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Francis Theiler (search for this): chapter 27
. At the time when these fruits were so prominently before the public Medford was also well represented at the exhibition of our State Horticultural Society by the following—Mrs. Caroline B. Chase, Mrs. Elsey Joyce, Mrs. Ellen M. Gill and Francis Theiler. The ladies were genuine lovers of flowers and enthusiastic and successful growers. Fifty years ago they were prize winners at the weekly exhibitions of the society and were known for their skillful arrangement of floral designs. The last, at an advanced age, is still At the time of writing this, May, 1914. enjoying the cultivation of flowers, and her zeal is undiminished. Mr. Theiler had the German love for flowers and was the first trade florist here, carrying on the business for many years. Pasture hill indicates by its name the purpose for which it was early used, and until a late time herds of cows might have been seen grazing there. Today the prophecy is fulfilled made by Charles Brooks—The hill is mostly rock, an
June 20th, 1797 AD (search for this): chapter 27
ollowing is written:— dear Sir, Inclosed I send you bank securities for fifteen hundred Dollars. You will please to transfer 143 script, or 1144 Dollars, to my sister Mrs. E. Loughes and send the remainder with those you have in your hand already, when convenience suits, to Brattleboro. I left my family well last week, and intend to set off for Vermont again tomorrow. With respectful Compts to your family and friends I remain your obliged and humble Sevt Wm. Wells. Hartford June 20 1797 To Mr. Benjn Hall, Senr, Medford near Boston. In the center of this same half sheet, which we must notice if only for its very beautiful writing, like copperplate, are eleven lines of writing unlike that at the top, and through the text four oblique lines in ink have been drawn. The writer speaks as having been informed by his father of a bill of £ 100, remitted through Mr. Hall to James Hancox of Birmingham, which he fears lost or delayed, as it had not been heard of so late as 4th
May, 1914 AD (search for this): chapter 27
ublic Medford was also well represented at the exhibition of our State Horticultural Society by the following—Mrs. Caroline B. Chase, Mrs. Elsey Joyce, Mrs. Ellen M. Gill and Francis Theiler. The ladies were genuine lovers of flowers and enthusiastic and successful growers. Fifty years ago they were prize winners at the weekly exhibitions of the society and were known for their skillful arrangement of floral designs. The last, at an advanced age, is still At the time of writing this, May, 1914. enjoying the cultivation of flowers, and her zeal is undiminished. Mr. Theiler had the German love for flowers and was the first trade florist here, carrying on the business for many years. Pasture hill indicates by its name the purpose for which it was early used, and until a late time herds of cows might have been seen grazing there. Today the prophecy is fulfilled made by Charles Brooks—The hill is mostly rock, and will afford, in coming years, a most magnificent site for costly h
Vermont (Vermont, United States) (search for this): chapter 27
expressions of courtesy common to the letter writers of that time. At the top of another large half sheet of heavy linen paper the following is written:— dear Sir, Inclosed I send you bank securities for fifteen hundred Dollars. You will please to transfer 143 script, or 1144 Dollars, to my sister Mrs. E. Loughes and send the remainder with those you have in your hand already, when convenience suits, to Brattleboro. I left my family well last week, and intend to set off for Vermont again tomorrow. With respectful Compts to your family and friends I remain your obliged and humble Sevt Wm. Wells. Hartford June 20 1797 To Mr. Benjn Hall, Senr, Medford near Boston. In the center of this same half sheet, which we must notice if only for its very beautiful writing, like copperplate, are eleven lines of writing unlike that at the top, and through the text four oblique lines in ink have been drawn. The writer speaks as having been informed by his father of a bill of £ 1
Birmingham (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 27
. Wm. Wells left England for this country in the year 1793 or 4, disgusted with the civil and religious persecution of that time, which resulted in the riots of Birmingham and the mobbing of Dr. Priestly, a friend of Mr. Wells, who also came to this country. Mr. Wells brought with him a wife and eight children, five sons, Wm., Ebite unexpectedly supplemented the accounts given by Miss Osgood of the Wells family. The first is addressed to Benjamin Hall, Esq., Medford, near Boston, dated Birmingham, Cheshire, July, 1781, and subscribed Eliza Worthingto,. late Loughes. She thanks him for having procured for her stock to the amount of $1,144 in the Union Ba oblique lines in ink have been drawn. The writer speaks as having been informed by his father of a bill of £ 100, remitted through Mr. Hall to James Hancox of Birmingham, which he fears lost or delayed, as it had not been heard of so late as 4th April (no year given), and asks for information concerning it, and concludes by sayi
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 27
