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Historic leaves, volume 4, April, 1905 - January, 1906, The flora of Somerville (search)
be almost impenetrable in many places. The birches and junipers grew far up onto the north slope of Spring Hill, the whole wild and extensive enough to furnish good gunning for small game. Along the line of the Revolutionary forts on Prospect and Central Hills to Winter Hill were many old gnarled button-pear trees. These seldom grow spontaneously in Massachusetts, and it was popularly believed that they came from the seeds of pears eaten by the soldiers when quartered on these hills. Rand's woods, on Elm street, below the Powder House, was the only grove of any extent on high land, and this was composed principally of evergreens, pitch and white pines, and junipers, with a few maples and oaks. But the number of forest trees in the new town was really very small. Probably not a walnut, chestnut, hemlock, or spruce was growing wild at that time, plentiful as they must have been here originally, and in the opinion of Frank Henderson, Thomas Young, and other old residents, ther
Historic leaves, volume 4, April, 1905 - January, 1906, A farewell song to the lane. (search)
raceful condescension for a flower sung by Bryant, Whittier, and Emerson to grace the wayside of our prosaic town. The ferns grew freely in many parts of the town, but the favorite haunt of this interesting family was the south bank of the Lowell railroad, east of the Sycamore-street bridge, where the railroad is cut through a ledge of slate-stone. All the common ferns grew along the brook at the foot of the banking, but the real treasures were found in the crevices of the ledge above. Rand's woods, already mentioned, always repaid us for a visit, the low cornel and the lady's slipper being the choicest flowers growing here. But the rear of Mr. Holland's farm, back of where the elevated railroad car houses now stand, furnished us with more interesting specimens than any other spot in West Somerville. Here Alewife brook separated the farm from Cambridge, and in the spring were found many water-loving plants, among others, the pitcher plant, that most curious of all New Englan
Historic leaves, volume 4, April, 1905 - January, 1906, Charlestown schools after 1793 (search)
chool. Voted, December 6, 1790, that George Bartlett have an order on the treasurer for his bill for ink for the school, 12s 11d. Mr. Bartlett was born October 5, 1760, and was a brother of Hon. Josiah Bartlett, already mentioned. He married Mary Gorham, and one of their family of eight children, Catharine, became the wife of Rev. James Walker, president of Harvard College (Wyman). From 1812 to 1816, inclusive, Mr. Bartlett served on the board of trustees. December 3, 1792, voted that Mary Rand have an order on the treasurer for her bill for schooling poor children, £ 1 5s Od. This item preserves the name of one of the female teachers of that period. We are now arrived at a time when Charlestown school affairs are to take on a more modern aspect. In accounting for the change, which was a gradual one, we can do no better than to glean from the records. The immediate cause, it would seem, was a financial one. May 20, 1790. An examination of the poors' bonds and of the schoo
Historic leaves, volume 4, April, 1905 - January, 1906, Samuel Phipps (search)
the neck. An appraisal rehearses and values it, viz.:— Homestead, 7 acres, 21 rods on the highway leading from Charlestown to Medford, bounded by lands of widow Mary Rand, of Captain Eben Breed, by land of William Hoppin and Meriam Fosket, and by rangeways, at £ 55 old tenor per acre£3924s4 1/2d Meadow, 4 acres, 54 rods, on sa Storer of Boston for Cloathing£318s2d Capt Johnson for triming, part for Joseph, part for Samll£15s9d Mr Josepg Sweatsur for maiking cloaths and finding£24s4d Mr Rand for three hats and deying Stockings 7-6 and pr Gloves 2£017s6d Mr. Skotto for maiking cloaths and finding£512s9 Of Samuel Phipps' children, Joseph became a bleaving widow, Phebe, and daughter Katharine, wife to James Russell, and daughter Margaret, wife to Samuel Cary. Of his neighbors, or, at least, his abutters, Mrs. Rand was the widow of John Rand, the maltster, and was born Mehetabel Call, of a well-known Charlestown family. She was the mother of Jonathan Rand, the hatter and
Historic leaves, volume 4, April, 1905 - January, 1906, Index (search)
66. Putnam, Aaron, Esq., 40, 42, 65. Putnam, Henry, 15, 21. Putnam, Israel, 15. Radnor, Wales, 86. Rand, Hannah, 85. Rand, John, 84. Rand, Jonathan, 84. Rand, Mary. 39, 82. Rand, Mr., 83. Rand's Woods, 7, 12. Raymond, Daniel, 45. Rea, Mrs., 91, 93, 95, 96. Red River, 55. Reed, Daniel, 17. Reed, Captain, Daniel, 63Rand, Mr., 83. Rand's Woods, 7, 12. Raymond, Daniel, 45. Rea, Mrs., 91, 93, 95, 96. Red River, 55. Reed, Daniel, 17. Reed, Captain, Daniel, 63, 64, 66, 69, 71, 72, Reed, Mary (Converse), 17. Remington, Miss, Charlotte, 91. Remington,, Miss Julia, 91. Republican, National Convention, 2. Revolution, The, 23. Reynolds, Joseph. 96, 97. Richards Tavern, 99. Ricker, Benjamin F., 47. Rigolets, The, 50. Rinaldo, H. B. M. S. S., 51. Robinson's American ArithmRand's Woods, 7, 12. Raymond, Daniel, 45. Rea, Mrs., 91, 93, 95, 96. Red River, 55. Reed, Daniel, 17. Reed, Captain, Daniel, 63, 64, 66, 69, 71, 72, Reed, Mary (Converse), 17. Remington, Miss, Charlotte, 91. Remington,, Miss Julia, 91. Republican, National Convention, 2. Revolution, The, 23. Reynolds, Joseph. 96, 97. Richards Tavern, 99. Ricker, Benjamin F., 47. Rigolets, The, 50. Rinaldo, H. B. M. S. S., 51. Robinson's American Arithmetic, 101. Robinson's Elements, 101. Rockwood, Mr., 45. Royall, 79. Royall House, The Old Medford, 23. Royall, Isaac, 23. Royall, Colonel: Isaac, Jr., 23. Rush, Margaret, 85. Russell, Daniel, 72, 91, 92. Russell, James, 39, 84, 90, 99. Russell. Hon. James, 40. Russell, Joseph, 17, 18, 20. Russell, Levi, 20.