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7 Wed o.s. Rev. Nathan'l Gook-
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in died 1692
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20 Tues
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21 Wed o.s. Rev. Jona. Mitchell 5 14 6 51
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set'ld at C. 1650
5 15 6 49 rises.
11 25
23 Frid
o.s. I. Mather d. 1723
5 16 6 48
7 28 11 59
24 Sat
5 17 6 46
7 57 ev. 33
25 Sun
Thos. Shepard d. 1649
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5 20 6 43
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27 Tues
Dunster became Pres. of 5 21 6 41
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H. College 1640
5 22 6 40
9 54 2 40
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3 17 5 23 6 38 10 30
30 Frid
Synod at the New Town 5 24,6 36 11 12
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upon Antinomianism
5 25 6 35 morn.
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FALL RIVER RAILROAD.
MILES. FARES.
MILES.
FARES.
South Braintree .. 11}. $0 30
Titicut
30%. . . 0
Randolph ..... . 15₺ .. . . 40
* Middleboro 342. ...
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East Stoughton .. 17 ..
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Haskins' 37
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North Bridgewater 202. . ... 50
Myrick' 42 .... 1.00
Plain Ville ....... 22} .... 53
Assonet 45
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Keith's Furnace .. . 232. ..... 58
Miller's. 50%
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E. & W. Bridgew'r 25 .. ... 60
Fall River 532
1.35
Bridgewater. 27 ;.... 65
* Connect with Cape Cod Railroad Trains.
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SEPTEMBER.
1850
MOON'S PHASES.
New Moon, 6th d. Oh. 44m. M. Full Moon, 21st d. 7h. 56m. M.
First Quar. 13th d. 3h. 37m. M. Last Quar. 25th d. 5h. 9m. E.
D. Days M. Week
Miscellanies.
Sun Rises
Sun Sets.
Moon Rises.
High Water
1 Sun
Conven. at C. to form a 5 26 6 33
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2 Mon Constitu'n for Mass. '79 5 27 6 31
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7 25
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6 8 47
4 Wed Gen Court at Newtown 5 29 6 28
3 17 9 55
5 Thur o.s. 1634.
5 30 6 26 sets.
10 53
6 Frid I. Mather resgnd charge 5 31 6 25
6 59
11 39 morn.
7 Sat
H. Col. o.s. 1701.
5 32 6 23 7 33
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9 Mon
5 35 6 1S 9
11 1 49
11 Wed
5 36 6 16 9 47 2 29
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13|Frid
5 39 6 12 11 10 3 50
14 Sat
John Harvard died at 5 40 6 11 11 57
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15 Sun
Cha'stown o.s. 1638
5 41 6 9 morn.
5 39
16 Mon
5 42 6 7 0 48 7
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17 Tues 18 Wed
5 446 4 2 38 9 33
5 45 6
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19 Thur 20 Frid
1st Evan. Cong. church 5 46 6 0 4 36,11 0
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at C'pt orgnzd 1827
5 47 5 58 rises. 11 34 5 43 5 57 5 49 5 55 7 25 0 35 6 55 ev. 4
24 Tues Whitefield preached
at 5 50 5 53 7 56 1 8
25 Wed
Har. Col. o.s. 1740
5 51 5 51 8 31
1 40
26 Thur Dr. Holmes dis. from Ist 5 53 5 49
9 10 2 14
27 Frid
Parish 1831
5 54 5 48 9 57 2 53
28 Sat Pres. Holyoke inaug'd o. 5 55 5 46 10 50
3 35
29 Sun
s. 1737
5 56 5 44 11 52 4 29 5 57 5 42 morn.
5 42
FITCHBURG RAILROAD.
MILES.
FARES.
MILES.
FARES.
Somerville
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$0.15 | South Acton 25
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Porter's. ..
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West Acton. 27
. . 60
West Cambridge ..
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Littleton
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67
Waltham.
10
25
Groton. 35
75
Stony Brook. 12
30
Shirley ..
40
85
Weston
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30
Lunenburg
42
90
Lincoln.
