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ton. John Pierce taught the West School, taking it when his brother left in 1815. Joel Pierce taught the Scott's Woods School in 1818 and 1819, commencing October, 1818. He also taught the West School, 1819-20, after Jesse Pierce left. He afterwards taught a successful private school in Dorchester, and, as late as 1838, the school on River street. He died in Stoughton, 1887, aged 92 years. Otis Pierce was teacher at Scott's Woods in 1822. Contemporary with the Pierces, Jeremy Drake, of Boston, taught in Milton with much success.
Josiah Fairbank taught the Scott's Woods School, and after- wards the school on Milton Hill. He was born in Northborough, Sept. 26, 1794, and commenced teaching in Westborough when seventeen years of age. He was connected with our public schools for nine years. From Milton he went to Charlestown, as teacher of the Girls' High School, where he remained seven years. He then became head-master of the Adams School, Boston, retaining the position for, fourteen years.
While teaching in Milton he married Sarah E. Gulliver, daughter of Lemuel Gulliver, of Milton ; and at the decease of his father-in-law he removed to the Milton homestead, on Can- ton avenue, where he remained through life.
Nathan Metcalf, of Franklin, always called "Master Met- calf," was teacher of the Milton Hill School in 1825, and con- tinued in the position for eight years.
Among the many female teachers of this Milton Hill School was Ann Bent, a lady of remarkable ability, and of a most estimable character.
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The following were teachers in the South School: Mr. Chipman, about 1827 ; then Oren Smith, Anthony S. Brackett, Franklin Crombie, who had before taught in the West School, Jeremiah Plympton, and William Henry Swan.
NEW DISTRICTS.
At the March meeting in 1835 a committee of ten was chosen, -
To consider whether it would not promote education to have the town divided into five or more convenient districts, and define their limits, and to see if the town would set off a school district in the centre of the town.
The committee reported at the April meeting of the same year, recommending the division of the town into five districts, substantially as they are at present, except a change made in the westerly part of the centre district, and the changes neces- sary in the establishment of new schools at Pleasant street and Mattapan.
At this time there were four hundred and twenty children of suitable age to attend school, and the town was divided so as to give about the same number to each district. In 1835 the sum of $150 was voted to aid the East District in building a new school-house. This house stood on the north side of Squantum street, between the stone cottage and the house of Mr. George W. Bass.
In 1837 a like sum was appropriated for building a school- house in the Centre District. As early as 1734, -
Voted, that there should be a fixed school in the centre of the town be- tween the stone bridge and pound.
The pound was then near White street. There may have been a school in this vicinity at that time and after, but there is no other reference to such a school. Doubtless the school- house built on the lot of Isaac How, opposite the cemetery, in 1768, was designed to meet this need. After the division of the town into districts, in 1835, creating a separate district in the centre, a school which was established in 1832, occupying the building afterwards Jason Reed's store, and then the vestry of the Unitarian Church, was made perpetual. A permanent school-house was erected for this school in 1837 on the lot now. in use. The school appropriation for that year was $1,600, which, with the town's share of the State school-fund, $49.65, gave each district for that year $329.93.
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Not unfrequently the town appropriation, which was insuf- cient for extending the schools through the whole winter, was increased by voluntary subscription, and a longer school-term was secured. Sometimes, after the school-money was ex- hausted, the teachers continued their schools for a few weeks for the benefit of those wishing to study longer, for which service they were paid by the parents of such pupils.
PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE ABOLISHED.
In the year 1846 the old Prudential Committee, which had the charge of school-buildings and the duty of procuring teach- ers, was abolished.
It was voted that the duties heretofore belonging to the prudential com- mittees, selecting and contracting with the teachers of the several schools, be assigned to the School Committee, as the means most likely to obtain qualified teachers seasonably and effectually; and that the schools and school-houses be in the future at the common charge and expense of the town.
On the 23d of November, 1846, the school-house in the North District, on Milton Hill, was consumed by fire. The building was set on fire by one of the boys of the school, who was arrested, and confessed the deed, assigning as a reason that he wanted a longer vacation.
