Rehoboth and the First Continental Congress Essay
Taunton July 28 reports Abner Goodell presenting an essay on Rehoboth as the site of the first Continental Congress. The talk traces colonial links with Britain and Canada, outlines key figures Dudley Vetch Nicholson and their roles, and notes prior expeditions and outcomes, with concluding reflections on Bristol County history.
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Taunton
Taunton Historical Society
Historical Hall
Abner
Goodell
New England Historical Association
Rehoboth
Hopkins Emery
Chapin
A. A. Leach
EF. H. Elwell
Bristol County
Emery
New France
Europe
England
France
America
Port Royal
Bay of Fundy
Massachusetts
New England
Louis XIV
William
Ryswick
American
William Pict
Canada
Joseph Dudley
Samuel Vetch
Dudley
Vetch
Queen Anne
Congress
New World
Boston
Acadia
Cape Breton
Newfoundland
Dragon
Nantasket
Nicholson
Enterprise
Earl of Sunderland
Nicholson and Vetch
Rhode Island
Council of
Massachusetts Bay
From Hammersmith to Taunton and the seeds of liberty
An orator reflects on regional history from Hammersmith to Taunton, praising early American inventors, anti slavery debates, legal reforms, and religious liberty led by Quakers in Dartmouth and Tiverton. He warns of damaged archives, urges preservation, and notes efforts to study original records in state and county offices.
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William Paybody
John Aiden
Priscilla Murlens
Hammersmith
Sauns
Leonards
Joseph Jenks
Massachusetts
John Lattin
Sewall
Rehoboth
Cambridge
Dartmouth
Tiverton
Bunker Hill
Christendom
Calvary
State
Public Record Office
London
Taunton
Suffolk County
Commonwealth
Bristol County
Bristol Court of Probate
Proser
Cloak Makers Reopen After Agreement Controversy
The locked-out cloakmakers returned to work under a new plan of agreement. Arthur Dale, chairman of the Cloak Cutters' Union, was arrested for conspiracy in trying to discharge non union men. Judge Duffy lectured Dale on workers’ rights. A cloak cutters meeting backed Dale and he defended his action as protecting workers’ choice. The strike status remains unsettled.
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New York
Arthur Dale
Cloak Cutters’ Union
Duffy
Dale
Decline of Piracy in New York Night Cabs
From the New Jersey Sun, the piece contrasts the waning dominance of the so-called night hawk with the persistence of risky cab fare assaults. It recalls a notorious Old Guard pirate who, after a late Boston visit, meandered through transit, lost possessions, and was rescued by police amid a mild publicity stir as authorities crack down on hackmen.
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N. J. Sun
New York
Old Guard
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Boston
Fifty-Eighth Street
Sixth Avenue
Hundred and Fifty-Fifth Street
Twenty-third Street
Fifth Avenue
Hackman
Second Avenue
Newport County Drag Hounds Meet Opens New Season
Ward McAllister hosted an outdoor hunt breakfast at Bayside Middletown for Mr and Mrs F G S Hauteville and other dignitaries before the Newport County Drag Hounds held its first meet at Mile Corner. A dozen to fifteen hounds led by Master F M Ware started a several mile run through countryside ending near Jaston's Pond. Meets planned twice weekly through early September.
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Newtonn
Newport County Drag Hounds
Mile Corner
Vanderbilts
Astors
Paran Stevens
F. M. Ware
Jaston’s Pond
Ward McAllister
F. G.S. D. Hauteville
McAlister
Bayside
Middletown
Whitney
Wetmore
John Lee Carroll
Maryland
Salem News: Water main breaks Essex Street. Canal Street bid awarded
A water main break at Essex head of Curtis Street tears up the road, with a large repair crew at work overnight. The Board of Trade notes no direct Salem to Haverhill trains due to insufficient travel. City bids on Canal Street award to Welch and Bates for 387593 20, with sewer work to be funded within a 60000 appropriation.
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Salem
Essex
Curtis Street
Army
The
Board of Trade
Furber
Boston & Maine
Haverhill
Mill Pond
Committee On Streets
Canal Street
Washington Street
Broadway
James Welch
William E. Bates
D. Pendar
J. M. Parsons
Blaisdell & Greeley
Newburyport
Joseph Ross & Co
Ipswich
St. W. Phillips
Quincy Point
Nationalists Discuss Nationalism and Industrial System
The Second Nationalist Club met at Twilight Hall with a small audience. Henry Austin presented an essay tracing the idea of Nationalism from ancient Greece and Rome to Wendell Phillips and abolition, arguing the club aims to destroy white slavery and expose the corrupt industrial system. He outlined five counts criticizing production plans, waste, the rise of trusts, and a looming doom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Austin
Charles I
Wendell Phillips
Mr. Austin
Multiple Losses Hit East Coast Businesses as Creditors Move In
Providencr Rhode Island July 28 F F Tebbetts cloak dealer 99 Westminster Street assigns to L L Angell of Cook Angell attorneys. Tebbetts began Sept 1886 with 5000 from self and wife. An attachment by Freedman Bros of New York hastened the action. Chicano July 28 Ernest Hess formerly of Hess Elevator Company and a Board of Trade member failed today. Owes about two million bushels of oats. margins about 80000. B G Vennant small provisions trader closed trades, rumored for a banking firm. Portsheep July 28 Belair Manufacturing calls creditors meeting. mill likely to shut down indefinitely. assets unknown. two hundred hands employed. sixty looms running on worsteds. Salem July 28 John P Peabody offers creditors composition of 40 cents on the dollar.