17
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Leominster
46
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Concord
20
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Fitchburg 50
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22 Sun
23 Mon
S Sun C'h org'nzd W. C. 1739 5 346 19 8 38
5 336 21 8
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10 Tues Judge Story d. 1845
12 Thur Vice Pres. Willard d. o. 5 37 6 14 10 27 s. 1707
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OCTOBER.
1850
MOON'S PHASES.
New Moon, 5th d. 10h. 12m. M. Full Moon, 20th d 10h. 27m. E. First Quarter 12th d 9h. 46m. E. | Last Quarter 28th d. vh. 15m. M.
D. Days M. Week
Miscellanies.
Sun | Sul Rises Sets
Moon Sets.
High Water.
1 Tues
5 58 5 41
0 58
7 13
2 Wed Judge Vassal (who built 5 59 5 39
2 10
8 40
3 Thur the Cragie H.) d. 1797 6
05 37
3 22 9 45
4 Frid
Rev. W. Leverett ord. 6
1 5 35
4 36 10 35
5 Sat at E. C. 1840
6 35 34
sets. 6 33
morn.
7 Mon
6 55 30
7 6
0 3
8 T'ues
6 65 29
7 42 0 44
10 Thur Col. o.s. 1642
6 8 5 25 9 2 1 59
11|Frid Hooker ord. at Newtown 6
9 5 24 9 49 2 36
12 Sat o.s. 1633
6 11 5 22 10 39 3 17
13 Sun
Rev. D. Perry dismissed 6 12,5 20
11 4 32 2
14 Mon 1830
6 135 19 morn.
4 58
Tues Christ Church op. for di- 6 14 5 17 0 28
6 16
16 Wed vine service, 1761
6 15 5 15 1 26
7 40
17 Thur Ist Prov. Cong. met in 6 16 5 14
2 25
8 52
18 Frid
Court H. 1774
6 185 12 3 25 9 46
19 Sat
6 195 11 4 26 10 26
20 Sun
6 205 6 215 8 5 56 11 33
21 Mon
22 Tues H. Col. illuminated for 6 23 5 6 6 30 ev. 6
23 Wed Burgoyne's sur. 1777 6 24 5 5
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24 Thur Pres. Dunster resigned 6 25 5 3 7 54 1 16
25 Frid o.s. 1654
6 265 2
8 45 1 53
26|Sat
6 27 5 0
9 44 2 32
27 Sun Rev. T. Hilliard stld 1st 6 29 4 59 10 48
28 Mon Parish 1783
6 30 4 57 11 57
4 17
29 Tues Ist Prov. Cong. at Camb. 6 31 4 56 morn.
5 32
30 Wed adj. 1774
6 32 4 55
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31 Thur
6 34,4 53 2 18
8 25
HARVARD BRANCH RAILROAD.
Cars leave Cambridge (colleges) at 7.30, 8 45, 11 A. M; 1.40, 3.45, 6.10 P. M.
Leave Boston (Fitchburg depot) at 8.20, 10.15, A. M .; 12.45, 3, 5.20 and 10.30 P. M. -
FARES .- Single Ticket, 10 cents; packages of 6 Tickets, 50 cents; Quarterly ticket allowing passage in all the trains, §6.
Tickets must be purchased before entering the cars otherwise 5 cents Extra will be invariably charged.
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6 Sun
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9|Wed Ist Commenc't at Har. 6
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NOVEMBER.
1850
MOON'S PHASES.
New Moon, 3d d. 9h. 56m. E. First Quar. 11th d. 6h. 31m. E.
Full Moon, 19th d. 11h. 51m. M. Last Quar. 26th d. ch. 48m. M.
D. Days M. Week
Miscellanies.
Sun Rises.
Sets Sun | Moon Sets.
High Water.
1 Frid
6 354 52
3 29
9 27
2 Sat
Dr. Kneeland d. 1788
6 36 4 51 4 39 10 18
3 Sun
6 37 4 49 sets. 11 0
4 Mon
Rev. J. Foster setld Lit- 6 39 4 48
5 36 11 41
5 Tues
tle Camb. 1784
6 40 4 47
6 13 morn.
