YALE UNIVERSITY I 3 9002 05350 5161 '*.*- Bates, Samael A. The ancient iron works at Bralntree.Mass. ^^S'fr' So.Braintree,1898. y r r^-v*. '-^i-r^.'' ..^v ChZ2 456 K k'"... ^ ^ v^ ; ^ {VJs^ '? \v' '^t^£i) ^^^^^"/"^^ •^¦r Tv i Ti yl* ^I'-'i' i'' >. "^ iV' ¦ j! .'i'' « X fr' * ' '¦ , Sf.~^VI« »Y^ILIE«¥]MII¥1E]SSIIW' 0 ILIIIBIS^IET « iS'^S AT (The first in America) BY Sk-muel ^. 8ktes Vice Pres. of Quincy HisU Sot, Hon. Member of Weymouth, Old Colony, and Maine Hist. Societies. SO. BRAINTREE. FRANK A. BATES 1898 /"""'t Copyright, 1898, By fFranl^ ^. Babes. fill rights reserved. She pNGiENin If^om OJoi^i^s. Among the first industries which were established in the infancy of the Colony of Massachu setts, was that of the manufacture of iron. A com pany was formed in England about the year 1644, called "The Company Undertakers of the Iron Works," who set up their works at Lynn, Boston, Braintree, Hammersmith, and other places in New -England. We only propose to investigate in this article, those established at Braintree. Many differ ences of opinion have been held, by those who have written upon the subject, of the location of the works and the time of their erection. Rev. J. A. Vinton, in his memorial of the Vinton family, locates them on the Monatiquot river, in that part of Braintree called East Braintree, and near what is now known as Hobart's mill. Dr William S. Pattee, in his history of Old Braintree and Quincy, locates them "on the Furnace Brook, a short distance south of the Catholic church, on Cemetery street, Wt-st Quincy." After some years' investigation, I am satisfied that neither Vinton nor Pattee are correct as to the location of the works, but that they were located near the comer of Elm and Middle streets, on the site where the facto ries of "Morrison Brothers" now stand. To substan tiate that position is my object in writing this article for the press. It will be remembered by the reader that the transfer of real estate was not always recor ded in the early days of the colony, but according to a vote of the General Court, Oct. ig, 1652, it appea red "that certain in this jurisdiction are apt to rest upon a verbal bargain or sale for houses or lands, henceforth no such sale should be good in law, un less made by deed in writing,'' and recorded. For many years this law was disregar ded in many cases, as it often is at the present day. This makes it more difficult to locate the estates of the early settlers, than it otherwise would have been, had the deeds been recorded. .4.gain the meagre description of the boundaries of the estates render it difficult to locate them. The first mention I can find of the Iron-works was on the " igt^of nth mo. 1643. " ( Jan. 19, 1644) "There was granted unto Mr. John Winthrop, Jun'r, and his parteners, and to their heyres and assignes forever, three thousand acres of the comon land at Braintry, for the encouragement of an iron worke, to be set up about Monotocot river. The said three thousand acres to be layd out in the land next adjoyn- ing and most convenient for their said Iron Worke, by the direction of the select Townsmen." In accordance with the above order on Nov. 23, 1647, the selectmen of the town of Boston conveyed "unto the iron-works, two thousand eight hundred and sixty acres of land, at Braintree, boun ded on the south and the west with Boston Commons, on the north by divers lots belonging to Boston, on the east by Weymouth lands and Weymouth pond; also one hundred and forty acres of land, being boun ded on the .south by Mr. Henry Webb's farm, Monati quot river on the west, and on the north and on the £ast with certain lots of Boston as appears by the plot drawn up by Joshua Fisher. " While the description of the location of the above land is very indefinite, enough is shown to convince the reader that the general location must be south and west of the Monatiquot river in the present town of Braintree. The east line is well de fined, it being bounded by Weymouth lands and Wey mouth pond. The south line is shown by a deed of John Bass to Rev. Samuel Niles, dated January 23, 17 1 1, or 1 7 12 as now counted, in which is conveyed thirty acres of Boston Commons land being three shares of the first division of Cochato lands, bound- ed west on Cochato river and east on the Iron-works land. This plainly shows the western boundary of