is interesting to look over their catalogs, so different from the large illustrated ones of today, many of which have elegantly embossed covers and are works of art. The early ones were very simple in their makeup, there were no illustrations and some were merely a single sheet or broadside. Prince's Nurseries, Flushing, Long Island, called the Linnean Botanic Gardens, were then well known. His catalogs give a list of imported trees, and also one of trees obtained from people in the United States, and as we find the Bartlett listed in the latter, from Boston, and the Bon Chretien in the former, we may fairly assume Mr. Hall's trees were imported stock, quite likely obtained at Prince's. Probably the Bartlett pear found a home in Medford in the early part of the nineteenth century. Though we have a local horticultural society established in 1913 (January 22), interest in the culture of fruits and flowers in this city antedates it by many years. Horticulture had a cordial rece
Brattleboro (Vermont, United States) (search for this): chapter 27
James lived to old age in Hartford. Had one son and 3 daughters. The son of old Mr. W. at Brattleboroa was a farmer on the homestead. Had a family. Three daughters lived at Brattleboroa. Two unBrattleboroa. Two unmarried. One married Mr. Freme of Liverpool, and was burned in the house at Brattleboroa, the only death by fire. With respect and esteem Yrs truly Chas Brooks. C. Swan begs Miss Osgood tBrattleboroa, the only death by fire. With respect and esteem Yrs truly Chas Brooks. C. Swan begs Miss Osgood to accept his thanks for her very full account received last summer of the Revd Mr. Wells formerly a resident of Medford. The only wonder is that she ever came to the Knowledge of so many incidentss and send the remainder with those you have in your hand already, when convenience suits, to Brattleboro. I left my family well last week, and intend to set off for Vermont again tomorrow. With ed James H. Wells. There is another letter from William Wells to Benjamin Hall, Sr., dated Brattleboro, May 3, 1802, in which he thanks his friend for past business favors which he says have been
Dorchester, Mass. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 27
t side of the Barn, one in the alley near the grape vine. The others were pear trees. The Beurre Colmars were planted on the east side of the garden and the Bon Chretiens on the north. The Bon Chretien is the pear now found in all American gardens called Bartlett. It was originated in England, propagated by a London grower by the name of Williams, and sent out by him. Its original name was lost soon after imported here in 1799. It was propagated and disseminated by Enoch Bartlett of Dorchester. When the trees fruited they were supposed to be seedlings and were given the grower's name, Bartlett. Mr. Manning of Salem, an eminent authority, felt that the fruit was identical with an English variety, and the statement he made at that time to that effect he was afterwards able to prove, but it was too late to restore the original name. Till 1830 all trees that had been propagated were from scions in Bartlett's garden, but after that time they were largely imported. In the earl
Hartford (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): chapter 27
tinued through life. His son Hancox was for some years a clerk in the store of Mr. Jona. Porter, Medford, and afterward became a distinguished merchant in Hartford, Conn. Eben was a farmer and excellent citizen in Brattleborough. Wm. the oldest was first a bookseller, the eminent Firm of Wells & Lilly, Boston, and upon failingOsgood. Mr. Swan—My Friend, I wish I could answer all the questions; but I cannot. William W. graduated at Har. College in 1796. James lived to old age in Hartford. Had one son and 3 daughters. The son of old Mr. W. at Brattleboroa was a farmer on the homestead. Had a family. Three daughters lived at Brattleboroa. Tw last week, and intend to set off for Vermont again tomorrow. With respectful Compts to your family and friends I remain your obliged and humble Sevt Wm. Wells. Hartford June 20 1797 To Mr. Benjn Hall, Senr, Medford near Boston. In the center of this same half sheet, which we must notice if only for its very beautiful writing
New England (United States) (search for this): chapter 27
is estate is now the site of the Revere House. He had a very fine garden and is said to have had the first orchids in New England. He had several children, Kirk, Francis, William, Mrs. William Wells, Mrs. Lyman, Mrs. Edward Brooks, John Wright Boolve specimens of Jacobs Sweet at an exhibition to be held in conjunction with the American Pomological Society and the New England Fruit Show. Charles Sumner Jacobs lived at the junction of Salem and Washington streets, where Dr. J. C. D. Clark now Swan's house, and in 1906 the Richard Hall house was taken down and on its site the brick building for the use of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company was erected. A later generation of Halls built their homes under the east slope of Englishman in his castle, told of the ancestry of Medford's early families and gave the aspect of old England to this New England village. With a but slowly increasing population this quiet rural atmosphere prevailed for many years. Those who n
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