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CHARLESTOWN , formerly a See also:separate See also:city of See also:Middlesex See also:county, See also:Massachusetts, U.S.A., but since 1874 a See also:part of the city of See also:Boston, with which it had See also:long before been in many respects practically one. It is situated on a small See also:peninsula on Boston See also:harbour, between the mouths of the Mystic and See also:Charles See also:rivers; the first See also:bridge across the Charles, built in 1786, connected Charlestown and Boston. A See also:United States See also:navy yard (1800), occupying about 87 acres, and the Massachusetts See also:state See also:prison (1805) are here; the old burying-ground contains the See also:grave of See also:John Harvard and that of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Beecher, the first See also:American member of the famous Beecher See also:family; and there is a soldiers' and sailors' See also:monument (1872), designed by See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin Milmore. Charlestown was founded in 1628 or 1629, being the See also:oldest part of Boston, and soon See also:rose into importance; it was organized as a township in 1630, and was chartered as a city in 1847. Within its limits was fought, on the 17th of See also:June 1775, the See also:battle of Bunker See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill (q.v.), when Charlestown was almost completely destroyed by the See also:British. The Bunker Hill Monument commemorates the battle; and the navy yard at See also:Moulton's Point was the landing-See also:place of the attacking British troops. Little was done toward the rebuilding of Charlestown until 1783.
The See also:original territory of the township was very large, and from parts of it were formed See also:Woburn (1642), See also:Malden (1649), See also:Stoneham (1725), and See also:Somerville (1842); other parts were annexed to See also:Cambridge, to See also:Medford and to See also:Arlington. S. F. B. See also:Morse, the inventor 'of the electric See also:telegraph, was See also:born here; and Charles-See also:town was the birthplace and See also:home of Nathaniel Gorham (1738-1796), a member of the See also:Continental See also:Congress in 1782-1783 and 1785-1787, and its See also:president in 1786; and was the home of Loammi See also:Baldwin (178o-,838), a well-known See also:civil engineer; of See also:Samuel See also:Dexter (1761-1816), an eminent lawyer, secretary of See also:war and for a See also:short See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time secretary of the See also:treasury in the See also:cabinet of President John See also:- ADAMS
- ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
- ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
- ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
- ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
- ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
- ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
- ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
- ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
- ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)
Adams; and of See also:Oliver See also:Holden (1765-1831), a composer of hymn-tunes, including " See also:Coronation."
See R. See also:Frothingham, See also:History of Charlestown (Boston, 1845), covering 1629–1775; J. F. Hunnewell, A See also:Century of Town See also:Life . . . 1775–1887 (Boston, 1888) ; and See also:Timothy T. See also:Sawyer, Old Charlestown (1902).
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