6 Wed Burgoyne with army ar. 6 41 4 46
6 54
0 20
7 Thur pris'nrs at C. 1777
6 43 4 45 7 39 0 58
8 Frid Rev. U. Oakes set. 1671 6 44 4 43
8 28 1 35
9 Sat
Wm. B. Child b. 1809 6 45 4 42 9 21 2 10
2 47
11 Mon
Burgoyne's troops leave 6 46 4 41 10 16 for Va. 1778 6 48 4 40 11 13
3 29
12 Tues
6 49 4 39 morn. 0
5 22
14 Thur ized 1808
6 52 4 37 1 10
6 34
15 Frid Rev. N. Gookin setld 1st 6 53 4 36 2 11}
7 55
16 Sat
Parish o.s. 1682
6 54 4 35 3 12 8 58
17 Sun Old Meetinghouse ward 6 55 4 35 4 16 9 45
18 Mon
1 raised 1756
6 57 4 34
19 Tues
20 Wed Shep'd Soc. org. 1829
04 31
6 38 ev. 17
22 Frid chase Orrery fr Col. '88 7
14 31 7 36 0 57
23 Sat
E. Gerry d. Wash. 1814 7
34 30 8 40 1 39
24 Sun
7 44 30 9 48 2 24
25 Mon
Rev. Wm. Brattle setl'd 7.
5 4 29 10 58
3 15
26 Tues 1st Par. o.s. 1696
7 6 4 29 morn.
4 14
27 Wed Pres. Chauncey ing. 1654 7
74 28 0 9 5 20
28 Thur Pres. Hoar d. o.s. 1676 7 94 28
1 18 6 42
29 Frid L. Gov. T. Oliver (who 7 104 27
2 26 7 55
30 Sat
blt Gerry H.) d. 1815 7 11 4 27
3 34 9 2
BOSTON AND MAINE RAILROAD.
MILES.
FARES.
MILES.
FARES.
Somerville.
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North Andover ... 28
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Malden.
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Haverhill.
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Melrose.
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Plaistow
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South Reading .
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E. Kingston.
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Reading
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Exeter.
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Wilmington.
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35 South Newmarket 57
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Ballardvale.
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Durham.
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Andover.
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Dover
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Lawrence
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| Somersworth
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Newton
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Stoneham
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21 Thur Lottery autho'zd to pur- 7
5 22 10 25 6 58 4 33 rises. 11 3 6 59 4 32
10 Sun
13 Wed Ist C'h Camb.p't organ- 6 50 4 38
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DECEMBER.
1850
MOON'S PHASES.
New Moon, 3d d. 0h. 32m. E. First Quar. 11th d. 3h. 53m. E.
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Full Moon, 19th d 0h. 19m. M. Last Quar. 25th d. 4h. 40m. E.
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Days Week
Miscellanies.
Sun Sets. Sets Sun
Moon Rises.
High Water.
1 Sun
7 124 26
4 41 9 54
2 Mon
7 134 26 5 46 10 40
3 Tues
7 14 4 26 sets. 11 24
4 Wed Obj't glass of great teles-
7 15 4 26 5 31
morn.
