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Phoenix Hotel (Dedham, Massachusetts)
The Phoenix Hotel was one of the most popular social spots in Dedham during the 19th century. It was located on the northwest corner of the High Street-Washington Street intersection in modern-day Dedham Square. Among the distinguished guests of this hotel were Andrew Jackson and James Monroe. The hotel was named after the phoenix of mythology, as it was rebuilt after a devastating fire. It would suffer several arsons before finally burning to the ground in 1880. Before it did, it would play a role in the origins of baseball by hosting the inaugural meeting of the Massachusetts Association of Baseball Players. History When the Norfolk and Bristol Turnpike was opened in 1803, Timothy Gay moved his tavern from the corner of Court Street and Highland Street to where the new road met High Street. Gay was also the owner of the Citizen Stagecoach Line and, due to this, all of the stagecoaches traveling between Providence and Boston stopped at his tavern. Gay paid $5,000 a year to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
369 Washington Street
369 Washington Street, also known as the Knights of Columbus building, is a fraternal and commercial building in Dedham, Massachusetts. Today it houses the local Knights of Columbus council and a number of commercial ventures. In the past, the property housed a number of taverns, including the Phoenix Hotel. Several notable guests, including Andrew Jackson and James Monroe, have visited the property. History The Colburn family home was built in the 1650s. When Samuel Colburn died as a soldier in the Crown Point Expedition, he bequeathed 135 acres across eight parcels to St. Paul's Church, including much of what is today known as Dedham Square. The Norfolk and Bristol Turnpike created modern day Washington Street from High Street in Dedham Square to the Roxbury line. The creation of the road necessitated moving and reorienting the Colburn family home, a building which had stood in the same spot since the 1650s. It originally sat across what is today the road, and was moved to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebenezer Burgess
Ebenezer Burgess (April 1, 1790 – December 5, 1870) was the minister of the Allin Congregational Church in Dedham, Massachusetts. Personal life Burgess was born on April 1, 1790, in Wareham, Massachusetts. He was graduated from Brown University in 1809, and at the Andover Theological Seminary in 1814. In 1835, he received a doctorate in divinity from Middlebury College. On May 22, 1823, Burgess was married to Abigail Bromfield Phillips, the daughter of Lt. Governor William Phillips Jr. He and his family lived in the Broad Oak estate. Burgess tore down the Richards home and built a new mansion on the lot in 1839. Burgess operated it as an "extensive cattle farm." Besides three who died in childhood, they had four children: Miriam Mason, Ebenezer Prince, Edward Phillips, and Martha Crowell. Burgess became the possessor of considerable wealth and was known for his benevolence. He was an ancestor of John K. Burgess and, through Abigail, the uncle of Samuel H. Walley. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Dedham, Massachusetts
The History of Dedham, Massachusetts may refer to: *The history of Dedham by time: ** History of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1635–1699 ** History of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1700-1799 ** History of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1800–1899 ** History of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1900–1999 ** History of Dedham, Massachusetts, 2000–present ** Timeline of Dedham, Massachusetts *The history of Dedham by topic: ** History of education in Dedham, Massachusetts ** History of rail in Dedham, Massachusetts ** Lifestyles of early settlers of Dedham, Massachusetts ** Early government of Dedham, Massachusetts *The history of Dedham by war: ** Dedham, Massachusetts in the American Revolution ** Dedham, Massachusetts in the American Civil War The town of Dedham, Massachusetts, participated in the American Civil War primarily through the 630 men who served in the United States Armed Forces during United States Civil War, the war. A total of 46 men would die in the war, including in bat ... { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dedham Historical Society
The Dedham Museum and Archive (formerly known as the Dedham Historical Society and Museum and the Dedham Historical Society), is a historical society dedicated to preserving and establishing a greater sense of appreciation for the history of Dedham, Massachusetts. It consists of a museum and an archive. , it had nearly 1,000 members. History As early as 1853, Henry Orin Hildreth was calling for the creation of a historical society dedicated to the history of Dedham. On February 1, 1859, Hildreth, along with Calvin Guild, Danforth Phipps Wight, Jonathan Holmes Cobb, Francis Marsh, and William Bulliard met in the office of the Dedham Institution for Savings to form an organization dedicated to "preserving and transmitting to posterity all possible memorials of past and present times." At the first meeting Wight was chosen chairman and Guild secretary. A committee was then appointed consisting of Bullard, Hildreth, and Guild to draft the Constitution and by laws. These were adop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norfolk County Jail (1817)
The Norfolk County Jail was a jail located on Village Avenue in Dedham, Massachusetts. It replaced the first Norfolk County Jail on nearby Highland Street. Today, the building is a condominium complex. Notable inmates Notable inmates included * Jason Fairbanks *Sacco and Vanzetti. Sacco's seven-year-old son, Dante, would sometimes stand on the sidewalk outside the jail and play catch with his father by throwing a ball over the wall. *Ezra Heywood. Heywood became friendly with Sheriff Rufus Corbin Wood who said to him: "If I could have my way, I would open the prison doors and say 'Go and sin no more!'" Building The two story stone building was built in 1817 and was 33' square. Part of the jail was torn down in 1851 to erect a central, octagonal portion and two wings. It resulted in a building with the shape of a Latin cross, and featured Gothic Revival windows. The three tiers of cells radiated out like spokes from the central guardroom. After it was built, the tools used were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camp Meigs
