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August 23, 1861- Dedham's troops were shipped out to the front lines near Washington, D.C. [330] 1861-1854 - During the Civil War, the Dedham Transcript wrote that "Almost to a man," the Catholic men of Dedham "answered Lincoln's call," [309] [295] and sadly "no church in Dedham lost so many men in proportion to their numbers as did St. Mary's."
Dedham: Historic and Heroic Tales From Shiretown. The History Press. ISBN 978-1-59629-750-0. Slafter, Carlos (1905). A Record of Education: The Schools and Teachers of Dedham, Massachusetts 1644-1904. Dedham Transcript Press. 1642-3. Smith, Frank (1936). A History of Dedham, Massachusetts. Transcript Press, Incorporated
In the mid-1800s, the Transcript was published by John Cox, Jr., and edited by Samuel H. Cox. [2] [a] By 1980, the Transcript-- then called the Daily Transcript-- was the flagship of a five-paper chain, Transcript Newspapers Inc., that included the News-Tribune of Waltham and three weekly newspapers in West Roxbury-Roslindale (neighborhoods of Boston), Newton and Needham (suburbs west of Boston).
Dedham High School is a public high school in Dedham, Massachusetts, United States, and a part of the Dedham Public Schools district. The school was founded in 1851 by the oldest public school system in the country. [ 1 ]
During the Civil War, the Dedham Transcript wrote that "Almost to a man," the Catholic men of Dedham "answered Lincoln's call," [13] [9] and sadly "no church in Dedham lost so many men in proportion to their numbers as did St. Mary's." [1] [4] Their patriotism and deaths did much to counter the anti-Catholic bias that existed in town. [13]
Dedham held five illegal town meetings despite the Act. [11] At these meetings, they supported the Suffolk Resolves, the Continental Congress, the Continental Association, and acts to further embarrass anyone in Dedham caught drinking tea. [12] This included publishing the names of anyone "so devoid of patriotism" to drink tea as a traitor. [8]
A firehouse in East Dedham was constructed in 1846 on Milton Street near the Old Stone Mill. [ 14 ] [ a ] It was used until 1897, when the firehouse on Bussey Street was constructed. [ 14 ] Hose Number 3 [ b ] was purchased by the town for the Milton Street station in 1891 and then moved to the Bussey Street location. [ 14 ]
The telephone company ran ads in the Dedham Transcript to alert customers to the change, and the Avery School PTO hosted a workshop to help explain the new system. [125] While the new systems enabled residents to obtain new phones in colors other than black, it also resulted in the layoffs of 176 operators who worked in the Church Street ...