5 Thur
cope ar. at C. 1846
7 16 4 25 6 18 0 3
6 Frid
7 17 4 25 7
10 0 40
7 Sat
5 1 16 7 184 25 8
8 Sun
7 194 25 9
1 1 52
9 Mon
7 20 4 25 9 59 2 29
10 Tues 1st Prov. Cong. dis. 1774 7 21 4 25 10 57 3 6
11 Wed
7 22 4 25 11 56 3 49
12 Thur Causeway to Lechmere 7 23 4 25 morn. 4 36
13 Frid
P't com. 1775
7 23 4 25
0 56 5 36
14 Sat
7 24 4 26 1 57
6 48
15 Sun House of Mr. Pelham, 7 25 4 26 3 1 7 53
16 Mon Treas. Col., burnt 1640 7 26 4 26
4
7 8 54
17 Tues Rev. N. Adams ord. ovr 7 26 4 26 5 16 9 45
18 Wed
Shep. Soc. 1829
7 27 4 27 rises. 10 29
19 Thur Rev. J. Willard inuag. 7 28 4 27
20 Frid
Pres. H. Col. 1781
7 28 4 28
5 20 11 15 6 24 ev. 1
21 Sat
7 29 4 28
7 34 0 45
22 Sun Steph. Daye, 1st Anglo-7 29 4 29
8 46 1 32
23 Mon
Amer. print., d. 1668
7 304 29 9 58 2°19
24 Tues
7 304 30 11 9 3 10
25 Wed 1st Bap. M't H. Camp' 7 31 4 30
morn. 4
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26 Thur ded. 1817
7 314 31 0 19 5
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27 Frid
7 31 4 32 1 26 6 7
28 Sat
7 31|4 32 2 32 7 17
29 Sun
7 32 4 33 3 37 8 27
30 Mon
7 32 4 34
4 40 9 30
31 Tues
7 32 4 35
5 41 10 19
MILES. FARES.
MILES. FARE.S.
Salmon Falls. 72
1.61
Saco. 99
2.00
S. Berwick Junc'n 74 1.73
Portland . .. 2.00
North Berwick. 79
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BOSTON AND LOWELL RAILROAD.
MILES.
FARES.
MILES. FARES.
Medford, 5
$0.12}
Billerica and
South Woburn, . 8
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Tewksbury, 19 $0.45
Woburn, 10
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Billerica Mills, ..
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Wilmington, .. 15
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Lowell,
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Ist meet. overseers Har. College o.s. 1643
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Officers of the City of Cambridge, 1849-50.
SIDNEY WILLARD, Mayor. Salary, $600. Residence, Allston St., Pine Grove.
ALDERMEN .- Jonas Wyeth, 2d, Charles R. Metcalf, Calvin Dim- mick, George Cummings, George Stevens, Lorenzo Marrett.
COMMON COUNCILMEN .- S. P. Heywood, President. Ward 1-E. A. Chapman, Ralph Day, I. P. Dunham, Charles T. Murdoch, D. S. Buck. Ward 2-Samuel P. Heywood, Isaac Davis, Jesse Fogg, Wm. P. Fisk, Edward Hyde, G. C. Richardson, Edwin Scudder, Francis Wells, Charles Wood. Ward 3-Anson Hooker, E. Spare, Jr., William Wyman, Amory Houghton, Andrew Jones, Robert P. Tuten.
CITY CLERK .- Lucius R. Paige. Salary, $700 and Fees. Resi- dence, Washington street, corner Pine.
CLERK COMMON COUNCIL .- Eben M. Dunbar. Salary, $100.
CITY MESSENGER .- Roland Litchfield, Jr. Salary, $300
CITY TREASURER AND COLLECTOR .- Samuel Slocomb. Salary, $600. Office City Hall.
ASSESSORS .- Jonas Wyeth, 2d, Josiah W. Cook, Edward G. Ste- vens. Salary, §600.
CITY MARSHAL. - Abraham Edwards. Salary, $450. Office, Douglass' Block.
ASSISTANT MARSHALS .- Roland Litchfield Jr., Hiram Welch.
CONSTABLES .- The City Marshal and Assistant Marshals, Joseph Sanderson, John Bryant, Samuel Slocumb, William Loughrey, Oli- ver Hapgood, Wm. A. Munroe, Abraham P. Sherman, Amos P. Rollins.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR .- The Mayor, ex officio. Ward 1- Ebenezer Francis, Joseph H. Rice. Ward 2-Edward T. Whitney, Aaron Rice. Ward 3-George W. Fifield, Barnabas Binney.
WARDEN OF ALMSHOUSE .- George W. White. Salary, $400.
ALMSHOUSE PHYSICIAN .- Wm. W. Wellington. Salary, $100.
WARD OFFICERS .- Ward I-Samuel Batchelder, Warden; John Bartlett, Clerk; Joseph H. Rice, Henry R. Glover, Charles H. Saunders, Inspectors.
