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Publications of the Brookline Historical Publication Society. 1St-2D Series ional lity -10 THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES PUBLICATIONS OF THE Brookline Historical Publication Society FIRST SERIES NUMBERS i TO 10 Issued in 1895 and 1896 With a List of Subscribers and a Complete Index BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS THE RIVERDALE PRESS: C. A. W- SPENCER 1897 Miss ELLEN CHASE, DANIEL S. SANFORD, CHARLES K. BOLTON, Standing Publication Committee. V\* I-IP CONTENTS 1. A letter from Rebecca Boylston to Edward Boylston. 2. The Sharp papers in the Brookline Public Library, 3. Brookline in the revolution. By Margaret E. May. (/. Murray Kay Prize Essay for 1895.) 4. Papers of the White family of Brookline, 1650-1807. 5. Roxbury church records relating to Brookline. 6. Early notices of local events. 7. Letter from Brigadier-General Edward A. Wild to the Brookline war committee. 8. First Parish Church records of baptisms, marriages and deaths for 100 years. 9. The history of the lyceum movement in Brookline. By Grace E. Mathews. (/. Murray Kay Prize Essay for 1893.) [o. Brookline in the civil war. By Katherine R. Briggs. (/. Murray Kay Prize Essay for 1896.) CORRECTIONS Page 2. Mrs. Susan Boylston Donaghe of Morristown writes that Captain Richard Walker (not Joshua) married Susanna Boylston. " 1 6. October 7, 1774, at Concord, should read October 7, 1774, at Salem, and adjourned to meet October n at Concord. " 30. The port of Boston had been closed, should read the port of Boston was closed in 1774. " 97. Died June 13, 1847, does not refer to Miss Pierce. She died March 9, 1896. " 98. Eeraline, should read Feroline. " 158. Add to Brookline soldiers in the civil war, Edward F. Allen. " 158. Henry C. Scudder, should read Henry B. Scudder. US SETS LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS Abbott, Charles F., Chicago Clark, Miss Annie R. Abercrombie. Miss E. Comstock, Miss L. D. Adams, Charles Francis, Boston Coolidge, J. Randolph, (Honorary) Adams, Miss Pamelia S. Corey, Miss Abbie J. Ames, Joseph B. Corey, Mrs. S. E. Armstrong, George W. Cox, Edwin B. Arnold, Mrs. George F. Crocker, Miss Marion E. Aspinwall, A. A., Washington, D. C. Cummings, Mrs. Prentiss Aspinwall, Thomas Cupples, J. G. Bacon, Mrs. Francis H. Dana, Mrs. Henry F. Baker, Harriet M. Daniels, David H. Bearse, Mrs. H. L. Davis, Miss Agnes A. Bennett, Mrs. S. D. Davis, Joseph. Denver, Col. Bent, S. Arthur Davis, Miss Lucy S. Bird, A. H. Doliber, Mrs. Thomas Blake, Mrs. Arthur W., Mattapoisett, Donaghe. Mrs. William B. Boit, Robert A. [Mass. Duffy, B. J. Bolton, C. K. Dunbar, Judge J. R. Bond, Miss Marion E. Dutton, Samuel T. Boston Athenaeum Emerson, Mrs. Elijah C. Boston Public Library, Mass. Emerson, Mrs. Susan Bradlee, Rev. Caleb Davis Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. Brookline High School Eustis, Mrs. H. H. Brookline Public Library, 12 copies Eustis. W. Tracy Brooks, George Fay, Eugene F. Burdett, Horatio S. Fitch, Winchester, Ashtabula. Ohio Cabot, E. C. Forbes Library, Northampton. Mass. Cabot, Mrs. J. Elliot Francis, Dr. George H. Cabot, John H. Francis, Dr. Tappan E. Cambridge Public Library, Mass. Frye, Miss Mary P. Carpenter, Edward H. Fuller, Charles A. Chandler, Miss Alice G., Lancaster, Gay, Frederick L.,2 copies. (I'icnorary. Channing, Dr. Walter [Mass. Gibbs, Emery B. Chase, Miss Ellen, 5 copies Goddard, Miss Julia Chase, Dr. H. Lincoln Goodnow, Mrs. D., Aberdeen, Boston Chase, William H. Griggs, Miss Harriet Choate, J. L. Hall, Joseph W. Christensen, Jr., Niels, Beaufort, S. C. Hall. Mrs. Samuel VI BROOKLINE HISTORICAL PUBLICATION SOCIETY Harris, George R. Parker, Miss Helen L. Harvard College Library, Cambridge Peirce, J. Gilbert Henderson, Edward V. Perry, Mrs. Lewis F. Hill, William H. Philbrick, Mrs. E. S. Hoar, J. Emory Poor, Mrs. Mary W. Hobbs, Franklin W. Pope, Dr. C. Augusta, Boston Hopkins, Col. C. A. Robeson, Andrew Howe, Miss Louise Rogers, Mrs. D. H. Ho'.vell, Miss Helen P. Russell, Edward Howes, Osborne Sabine, Mrs. Caroline R. Hudson, John E., Boston Sanford, Daniel S. Hyde, Mrs. W. J. Sargent, Charles S. Jones, Jerome Saville, R. L. Kay, J. Murray Schlesinger, B. Kemp, Miss Edith Scudder, Winthrop S. Kingman, Bradford Seamans, Mrs. J. M. Kingman. Martin Sears, William B. Kittredge, J. C. Shapleigh, Miss Elizabeth A. Lamb, Miss A. T. Slack, Rev. Ezra A. Lee, Col. Henry Soule, Charles C. Leverett, George V., Boston Somerville Public Library, Mass. Lincoln, Jr., A. L. Starkweather, Mrs. Abby O. Littell, Miss Susan G. Stearns, Charles H. Long Island Hist. Soc., Brooklyn Stearns, William Lyman, Theodore Steese, Edward Lyman, Mrs. Theodore Tomlinson, Miss Annie B. Lynn Public Library, Mass. Tucker, P. E. Lyon. Rev. William H. Utley, Charles H. Macomber, Mrs. H. L. Wales, Mrs. John Magoun, William Norris Walker, Nathaniel U. Mason, Mrs. Albert Watson, Miss M. L. Massachusetts State Library, Boston Whitney, Mrs. Henry M. Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul Whyte, Miss Susan G. Monroe, George H. Williams, Jr., Edw. H., Bethlehem, Pa. Morris, Rev. L. J. Wilson, Mrs. E. C. Munsell's Sons, Joel, Albany, N. Y. Wilson, Miss Louisa Xash, William G. Winchester, Daniel L., Boston Xew Bedford Free Public Library Winchester, George F., Paterson, N. J. Xew York Historical Society, N. York Wob,in.r Public Library, Mass. c ' Xew York Public Library, New York Wo< < ">s Amelia Xew York State Library, Albany Wore - Public Library, Mass. < )s;;ood. Mrs. F. L., Norwich, Conn. Brookline historical Publication 0ocietij PUBLICATIONS, No. 1 A LETTER FROM REBECCA BOYLSTON* TO EDWARD BOYLSTON BROOKLINE, March 5, 1810. MR. EDWARD BOYLSTON, Springfield. Respected Uncle, It is so long since you heard from us, at least by letter, that I presume you will scarcely recollect your niece, who now addresses you, & who improves this opportunity of writing with the greatest pleasure. Miss Stebbinsf who will be the bearer of this letter has resided * Rebecca Boylston was the daughter of Joshua and Abigail [Baker] Boylston and granddaughter of Dudley Boylston. She became the wife of Deacon Joshua C. Clark. t Miss Stebbins' school house, built about 1808; stood on the southwest corner of " " New lane now Cypress street, at its junction with the Turnpike now Boylston street. Mrs. Thomas Walley, an accomplished French lady, was interested to have it put up, wishing to secure for her daughters special teaching in embroidery, sampler working and water colors beside the customary school course of the day. Of late years the old build- ing has been used as a hen and cow house by Dr. Shurtleff; it now stands on the west branch of Cameron street. Two Rewards of Merit have been preserved and are reproduced by permission of Mrs. Henry F. Dana: Miss Anna E. Heath has made HONARARY CARD. such improvement, since she has Miss Ann E. Heath has made in all the branches been under Miss Stebbins' tuition great proficiency of education to which she has that she has gained he 1 nirh attended, since she has been under approbation. Miss Stebbins' tuition. BROOKLINE, Nov. 2, iSn. BROOKLINE, August 3d, 1812. BROOKLINE HISTORICAL PUBLICATION SOCIETY in Brookline for some time, & is very much esteemed, she has kept an excellent school, & we expect her to return in a few weeks to stay the summer, when she returns I shall hope to recieve a long particular letter from you, or some of my cousins. We used to hear from you frequently when cousin Richard was in Boston, but it is now a long time since we heard from any of you. We have not heard from uncle Caleb neither, for several years. Aunt Mary has resided with us for the last ten years, & is as well as I ever knew a person of her age her memory is good, & for the two last summers she has been more rational than she used to be, she frequently speaks of you & wonders we do not hear oftener, she would be very much gratified to recieve particular information concerning you, which I hope we shall very soon. We frequently hear from Mrs. Mirick she that was Betsy Davis, I have been once to Princeton to visit her, I assure you she is very well settled, she has an excellent husband & every thing to make her happy, she has no children, but I believe she is perfectly contented. You have undoubtedly heard of the death of Capt. Joshua Walker,* as he has been dead a year last December, his last voyuges were unfortunate, he lost all the property he had before acquired, & has left a widow & two little children quite destitute, his sister Mary or rather Mrs. Miles has taken his eldest child for her own, as she has no daughter. Mrs. Miles keeps one of the first boarding [houses] in town & gets a very genteel living, she has one son married, her second son, Richard a very enterprizing youth, at the early age of twenty went master of a vessel but died on his passage home, she has still four at home. Mrs. Richardson has a very likely family of children. The eldest, Nicholas is in business with his father, the second, * Joshua Walker married Susanna, daughter of Dudley Boylston of Brookline; their daughters, Mrs. William Richardson of Boston and Mrs. Miles, were sisters of Capt. Joshua Walker. REBECCA BOYLSTON TO EDWARD BOYLSTON Thomas, is settled in the state of Pennsylvania, the third, William, is in business in Virginia, Susan the only daughter, is at home, their fourth son, Dudley, was a most amiable youth, 19 years old, who died about a year ago last November in a consumption. Mrs. Richardson desired me when I wrote to you to give you her best respects Dudley Walker has lately bought a large farm at Milton & has moved there, he has a family of seven children & has buried one.
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