1851 Lynn Directory LYNN PROPER DIRECTORY. Pgs. 150 - 159.

Lynn High School House

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INSURANCE COMPANIES. LYNN MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE. 169 N. Common street. President-Nathan D. Chase. Secretary-Andrews Breed. LYNN MECHANICS' FIRE AND MARINE, 109 Broad street. President-Micajah C. Pratt. Secretary-Amos Rhodes. FIRE DEPARTMENT. CHIEF ENGINEER-Albourne Oliver, 21 Summer street. CLERK-James Wheeler, 60 Essex street. ENGINES. LOCATION. CAPTAINS. 1 Relief, 50 S. Common street Eustace Newhall. 2 Dispatch, Federal street, Joseph Moulton. 3 Fountain, Broad street, William A. Clough. 4 Tiger, Gravesend, William E Jeffries. 5 Empire, Woodend, Hezekiah Shaw. 6 Enterprise, Boston street, Edmund Brown. 7 Atlantic, Swampscot, John Chapman. 8 Volunteer, Ash street, Joseph M. Rowell. 9 Niagara, Franklin Street, N. A. Ramsdell. 10 Silver Grey, Baltimore street, James S. Bancroft. 11 Eagle, Nahant, Alonzo Colby. 12 Hook and Ladder, Broad street, Joseph Dwyer. SCHOOLS. WARD 1. Swampscot Grammar School, Blaney street. Principal - Eli S. Boynton. Intermediate - Maria Plympton. Primary - Eliza Plympton. WARD 2-Woodend. Howard St. Grammar School. Principal - John L. Shorey. Assistant - Mary Jane Mudge. 1st Intermediate - Mehitable C. Damon; 2d. Laura A. Shorey. 1st Primary, Union street, Mary J. Herrick; 2d, Orange street, Anna C. Trufant; 3d, Lewis street. Arabella Bowers; 4th, Jackson street, Caroline E. Curtis. WARD 3. Gravesend Grammar School, Chestnut st. Principal - Robert S. Perkins. Primary - Maria Attwell. WARD 4. Mt. Vernon St. Grammar School. Principal - Samuel W. King. Assistant - Cordelia Newhall. 1st Intermediate, Mercy Burrill; 2d, Baltimore street, Elizabeth G. Harron. 1st Primary, Mt. Vernon street, Sarah E. Austin; 2d, Baltimore street, Lydia Dodge; 3d, High st. Hannah Cooke; 4th, Mt. Vernon st. Eliza H. Beaumont. WARD 5. Franklin St. Grammar School. Principal - John Batchelder. Assistants – Harriet A. and H. Elizabeth Johnson. Intermediate, Elizabeth Campbell; assistant, Susan H. Alley. 1st Primary, Caroline R Johnson: 2d, Abba Ann Atkinson; 3d, Livingston court, Laura J. Ross; 4th, S. Common street, Caroline E. Perkins. WARD 6. Centre St. Grammar School. Principal - Joseph Peabody jr. Assistants - Matilda F. and Hosanna W. Peabody. 1st Intermediate, Emeline Mansfield; 2d, Martha Holbrook. 1st Primary, Federal street, Maria A. Hudson; 2d, Grove street, Elizabeth D. Howe; 3d, George street, Elizabeth Hulen; 4th, Turnpike, Mary E. Stevenson. WARD 7. Tower Hill Grammar School. Principal - John C. Houghton. Assistant - Mary E. Proctor. W ARD 8. Nahant Grammar School. Principal - J. Jameson. WARD 9. Wyoma Grammar School. Principal - J. Thomas. High School, City square. Principal - Jacob Batchelder jr. Assistant - Priscilla Titcomb. Friends' School, Silsbee street. Teacher - Hannah B. Smith. Private Schools. 1, Young Ladies' Academy, 100 S. Common street, Susan D. Breed, teacher. 2, Caroline F. Rogers, 11 Park street. 3, Emeline R. Kimball, 3 Essex st. 4, Hannah M. Webster, 82 Union street. 5. Frances Haskell, 14 Ellis's court. 