the Iron-works land, as the land purchased by Rev. Samuel Niles was called the plantation, and is so to the present day. The house which he built on this plantation is still standing, and is occupied by his great-great-great-grandson, N. Augustus White, and is situated on South street, near the Holbrook line. Rev. Mr. Niles himself designates the locality as being at Cochato, alias Beersheba. Again, Mary White, widow of Capt. Samuel White of Weymouth, conveys to Samuel Niles, Clerk, Feb. 2, 1712 — 1713, for fifty-four pounds, 108 acres, being a part of the Iron-work land, and was bounded north on land of Samuel White the elder, west on Cochato line, south on land of Thomas Hol brook, Thomas White and Samuel White the young er, east on Breakneck hill road, running from a chest nut oak on said road direct north 140 rods to a stake. Again, May 19, 1724, the selectmen of Braintree laid out a way from Nathaniel Thayer, Jr.'s, over Cranberry brook southward, and in description it says, that said road butts on the Iron work land. The house of Nathaniel Thayer, Jr., is still stand ing, is owned by the Hollingsworth family, and sit uated on Washington street near Cranberry brook. The north line I have been unable to define but think it must have been as far north as Union street, perhaps farther. The one hundred and forty acres must have been somewhere near the lower end of Middle street, as it was bounded on the west by Monatiquot river, and south on Henry Webb's farm. The only line of said farm I can now locate, is the westerly on the Monatiquot river. It must have been near the present residence of George H. Arnold on Mid dle street. The 140 acres may have been what was afterwards known as the " Mill pasture, " extending from the line of Mrs N. Bunker, northward towards the river. We have thus described the bounds of the 3000 acres of land granted to John Winthrop, Jr. and associates, plain enough to satisfy a candid in quirer that it was located between Monatiquot river and Weymouth line, and that it could not be located near Milton line as Pattee would make us believe. This land, which was given by the town of Boston, was to adjoin and be convenient to the Iron works would not have been located where I have shown, if the works had been on Furnace brook, at West Quincy, near Milton line, for they would have been compelled to carry their wood many miles over a rough way. We must then look for a more reasonable solution of the question of the situation of the Iron works within the old town limits. The "Company Undertakers of the Iron Works," as they were called, commenced the erection of their works about 1644, or 1645, and continued their operations until they had in their possession property in 1653, to the amount of 666 pounds, which was the appraised value at their failure in that year. Perhaps no better history of these works can be found than is contained in a lease of said works given by certain persons in England to Richard Thayer of Braintree, in 1685. It is a lengthy docu ment, and I copy only a portion, but the main facts are as follows: "This indenture, made the twentieth day of June, Anno Dom. 1685. between James Dewey of London, Esq. , and Samuel Baker and Joseph Lyndsey of London, gentlemen, on the one part and Richard Thayer of Braintree, New England, in the part beyond the seas, Yeoman, of the other part: Whereas, Cornelius Holland, Lyonel Copley, William Beek, Nicholas Bond, Emanuel Downing, and Gualter Frost, Esquires, William Greenhill, Richard Babington ministers, Robert Child Doctor in Physick, George Sharpulls merchant, and other their associates being well affected to the col ony of New England, did in or about the year of our Lord 1644, become undertakers, and made certain r, propositions to the General Court of the .Massachu setts there, for the raising of the Iron Works and making of iron; and upon full debate and consider ation of the matter had encouragement from them to prosecute the design, and many lands, woods, waste grounds, privileges and advantages granted to them and their heirs within that jurisdiction; as by one patent under seal of said colony bearing date at Boston in the month of October in the said year 1644, and another patent bearing date the first day of the eighth month, 1646, and other grants and orders (to which relatiorr being severally