 - 527 páginas |
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... called with the writer at the old mansion in Green Street to look over the former residence of his ancestors , the birthplace of his father . Samuel Dexter sold the estate to Giles Alexander in 1800 , and it was his residence until 1814 ...
... called with the writer at the old mansion in Green Street to look over the former residence of his ancestors , the birthplace of his father . Samuel Dexter sold the estate to Giles Alexander in 1800 , and it was his residence until 1814 ...
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... called Washington Place and Washington Square , about which it seems to me something of very considerable interest may be written . It is a square , double house now , but it was originally a square house without division , surrounded ...
... called Washington Place and Washington Square , about which it seems to me something of very considerable interest may be written . It is a square , double house now , but it was originally a square house without division , surrounded ...
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... called Rich- mond Street , and portions of Bow , Union , and Austin streets . When these streets were laid out , lots were sold to those who afterwards erected dwellings there . The sites of the Baptist Church , Austin Street , and of ...
... called Rich- mond Street , and portions of Bow , Union , and Austin streets . When these streets were laid out , lots were sold to those who afterwards erected dwellings there . The sites of the Baptist Church , Austin Street , and of ...
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... of the list for speed . " Bell - founder , " as he was called , can be read about in the books as an animal of extraordinary pedigree , and one of the best trotting Short - horned horses in the country . He had 60 OLD CHARLESTOWN.
... of the list for speed . " Bell - founder , " as he was called , can be read about in the books as an animal of extraordinary pedigree , and one of the best trotting Short - horned horses in the country . He had 60 OLD CHARLESTOWN.
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... called to mind without the recollection of his jocoseness and of the merry twinkle of his eye that presaged the coming joke . On the opposite side of the street is a block formerly occupied by Amos and William Tufts . The lot of land on ...
... called to mind without the recollection of his jocoseness and of the merry twinkle of his eye that presaged the coming joke . On the opposite side of the street is a block formerly occupied by Amos and William Tufts . The lot of land on ...
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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.