Ward 2-George W. Livermore, Warden; Eben M. Dunbar, Clerk; John Dudley, James Boardman, Henry Thayer, Inspectors.
Ward 3-Justin Jones, Warden; Franklin Hall, Clerk; William Wyman, H. N. Hovey, Barnabas Binney, Inspectors.
BOARD OF HEALTH .- The Mayor and Aldermen.
WATCHMEN -Ward 1-Joseph Sanderson, John Bryant. Watch House, Brighton street.
Ward 2-Wm. Loughrey, Almond Lawrence, Oliver Hapgood, Doras Titus.
Ward 3-Hiram Welch, J. B. Rice.
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CITY OFFICERS.
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER .- Thomas H. Baily, J. F. Adams, Dal- phon Osborn, Alvaro Blodgett, George H. Davis, Edward T. Whit- ney, Ebenezer Fogg, John Chamberlain and Lloyd Crossman.
SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS .- Sidney Willard, Jonas Wyeth, 2d, Charles R. Metcalf, George Cummings, Calvin Dinnick, Lorenzo Marrett, George Stevens.
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS .- Samuel Palmer.
FIELD DRIVERS .- Horace Hanford, E. F. Adams, Holland Forbes, Levi Lovejoy, Hiram Welch, Joseph Lopez, William Mills, Augus- tus Stedman.
FENCE VIEWERS .- Silas B. Buck, John Chamberlain, Francis E. Faulkner.
SEALERS OF LEATHER .- Jonathan C. Prentiss, Abel Willard, S. S. Green, E. Denton.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. - Charles J. Upham.
WEIGHERS OF HAY .- Samuel S. Green, W. W. Munroe, Jona- than C. Prentiss, Abel Willard, I. S. Hawes.
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK .- Jonathan C. Prentiss, Abel Willard, D. U. Chamberlin, S. S. Green.
POUND KEEPER. - Samuel Lewis.
AUCTIONEERS .- J. M. Allen, Wm. Brown, Samuel S. Green, Royal Morse, Wm. A. Munroe, Samuel C. Knights.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND OF THE QUORUM .- Abraham Hil- liard, Ephraim Buttrick, Nathaniel R. Whitney, Sidney Willard, William Parmenter, James D. Green.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE .- Edmund T. Dana, William F. Stone, Abraham Edwards, Edward T. Channing, Joseph T. Buckingham, Charles Folsom, Isaac Livermore, Nathan Fiske, Charles C.Little, George W. Livermore, Henry M. Chamberlain, John S. Ladd, Rich- ard H. Dana, James Luke, Jonathan Wheeler, Samuel S. Green, Lu- cius R. Paige, Eliphalet Davis, John Henshaw, Lorenzo Marrett, Benjamin M. Whitney, Thaddeus W. Harris, John B. Dana, Chas. R. Metcalf.
Cambridge Fire Department.
The Fire Department of the City of Cambridge is composed of a Chief Engineer, four Assistant Engineers, five Engine Companies, and one Hook & Ladder Company. There is also another Compa- ny in Ward One; the Engine is the property of private citizens re- siding in that Ward. The regular Companies are allowed not more than forty men, and not less than thirty-five; and the Hook & Lad- der Company not more than twenty-five men, nor less than twenty.
The compensation paid to each member is $15 per annum, and such further sum to each Engine Company, as, when added to the amount paid to the several members, shall make a total of $700 per annum; and for the Hook & Ladder Company $125. This is in
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
full for fuel, oil, Steward's fees, &c. The appropriation for this De- partment is $7000.
OFFICERS. SAMUEL SANDERS, CHIEF ENGINEER.
LAWRENCE B. WATTS,
SIMEON P. CLARK, Assistants. § GEORGE B. EATON.
Cambridge Engine Company, No. 1.
House in Church St., Ward 1. John Lovell, Foreman. John Chamberlin, jr. Ist Assis't. George Danforth, 2d Assistant. John Metcalf, Clerk.
Engine built by Wm. C. Hun- neman.
Union Engine Company, No. 2.