The town appropriated $1,600 for building a new house, which, by an arrangement with Mr. John M. Forbes, referred to in the chapter on " Highways and By-ways," was located on School street. Meantime the school was kept in the hall over the store of Mr. Johnson, at the Lower Mills.
In 1852 two new school-houses were built. It was found that the East School had outgrown its building, and a new house was built, on the present site, at an expense of $3,907.72. Twenty-five years later extensive additions and changes were made on this house, which, with cost of land and grading, amounted to $5,827.92.
A new school-house, which is now in use, was also built in the South District, at a cost of $2,078.20.
ESTABLISHMENT OF PLEASANT-STREET SCHOOL.
In the same year one article in the warrant for the March meeting was, -
To see if the town will erect or build a primary school-house on the proposed Pleasant street, formerly New State.
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This was referred to a committee, who reported at an ad- journed meeting in April in favor of buying a suitable lot and building a house, and that a committee be chosen to buy the land and build the house. This committee made the following report at the March meeting, 1853 : -
That they had built a school-house one story in height, capable of ac- commodating sixty scholars, and provided with everything necessary for the convenience and comfort of teacher and pupils, the whole expense being $1,622.
In this house a school was opened January 10, 1853, with thirty-four pupils, and Miss L. D. Bacon as teacher. After the lapse of twenty-five years, the growth of the district requir- ing better accommodations, this house and lot were sold, and the present commodious house standing on Gun-Hill and Pleasant streets was built in 1879, at a cost of about $5,000.
ESTABLISHMENT OF FAIRMOUNT SCHOOL.
In 1857 the increase of population in the north-west section of the town, near the river, arising from the new settlement at Fairmount, made it necessary to establish a school there, which was kept in a building leased by the town, and was continued until the incorporation of the town of Hyde Park, when about four hundred acres of the territory of Milton, with all the new inhabitants, passed under the jurisdiction of that town.
In 1859 the present school-house was erected in the Centre district, costing in all $3,900. The old school-house was con- verted into the dwelling-house now standing on the east side of Clapp street, near Central avenue.
The " Old Brick," at the West district, within whose walls the children and the children's children had gathered for fifty- eight years, finally gave place to the present structure, erected in 1870, at the cost of $7,000.
In 1877 a new school-house was built at Mattapan to meet the increase of population in that section of the town. The whole cost, with furnishing and grading, was $7,965.34.
MILTON HIGH SCHOOL.
The High School was established in 1866. At that time Milton Academy was suspended and the Academy building was leased to the town for the purposes of the High School. Mr. Sereno D. Hunt, the Principal of the Academy, was selected by the School Committee as the Principal of the High School. Thus, for the time, the Academy ceased its work, and the High School
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began its career of usefulness. This arrangement continued, with various changes of teachers, until 1884, when the Academy building, with two and a half acres of land, was sold by the Trustees of Milton Academy to the town of Milton.
At the annual town meeting of 1885 an appropriation of $18,000 was voted for a new High School building. In the course of the same year the old Academy building was taken down
HIGHWAY SCHOOL BUILDING
and a spacious and commodious structure for the High School was erected on nearly the same site. During the time of build- ing, the sessions of the High School were held in the small room of the Town-Hall. At the same time Milton Academy started into new life under the most favorable auspices, occupying a new house, planned specially for the school, and provided with every convenience to facilitate study and to promote the health and comfort of teachers and pupils.
NEW HIGH-SCHOOL BUILDING.
The new High school-house is of brick, eighty-four feet long and fifty feet wide in front. It contains on the first floor a
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school-room, thirty-six by thirty-nine feet, with two alcoves, one for the library and the other for the teacher's desk ; a recitation- room, twenty-two by eighteen feet; two dressing-rooms, eleven by eighteen feet ; and a teachers'-room, nine by thirteen feet. The dressing-rooms and the teachers'-room have set-bowls and water. On the second floor, in front, there are two laboratories. The chemical laboratory is twenty-two by thirty-one feet, and has an experimental table for a class of sixteen pupils. The table is supplied with water and gas, and has two drawers and a closet for each pupil. In one corner of the room there is an evapor- ating hood with separate ventilation. The physical laboratory is twenty-eight feet by sixteen, and has opening into it by glass doors a large closet for apparatus. This is also furnished with a sink and water. Over the school-room there is a large unfinished room used by the girls for exercise. All the rooms are ventilated into a large brick shaft, through which passes the iron smoke-pipe from the furnaces.