had more plainly and at large) it doth and may appear; and whereas, the said undertakers with other adventurers did at their own proper cost and charges erect, build, and set up several houses, furnaces, mills and other buildings and works at Lynn, Braintree, Boston, Hammersmith, and other places in New England. aforesaid, and furnished the same with a large stock amounting in value to many thousand pounds, and did purchase and were possessed of a farm and lands which they permitted John Gifford, their agent, and his family to dwell in, and had also a grant of the town of Boston of 3000 acres of land and wood, and the like from the town of Lynn and other places to them and their heirs, and also did purchase of private persons, viz: of George Tovey the freehold of ten acres of land at or near Braintree, aforesaid, which cost them ten pounds, and of Mr. Hutchinson the freehold of 200 acres of other lands and tenements for the better carrying on and accommodating the said works, &c., conveyed to Richard Thayer all their purchase and adventures as Iron Works, &c. , for and during the full time of 1000 years commen cing from the feast day of the nativity of St. John Baptist last past before the date of these presents, the said Richard Thayer yielding and paying yearly to them or their heirs one peppercorn each on the first day of May." The above instrument was witnessed in 'Boston June 8, 1686, by Edward Randolph, and then recorded on Suffolk records. It was probably value less as the company had failed more than thirty- years before , and their property had passed into other hands under due process of law. In order to have a correct understand ing of the location of the Iron Works it will be nee essary to examine the situation of the neighboring estates. About the year 1641, one Richard Thayer, who had previously immigrated to this country from the parish of Thornbury, in Gloucestershire, England, came to Braintree and there settled. He resided there about five years, when he removed to Boston, married Jane Parker, widow of John, about the year 1646, and died there before 1668. He sold his prop erty in Braintree to his son Richard, as appears by the following indenture: "This indenture, made the fifth day of the seventh month, Anno Dom. 1648, (Sept. 6, 1648) between Richard Thayer of Boston on the one part, and Richard Thayer of Braintree, son of the said Richard of Boston, on the other part, witnesseth that the said Richard Thayer of Boston for and in consideration of the sum of forty pounds in hand paid unto him by the said Richard Thayer, the son, &c. , sold to the son Richard one dwelling house and other housing belonging to it; one orchard, or garden, four acres of land lying to the house and upon the river Monoticot. Also, one parcel of land lately purchased by the said Richard, the elder, of Moses Paine of Braintree, upon the river Monoticot. Also, two and one-half acres lying between Daniel Lovett and James Farr in the fields at Monoticot, bought by the said Richard, the elder, of John Niles together with the lot upon which he built his house, and four acres adjoining on the west to the house lot of Richard Thayer the father, butting upon the river of Monoticot, bought of Dermon Downing, who bought it of his brother, John Downing, being part of a lot sold by William Cheesborough, who had it given unto him by the town of Boston." Of the parties mentioned in the above deed Moses Paine died in 1643; James Farr in 1642; Dermon Downing in 1672. "Feb. 12, i66i,John Gurney, Taylor, conveyed to Richard Thayer for fourteen pounds, one house and orchard on which the house stands, five acres of land bounded south on Monoticot river; east on Richard Thayer, Nathaniel Mott and John [— ? — ]; north on Simon Crosby; west on George Aldridge. Also one-half acre west of the last lot, river on the south, highway on the north, George Aldrich on the east.'' Nathaniel Mott was killed by the Indians in 1675, and George Aldrich and Daniel Lovett removed. "June 9, 1663, George Aldridge, Taylor, and Katherine, his wife, conveyed to Richard Thayer for thirty pounds sterling, one dwelling house at Monoticot in Braintree, two orchards, eight acres bounded east and west on Richard Thayer, north on Joseph Crosby, south on Monoticot river." "May 10, 1667, Lyonell Wheatley and Elliner, his wife, conveyed to