House Main. cor. Winsor, Ward 2. George Hovey, Foreman. Dalphon Osborn, Ist Assistant. Geo. E. Sawyer, 2d Assistant. Albert R. Goodnow, Clerk.
Engine built by S. Thayer.
Niagara Engine Company, No, 3.
House Cambridge St., Ward 3. Ozias Clark, Foreman. Oscar Lawrence, Ist Assistant. Alex. Frazier, 2d Assistant. Horace M. Sylvester, Jr., Clerk. Engine built by S. Thayer.
Hydrant Engine Company, No. 4.
House Main st. op. Pearl, Ward 2. Hosea Jewell, Foreman. Saml. C Knights, ist Assistant. Thos. Welsh, 2d Assistant. Charles Haynes, Clerk.
Engine built by Wm. C. Hun- neman.
Pioneer Engine Company, No. 6.
House Pioneer St., Ward 2. Martin L. Smith, Foreman. John Webster, Ist Assistant. C. D. Chamberlin, 2d Assistant. Enoch J. Howlett, Clerk.
This Engine was built by Wm. C. Hunneman.
Hook & Ladder Company, -- House Main, cor. Winsor, Ward 2. Samuel M Frye, Foreman. Robert Harvey, Ist Assistant. S. Y. Barbour, 2d Assistant. Alden B. Ilsley, Clerk.
I All the Engines are manned by active and efficient companies.
Hunneman Engine, No. 7, was built by Wın. C. Hunneman, and is private property. The Engine is kept in Ward 1, and is more particularly for the benefit of the owners. The city pays this com- pany by the hour for all services rendered at fires.
Phonix Engine, No. 5, near Porter's, is an old tub, and is sel- dom used.
Location of Reservoirs,
Where Water may be obtained in case of fire within the City of Cambridge.
WARD I.
1. Corner of Main and Dana streets.
2. Mount Auburn street, foot of Linden street.
3. Mount Auburn street, opposite Orthodox Church.
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LOCATION OF RESERVOIRS.
4. Corner of Brighton and Spring streets.
5. Brattle Square.
6. Brattle street, opposite the south end of Appian Way.
7. School Court, near the School-house.
8. Garden, head of Appian Way.
9. Garden, near Washington School-house.
10. Junction of Garden St. and Concord Av., opposite the Arsenal.
11. North Avenue, near the junction of Waterhouse street.
12. Square in front of the house of the late Dr. Holmes.
13. Kirkland street, opposite Oxford street.
14. Sumner street, opposite the residence of Mr. Learned.
15. Cambridge street, opposite Richardson's Buildings.
16. Prescott street, near west end of ex-Mayor's Green's barn.
17. Bow street, centre of the Square.
18. Harvard Square.
19. College yard.
WARD II.
1. Junction of Main street and Broadway.
2. Pioneer street, front of Engine House, No. 6.
3. Corner of Harvard and Davis streets.
4. Corner of Washington and Harrison streets.
5. East end of School street, Brooks' Building.
6. Main street, near Davenport & Bridges' Factory.
7. Broadway, corner of Winsor street.
8. Corner of Washington and Winsor streets.
9. Main street, near passage-way to Hovey's Bacon Works.
10. Corner of School and Cherry streets.
11. Harvard street, head of Cherry street.
12. Corner of Washington and Pine streets.
13. Corner of Harvard and Columbia streets.
14 & 15, Main street, near the Liberty Pole.
16. Corner of Main and Canal streets.
17. Corner of Austin street and passage-way leading to Main street.
18. Austin street, near the Unitarian Church.
19. Austin street, near the residence of Dr. Allen.
20. Main street, square in front of the Hourly Office.
21. Main street, junction of Western Avenue and River street.
22. Corner of Canal and Auburn streets.
23. Corner of Pearl and Franklin streets.
24. Junction of Western Avenue and Pleasant streets.
25. Corner of Main and Cross streets.
26. City Hall.
27. Harvard St., opposite passage-way leading to Burying Ground.
28. Corner of Harvard and Prospect streets.
29. Broadway, head of Tremoni street.
30. Prospect street, about 175 feet north of Broadway.
31. Norfolk street, opposite house of Damon & Fletcher.
32. Corner of Magazine and Williams streets.
33. Corner of Main and Austin streets.
34. Corner of Inman and Harvard streets.
35. Green street, near Pulpit manafactory.
36. Corner of Cherry and Washington streets.
37. East side of Dalphorn Osborn's Box Factory.
WARD III.