COURSE OF STUDY.
First year.
First Term.
Second Term.
Third Term.
Algebra (4). Physiology (3). English, (3). Latin (4).
Algebra (4).
Book-keeping (3).
English (3).
Latin (4).
Algebra (4). Botany (3). English (3). Latin (4).
Second year.
Geometry (3).
Geometry (3).
Geometry (3). English (2).
English (2). English History (3). Latin or French (3). Physics (3).
English (2).
English History (3). Latin or French (3). Physics (3).
English History (3). Latin or French (3). Physics (3).
Third year.
Chemistry (4).
Chemistry (4).
Astronomy (2). English (2).
English (3).
English (2). History (2). Arithmetic (2).
Civil Government (4).
Arithmetic (1).
Latin or French (3).
Latin or French (3).
Latin or French (3).
History (3).
Arithmetic (2).
A pupil who does not wish to take any foreign language can elect from the others two or more studies. Pupils who desire it can take additional study required for admission to college.
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MILTON TEACHERS.
We here present a complete list of all teachers who have taught in five of the public schools of Milton from their estab- lishment to the present time ; also a complete list of all teachers connected with the four older schools for the last forty years, including the years 1846 and 1887. For this valuable work, the town is indebted to the labor and care of our esteemed fellow- citizen, Capt. Edwin D. Wadsworth.
TEACHERS IN HIGH SCHOOL SINCE IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1866.
Principals.
S. D. Hunt, 1866 to 77.
W. E. Bunten, 1877, 78.
Hiram Tuell, 1878 to 87.
Assistants.
Miss E. Osgood, 1868 to 72.
" C. F. Babcock, 1871, 72.
L. B. Kilham, 1873.
" F. V. Emerson, 1874, 75.
" S. H. Weidemeyer, 1875.
66 S. M. Vose, 1876.
66 M. E. Wright, 1876, 77.
H. C. Teele, 1878.
66 H. F. Hallowell, 1878 to 87.
Teachers in Drawing.
Miss S. E. Littlefield. M. L. Davenport. S. M. Vose.
Teachers in Music.
H. G. Carey, 1880 to 84. A. W. Thayer, 1884 to 87.
Teachers in Sewing.
Miss Harriet E. Brown, 1883. Mrs. W. H. B. Root, 1884 to 87.
TEACHERS IN NORTH SCHOOL SINCE 1846.
Mixed School.
Grammar School.
Miss A. French, 1846.
" Catherine Morrison, 1847.
D. B. Wheeler, 1847, 48.
J. D. Littlefield, 1848.
Miss Maria S. Breed, 1848 to 50.
M. R. Mann, 1850. 66 C. B. Tucker, 1851.
Assistants, Mixed School.
Miss Louisa Gannet, 1848.
66 S. M. Landon, 1849.
66 Lavina Fish, 1849.
Matilda Durell, 1849.
H. A. M. Mason, 1849, 50.
66 S. H. Thayer, 1850.
D. S. Wentworth, 1851 to 53.
B. C. Vose, 1853.
B. Paine, 1854.
W. S. Clark, 1854, 55.
F. Jacobs, 1855 to 58.
M. C. Towle, 1858, 59.
A. N. True, 1859, 60.
W. H. Mayhen, 1860 to 64.
L. Waterman, 1864. A. O. Fellows, 1865.
H. G. Manahan, 1865 to 67.
J. D. Billings, 1867, 68.
W. B. Atwood, 1868, 69.
P. A. Gay, 1870 to 1878.
B. J. Legate, 1878, 79. George H. Culver, 1879, 80. Clarence Boylston, 1880 to 87.
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Assistant, Grammar School.
Miss H. D. Hutchinson, 1870, 71.
Primary School - Established 1851.
Miss R. N. Wentworth, 1851 to 53. " M. E. Murray, 1853, 54.