Richard Thayer, thirty- five acres granted Hugh Gunnison by the town of Boston and of him purchased by Evan Thomas de ceased, father of the said Elliner, and is heading on the land appertaining to the Iron Works." Richard Thayer mortgaged to Simon Lynde April lo, 1668, thirty acres of land bought of his father, Richard, deceased; five acres of John Gurney; eight acres of George Aldrich; thirty-five acres of Licnel Wheatley, it being the same property mentioned above. Sept i, 167 1, Richard Thayer conveyed by warrantee deed to Simon Lynde the same property. Oct. 29, 1678, Simon Lynde desir ing a better description of the land bought in 1671, Richard Thayer gave him another deed with plainet boundaries as will be seen. Previous to giving the deed as a better description, your attention is called to a purchase made by Richard Thayer of John Paine, dated Sept. 12, 1667, which was not included in the mortgaged estate, but which was mentioned in the confirmatory deed of Richard Thayer to Simon Lynde. "John P.iine of Boston conveyed to Richard Thayer, .Sept. 12. 1667, dwelling house and coal house, orchards, ilam with the land adjoining thereto, on the north side of Monoticot river, part of it formerly in the hands of Quentin Pray, otherwise known by the nam*; of the Iron Works in Braintree (excepting only this pasture of about six acres, and about three acres sold to Thomas Thayer, and four acres sold to John Pray, and a parcel known by the name of Hun- nets lot.) Also a parcel of land thirty acres joining up to the south end of his liam; Thomas Thayer tow- ards the west; Thomas Savage towards the east; Monoticot river towards the north; and other lands towards the south." Quentin Pray died in 1667. Oct. 29, 1678, Richard Thayer gave another deed to Simon Lynde, as before mentioned. "He conveys twenty five acres formerly my father Richard's land, formerly Moses Paine's, bounded north upon the highway leading to the Monoticot river; south on the said river; east on Samuel Hayden and Alexander Plumley; being near the form of a triangle. Twenty five acres: five acres bought of John Gurney, two five acre lots of my father Richard, two five acre lots of George Aldridge, bounded south on Monoticot river, east with Zechariah Thayer, north with Joseph Adams, west with land formerly of Quen tin Pray. Also, thirty five acres bought of Lionel Wheatley, bounded north on Caleb Hobart, Thomas Thayer and John Paine formerly, east on William Penn, south on Samuel White and west on Monoticot river. Also, forty acres bought of John Paine, boun ded north on Monoticot river, east on Caleb Hobart, south on the land formerly Lionel Wheatley, and west on Thomas Thayer. Also, one and one-half acres of land which John Paine deemed as belong ing to the Iron Works and comprised in the fore- mentioned lands sold by him unto me, although duly and properly belonging to the lands of my father. Richard Thayer, and by him sold unto me and never alienated to the owners of the Iron Works, but only licensed and permitted to them of the Iron Works, during his pleasure, to occupy some part thereof, the more to advance his lands adjoining to the same, which one and one-half acres is bounded south on Monoticot river; east on the five acres formerly John Downam"s; north with the highway to Monoticot river; west with a highway from Monoticot highway down to ihe mill dam; together with all housing, barns, buildings, corn mill, saw mill, fulling mill, and erectments.' From this deed we can see where the Iron Works were located. The southerly boundary was Monoticot river; the northerly, the street now called Elm street, but in 1678, Monoticot highway; the westerly now called Middle street, then the way to the mill dam. Previous to 1690, there was nothing but a cart path into the woods and fields over the Monoticot river from the street now called Elm street. In that year the selectmen laid out the northern portion of Middle street as far south as Walnut street, according to the Braintree records: -'May the 21, 1690. There being complaint made by Thomas Thayer, Jr., that the way from his dwelling house, over the dam into the country road was fenced up in two places and several of the neighbors desiring 13 desiring tu have that way laid out further than it had formerly been for an outlet into the vacant lands, and for their