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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 7: ecclesiastical history (continued). (search)
and, at a public meeting on the 24th of March, 1834, a committee report, that they find the act incorporating trustees passed the 9th of March, 1827; and it appears that Messrs. Jonathan Brooks, Nathaniel Hall, Turell Tufts, Dudley Hall, Nathan Adams, John Symmes, jun., and Jonathan Porter, were incorporated trustees by the said act. These originators of the fund performed the duties of trustees with judgment and perseverance; and the result is, that the fund now amounts to $8,600. April 17, 1837: The parish voted to raise $1,400, to pay the minister's salary and other current expenses. March 11, 1839: A committee of seven was appointed this day to consider the expediency of building a new meeting-house, and to procure plans and estimates. They finally recommended the erection of a wooden house; and on the 2d of April, 1839, the parish passed the following vote: That the present house be taken down, and a new one built on the same spot in its stead, not to exceed in cost the
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 14: fire-department. (search)
ns, sunk in the ground in various parts of the town, are filled with water, to be used only in case of fire. These reservoirs were ordered by a vote of the town, Nov. 6, 1850. Every provision of hose, fire-hooks, ladders, &c., which the department required, was made by the town. In 1840 was published a pamphlet, entitled State Laws and Town Ordinances respecting the Fire Department of the Town of Medford. It contained the act of the General Court of April 9, 1839; also the act of April 17, 1837, to prevent bonfires, and false alarms of fire; also extracts from the Revised Statutes, chapter 18; also an ordinance for preventing and extinguishing fires, and establishing a fire-department in the town of Medford,--passed by the board of engineers, April 25, 1840; also further extracts from the Revised Statutes, chapter 58. Approved by the town, April 29, 1840. The ordinance passed by the board of engineers had, and still has, the approval of every intelligent and virtuous citize
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Morgan, John Pierpont 1837- (search)
Morgan, John Pierpont 1837- Capitalist; born in Hartford, Conn., April 17, 1837; son of Junius Spencer Morgan (born April 14, 1813; died April 8, 1890); was educated in the English High School of Boston, and at the University of Gottingen. Germany. Returning to the United States in 1857 he entered the banking-house of Duncan, Sherman & Co., and in 1860 became American agent of the London house of George Peabody & Co. In 1871 he became a partner in the firm of Drexel, Morgan & Co., which later became J. Pierpont Morgan & Co. Mr. Morgan's firm has been conspicuous for many years in the reorganization of large industrial and railroad interests, and as syndicate managers. In 1895 the firm agreed to supply the United States government with 3,500,000 ounces of standard gold coin at the rate of $17.80 per ounce, for thirty-year 4-per-cent. bonds, and later in the year, when the financial situation again became alarming, the firm organized a syndicate which took $37,911,350 of a new
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), F. (search)
. 89,955L. B. TiebelMay 11, 1869. *101,845D. EllisApr. 12, 1870. 104,775S. RydberkJune 28, 1870. 114,259H. BuchnerMay 2, 1871. *116,066J. L. KirkJune 20, 1871. 119,145HenrySept. 19, 1871. 123,595G. H. TibbetsFeb. 13, 1872. 126,748C. F. RussellMay 14, 1872. *136,600G. D. LuceMar. 11, 1873. *138,439Rodier and BatesApr. 29, 1873. 138,837G. AstonMay 13, 1873. 139,323A. MarelliMay 27, 1873. 139,422W. RichardsMay 27, 1873. 3. (b.) Moving Laterally. 168Fisher and ChamberlinApr. 17, 1837. 14,667P. LancasterApr. 15, 1856. *19,387C. C. TerrillFeb. 16, 1858. 33,560Vittum and StevensOct. 22, 1861. 35,685P. J. JarreJune 24, 1862. 51,225E. SchoppNov. 28, 1865. 4. Swinging or rotating Laterally. (a.) On a Longitudinal Pin or Hinge. No.Name.Date. 193W. H. HubbellMar. 11, 1837. *364S. DayAug. 31, 1837. 3,649W. W. HubbellJuly 1, 1844. 6,139D. MinesingerFeb. 27, 1849. *9.701C. N. TylerMay 3, 1853. *14,017B. GroomJan. 1, 1856. *14,406F. NewburyMar. 1, 1856. 20,3
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), W. (search)
rming oxychloride of lead; the pasty mass is treated with carbonic-acid gas. 1,278, of 1867, A. M. Clark. Metallic lead is moistened with the spray of acidulated water, and then treated with carbonicacid gas, under pressure; the process is completed by treatment with chlorine and carbonic-acid gas. List of United States Patents for White-Lead. No.Name and Date. –Holland, Mar. 18, 1836. –Clark, Reissued. Extended. Dec. 4, 1828. 95.Richards, Dec. 2, 1836. 160.Phillips, April 17, 1837. 264.Ripley, July 11, 1837. 767.Cumberland, June 7, 1838. 994.Holland, Nov. 3, 1838. 1,115.Button et al., April 10, 1839. 1,231.Clark, July 11, 1839. 1,424.Clark, Dec. 5, 1839. 1,535.Trovills, Mar. 31, 1840. 1,744.Gardner, Aug. 28, 1840. 1,864.Cory, Oct. 8, 1840. 3,232.Gardner, Aug. 26, 1843. 8,292.Pattison, Aug. 12, 1851. 12,616.Baker, April 3, 1855. 13,657.Rowland, Oct. 9, 1855. 13,961.Schwabe, Dec. 18, 1855. 18,244.Hannen, Sept. 22, 1857. 19,771.Hannen, Mar. 30, 1858.
Historic leaves, volume 5, April, 1906 - January, 1907, Charlestown schools after 1825 (search)
are in the five districts without the peninsula. The cupola has been removed from the schoolhouse on Town Hill, and a new one erected on the school at the Training Field. This year assistant teachers have been appointed in all the grammar schools. This will enable the masters to dispense altogether with monitors, and to see that the younger members of the school receive a proper share of attention. （Charlotte Cutter was one of these assistants. Her services at the Neck school began April 17, 1837.) In conclusion, the report says that evidently another school must be established and a building erected. Such improvements can be made for $2,600, and it is so recommended. (Signed) Charles Thompson, president; Thomas Brown, Jr., secretary. 1837-1838. The summer schools beyond the Neck, for this season, were under the following instructors: Miss Ann P. Whipple, of the Prospect Hill school; Rachel T. Stevens, of the Milk Row school; Miss Marv B. Gardner, of the Russell school;,