L. A. Nightingale, 1854 to 59. S. A. Nightingale, 1860.
" M. J. Stewart, 1860 to 64.
" P. W. Bunker, 1865 to 70.
Miss M. G. Westgate, 1870, 71. " A. R. Rounsaville, 1871, 72. " H. D. Hutchinson, 1872 to 87.
Irene F. Waters, 1884.
" Mary E. Barrett, 1884.
Assistants, Primary School.
Miss C. L. Pierce, 1877, 78. J. P. Wate, 1878.
A. S. Wate, 1879 to 84.
S. Addie Bundy, 1884 to 87.
TEACHERS IN SOUTH SCHOOL SINCE 1846
Miss Mary A. Kennedy, 1846, 47. B. P. Williams, 1846. Louisa Bronsden, 1869.
E. H. Holmes, 1847, 48.
S. G. Hinckley, 1870.
66 Lucia Millett, 1870.
L. A. Leonard, 1871.
J. W. Kennedy, 1872. " E. S. Mosher, 1873 to 75.
Mrs. E. E. Sullivan, 1875, 76. Miss F. G. Morse, 1876 to 79. L. Roberta Capen, 1879, 80.
L. J. Bartlett, 1880 to 82.
Emily R. Holbrook, 1882 to 86.
B. F. Blake, 1863, 64.
66 Julia M. Gordon, 1886, 87.
Miss L. J. Cory, 1864.
W. M. Bicknell, 1864 to 66.
E. B. Fox, 1866 to 68.
H. A. Freeman, 1868.
Mrs. A. G. Carpenter, 1868, 69.
G. K. Daniell, jr., 1865, 66.
C. Richardson, 1867, 68.
Adoniram Aldin, 1848.
D. B. Wheeler, 1849.
A. Alden, 1849.
George W. Beal, 1849.
W. C. Davol, 1850.
D. S. Wentworth, 1850, 51.
Assistants, Grammar School.
A. Wellington, 1851.
L. T. Butler, 1851, 52.
A. H. Flint, 1852, 1854.
Elmer Washburne, 1854 to 56.
H. W. Wentworth, 1856, 57.
A. Alden, 1857.
W. S. Cobb, 1857.
G. S. Webster, 1857 to 63.
C. M. Barrows, 1863 to 65.
Miss L. F. Emerson, 1870 to 74. C. J. Babcock, 1870.
Primary School.
Miss C. A. F. Beale, 1846 to 48.
Mary A. Babcock, 1848 to 51. Charles F. Hobart, 1851, 57.
TEACHERS IN EAST SCHOOL SINCE 1846.
Grammar School.
G. T. Littlefield, 1846 to 48.
S. J. Bullock, 1868 to 70.
J. M. Teele, 1871.
O. A. Andrews, 1871, 87.
Miss Kate Cummerford, 1882.
Assistant.
Miss Mary A. Farrington, 1887.
Miss E. F. Simmons, 1869.
Miss Mary G. Tucker, 1848, 49. " Mary A. Kennedy, 1849. Frederick Winson, 1849. Miss M. E. Wilbur, 1850, 51. R. Lynch, 1851 to 54.
= C. C. Tufts, 1853, 54. " S. T. Walker, 1854 to 56.
W. S. Everett, 1856 to 61. Miss E. C. Fisher, 1861 to 64.
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Miss A. L. Flynn, 1852.
66 S. F. Emery, 1852.
66 M. A. Emery, 1857.
E. T. Jones, 1857, 58.
M. E. Vose, 1858 to 61.
M. F. Whitman, 1861 to 63.
66 C. E. Mayhew, 1863 to 87.
Assistants Primary School.
Miss S. V. Breck, 1879 to 83.
" Emma L. Ziegler, 1884 to 86. 66 M. Beulah Cook, 1887.
Intermediate School.
Miss S. F. Emery, 1853 to 58.