convenience in coming to meeting and mill, we, the Selectmen of Braintree, this 21st of May, 1690, went to the place and opened the way formerly laid out, till we came near Richard Thayer, Jr.'s house, and from thence till we come to the cart way at the corner of John Staples' land within fence." The Richard Thayer, Jr. , was the son of Richard, the son of Richard the immigrant, and probably resided on the spot now owned by G. H. Arnold. John Staples owned the land of T. H. Libby, which extended from Middle street to the river. Soon after 1690, he removed to Taunton, where his descendants still reside. The Wheatley lot of thirty-five acres was evidently on the south side of the Monoticot river, about River street; the land of Thomas Thayer on the north side of said street, it being the place formerly known as the Penniman place, and recently surveyed and a portion of it sold by Edward Reed. The lion Works, in 1688, appears to be in the possession of Christopher Webb, senior, millwright, who with Hannah his wife conveyed on April t ith. of that year, to John Holbrook of Wey mouth, housewright, for 180 pounds, all their corn mill, mill pond, waters, water courses, dam, banks, '4 one and one-half acre of land with barn thereon; bounded north and west on the highway, south on the river, east with Simon Lynde. This seems to be the same lot of land which John Paine deemed be longing to the Iron Works, although claimed by Richard Thayer as before mentioned. June I, 1697, John Holbrook of Wey mouth sold to John Webb of Braintree, son of Christ opher, senior, for 228 pounds, grist or corn mill, one and one-half acres of land adjoining, near said mill, orchard and barn, bounded north and west by the highway, south by the river, east by Simon Lynde; being the same property conveyed in 1688 by the father of John to the said Holbrook. The same prop erty, together with additional, in 1752, was conveyed to Ebenezer Thayer, Jr. , by Samuel Hayden and Esther, his wife, in the deed of which it says that it was part of the homestead of John Webb, late of Braintree, consisting of twelve and three-quarters acres of land, the west end of dwelling house in which said Webb lived, and the garden adjoining, barn, shop, two thirds of the grist mill; all standing on the aforesaid land; two-thirds of the pond, dam, &c. One piece bounded southwest on land laid out to Widow Mary Webb, relict of John Webb; southeast on land of Rev. Samuel Niles; east on Elkanah Wales, north on the river and land of Zechariah 15 Thayer, and so running northwest by said Zechariah Thayer, to the town way between said house and mill. The other piece on which the barn stands, bounded northwest on town way aforesaid; southwest on a town way leading over said mill dam; southeast on the flume; northeast on a lane leading from said house to the said grist mill. The Ebenezer Thayer, Jr. who was the grantee named in the above deed, was the father of Samuel Miller Thayer and Atherton Thayer, who inherited the mill privilege after the death of their father, and it was sold by them or their heirs; about the year 1832, it came into the hands of Alva Mor rison, and his heirs now improve it. From the foregoing and other deeds which are on the records, it appears that there were quite a number of houses at an early date, built upon the rising ground called at that time Monoticot fields, situated on the north side of the river, and extending from what is now Middle street along Elm street to the easterly side of the brook, which crosses the way near the junction of old and new Elm street. Tradition says that about the year 1675, there was a garrison house situated on the westerly slope of said land, just beyond said brook, and on a path formerly beginning near the old Hannah Clark house, crossing the field to Elm street near the brook. 