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This appears in " The New England Historical and Genea- logical Register" (X. 297) for October, 1856, in connection
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with a " Memoir of the Honorable Abbott Lawrence." Some copies of the Pedigree were printed separately.
1858.
A Sermon at the Funeral of Mr. Warren Fay Stone, (as afterwards written.) By Crawford Nightingale, Minister of the First Parish, Groton, Mass., February 7, 1858. With an Appendix containing Mr. Stone's Correspondence with Rev. John Dodge of Harvard. Groton Junction : Printed by Brown Brothers, 1858. 12mo. pp. 24.
1860.
The Petition for Groton Plantation [May 25, 1655]. By Samuel A. Green.
This is printed in "The New England Historical and Genea- logical Register " (XIV. 48) for January, 1860; and again in the issue (XXXVI. 22-24) for January, 1882, where a fac- simile is also given in connection with a chapter on the Early History of the town. See the second volume (page 215) of the Historical Series.
1863.
Groton Junction Post Office. Broadside.
This sheet is printed in three columns, of which the first two contain a statement of facts by George H. Brown, Post- master, concerning the affairs of the office, dated at " Groton Junction, April 15, 1863"; and the third column contains notices headed " What the Press says."
1869.
Middlesex, ss. Superior Court, June Term, A. D. 1869. Ellen S. Priest vs. Inhabitants of the Town of Groton. No titlepage. 8vo. pp. 8.
Bill of exceptions by Ambrose Arnold Ranney and Josiah Kendall Bennett, attorneys for the defendants in " an action of tort to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been received by the overturning of a carriage (in August, 1867) in which plaintiff was riding, by reason of an alleged defect in a highway of defendants' town," as altered and amended by the Court; exceptions "examined and allowed," signed by John P. Putnam, Presiding Justice.
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To the Honorable the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court within and for the County of Middlesex. No titlepage. 8vo. pp. 3.
A petition of the Inhabitants of Groton, by Ambrose A. Ranney, their attorney, in the case of Priest vs. the Town, November 2, 1869, taking exceptions to certain alterations in the preceding Bill, and praying to establish the truth of the exceptions as originally presented.
Supreme Judicial Court. Middlesex, ss. Ellen S. Priest vs. Town of Groton. Defendant's Brief [signed by A. A. Ranney, and J. K. Bennett]. No titlepage. Svo. pp. 5.
The petition was dismissed at the January term of the Supreme Judicial Court, 1870; and the decision of the court will be found in 103 Mass. Reports, 530-543. The three titles given above are bound in a volume of "Papers and Briefs," of the same number, arranged alphabetically.
1871.
Lawrence Academy Groton, Mass. 8vo. I p.
This is a circular setting forth the courses of study and the advantages of the school, dated at Groton, July 21, 1871, and signed by Josiah K. Bennett, Secretary.
1872.
Agreement of Submission [in the case of Augustus Woods and Fanny E. Woods his wife against the Inhabitants of the Town of Groton]. No titlepage. 8vo. pp. 6.
This is an agreement between the plaintiffs and Miles Spaulding, John J. Graves, and Charles Gerrish, agents of the Town, as to the award of the referees, Levi Wallace, of Pepperell, Luther Prescott, of Westford, and Benjamin F. French, of Dunstable, and the final judgment of the Superior Court for the County of Middlesex thereon. Annexed to this is the statement of the demand of Mr. and Mrs. Woods, filed February 16, 1872; the "Award of Referees," dated at Pepperell, February 6; the " Motion to recommit," filed April 3; the " Amendment to the Report" of the referees, dated April 15; the " Motion to recommit," filed January 31, 1872; the " Defendant's Motion," September term, filed Sep- tember 25; the " Second Amendment," filed October 1; and the appeal of the defendant from the order of said Court, filed October 11.
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1873.
Supreme Judicial Court. Augustus Woods and wife vs. Inhabitants of Groton. Brief for Plaintiffs [by Arthur P. Bonney and Charles F. Howe ]. Svo. pp. 3(recto).
Supreme Judicial Court, for the Commonwealth, January term, 1873." Middlesex, ss. Augustus Woods and Fannie E. Woods, Plaintiffs, vs. the Inhabitants of the Town of Groton, Defendants. No title- page. 8vo. pp. 5.