M. E. Vose, 1854, 58.
S. T. Littlefield, 1858.
G. F. Penniman, 1874 to 77.
L. J. Blaisdell, 1877.
F. A. Wiggin, 1877 to 79.
66
E. Reddington, 1879.
66 C. F. Spear, 1879 to 81.
A. F. Kelley, 1881.
66 Emma L. Ziegler, 1881.
66 Fanny Potter, 1881, 82.
Alice E. Linekin, 1883 to 87.
TEACHERS IN WEST SCHOOL SINCE 1846.
Mixed School.
Seth Littlefield, 1846, 47.
Joseph D. Littlefield, 1847, 48.
Charles F. Patch, 1848.
Miss Clara B. Tucker, 1848.
Charles F. Patch, 1849 to 52.
E. C. Delano, 1852 to 55.
E. F. Wood, 1855 to 62.
James Sumner, 1859.
W. F. Esty, 1862 to 64.
B. F. Blake, 1864.
H. F. Howard, 1862 to 68.
Assistants, Mixed School.
Miss Nellie Vose, 1865, 66.
66 H. E. Barbour, 1866 to 68. A. M. Holmes, 1866.
F. M. Kendall, 1868.
Grammar School.
Miss E. L. Darling, 1868, 69. L. S. Butler, 1869, 70.
Miss R. H. Holyoke, 1870.
J. W. Brown, 1870, 71.
S. W. Clarke, 1871, 73.
J. W. Clarke, 1874, 77.
A. G. Fisher, 1878. D. G. Thompson, 1878 to 82.
W. T. Hart, 1882 to 87.
Assistant, Grammar School. Miss K. C. Bradlee, 1875.
Primary School.
Miss Hattie E. Barbour, 1868.
Fannie M. Kendall, 1869, 70.
66 Nellie F. Vose, 1872, 73.
66 L. W. Vose, 1873 to 77.
66 Helen E. Sumner, 1877, 78.
" M. L. Pierce, 1878, 79. 66 M. E. Tufts, 1879, 80.
66 M. E. Upham, 1880 to 82.
66 Emma L. Ziegler, 1881.
.6 Grace B. Fisher, 1882, 83.
Kate L. Brown, 1883 to 87.
TEACHERS IN CENTRE SCHOOL SINCE IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1832.
Mixed School.
Miss Mary D. Breck, 1832, 33. 66 Talbot, 1834. Nathan Metcalf, 1835. W. H. Swan, 1835, 36. John P. Robinson, 1836, in hall over Reed's store. Susan E. Adams, 1836, in vestry of church ; 1837, in new school-house. W. H. Swan, 1837 to 39. Rufus Adams, 1839 to 42. Almira Jones, 1842, 43.
Mr. Brown, 1843. Jolın Q. Adams, 1844.
Miss M. A. Kennedy, 1844, 45. . Helen French, 1845. Mrs. M. S. Webster, 1846, 47.
N. B. Bryant, 1846, 47. Gorham Bartlett, 1847. Ahira Holmes, 1847 to 49.
Miss Alice Cunningham, 1849, 50. " Sarah M. Vose, 1850, 51. J. Moore, 1851, 52. Miss H. A. Emerson, 1852, 53. C. R. Haven, 1853.
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HISTORY OF MILTON.
Miss M. E. Balch, 1853 to 55. 66 E. T. Jones, 1855.
Assistants, Mixed School. Miss E. J. Gerrish, 1847. 66 Elizabeth Sias, 1849, 50.
M. S. Kendall, 1850, 51.
Grammar School.
John L. Davis, 1855 to 62.
David Bentley, 1862 to 64.
M. T. Copeland, 1864 to 68.
F. T. Crafts, 1868 to 76.
Clarence Boylston, 1876 to 80.
Miss M. E. Parsons, 1880, 81. Winthrop Packard, 1880, 81.
O. W. Sears, 1881 to 86. C. F. Merrick, 1887.
Assistant, Grammar School. Miss M. G. Shepherd, 1872, 73.
Primary School, established 1860. Miss G. M. Clapp, 1860 to 65.
H. A. Cowles, 1861.
C. T. Clapp, 1865, 66.
" E. C. Emerson, 1866 to 79.
" Ida M. Sears, 1879 to 87.
Assistant, Primary School. Miss M. F. Emerson, 1877.