16 Richard Thayer occupied the garrison house. Be tween that and Middle street were the dwellings, probably, of Moses Paine, James Farr, Daniel Lov ett, John Niles, John Downing, Nathaniel Mott, George Aldridge and John Gurney. On the westerly slope of the hill on old Elm street was situated the house of John French. Other evidence shows that the Iron Works were situated at this place. The appraise ment of the property at their failure in 1653, gives the names by which the several lots were known. Tayer s lot ('Thayer) i acre, 17 rods, is probably the same as the i 1-2 acres mentioned in the con firmatory deed of Richard Thayer to Simon Lynde. William Penn owned land in the immediate vicin ity and the appraisal mentions Penn's lot as seventy eight acres. We then have Old. Ruggles lot of twen ty acres; the situation of this lot is established beyond a doubt from the following evidence, "Sept. 29, 1645, George Ruggles of Braintree, conveys to Rich ard Leader, in behalf of the Company Undertakers of the Iron Work, twenty acres, lying in Braintree, bounded with Monotocot river north, Isaac Shelly east, Hugh Gunnison south, Francis Newcomb west." Lovett's house lot, forty-one rods, was no doubt the one alluded to in the deed of Richard Thayer, Sen., to his son Richard. Recent discoveries show that there must have been Iron-works on this spot. The Mor rison Brothers dug a well a few years ago on the prem ises, and found a vein of iron slag below the surface of the ground, which evidently had remained undis turbed for many years. When the pipes of the Brain tree Water Supply Company were laid on Adams street, nearly opposite to the factory of the Morrisons, the workmen, who dug the trench, found three bars of iron, four feet and four inches below the surface. Not knowing the value of these ancient relics,they sold them to a junk man who came along at the time. Further investigation may reveal other deeds which would throw light on the subject; but I feel satisfied from the above records that the Mor rison mills are situated on the spot where the first Iron Works were located, about the year 1644. In answer to an inquiry I have received, as to whether I could find any evidence of the loca tion being near the east part of the town, as tradition says, I would say that I have not found a particle. On the contrary I do not think it could be situated there, as a large tract of land was bought in i648,by Samuel Allen, on the norih side of Monatiquot river and nearly opposite that portion of the river where tradition says the dam was located. No allusion is made to Samuel .Allen in any of the deeds, so far as 18 I have found. In 1682, or soon after, John Hub bard built a dam and started a forge on that por tion of the Monatiquot river, which lies below the Iron Works bridge, and about that time bought land of Joseph Allen, son of Samuel, the first of the Aliens who settledin Braintree. Samuel Allen died in August, 1669, and his youngest son Joseph inherited his property, and resided on the same. 'This is probably the Iron Works of tradition, and was afterwards in the possession of Thomas Vinton. APPENDIX. In the examination of this and other papers, left by the late Samuel A. Bates, for the pur pose of preparing them for publication, the following seemed to be of interest in connection with the fore going pages, inasmuch as they are corroborative of the conclusions therein arrived at. The results of his investigations of the matter were made public in 1889, and created some comment among historians, as they were directly at variance with the statements of previous writers. In 1892, however, Hon. Robert C. Winthrop communicated to the Massachusetts Hist orical Society, {(Prooeeding-s, Oat. &; J^ov. 189S.), ex tracts from the diary of John Winthrop, Jr. who was one of the promoters of these Iron Works. It is a record of a journey from Boston to Connecticut commenced Nov. 11, 1645 and ended Dec. 5, as follows: viz. "Dec. 4. Thursday. Waded over Naponset, the tree being carried away by the thaw flood also another little river before. A third made a bridge over, felling a small tree. Passed over Monotaquid at twilight. Came by the direction of the noise of the falls to the forge. Lodged at Th. Facksons. Mr. Hoffes farmer. (J^'oot ffbtes. He probably crossed the Monatiquot in South Braintree, having come by way of Canton, crossing the Neponset river near its source. Faxon had been for some time a tenant farmer on the estate of Atherton Hough, and in 1656 bought of his son, Rev. Samuel Hough, four hundred and fifty acres of land in Braintree. The site of his house was about half a mile distant from Morrison's mills. It was undoubtedly at this house that John Winthrop passed the night.)" During a visit to England, in 1642, John Winthrop, Jr., had persuaded a number of his friends to invest money in this undertaking, and, at