This is a " Brief of Defendants" by John Spaulding and Josiah K. Bennett. On January 17, the Court ordered that in the case "pending in the Superior Court" the clerk of said Court make the entry in the docket " Judgment for plaintiffs affirmed." The accident happened on the "highway, leading from Groton Centre to and by Mosly Gilson's dwelling house," when Mrs. Woods was injured. The last three titles will be found in III Mass. Reports. Papers and Briefs. The decision of the Court is in III Mass. Reports, 357-359.
The Cause and Prevention of Crime : An Address delivered at the Session of the North Middlesex Conference of Unitarian and other Christian Churches, at Nashua, N. H., October 22d, 1873, by Hon. Daniel Needham, of Groton. Reported by Rev. Duane V. Bowen, of Chelmsford. To which is added a Sketch of the Dis- cussion which followed the Address. Published by vote of the Conference. Ayer, Mass. : Printed at the Office of the Public Spirit, 1873. 8vo. pp. 20.
1880.
The Early Records of Groton, Massachusetts. 1662-1707. Edited by Samuel A. Green, M. D. Groton : 1880. 8vo. pp. 185, (1). Three hundred copies of this edition were published by the Town. Another edition, containing an Appendix (pages [87-200) and two heliotypes, was printed for the editor. See the second volume (page 214) of this Historical Series.
A very few impressions of the cut of the First Parish Meet- ing-house, which appears on page 200 of the editor's edition of "The Early Records of Groton" (Groton, 1880), were struck off separately on large paper at the time of publica- tion. The engraving, with substantially the same letter-press, is now used again in this number.
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1889.
A Sermon, preached to the Boys leaving Groton School, June 23, 1889. [By Rev. Endicott Peabody.] No titlepage. 16mo. pp. 11. To the Voters of the Fifth Middlesex District. Svo. 1 p.
This circular is signed by Moses P. Palmer, and dated at Groton, November 2, 1889, at which time he was a candidate for the State Senate.
1890.
Groton Historical Series. A Collection of Papers relating to the History of the Town of Groton, Massachusetts. By Samuel Abbott Green, M. D. Vol. II. Groton : 1890. Svo. pp. viii, 471.
This volume consists of sixteen pamphlets on various sub- jects, that were issued at different times during the preceding four years. Unlike that of Volume I., its paging is continuous.
1891.
Ninety-eighth Anniversary of Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass., Wednesday and Thursday, June 24 and 25, 1891. 1200. pp. (4). Lawrence Farm, Groton, Massachusetts. Shropshire Sheep [and Guernsey Cattle]. [December, 1891.] No titlepage. 8vo. pp. 16.
1892.
Harvard University Examinations. Papers used at the Admission Examinations held at Cambridge, Quincy, Groton, Andover, Southborough, Worcester, Fall River, Exeter, Concord, New York, Albany, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Washington, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Chicago, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Denver, San Francisco, Portland (Or.), London (Eng.), Bonn (Germany), and Tokyo ( Japan ). June, 1892. Cambridge, Mass., 1892. Svo. pp. 24.
1893.
Annual Report of the Receipts and Expenditures of the Town of Groton, with other statistical matter, for the year ending March 18, 1893. Greenville [N. H.]: F. H. Merriam, Printer. 1893. 12mo. pp. 58.
Report to the Town of Groton of the Library Building Committee appointed at the annual town meeting held April 6th, 1891. Greenville, N. H. Frank H. Merriam, Printer. 1893. 12mo. pp. 8.
This Report was issued with the. " Annual Report of the Receipts," etc.
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Annual Report of the School Committee of the Town of Groton,
for the fiscal year ending Mar. 18, 1893. Greenville, N. H. Frank H. Merriam, Printer. 1893. 12m0. pp. 20.
Groton Historical Series. A Collection of Papers relating to the Ilistory of the Town of Groton, Massachusetts. By Samuel Abbott Green, M. D. Vol. III. Groton : 1893. 8vo. pp. vii, 488, (1).
This volume consists of twelve pamphlets on various sub- jects, that were issued at different times during the preceding four years.
Remarks on Nonacoicus. The Indian name of Major Willard's Farm at Groton, Mass. No titlepage. Svo. pp. 4.
These remarks were made at a meeting of the Massachusetts Historical Society, May 11, 1893, by Dr. Samuel A. Green, and are reprinted from the Proceedings (second series, VIII. 209-212).