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B. H. Gladding & Co
Freedman Bros
New York
Ernest Hess
Joupany
Board of Trade
B. G.vennant
Belair Manufacturing Company
Petherbridge
Purnell
Salem
Speciat
John P. Peabody
Ten Eyck Wins at Duluth Consolation Race
Dowurn Minn July 28 After a two hour delay due to rough water the professional consolation race lined Len Eyck Hamm Wise and McKay for a three mile course with a turn Ten Eyck led with 21m 203 Hamim 211m Wise 211m 245 3 McKay distanced and the field finished as the race proved interesting in the rough conditions
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Dowurn
Minn
Len Eyck
Hamm
Wise
McKay
Ten Eyck
Hamim
Williams Seen as Next Dem and Independent for Ninth District
George Fred Williams is discussed as the forthcoming Democratic and Independent candidate for Compress from the ninth district. A gang of workmen were set to alter the Court House this morning to add more space for the register of deeds, a temporary measure ahead of a planned broader building alteration under county commissioners’ review.
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Ham
George Fred Williams
Compress
Court House
Register of Deeds
Phillips son shoots himself in head at Conway
Springfield July 28. James A. Phillips son of Joseph W. Phillips of Conway shot himself in the head Sunday and will die. He had head trouble and may have been temporarily insane.
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Springfield
James A. Phillips
Joseph W. Phillips
Conway
Wallace Idaho razed by fire destroys mining town status
Fire sweeps Wallace Idaho in the Cour d Alene mining district, leaving 1500 homeless. Central Hotel and business district burned with depots spared. Holly Mason Co post office and several leading firms destroyed. Also reports of fires in Omana Nebraska and Montreal with heavy losses.
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Spokane Farus
Wash
Wallace
Idaho
Cour d’Alene
Union Pacific
Northern Pacific
Holly, Mason, Marks & Co
Heller House
White & Bender
McElroy & Vedder
McNab & Rivers
the Telephone Exchange
Joseph Carlson
Spokane Falls
Omana
Neb
E. D. Meadimber
Tacoma
C. M. Johnson
Cherryfield
Chalk Pond
Township
Cameron Silica Company
Boston
Montreal
Cole St. Antoine
Walter Paul
W. H. Chapman
H. D. Anglin
Seguine
Smith
Hall
Green Avenue
Hartford
London
Broc
Switzerland
Minneapolis
Monitor Plough Works
Minden
Ont
Surance
Washington genealogists seek Leonard Washington’s fate at Warton
Researchers debate Henry F Waters evidence of Washingtons English ancestry and trace Leonard Washington gent of Warton who signed Leo Wesham. The search links him to Lawrence Washington of Sulgrave and Brington, father of George Washington, with notes on Elizabeth Richardson and a 1639 declaration. Authors seek Wilton/War ton ties and final resting places before 1650.
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A. Winder
London Atheneum
Henry F. Waters
Washington
Leonard Washington
Warton
Lancashire
Lawrence
John
Lave
Leo Wesham
Lawrence Washington
Sulgrave and Brington
M.A
Brasenose College
Oxford
Purleigh
Albert Welles
Washingtons
Richardson
John Washington
Edward Prescot
Mr. Waters
Elizabeth Richardson
Turvey, Beds
Alyce Washington
Thomas Washington
General Washington
England
Russian Finn John Ravelin Uses Force at Atlantic Avenue Dine
John Ravelin, a Russian Finn, entered Adam Mason’s dining room at 227 Atlantic Avenue last evening and ate supper without paying. Mrs. Mason was knocked down, and Mr. Mason was struck on the head, leaving a severe gash. Officer Vaughan of Station 2 arrested him after a search found a revolver in his pocket with loaded Cane chambers and $38 in cash.
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John Ravelin
Adam Mason
Atlantic Avenue
Fragmented 1890s auction list of securities and bonds
Auction catalog from Francis Henshaw & Co detailing numerous stocks, bonds, and collateral notes across railroad, bank, and manufacturing firms. Entries include Ft. Payne Coal & Iron Co, Boston Investment Co, Rutland RR, City of Toledo bonds, Bay State Gas Co, and many others with quantities and dates, followed by sale terms and auction details for Wednesday July 30, 1890.