TEACHERS IN PLEASANT-STREET SCHOOL SINCE IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN
Mixed School.
Miss L. D. Bacon, 1852 to 55. 64 M. E. Vose, 1855, 56. Josiah Fairbank, 1856, 57.
Miss S. P. Adams, 1857.
B. B. Torrey, 1857, 58. W. H. Mayhew, 1858 to 60. Miss E. M. Emerson, 1860 to 62. H. A. Cowles, 1862 to 64.
" S. D. Nute, 1864 to 69. 66 A. G. Pierce, 1869 to 79.
E. M. Barbour, 1872, 73.
1852.
Assistants, Mixed School. Miss A. N. Grover, 1877. " M. A. King, 1878, 79.
Grammar School.
Miss A. G. Pierce, 1879 to 87.
Primary School.
Miss Olive Holbrook, 1879 to 83. Sarah V. Breck, 1884 to 87.
TEACHERS IN FAIRMOUNT SCHOOL.
Mixed School.
Miss A. M. Nightingale, 1857, 58.
Mrs. H. F. Rich, 1858, 59.
Miss M. J. Stewart, 1859.
B. C. Vose, 1859 to 63.
A. Sherman, 1863 to 65. P. D. Leonard, 1865, 66.
Assistants, Mixed School.
Miss M. H. Paysen, 1863 to 65. A. F. Williams, 1865, 66.
ESTABLISHED IN 1857.
Grammar School.
P. D. Leonard, 1867. 68.
Fairmout set off to Hyde Park in 1868.
Primary School.
Miss A. F. Williams, 1867. S. A. Everett, 1867, 68.
TEACHERS IN MATTAPAN SCHOOL. ESTABLISHED IN 1877.
Miss A. Bunker, 1877, 78.
Mrs. S. A. Williams, 1878 to 81. Miss Fanny Potter, 1881. Emily Holbrook, 1881, 82. " L. Jennie Bartlett, 1882 to 84.
Miss M. R. Leavitt, 1885. 66 Addie A. Jackson, 1885.
" Lilla D. Ide, 1885, 86.
" Orissa M. Baxter, 1886, 87.
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STATISTICAL REPORT OF MILTON SCHOOLS.
Valuation of Milton, 1885
$12,385,150
Number of children between five and fifteen, May 1,1885
627
Number of schools
15
Number of teachers
17
Whole number of pupils registered during year
679
Average number belonging .
536
Average daily attendance
499
Ratio of attendance to average number belonging, .93
EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR.
Teachers' salaries, fuel, and care of rooms . $14,455.92
Repairs, incidentals, music, sewing, and supervi-
4,825.87
$19,281.79
MILTON GRADUATES OF HARVARD COLLEGE.
1690, Rev. Benjamin Wadsworth.
1773, Samuel Henshaw.
1690, Joseph Belcher.
1775, Rufus Badcock.
1696, Peter Thacher.
1775, Edward H. Robbins.
1697, John Swift.
1775, Thomas Thacher.
1698, Oxenbridge Thacher.
1778, Job Sumner.
1698, Richard Billings.
1778, Jesse Tucker.
1700, John Holman.
1783, J. Smith Boies.
1703, Nathaniel Pitcher.
1783, Ebenezer Tucker.
1706, Peter Thacher.
1784, N. J. Robbins.
1708, Recompense Wadsworth.
1787, Solomon Vose.
1717, Joseph Belcher.
1787, John Murray Forbes.
1720, Joseph Gooch.
1790, Roger Vose.
1722, Ebenezer Miller.
1796, Charles Pinckney Sumner.
1723, Joseph Belcher.
1816, Jason Reed.
1724, Isaac Billings.
1733, Seth Adams.
1826, Charles Rollin Kennedy.
1735, William Foye.
1831, Nathaniel Tucker Bent.
1735, Samuel Swift.
1831, Asaph Churchill.
1737, Benjamin Prat.
1831, Wm. Saxton Morton.
1738, Oxenbridge Thacher.
1831, Warren Jacobs Whitney.
1741, Grindall Rawson.
1836, John Ruggles.
