The Diary of William Bentley: 1793-1802Essex Institute, 1907 - Salem (Mass.) |
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Page 178 - ... the farm which included the whole neck between Duck & Crane river, is alienated with its farm house to Col. Sprague of Salem. A third division on the SW is yet retained by the heirs of Endicott. We visited this man who was of the seventh generation from the Gov. At the door we found the Gov.'s dial.t which was in copper, a very fair impression, & in the highest order. It was marked "William Bowyer, London, Clockmaker, fecit. I. 1630. E." (the initials of the Gov.'s name). On the gnomon on one...
Page 393 - De La Fayette in the Town of Boston — Report That the President of the Senate & Speaker of the House of Representatives invite the Marquis De La Fayette to meet the two houses of the Legislature in the Senate room on Tuesday the Nineteenth day of October instant at Twelve of the Clock that they may congratulate him on his safe arrival in America after the final establishment of a Peace to which his friendly influence...
Page 387 - The Baptists by attaching themselves to the present administration have gained great success in the US & greater in New England than any sect since the settlement, even beyond comparison. This seems to be a warning to the Churches of the other denominations.
Page 329 - ... without a proper education were the true cause of his inferior excellence. He taught the Singers of the Brattle Street Church in 1778 with great approbation & his fame was great in the Churches. He was a singular man, of moderate size, short of one leg, with one eye, without any address, with uncommon negligence of person.
Page 430 - As a carver we place Mr. Mclntire with Skilling of Boston. In some works he has succeeded well. He cuts smoother than Skillings but he has not his genius...
Page 328 - This self taught man thirty years ago had the direction of all the music of our Churches. His Reuben, as he whimsically called it, with all its great imperfections, had great fame and he may justly be considered as the father of our new England music. Many who have imitated have excelled him, but none of them had better original powers.
Page 211 - Volume, his skin black, as tho' lately oiled. A short hair was on every part, but not sufficient for a covering. His tail hung one third of his height, but "without any long hairs at the end of it. His legs were still at command at the joints, but he could not be persuaded to lie down. The Keeper repeatedly mounted him but he persisted in shaking him off. Bread & Hay were given him and he took bread out of the pockets of the Spectators.
Page 211 - He tail hung one third of his height, but without any long hairs at the end of it. His legs were still at command at the joints, but he could not be persuaded to lie down. The Keeper repeatedly mounted him but he persisted in shaking him off. Bread & Hay were given him and he took bread out of the pockets of the Spectators. He also drank porter & drew the cork, conveying the liquor from his trunk into his throat.
Page 319 - ... of a market worth naming ; but they had their houses built by country workmen, and their clothes made out of town, and supplied themselves with beef and pork from Boston, which drained the town of its money. But now we abound...
Page 41 - ... there he passed through Groton, and mentions this stone together with other entries in his journal which now are of interest. He writes : We dined at Bollan's [in Chelmsford] & paid 1s /, our engagement being to have no charges for the horsemen & his horses, & at ^ past 3 set out for Groton. ... As we entered Westford we saw the best corn, & the best tobacco, & a few small hop yards. Corn being planted in all the farms & a patch of tobacco near many of the barns, & some towns through which we...