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Mnesday
Guardian
New England Nat. Bank
Old Boston
Nat. Bank
Ene
AIS — Automatic Coal Handling Co
Metropolitan Nat
Leominster
Mass
Lewiston H Ills Co
Lewiston
Dig
Boston
Reverebeach & Lynn
Rutland RR
Payne Coal & Tron Co
Phila
Wilmington & Halt
Connecticut River Rt
Kansas City
Uable Ky. Co
Steam Gauge & Lantern Co
Syracuse
McKay & Nig
M. Asso
Ex-Ciiy
BE. & T. Fairbanks & Co
Saffail Cardace
Yeoman Cosnage
Boylston Insurance Co
Ft. Payne Coal & Iron Co
Consol. RR
Denver
Florida Midland Ry. Co
Bay State Gas Co
New Hampshire Trust Co
Manchester
N. H
Boston & Maine RR
Kansas Investment Co
Topeka
Kan
Sarins i
Portsmouth
Falls & Conway RR
Old Colony
West End St. Ky. Co
International Button Hole S. M. Co
Ao Hill Mfg. Co
McKay & Big
H. M. Assn
Dexter Woollen Mills
Maine Central RR
Consol
Ottawa
Cawego & Fox River Valley
Nat
Market Bank of Brighton
Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham RR
Rowe’a Wharf Co
Amoskeag Mre
Amory Mfg. Co
Eastern
City of Loston
Tapa Lansing & Saginaw RR
Payne Furnace Co
Lowell Manfz. Co
International Marine Egual Co
Henderson Gold Mining Co
Hide & Leather Bank
Framingham
Bank of
South Framingham
Union
Nebraska
Dakota Mtge. Loan Corporation
Globe Investment Co
Central Mass. RR
Boston Investment Co
Jackson Co
Rowell Am, Switch Co
Nat. Tube Works Co
No. Ft. Payne Coal & Iron Co
Citizens’ Bank
Wichita, Kan
Dedham Nat. Bank
Boston Nat. Bank
Hill Man. Co
Great Falls Man. Co
Everett Mills
KH. & Maine Rr, Co
Conn
Passumpsic Rivers RR
Davidson Investment Co
Ft. Payne Investment Co
Fenn. Land Co
American Axe & Tool Co
Ft. Payne Inv. Co
Do Eliot Ins. Co
City of
Oregon
S. L
Utah Northern RR
Toledo
City of Buffalo
City of St. Louis Gs
W. L
City of Milwaukee
Quincy RK. Bridge
Amory Manor, Co
Worth Lands& St. Ry. Co. Ta
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Hoogenden Walker
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Church of England
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Duchess of
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Duluth
Dedham
Aninaton
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Ashland Street
Henry O. Sampson
James McFee
New Reprorp
Lizzie Sisson
Westport Point
Fay River
Timothy Lowney
Globe Village
Citizens’ Mutual
B. Cassasa
Mance
J. H. Mairbanks
Ferdinand Street
David Aaice
John Shea
Brookline Avenue
Brighton
R. L. Day & CO
Otice
Reoom
Les
Boston Stock Exchange
Wes
Hares Shareg
Houghton & Ontonagon RI
Wisconsin Valley RR
Sinots Grand Trunk RR
Burlington & Missouri River RR
Fremont, Elkhorn & Mo. Valley RR
Burlington, Cedar Rauids & Northern RR
Mg Dock Co
New Jersey
Mtg
N.Y. Len
Nashna & Rochester RR
Worcester & Nashna Ptr
Yearwear
Massachusetts Real Estate Co
Mays
Webster Bk
Tremont
Blackstone
Francis Henshaw & CO
Congress Street
Corner Exchange Place
Horatio Harris & Coo
State Street
California Fruit
Lewis Wharf
Hungarian Copper Company
Trensurer
Devonshire Street
Kendall
William FH
Batry Vessc
Leach
K. O
Lodge
Joseph
Long
H. Y
McNamara
Owen
Mieusset, Merrill
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Francis A Oliver
Pitman
W. M Platt
Ees Reynolds
Ishel Bo Tenney
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S. D
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FRLD
Jeffery
Charles L Kimball
Henry 7
Keith, J. H
Kuste
Vientan
C. Melons
J. Ellery Viner
Francis V. Balch
Abijah Seaverns
Suffolk
Charles F. Kerry
Lenton Street
Dorchester
Boston Street
Bradford & Badger
Moston Street
Holden
Samuel B. Pierce
Chas
Berry
Court Street
George R. Kelso
Main Street
Charlestown
Milk Street
Bridget Yowers
Jnna Marah
Warren Institution For Savings
County of
Middlesex
County of Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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Morris Donnigan
Donnigan
McAuslan
Bunker Hill Street
Freeman C. Sewall
Bridget
Decatur Street
J. G. Hales
Pine Street
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Berlin
Germany
Vergunsinkest
Missouri
Eastern Banking
Francis A. Osborn
WM. F. Hammett
Prime Bank
American National Bank OF Denver
Colo
Tn Colorado
Znea
Address Guarantee Loan and Trust C O
Denver Loan and Improvement Co
Bank
Denver, Colo
Joan Jeffries & Sons
Thompson & Baker Coal CO
General Office
Congress St
Moston
Chichester
Red Cross
Sendde
Stampa
Bettef Ma Ion
F Chichester Chemical Co
Madison Sq. Philids
Geo.c. Goodwin & CO
Jown Jeffries & Sons
Leeston
Devonshire