1. Front of Howard's Tavern, junction of Bridge and Gore streets.
2. Corner of Gore and North Third streets.
3. Corner of Otis and South Third streets.
4 Corner of Cambridge and South Fifth streets.
5. Otis street, on the marsh, near Hall's Buildings.
6. Corner of Thorndike and Third streets, near Unitarian Church.
7. Cambridge street, 70 feet east from North Third street.
8. Corner of South Sixth and Spring streets.
CONTENTS.
Almanac .iv Banks and Insurance Companies, xxxiii Benevolent Societies, &c., xxxiii
Business Advertisements, .93 Business Directory, 77 Churches in Cambridge,. xliii
Counting-House Almanac .iii County Officers - Middlesex, XXXIV
Courts in Middlesex County, XXXiv
Directory of the Citizens,. 1
Fares on Worcester Railroad, .iv
Western . vi
Eastern viii
Norfolk Co.
xii
Providence
xiv
6€ Stonington
xvi
Fall River 66
xxiii
Fitchburg Xx
Harvard Branch
xii
Maine Railroad, xxiv Lowell XXVi Fire Department,
xxix
Justices of the Peace,
Officers of the City, viii Post Offices, and Rates of Postage, 17
Preface, ii Reservoirs, location of, XXX
Schools in Cambridge, XXXV
Streets, Courts, and Places, lii
Wharves,
lv
BUSINESS CARD PRINTING,
OF EVERY VARIETY.
ALSO,
LABELS, HANDBILLS, SHOPBILLS, CIRCULARS,
CATALOGUES,
PAMPHLETS,
BANK CHECKS, BILL HEADS, CARDS, of all kinds NOTES, DEEDS, LEASES, and other BLANKS,
NEATLY DONE AT THE CHRONICLE OFFICE.
xxix
Banks and Insurance Companies.
CAMBRIDGE BANK-Main street. Thomas Whittemore, Presi- dent. Martin Lane, Cashier.
A. W. Bruce, Nathan Childs, Robert Douglass, William Fisk, William B. Hovey, Lucius R. Paige, Thomas Whittemore, Jeremi- ah Wetherbee, Charles Wood, Directors. H. M. Chamberlain, Esq., Solicitor.
Discount days-Monday and Thursday.
CHARLES RIVER BANK-Harvard Square. Charles C. Little, President. Jolın B. Dana, Cashier.
C. C. Little, Oliver Hastings, J. H. Bates, Edward Brown, Wil- liam Watriss, Directors.
Discount day- Wednesday.
SAVINGS BANK-Office at Charles River Bank. Simon Greenleaf, President. Lyman Thurston, Secretary. J. B. Dana, Treasurer.
Business hours, fro.n 2 to 4 o'clock, P. M., every Saturday.
CAMBRIDGE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE OFFICE .Main street, near the Cambridge Bank. Robert Fuller, President. H. M. Chamberlain, Secretary.
Robert Fuller, Thomas Whittemore, Nathan Childs, Abraham P. Sherman, Charles Valentine, Edward Brown, Lucius R. Paige, Nathan Fiske, Joseph A. Holmes, Directors.
Benevolent Societies. SONS OF TEMPERANCE.
Union Division, No. 8, meet every Thursday evening, at Acade- my Hall, Ward 3.
Old Cambridge Division, No. 26, meet every Monday evening, at Odd Fellows Hall, Ward 1.
ODD FELLOWS.
New England Lodge, No. 4, East Cambridge; meet every Friday evening, in Fraternity Hall on Bridge street.
Friendship Lodge, No. 20, Cambridgeport; meet every Monday evening at Friendship Hall.
Mount Auburn Lodge, No. 94, Old Cambridge; meet every Fri- day evening at Odd Fellows Hall, Brighton street.
