Proceedings of the Fitchburg Historical Society and Papers Relating to the History of the Town, 第 1 卷The Society, 1895 |
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19th of April Alvah Crocker appointed arrived Ashburnham Ashby Athenæum Bailey Benjamin Boston Boutelle Brattleboro burg Capt Captain cents Charles Charles Mason Charlestown chosen citizens Coart committee Concord David Debate December dollars Ebenezer Bridge Edward Hartwell elected Ephraim February fire Fitchburg Gazette Fitchburg Philosophical Society Fitchburg railroad Francis Perkins Garfield garrison Goldsmith F Goodridge Henry hundred Indians inhabitants interesting Ivers Phillips James January John Bridge John Fitch John Searls John Whitcomb Jonathan Joseph July Kimball land lecture Leominster letters Lexington Lunenburg March Mason Massachusetts miles monument Nathaniel Wood number of potitions o'clock paper post rider post-office postage postmaster present President Willis receipts record road route Samuel Secretary Sentinel soldiers stamps Stearns street Thomas tion Torrey town Treasurer vote ware Whitcomb Wilder Willard William Winchendon Worcester Worcester County York
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第 84 頁 - ... nearer and still nearer, and the flutter of the hoofs comes faintly to the ear — another instant a whoop and a hurrah from our upper deck, a wave of the rider's hand, but no reply, and man and horse burst past our excited faces, and go winging away like a belated fragment of a storm!
第 7 頁 - The annual meeting, for the election of officers and the transaction of other business, shall be held in...
第 8 頁 - Managers shall meet as often as they may desire, or at the call of the President, or upon the written request of any three members of the same, addressed to the Secretary.
第 6 頁 - ... to serve for one year, one for two years and one for three years, and thereafter...
第 76 頁 - Unconnected with passengers and other objects, it cannot be doubted that the mail itself may be carried in every part of our Union with nearly as much economy and greater despatch on horseback than in a stage, and in many parts with much greater.
第 60 頁 - As the settlements grew in numbers and magnitude, it became usual to leave letters directed to one of them at the inn most frequented by the inhabitants of that settlement. Thus, several years before there was a post-office or a post-rider in the colonies, a rude slow, unsafe, but neighborly system of letter delivery...
第 5 頁 - The members of said board shall hold office for the term of one year and until their successors are elected and qualified.
第 102 頁 - States ; and in lien of the rates of postage now established by law, there shall be charged the following rates...
第 113 頁 - If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch Of the North Church tower as a signal light,— One, if by land, and two, if by sea; And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm Through every Middlesex village and farm, For the country folk to be up and to arm.
第 60 頁 - It is ordered that notice be given that Richard Fairbanks his house in Boston is the place appointed for all letters which are brought from beyond the seas, or are to be sent thither...