Catalogue of the Trustees, Instructors and Students of Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass., for the year ending June 29, 1893. One Hundredth Year. Fitchburg : Printed by the Sentinel Printing Company. 1893. 12mo. pp. 16, (2).
One Hundredth Anniversary Lawrence Academy Groton, Mass. Wednesday and Thursday, June 28 and 29 1893. No date. 12mo. pp. (4).
Notice Groton Board of Health Huntley S. Turner, Poster and Job Printer, Ayer, Mass. Broadside.
This calls attention to a Regulation of the State Board of Cattle Commissioners, passed June 15, 1893, concerning con- tagious diseases among cattle, and is dated at Groton, June 28, 1893.
Private Schools for Boys. By Price Collier.
This is the title of a paper in " The Cosmopolitan " (XV.) for October, 1893, which contains a sketch of the Groton School (pages 660-663) and five illustrations.
The Homestead Concert Groton, Massachusetts December Twenty-first 1893 No titlepage. Svo. pp. (4).
A programme for a concert given to the boys of the Groton School, which contains a heliotype view of " Groton Village from the Ilomestead," and some verses by James Lawrence.
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An Anniversary Sermon preached at Groton School on Sunday, October 15, 1893. By the Rev. Endicott Peabody, LL.M. Head Master Groton Printed privately 1893 [H. S. Turner, Printer, Ayer, Mass.] I200. pp. 16.
Catalogue of Groton School, Groton, Mass. 1893-1894, Ayer, Mass. Huntley S. Turner, Printer. 16mo. pp. (20).
1894.
An Address delivered by Geo. J. Burns, Esq. before the Middlesex Northwest Temperance Union, at Groton, January 11, 1894. Printed at the request of the Union. [H. S. Turner, Printer, Ayer, Mass. ] No titlepage. Svo. pp. 7.
History of the Town of Harvard Massachusetts. 1732-1893. By Henry S. Nourse. Harvard : printed for Warren Hapgood. 1894. Svo. pp. 605. Portrait of Mr. Hapgood and plates.
The Boundary Line between Massachusetts and New Hampshire from the Merrimack River to the Connecticut. A Paper read before the Old Residents' Historical Association of Lowell, on December 21, 1893, the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Forma- tion of the Society. By Hon. Samuel Abbott Green. Lowell, Mass .: Lowell Courier Publishing Company. 1894 Svo. pp. 30. Annual Report of the Receipts and Expenditures of the Town of Groton, with other Statistical Matter, for the Year Ending March 17, 1894. Ayer, Mass. : Huntley S. Turner, Pamphlet and Job Printer. No date. Svo. pp. 54.
Final Report to the Town of Groton of the Library Building Com- mittee, appointed at the Annual Town Meeting held April 6, 1891. Ayer, Mass. : Press of Huntley S. Turner. No date. 8vo. pp. 55-60.
This follows the "Annual Report of the Receipts," etc., with a continuous pagination.
Annual Report of the School Committee of the Town of Groton for the fiscal year ending March 19, 1894. Ayer, Mass. : Huntley S. Turner, Pamphlet and Job Printer. No date. 8vo. pp. 18.
A General Catalogue of the Trustees, Teachers, and Students of Lawrence Academy, Groton, Massachusetts, from the time of its incorporation. 1793-1893. With an account of the Celebra- tions of the Ninetieth and the One Hundredth Anniversaries. Groton : 1893. ' 8vo. pp. 241. View.
This contains the " Proceedings at the Celebration of the
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Ninetieth Anniversary," etc. (pages 157-189), a reprint of the pamphlet issued in 1883, and " An Account of the Proceed- ings of the One Hundredth Anniversary . . . June 17, 1893" (pages 191-241).
[Officers and] By-Laws [of the Groton Historical Society, Incor- porated 1894]. [Wm. M. Sargent, Printer, Ayer.] No imprint, 16mo. pp. (2), 8.
One Hundred and First Anniversary of Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass. Thursday and Friday, June 28 and 29, 1894. No date. 12mo. pp. (4).
Catalogue of the Trustees, Instructors and Students of Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass., for the year ending June 29, 1894. One Hundred and First Year. Fitchburg : Printed by the Sen- tinel Printing Company. 1894. 12mo. pp. 16, (2).
Lakin Family. By Hon. Samuel A. Green, M. D., of Boston, Mass. No titlepage. Svo. pp. 3.
A reprint from " The New-England Historical and Genea- logical Register " (XI.VIII. 444-446) for October, 1894.
