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The history of Charlestown, Massachusetts

Frothingham, Richard, 1812-1880, 1845. A public-domain text about Boston, accessioned whole so the archive can quote it.

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Frothingham, Richard, 1812-1880

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Boston : C.C. Little and J. Brown

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1845

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S Library of Congress. 1:= Chap .-a-i.:L. ^ §s ilg^s'^'i^^ STATES OF AIVIERIC//:4f __Z _1 /^0© THE HISTORY CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS Bv RICHARD FROTHINGHAM, Jr. "The History of a To-wm ia united -wifh that of the Country to -which it helongs, and with that of the ages through which it has stood." ^^ 4>^ ^^^i ~m m^t- 'ASlli;-' aj CHARLESTOWN ; CHARLES P. EMMONS. BOSTON : S C. LITTLE AND JAMES BROWN 1S45. 9 W5^ h ^^^ A./"^ TO THE CITIZENS OF CHARLESTOWN. The undersigned, a few years ago, prepared a series of commu- nicutions upon the history of Charlestown, intending them for the Bunker Hill Aurora; the advice of friends induced him to keep them, and add to them, until tliey will now appear in the more presumptive form of a volume. This work will be continued, so far as type and paper are concerned, as it has been commenced, as expeditiously as business engagements will permit, until the his- tory is brought down to the present time ; but the number of en- gravings that will be given must depend upon the encouragement it meets with. One great reason for choosing the mode of publication so much in favor with the public, — viz., in numbers, — is the hope that the early ones may fall into the hands of some who may have an- cient family manuscripts, and be willing to loan them for the pur- pose of making this work more complete. Communications of this nature will be gladly received. The undersigned is indebted to several for interesting papers and valuable assistance. Obliga- tions like these will hereafter be specially acknowledged. KICHARD FROTHINGHAM, Jr. November, 18-15. N. B. An Engraving, representing a view of the Town, intended for the present number, will appear in a future one ; for the beau- tiful representation of the McLean Asylum, the author is indebted to the liberality of the Trustees of that Institution. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1845, BY RICHARD FROTHINGHAM, JR. in tlie Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Massacliusetts. PRINTED BY I. R. BUTTS, 2 School Sireet, Boston. N ■t\^. ■- '" 'ii iit"MlM#iH HI'STOM OF CIIARLESTOWN/ CHAPTER I. Introduction. — Sources of this History. — Character of the Town.— Value of Town Histories. Some account may be expected of the sources from which this History has been derived. These are : I. The Town Records. These are minute in relation to the local, municipal affairs, from the settlement of the town. But with the exception of a few pages at the beginning of the first vol- ume, and the period of the Revolution, they are singularly barren of matters of general or political interest. With tlie exception of a plan of a small portion of the town, presented to the Legislature 1 " A Historical Sketch of Charlestown," by-Josiah Bartlett, M. D., was, in 1814, published in the Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society (2d Series, vol. ii. pp. 163 — 184) and in pamphlet form. It was an Address delivered Nov. 16, 1813, at the dedication of Washington Hall, prepared with notes for publication. Though fillmg but twenty-one pages, it contains, especially in the notes, much interesling matter rela- tive to the town. It gives, however, but slight notices of the town from 1634 to 1781. In 1830, Hon. Edward Everett delivered a valuable Historical Discourse before the Charlestown Lyceum,

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