1744, Nathaniel Tucker.
1840, Joseph Mckean Churchill.
1752, John Miller.
1769, Benjamin Wadsworth.
1769, Peter Thacher.
1770, Samuel Kinsley Glover.
1770, William S. Hutchinson.
1772, Josiah Badcock.
1845, Charles Marshall Churchill. Spring
1846, Jonathan Russell.
1852, William Robert Ware.
1854, Joseph Rowe Webster.
1856, Jonathan Chapman.
1723, John Wadsworthı.
1812, Edward H. Robbins.
1822, Josiah Bent.
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1859, Amor Leander Hollingsworth.
1860, Henry S. Russell.
1861, William Hathaway Forbes.
1862, Charles Pickard Ware.
1863, George Shattuck Morison.
1867, Horace Everett Ware.
1869, Robert Swain Morison.
1877, Stedman Willard Clary.
1869, Nathaniel Morton Safford.
1879, Charles Archibald Kidder.
1880, Franklin Davis White.
1869, Robert Clifford Watson.
1870, Thomas Lesley Hinckley.
1884, Hollis Webster.
1886, Frank Spooner Churchill.
1887, James Savage Russell.
GRADUATES OF YALE COLLEGE.
1833, Joshua Thomas Tucker. 1851, James Gardiner Vose.
1842, Albert Kendall Teele. 1859, Thomas Edwin Ruggles.
1871, William Ellery Channing Eustis.
1873, Lemuel Hollingsworth Bab- cock. 1874, Edward Emerson Simmons.
1875, Gorham Palfrey Faucon.
1875, Frank Sedgwick Watson.
1876, Frederic Henry Kidder.
Elisha G. Babcock was a graduate of Amherst College, 1824. Nathaniel Foster Safford was a graduate of Dartmouth College, 1835. Edward Lillie Pierce was a graduate of Brown University, 1850. Walter Denison Brooks was a graduate of Williams College, 1868.
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CHAPTER XII.
INDUSTRIES OF MILTON.
TI THE first manufactories of the town sprang up along the Neponset river, where various enterprises were started at a very early date.
The early adventurers were led, by the natural advantages of the river, to settle in its near vicinity, and were quick to discern the water-power at the head of navigation and at the rapids above.
The river has been identified with the whole history of the town. It has proved an important factor in its successful beginnings and in its subsequent development. A description of it will be of interest to every citizen.
NEPONSET RIVER.
I have applied to our Indian interpreter, Dr. J. Hammond Trumbull, for the signification of the Indian word " Neponset." But though that eminent scholar was so felicitous in his inter- pretation of Unquity-quisset, he informs me that thus far the word "Neponset " resists all analysis.
The Neponset river takes its rise in the northern part of the town of Foxborough. In that section there are large tracts of swamps and of low, springy lands, from which issue several little streams, which, combined, form the western branch of the Neponset.
In the year 1846 a number of the mill-owners on the river obtained from the Legislature an act of incorporation, under the title of the "Neponset Reservoir Company," for the pur- pose of securing and retaining for their mills a reserve of water for a time of drought. By throwing a dam across the stream formed by the united brooklets flowing from these low lands, the waters are retained and thrown back over an area of be- tween three and four hundred acres, lying within North, Beach, Mechanic, and Chestnut streets in Foxborough, giving a general depth of eight feet when well filled. This is known as the "Neponset Reservoir." From this source a small stream flows
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northerly into Walpole, where it receives the waters of Diamond brook, rising in Sharon, and Mill brook, rising in Medfield. From Walpole it enters the southerly part of Nor- wood, and flows northerly, easterly, and southerly, receiving the waters of Bubbling brook from Medfield and Dover, and of Traphole brook, from Sharon, and forms the boundary between Norwood and the northerly point of Sharon. Thence it flows northerly, forming the boundary between Norwood and Canton, where it receives the large stream called the eastern branch of the Neponset, formed by the overflow of Massapoag pond, in Sharon, uniting with the waters of York brook from the north-east part of Canton. Running still in a northerly course it becomes the boundary between Dedham and Canton, receiv- ing the surplus waters from Ponkapog.
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