Acts relating to Lawrence Academy, Groton, Massachusetts, with the By-Laws of the Institution. Groton : 1894. 8vo. pp. 13. Catalogue of the Groton School, Groton, Mass. 1894-1895. Ayer, Mass .: Huntley S. Turner, Printer. 16mo. pp. (20).
Harvard University Examinations. Papers used at the Admission Examinations held at Cambridge, Quincy, Andover, Groton, Southborough, Worcester, Exeter, Concord, New York, Albany, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Washington, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Denver, San Francisco, Belmont, Port- land (Or.), Portland (Me.), and Bonn (Germany). June, 1894. Cambridge, Mass., 1894. Svo. pp. 28.
Richard Cumberland als begrunder der Englischen ethik Inaugural- Dissertation der hohen philosophischen fakultät der Universität Leipzig zur erlangung der philosophischen doktorwürde vorgelegt von Frank E. Spaulding aus Groton, Mass., U. S. A. Leipzig. Gustav Fock. 1894. 8vo. pp. X, 101.
1895.
Typical American Schools. Groton School. By Grafton Dulany Cushing.
This paper appeared in " Harper's Young People" (XVI. pages 188-190) for January 8, 1895, with four illustrations.
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Annual Report of the Receipts and Expenditures of the Town of Groton, with other Statistical Matter, for the Year Ending March 18, 1895. Ayer, Mass. : Huntley S. Turner, Pamphlet and Job Printer. No date. Svo. pp. 54.
Annual Report of the School Committee of the Town of Groton for the Year ending March 18, 1895. Ayer, Mass. : Huntley S. Turner, Pamphlet and Job Printer. No date. 8vo. pp. 18.
The Constitution of the United States at the end of the First Cen- tury By George S. Boutwell Boston, U. S.A. D. C. Heath & Co., Publishers 1895. 12mno. pp. xviii., 412.
The purpose of the book is " to set forth in a concise form the substance of the leading decisions of the Supreme Court, in which several articles, sections, and clauses of the Consti- tution of the United States have been examined, explained, and interpreted." The " Preface " is dated at " Groton, Mass., March, 1895."
Addresses, Letters and Resolutions commemorative of Daniel Needham of Groton, Mass. A Memorial Volume. Ayer, Mass. Huntley S. Turner. 1895. 12mo. pp. 33. Portrait.
The Church's Work in the East By the Rev. Sherrard Billings, Assistant Master at Groton School. An Essay printed by request 1895 [Press of Huntley S. Turner Ayer, Mass. ] 12mo. pp. 20. Catalogue of the Trustees, Instructors and Students of Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass., for the year ending June 27, 1895. One Hundred and Second Year. Ayer, Mass. : Press of William M. Sargent. 1895. 12mo. pp. 16, (1). View.
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One Hundred and Second Anniversary of Lawrence Academy Groton, Mass., Wednesday and Thursday, June 26 and 27, 1895. Wm. M. Sargent, book and job printer, Ayer, Mass. No date. 12mo. pp. (4).
Financial History of Lawrence Academy at Groton, Massachusetts, with a Statement of its funds now available. Groton : 1895. Svo. pp. 28.
Catalogue of Groton School, Groton, Mass. 1895-1896. Ayer, Mass. : Huntley S. Turner, Printer. 16mo. pp. (24).
Harvard University Examinations. Papers used at the Examina tions for Admission held at Cambridge, Quincy, Andover, Groton, Southborough, Worcester, Mass. ; Exeter, Concord, N. H. ; Port- land, Me. ; Lakeville, Conn. ; New York, Albany, Buffalo, N. Y .;
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Lawrenceville, N. J .; Philadelphia, Pa. ; Washington, D. C .; Cleveland, Cincinnati, O .; Chicago, Ill. ; Minneapolis, Minn .; St. Louis, Mo. ; Omaha, Neb. ; Denver, Colo .; San Francisco, Belmont, Cal. ; Portland, Ore. ; Bonn, Germany ; Tokio, Japan. June, 1895. Cambridge, Mass., 1895. 8vo. pp. 26.
Last Public Address of James Sumner, delivered at a Memorial Service to the late Rev. J. M. I. Babcock, in Investigator Hall, Boston, Sunday Afternoon, April 22, 1894.
This appeared in " Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of James Sumner, delivered at Commercial Hall" (Boston, 1895), pages 45-52.