Charles River Encampment. Meet Tuesday, every other week, at Friendship Hall.
Amicable Lodge, (Masonic.) Meet on the first Thursday evening in every month, at Friendship Hall, Cambridgeport. Officers elect- ed December, 1849. George B. Lothrop, Master; Benj. F. Nourse, S. W. ; Lyman Thurston, J. W. ; Nathan Fiske, Treasurer; Chas. Tufts, Secretary; Rev. Thomas F. Norris, Chaplain; Henry Earle, Jr., S. D .; Win. P. Butterfield, J. D .; Amos C. Smith, S. S. ; Ambrose Chamberlain, J. S. ; John Pear, Tyler.
CAMBRIDGE LYCEUM .- James D. Green, President, S. T. Far- well, Treasurer, E. A. Chapman, Clerk.
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Courts in Middlesex County.
PROBATE COURTS. - At Cambridge, on the 2d Tuesday of Janu- ary, on the 3d Tuesday of March, May, November, and December, on the Ist Tuesday of September, and on the 2d Tuesday of June and October.
At Concord, on the 2d Tuesday of February, April, August, and November.
At Charlestown, on the 3d Tuesday of February and August.
At Framingham, on the last Tuesday of June and October.
At Groton, on the Ist Tuesday of May and November.
At Lowell, on the Ist Tuesday of March, June and December. 3d Tuesday of September.
At Woburn, on the 4th Tuesday of April.
COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS. - At Concord, on the 2d Monday in March and June. At Lowell, Ist Monday in September. At Cam- bridge, 2d Monday in December.
Criminal Term .- Concord, 4th Monday in June. Lowell, 3d Monday in October. Cambridge, 2d Monday in February. Con- cord, 4th Monday in June.
Nisi Prius Term. - At Lowell, on the 2d Tuesday in April.
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT. Law Term. - At Cambridge, on the 3d Tuesday next after the 4th Tuesday in September.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS'. - At Cambridge, on the 1st Tuesday of January; at Concord, on the Ist Tuesday of June and September.
Middlesex County Officers.
Samuel P. P. Fay. of Cambridge, Judge of Probate.
Isaac Fiske, of Weston, Register of Probate.
Caleb Hayden, of Cambridge, Register of Deeds.
Stedman Buttrick, of Concord, County Treasurer. Seth Ames, of Cambridge, Clerk of the Courts.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. - Josiah Adams, of Framingham, Chairman. Joshua Swan, of Lowell; Eben Barker, of Charles- town.
SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS. - Charles Tower, of Stow; Luke Wellington, of Ashby.
Levi Parker, of Cambridge, Crier of C. P. and S. J. Courts.
Abraham P. Sherman, of Cambridge; Samuel Staples, of Con- cord; Samuel Meserve, of Lowell, Jailers.
Samuel Chandler, of Lexington: William Parmenter, Jonathan Wheeler, of Cambridge, Overseers of House of Correction. Abra- ham P. Sherman, Master.
Samuel Chandler, of Lexington, Sheriff. Josiah W. Cook, Cam- bridgeport; Levi Parker, East Cambridge, Deputy Sheriffs.
Nathan Fiske, Abraham P. Sherman, Cambridge, Coroners.
SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLHOUSES IN CAMBRIDGE.
Auburn Schoolhouse-School Court.
THIS is a two story building, 48 feet by 35, and was erected in 1838 at an expense of $4,171,67, and was built on the same plan as the Washington school house. It contains two school rooms, with a recitation room attached to each, and accommodates two schools.
Auburn Grammar, taught by D. MANSFIELD, Master.
E. CUTLER, Ass't.
Auburn Alphabet,
M. S. GOULD.
North Schoolhouse-North Avenue.
This house stands on a site of a former schoolhouse, having about half an acre of land in front owned by the city, and was erected in 1841 at an expense of $2,477,00 In 1S45 the upper story was finished at an expense of $542,00; making the whole cost, exclusive of land, $3,019,00. It is a two story building, 40 feet by 32, and contains two school rooms with a small recitation room attached to each, and accommodates two schools.
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