Town of Arlington, Past and Present: A Narrative of Larger Events and Important Changes in the Village Precinct and Town from 1637 to 1907 |
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Page 61 - ... in said warrant, for the choice of such officers as towns are by law required to choose, at their annual town meetings.
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Page 135 - ... shall be issued for a less sum or amount, to be actually paid in on each, than the par value of the shares in the original capital stock of said corporation.
Page 44 - Death in equal time. But let us not tarry then — it is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed — the father is continued, and lives parted in old age.
Page 61 - Cambridge, which proportion shall be ascertained by the present valuation of the town ; and all persons who may hereafter become chargeable as paupers to the towns of Cambridge and West Cambridge shall be considered as belonging to that town, on the territory of which they had their settlement at the time of passing this Act, and shall, in future, be chargeable to that town only.
Page 48 - He received from his people at the same time •' many tokens of their respect and benevolence," and enjoyed his full share of " their regards and affections." In 1788, the Rev. Mr. Fiske became a member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard University; in 1821 he was honored with the degree of Doctor in Divinity by Columbia College, New York. He voluntarily resigned his pastoral office and charge, 23 Apr. 1828. leaving a church of about one hundred members and a congregation of about five hundred...
Page 46 - for some time, whether to decline or accept their invitation. The parish was very small and poor, and considerably involved in debt, having been destitute of a settled minister about six years, and were in a broken state, very much reduced in numbers and...
Page 47 - It was generally thought doubtful whether they would be able to support a minister, or pay the small salary they offered me But it was feared by many, and so stated to me, that if I gave a negative answer, the church and society would not make any further effort to obtain a minister, and would be broken up and dissolved.
Page 135 - Massachusetts, in which it was provided, in the first section, that twenty persons therein named, and their " associates, successors, and assigns, are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company, for the purpose of assisting emigrants to settle in the West; and for this purpose they shall have all the powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties, restrictions, and liabilities set forth in the 38th and 44th chapters of the revised statutes