[Constitution and By-Laws of Squannacook Engine Co. No. 2, West Groton, Mass. Ayer, Mass. : H. S. Turner, Book and Job Printer. 1895.] No titlepage. 16mo. pp. 12.
1896.
Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass. No imprint. 12mo. pp. (3).
An appeal issued by the Trustees to raise funds "to enlarge the scope of the Academy's work," dated, Groton, January 1, 1896.
Inscribed Powder-Horns. By Hon. Samuel A. Green, M. D., of Boston. No titlepage. Svo. pp. 3.
A reprint from " The New-England Historical and Genea- logical Register " (L. 43-45) for January, 1896.
· Report of the Parish Committee First Parish of Groton, for the year ending March 2, 1896. [H. S. Turner, Printer, Ayer, Mass.] No imprint. 8vo. pp. (4).
Annual Report of the Receipts and Expenditures of the Town of Groton with other Statistical Matter, for the year ending March 18, 1896. Ayer, Mass. H. S. Turner, Printer. 8vo. pp. 54.
Annual Report of the Trustees of the Groton Public Library for the Year 1895-1896. Ayer, Mass. : Huntley S. Turner, Printer. 1896. 8vo. pp. 10.
This follows the " Annual Report of the Receipts," etc.
Annual Report of the School Committee of the Town of Groton,
for the fiscal year ending March 18, 1896. Ayer, Mass. H. S. Turner, Printer. No date. Svo. pp. 22, (1).
Pedigree of Lawrence. Compiled from heralds' visitations, inquisi-
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tions, post mortem, deeds, charters, wills, parish registers, and other original manuscripts. Broadside.
This is another edition of the Pedigree printed in 1856, with additions by John Lawrence, of Groton. One hundred copies were printed in May, 1896, for Mr. Lawrence, by Wil- liam B. Johnson, 576 Washington Street, Boston.
[Village Homes Farms Manufacturing Industries and Building Sites for sale by J. H. Hunkins, Real Estate Agent, West Groton, Mass.] [H. S. Turner, Printer, Ayer, Mass.] No title- page. 16mo. pp. 14, (2).
Early Church Records of Groton, Massachusetts. 1761-1830. Containing a List of Admissions to the Church, with Lists of Marriages and Baptisms ; and various other memoranda. With notes and an introduction by Samuel A. Green, M. D. Groton : 1896. Svo. pp. (5), 194.
Reprinted from the fourth volume of the Historical Series, Number I.
Catalogue of the Groton Public Library at Groton, Mass. Volume II. Groton : 1896. [Press of Wm. M. Sargent, Ayer, Mass.] 12mo. (4), 182. View.
Catalogue of the Trustees, Instructors and Students of Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass., for the year ending June 25, 1896 One Hundred and Third Year. Ayer, Mass. : Wm. M. Sargent, Printer. 1896. 12mo. pp. 18.
Report of the Finance Committee to the Board of Trustees of Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass., for the year ending June 20, 1896. No imprint. 4to. pp. (3).
One Hundred and Third Anniversary of Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass. Wednesday and Thursday, June 24-25, 1896. Wm. M. Sargent, Book and Job Printer, Ayer, Mass. No date. 12mo. pp. (+).
Notice ! Chap. 418, of the Acts of 1896. Broadside.
This sheet is a copy of " An Act relative to Bakeries and Persons employed therein," and was issued by the Groton Board of Health on August 18.
Harvard University Examinations. Papers used at the Examina- tions for Admission held at Cambridge, Quincy, Andover, Groton, Southborough, Worcester, Mass. ; Exeter, Concord, N. II .; Port-
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land, Me .; Lakeville, Conn .; New York, Garden City, Albany Buffalo, N. Y .; Lawrenceville, N. J .; Philadelphia, Pa. ; Wash- ington, D. C .; Cleveland, Cincinnati, O .; Chicago, Ill. ; Minne- apolis, Minn .; St. Louis, Mo. ; Omaha, Neb .; Denver, Colo .; San Francisco, Belmont, Cal. ; Portland, Ore. ; Bonn, Germany ; Paris, France ; Tokio, Japan. June, 1896. Cambridge, Mass., 1896. 8vo. pp. 27.
To the 24th Middlesex District. No titlepage. 8vo. pp. (4).
This circular is signed by James Lawrence, and was issued at Groton in October, 1896, at which time he was a candidate for the Legislature.
