The Soldiers' Monument in CambridgePress of J. Wilson and son, 1870 - 104 pages |
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... hundred men . During the war , with us , party spirit was laid aside , and shoulder to shoulder our young men stood firm for loyalty and the Union . Let it be known for all time , that at every call from our city for volunteers , our ...
... hundred men . During the war , with us , party spirit was laid aside , and shoulder to shoulder our young men stood firm for loyalty and the Union . Let it be known for all time , that at every call from our city for volunteers , our ...
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... could thus incur this fear- ful responsibility , and prolong a war , by which , more than three hundred thousand lives were blotted from I existence , and which must assume the responsibility of this 42 CAMBRIDGE SOLDIERS ' MEMORIAL .
... could thus incur this fear- ful responsibility , and prolong a war , by which , more than three hundred thousand lives were blotted from I existence , and which must assume the responsibility of this 42 CAMBRIDGE SOLDIERS ' MEMORIAL .
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... hundred and thirty - four teachers , and attended by six thousand one hundred and sixty - seven pupils . The amount appropriated for municipal purposes the present year is $ 782,050 . The city maintains a system of water works 1 This ...
... hundred and thirty - four teachers , and attended by six thousand one hundred and sixty - seven pupils . The amount appropriated for municipal purposes the present year is $ 782,050 . The city maintains a system of water works 1 This ...
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... hundred and fifty - three men . Three hundred and sixty - nine of these three hundred and fifty - four in the army , and fifteen in the navy - died of wounds received in battle , or of disease contracted in the service . - - The ...
... hundred and fifty - three men . Three hundred and sixty - nine of these three hundred and fifty - four in the army , and fifteen in the navy - died of wounds received in battle , or of disease contracted in the service . - - The ...
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... hundred and sixty - nine , and of the Independence of the United States the ninety - third , the corner- stone of this Monument is laid , by the city authorities of Cam- bridge , as a public duty , and with the hope that gratitude and ...
... hundred and sixty - nine , and of the Independence of the United States the ninety - third , the corner- stone of this Monument is laid , by the city authorities of Cam- bridge , as a public duty , and with the hope that gratitude and ...
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The Soldiers' Monument in Cambridge: Proceedings in Relation to the Building ... Cambridge Massachusetts No preview available - 2017 |
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Page 44 - February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and of the independence of the United States of America the ninety-third.
Page 11 - ... judges in matters of this nature) be accounted void and null, unless the same shall likewise be allowed by the archbishop or...
Page 11 - At a meeting of the proprietors of the common and undivided lands in Cambridge, in 1769, "all the common lands, belonging to the proprietors, fronting the college, commonly called the Town Commons, not heretofore granted or allotted to any particular person, or for any special or particular use...
Page 21 - SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF CAMBRIDGE, WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE INSCRIBED, DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY, IN THE WAR FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE UNION. TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THEIR VALOR AND PATRIOTISM, THIS MONUMENT is ERECTED BY THE CITY, AD 18G9-70.
Page 11 - Commons, be and the same are hereby granted to the town of Cambridge to be used as a training field, to lie undivided and to remain for that use forever, provided, nevertheless, that if the said town should dispose of, grant or appropriate the same or any part thereof at any time hereafter, to or for any other use than that aforementioned, then and in such case the whole of the premises hereby granted to said town shall revert to the Proprietors granting the same, and the present grant shall thereupon...
Page 11 - ... the town of Cambridge, to be used as a training field, to lie undivided, and to remain for that use forever, provided, nevertheless, that if the said town should dispose of, grant, or appropriate the same, or any part thereof, at any time hereafter, to or for any other use than that aforementioned, then, and in such case, the whole of the premises hereby granted to the said town shall revert to the proprietors granting the same,
Page 93 - Beautiful! my Country! ours once more! What were our lives without thee? What all our lives to save thee? We reck not what we gave thee; We will not dare to doubt thee, But ask whatever else, and we will dare!
Page 94 - And be it known unto Britain, even American daughters are politicians and patriots, and will aid the good work with their female efforts.
Page 10 - Ordered, That a Joint Special Committee, to consist of the President and five members of the Common Council, with such as the Aldermen may join, be appointed to consider and report upon the subject of a
Page 44 - According to the plan of sewerage, the expense of the same to be charged to the appropriation for Highways.