the outset, acted as their agent. Among his papers was found the draft of a petition to Parliament set ting forth that, in May, 1643, he "at great costs and charges did imbarque himselfe in the good ship An Cleeve of London, w<^ many workmen, servants, & materialls for the said setting up of ifon workes". Soon after his arrival in New England, he with his miners, visited "Braintre, Greeneharbour TMarshfield], Plimouth, Richman Hand [Richmond Is land near Cape Elisabeth, Me.],"and along the shore between that place and Massachusetts, having heard that there was ore at "Pascataway [Portsmouth], Ag- maenticus [York], Sako [Saco], & Blackpoint [Scar borough]." At many of these places he found iron ore, but on account of the scarcity of laborers, and inferiority of the ore, he preferred Braintree, where these difficulties did not exist. He writes early in 1644: "Although this place at Braintre — was princi' pally in my thoughts — both before I went into Eng land and since my last arrivall here, for the fittest and most convenient place for the first setting up of an Iron worke; yet being a worke of consequence, I conceived it necessary to have other places searched. — This sort of ore at Braintre is of the same sorte wch they call in Ireland the Bogge mine. We have tried it since we came over, — and the finer hath made good iron; that wch we sent into England was made of that from Braintre. — Therefore necessity seemes to drive us to accept of this place.'' In the same volume from which the last two exracts were made, we find the following letter from the Promoters of the Iron Works in England, as follows; 10, ", 13, 14, 17, 18, 21 Fields. 16 Highway. 13 27 Newcomb, Francis, land of. 17 Niles, Rev. Samuel, land of. 3, 4, 15 John. " 9, 17 Parker, Jane, marriage. 8 John, father of Jane. 8 Paine, Moses, land of. 9, 10, 12, 17 John. " II, 12, 15 Pascataway, ore at. 22 Pattee, Dr. William S. History of Braintree. Penn, William, land of. 12, 17 Penniman place. 14 Petition to Parliament. 21 Plumley, Alexander land of. 12 Plymouth, ore at. 21 Pocock, Jo: one of owners. 22 Portsmouth, ore at. 22 Pray, Quentin. land of. it, 12 John, " II Randolph, Edward, witness of indenture. 8 Reed, Edward, land of. 14 Richmond island, ore at. 21 Ruggles, George, land of. 17 Saco, Maine, ore at. 22 Saugus. works at. 24 Savage, Thomas, land of. 12 Scarborough, Maine ore at. 22 Sharpulls, George, one of owners. 6, 23 Shelley, Isaac, land of. 17 Staples, John. " 14 Street, Adams. 18 Elm. 13, 16, 17 28 Street, Middle. 5, 13, 16, 17 River. 14 Union. 5 Walnut. 13 Thayer , Atherton. land of. i 6 Ebenezer. Jr. " i 5> 16 Nathaniel, Jr. " 4 Richard. " 6, 8, 9, 10 Samuel Miller." 16 Thomas. " 11 . i2> 13 Zechariah. " 12, . 16 Thomas, Evan, land of. lo Tovey, George. " 7 Vinton , Rev. J. A., I Thomas, iron-works. '9 Wales, Elkanah. land of. 15 Weld, Tho. one of owners. . •'3 Webb, Christopher, land of. 14. IS Henry. 3. S Hannah. 14 John. IS Mary. IS Weymouth, lands. 3 pond. 3 West Quincy. works at. i White, N. Augustus, land of. 4 Mary. 4 Samuel. 12 Thomas. " 4 Wheatley, Lyonell. 10, II, 12, 14 Elliner. 10 29 Winthrop, John Jr., founder of works. Diary. 20 York, Maine, ore at. 22 2, 20, 21, 22 HISTORICAL UOOKS. Boston Record Commission, 30 Vols. $:¦ ' ' Names sihaiiged in Mass. 1780-1883. 6 1 00 Josselyn, John. New England's Rarities: DaSsoveiies in Birds, Beasts. Fishes, .Ser|'cnt,s atid Plants ol iImi country, With an Introduction and Not(!S,by E. luckernun Small 4^ pp. 169. London, 1672; reprinted in Boston, 1865. $300 ¦josselyn, John. Two Voyages to New l.ii^-land. Made diirteg the years it<.i8 — 166.1. Small 4to, pp. 21 r. London, 1675; rLprinted in Boston, 1865. S3. 00 Smith, John. Uescriptioii ol New i'ji^jand. With Portrait of ,'Vuthnr and -Map. Small 4to, pp. 89. London, iGifi; reiirinlcd in Boston, 1865. $2. 50 Smith, John Advertisements for Unexperienced Planters in New England. With Portrait of Author and .Map. Small 4to, pp. 72. London, 1631; reprinttd in Boston, 1865. "^ 2 50 Plymouth Colony Records. Vols. 7, 8, 9, 10, 12. each $4 00 Bates, S. A. Ancient Iron Works at Braintree. {'Ihe first in^fimeriaa.) i2mo, paper, pp. 30. 25 cent'-. IN PRESS. List of the Soldiers of Braintree in the Revolution By Samuel A. Batcb FRANK A. BATES —^IJTH BRAINTREE. ' IA',', r6 •^M % ,7# 1 -¦'* ~«>/&'^" "' " mi )'- -^