Catalogue of Groton School, Groton, Mass. 1896-1897. Ayer, Mass. : Huntley S. Turner, Printer. 16mo. pp. (28).
The steel engraving of Lawrence Academy was made in 1871 by Edward A. Fowle, of Boston, though it bears the inscription " Thos Chubbuck, Eng! - Springfield, Mass," on the plate. Mr. Chubbuck was simply a letter engraver, and' had his plates made in Boston and perhaps elsewhere, but was in the habit of adding his name and monogram, to the work. Soon after his death, which took place on January 10, 1888, the inscription was hammered out, and nothing was left but the monogram.
REV. JOSEPH THAXTER, OF EDGARTOWN.
PROFESSOR FRANKLIN B. DEXTER, of Yale University, writes me, under date of November 18, 1896, that he has temporarily in his possession a copy of President Quincy's Memoir of Josiah Quincy, Jr., which contains an interesting note on a fly-leaf. The book was presented to the Reverend Joseph Thaxter ( H. C. 1768), of Edgartown, by Abbott Law- rence, on June 17, 1825, when the corner-stone of Bunker IIill Monument was laid at Charlestown. The note is in the handwriting of Mr. Thaxter, and reads as follows : -
This was given me by the son of Cap! [Samuel] Lawrence of Groton who belonged to Prescots minute Regiment to which I belonged & to whom I preached a military sermon at a regimental
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muster at Westford the Fall before the Concord Fight. John Robinson of Westford was the Lieutenant Col & led the People with Major Buttericks at Concord Bridge. Cap' Lawrence was at his Sons in Boston. It gave me Pleasure to see him the 17 of June at Breeds Hill.
In the year 1774 Mr. Thaxter was preaching as a candidate at Westford, and later received a call to be settled as the minister of the town, which he declined. He served as a chaplain in the army for a while, and in 1780 became the pastor of the church at Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, where he remained until his death, on July 18, 1827.
For an account of Major Lawrence, see pages 245-248 of this volume.
GROTON SCHOOL.
IN the first chapter of "The Anglomaniacs," a novel written by Mrs. Burton Harrison, and published originally in " The Century " magazine for June-September, 1890, there is found a reference to the Groton School, which is the earliest allusion in literature to this institution. Mrs. Floyd-Curtis, one of the principal characters in the book, in speaking of her son, says : " If we could have got him in at Groton, now : I admire the tone at Groton ; the boys' mothers are all in the same set."
CAPT. JOHN WILLIAMS.
A NOTICE, signed by Colonel Rufus Putnam, is printed in "The Continental Journal, and Weekly Advertiser " (Boston), May 29, 1777, which gives a list of the officers then engaged in recruiting for his regiment. Among the names there men- tioned is that of John Williams, of Groton, who soon afterward was commissioned as a captain in the army, and later became an original member of the Massachusetts Society of the Cin- cinnati. For a sketch of this officer, see the third volume (page 445) of the Historical Series. In the first volume (Num- ber XVIII. page 23) there is also a reference to him.
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TWO TRUSTEES OF LAWRENCE ACADEMY.
LIST OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM GROTON.
BY the new apportionment, under Chap. 509, Acts of 1896, the town of Groton, in connection with Pepperell, Townsend, and Ashby, became the 24th Middlesex District, which is entitled to one representative in the Legislature. On No- vember 3, 1896, James Lawrence, of Groton, was chosen as such with no regular candidate running against him.
In order to complete the list of representatives sent by the town to date, the following names should be added to those given on page 16 of the second volume of this Series.
Date of election.
November 7, 1893 George Henry Bixby.
November 3, 1896 James Lawrence.
These names also, as well as the name of Asa Stillman Lawrence omitted through inadvertence, should be placed in the Alphabetical List which is given on page 17 of that volume.
In the list of senators, as printed on page 2 of the same volume, insert after Colonel Needham's name : ---
November 8, 1887 Honorable Moses Poor Palmer . 1888-1890.
TWO TRUSTEES OF LAWRENCE ACADEMY.
AFTER a long illness Dr. Miles Spaulding died at Groton, on Friday afternoon, October 16, 1896, and was buried on Monday afternoon, October 19. He was chosen a Trustee of Lawrence Academy on June 30, 1868, and served faithfully as such until the time of his death ; and from June 25, 1874, until June 20, 1896, he was the Secretary of the Board.
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