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The military record of Reading men in the War of Independence
Creator:
Howard, Loea Parker
Date:
1934
Description:
View title in the Internet Archive
Library: Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
Collection:
Wakefield Local History Books
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Proceedings of the 250th anniversary of the ancient town of Redding, once including the territory now comprising the towns of Reading, Wakefield, and North Reading : with historical chapters
Creator:
Eaton, Chester W.(Chester Williams),1839-1916.
Date:
1896
Description:
398 pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrated
Library: Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
Collection:
Wakefield Local History Books
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Inaugural exercises in Wakefield, Mass. : including the historical address and poem delivered on the occasion of the assumption of its new name, by the town formerly known as South Reading, on Saturday, July 4th, 1868
Creator:
Eaton, Lilley,1802-1872.
Date:
1872
Description:
Half title: Proceedings at the inauguration of the town of Wakefield, July 4th, 1868.
Library: Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
Collection:
Wakefield Local History Books
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Malden, Maplewood, Wakefield, Reading, Stoneham, Medford and West Medford : their representative business men and points of interest
Creator:
Mercantile Illustrating Company (New York, N.Y.)
Date:
1893
Description:
127 pages : illustrated
Library: Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
Collection:
Wakefield Local History Books
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Parker Tavern : 103 Washington Street
Creator:
Walkable Reading
Date:
03-2010
Description:
103 Washington Street : Parker Tavern. This structure was not built by a Parker nor is it a tavern as we know them today, but it has a long and important history. The house dates from the earliest…[More]
Library: Reading Public Library
Collection:
Walkable Reading
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Old Nichols Home : 529 Franklin Street
Creator:
Walkable Reading
Date:
03-2010
Description:
529 Franklin Street : Old Nichols Home. Settlement in this area of Reading took place after the second land grants were distributed in 1686/7. John Nichols received a parcel at that time. He died…[More]
Library: Reading Public Library
Collection:
Walkable Reading
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Richard Nichols House : 483 Franklin Street
Creator:
Walkable Reading
Date:
03-2010
Description:
483 Franklin Street : Richard Nichols House. As if the setting of this house on top of a high rise of land was not enough to catch a passerby's eye, then certainly the pumpkin colored facade makes…[More]
Library: Reading Public Library
Collection:
Walkable Reading
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Early Parker House : 458 Franklin Street
Creator:
Walkable Reading
Date:
03-2010
Description:
458 Franklin Street : Now demolished. It seems a bit unusual to stop at an address that no longer exists and see two contemporary houses that replaced an old homestead. Although all vestiges of the…[More]
Library: Reading Public Library
Collection:
Walkable Reading
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Joseph Parker House : 420 Franklin Street
Creator:
Walkable Reading
Date:
03-2010
Description:
420 Franklin Street. Surprisingly, Reading's earliest map drawn in 1765 does not show this house and yet historians believe it was built long before the map existed. Ownership can be traced back to…[More]
Library: Reading Public Library
Collection:
Walkable Reading
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Foster-Emerson house : 409 Grove Street
Creator:
Walkable Reading
Date:
03-2010
Description:
409 Grove Street : The Foster-Emerson House. The home that now stands at 409 Grove Street was moved from its original location at 288 Grove Street in September of 1998. This house is often referred…[More]
Library: Reading Public Library
Collection:
Walkable Reading
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Bancroft homestead : 320 West Street
Creator:
Walkable Reading
Date:
03-2010
Description:
320 West Street : Bancroft Homestead. This home was built circa 1720, by a descendent of one of Reading's most famous families, the Bancrofts, who settled in Reading in 1673 on woodlots that their…
Library: Reading Public Library
Collection:
Walkable Reading
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Eaton-Prescott farm : 284 Summer Avenue
Creator:
Walkable Reading
Date:
03-2010
Description:
284 Summer Avenue : Eaton-Prescott Farm. Originally situated on a 100 plus acre farm stretching from Woburn to Oak and West Street to Washington Street, this house sheltered a long line of the…
Library: Reading Public Library
Collection:
Walkable Reading
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Samuel Bancroft house : 232 West Street
Creator:
Walkable Reading
Date:
03-2010
Description:
232 West Street : Samuel Bancroft House. This property was part of a farm pieced together by Henry Merrow over the years between 1652 and 1681. The farm was well situated on fertile land between "two…[More]
Library: Reading Public Library
Collection:
Walkable Reading
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Jabez Weston House : 86 West Street
Creator:
Walkable Reading
Date:
03-2010
Description:
86 West Street : Jabez Weston House. This house marks a locus of very early town development, when West Street marked the western boundary of town settlement. The Weston family owned a great deal of…[More]
Library: Reading Public Library
Collection:
Walkable Reading
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Massachusetts Reading quadrangle / Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Description:
View map in pdf format
Collection:
Gloucester Map Collection
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