Camp Meigs is a former American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ... training camp that existed from 1862 to 1865 in Readville, Massachusetts. It was combined from the former Camp Brigham (formed to train the 18th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry) and Camp Massasoit (formed to train the 24th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry) and trained the 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, among others. The 54th regiment was one of the first official African-American units in the United States during the Civil War. The former camps were merged into Camp Meigs in August 1862. Camp Meigs was named for Montgomery C. Meigs. Other units that trained there include the 11th, 43rd, 44th, 45th, 47th, 48th, 55th, 56th, 58th, 59th, 60th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fisher Ames
Fisher Ames (; April 9, 1758 – July 4, 1808) was a Representative in the United States Congress from the 1st Congressional District of Massachusetts. He became conspicuous in promoting the new Constitution during his state's ratifying convention, which propelled him to election to the United States Congress for four terms concurrent with the Washington Administration. In this role, he was an important leader of the Federalist Party in the House of Representatives and soon became famous for his powerful skill as an orator. Ames was on the committee that inaugurated President Washington, he framed the final accepted wording in the First Amendment regarding freedom of religion in 1789 and fought many key legislative battles successfully for the Federalists in Congress. In his day, his greatest performance was a defense of the Jay Treaty in 1796, which secured enough votes to pass the appropriation for the treaty. Ames's Jay Treaty oration was known for decades afterward and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Massachusetts Game
The Massachusetts Game was a type of amateur club baseball popular in 19th century New England. It was an organized and codified version of local games called "base" or "round ball", and related to Philadelphia town ball and rounders. The Massachusetts Game is remembered as a rival of the New York Game of baseball, which was based on Knickerbocker Rules. In the end, however, it was the New York style of play which was adopted as the "National Game" and was the fore-runner of modern baseball. Rules The form of the Massachusetts Game that is best known today comes from a set of rules drawn up in 1858 by the Massachusetts Association of Base Ball Players at the Phoenix Hotel in Dedham. Although it was recognizably a type of baseball, some features of the Massachusetts Game are very different from modern baseball: * The playing field had four bases, apart. The fourth base was still called Home, but the "striker" stood midway between fourth and first base. * Fielders were allowed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knickerbocker Rules
The Knickerbocker Rules are a set of baseball rules formalized by William R. Wheaton and William H. Tucker (baseball), William H. Tucker of the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York, Knickerbocker Base Ball Club in 1845. They have previously been considered to be the Origins of baseball, basis for the rules of the modern game, although this is disputed. The rules are informally known as the "New York City, New York style" of baseball, as opposed to other variants such as the "Massachusetts Game" and "Town ball, Philadelphia town ball". Dispute Modern scholarship has cast doubt on the originality of these rules, as information has come to light about the New York clubs that predated the Knickerbockers, in particular the rules devised by William R. Wheaton for the Gotham Club in 1837. Baseball historian Jeffrey Kittel has concluded that none of the Knickerbocker Rules of 1845 was original, with the possible exception of three-out innings. Nonetheless, the Knickerbocker Rules are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Town Ball
Town ball, townball, or Philadelphia town ball, is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball, safe haven games, safe haven game played in North America in the 18th and 19th centuries, which was similar to rounders and was a precursor to modern baseball. In some areas, including Philadelphia and along the Ohio River and Mississippi River—the local game was called Town Ball. In other regions the local game was named "base", "round ball", "base ball", or just "ball"; after the development of the "Knickerbocker Rules, New York game" in the 1840s it was sometimes distinguished as the "New England game" or "Massachusetts baseball". The players might be schoolboys in a pasture with improvised balls and bats, or young men in organized clubs. As baseball became dominant, town ball became a casual term to describe old fashioned or rural games similar to baseball. Rules The rules of town ball varied, but distinguishing characteristics most often cited were: * The number of players on a team was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reasonable Doubt
Beyond (a) reasonable doubt is a legal standard of proof required to validate a criminal conviction in most adversarial legal systems. It is a higher standard of proof than the standard of balance of probabilities (US English: preponderance of the evidence) commonly used in civil cases, reflecting the principle that in criminal cases the stakes are significantly higher: a person found guilty can be deprived of liberty or, in extreme cases, life itself, in addition to the collateral consequences and social stigma attached to conviction. The prosecution bears the burden of presenting compelling evidence that establishes guilt beyond a reasonable doubt; if the trier of fact is not convinced to that standard, the accused is entitled to an acquittal In common law jurisdictions, an acquittal means that the criminal prosecution has failed to prove that the accused is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the charge presented. It certifies that the accused is free from the ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horace Mann
Horace Mann (May 4, 1796August 2, 1859) was an American educational reformer, slavery abolitionist and Whig Party (United States), Whig politician known for his commitment to promoting public education, he is thus also known as ''The Father of American Education''. In 1848, after public service as Secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education, Mann was elected to the United States House of Representatives (1848–1853). From September 1852 to his death in 1859, he served as President of Antioch College. Arguing that universal public education was the best way to provide a quality education for all of America's children, Mann won widespread approval from modernizers, especially in the Whig Party (United States), Whig Party, for building public schools. Most U.S. states adopted a version of the system Mann established in Massachusetts, especially the program for normal schools to train professional teachers. Educational historians credit Horace Mann, along with Henry Barn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