6, Mary Stearns, 57 Newhall street. SOCIETIES. Bay State Lodge-Independent Order of Odd Fellows-Meetings in Exchange Building every Tuesday evening. Cadets of Temperance, juvenile, meet at Bay State Hall every Friday evening. Central Female Watcher's' Society. Ruth Mudge, president; , Mary L. Dickason, secretary and treasurer. Daughters of Rechab, meet at Mechanics' Hall every Thursday evening. Female Benevolent Society. - Mrs. James Mudge, president; Ruth Childs, secretary and treasurer. Female Fragment Society. - Eliza B. Boyce, president; Martha C. Oliver, secretary. Fourth Ward Male Watchers' Society. - Wm. D. Thompson, president; Bartlett B. Breed, secretary. Fourth Ward Female Watchers' Society. - Elizabeth Pratt, president; Alice B. Fuller, secretary. Lynn Lyceum, corner Market and Summer. George Hood, president. Mount Carmel Lodge, chartered 1805. - Thomas Phillips, worshipful master; Edward Carroll, senior warden; Isaac Brown, junior warden; John Renton, senior deacon; AIfred Ingalls, junior deacon; Wm. L. Harmon, treasurer; Edmund Munroe, secretary; Jonathan Richardson, tyler. Meetings in Bay State Hall, Monday evening, after every full moon. Mutual Male Watchers' Society. - Joseph Breed, president; John Nichols, secretary. Mutual Female Watchers' Society. - Mrs. John Nichols, president; Mrs. Joseph A. Proctor, secretary. Nahant, Temple of Honor, meets at Exchange Hall every Thursday evening. Natural History Society, 3 Tremont street. Jacob Batchelder jr. president; Dr. J. M. Nye, treasurer; Stephen D. Pool, Secretary; Cyrus M. Tracy, librarian. Pine Grove Cemetery Corporation. - Hon. George Hood, president; William Bassett, clerk. Sons of Temperance, Washingtonian Division, meet at Bay State Hall every Wednesday evening. Sons of Temperance, High Rock Division, meet at Mechanics' Hall every Monday evening. Sons of Rechab, meet at Mechanics' Hall every Wednesday evening. Temperance Union, Gravesend, meets every Thursday even'g. Widow and Orpan's Society. - Mrs. John L. Alley, president; Mrs. Timothy Newhall, secretary. STATISTICS. Ward. Local Names. Census. Males. Females. Legal Voters. Scholars.               1 Swampscot 901 453 448 187 181 2 Woodend 2,047 1,016 1,031 457 423 3 Gravesend 566 279 287 134 141 4 Railroad Station 3,155 1,54 1,631 678 464 5 Market Street 3,028 1,467 1,561 639 482 6 Lynn Hotel 3,017 1,449 1,568 618 582 7 Tower Hill 389 191 198 78 66 8 Nahant 237 129 116 44 49 9 Wyoma 273 139 134 66 66                   13,613 6,639 6,974 2,901 2,456   State Census, May 1850 13,613 Acres of road in Lynn 319 U. S. Census, Oct. 1850 14,257 Number of houses 1,744 Families 3,826 Barns 594 Number of ratable polls 3,197 Shops, stores, &c. 810 Legal Voters 2,901 Churches 16 Votes on adoption of the City Charter, School houses 22 Yeas 1,047 Grain milIs 3 Nays  987 Steam factories 2 Total 2,034 Horses 455 Votes in November, 1850, Oxen 68                 Boutwell 980 Cows 347                 Briggs 777 Swine 301                 Phillips 514 Acres mowing land 1,360                 Total 2,271 Tons of hay 1,216 Square miles in Lynn 13 Acres of salt marsh 246 Square acres 8,360 Acres of meadow 41 Acres in Great Nahant 470 Bushels of Indian corn 4,053 Acres in Little Nahant 45 "              Rye 506 Acres in ponds and brooks 175 "              Barley 409 Lynn half of Saugus river 109 "              Oats 50 Miles of road in Lynn proper 49..58 "              Wheat 22 In Swampscot 6.118 "              Potatoes 10,332 Nahant and Beach road 6..68 Enrolled Militia 1,309 Total miles of road 62..84 City valuation $4,148,989 Miles of boundary 33..118     PERSONS BORN IN Ireland 992 France 5 Sweden 1 England 159 Italy 4 Manilla 1 Nova Scotia 142 West Indies 4 Africa 1 Scotland 40 Denmark 3 Germany 13 Switzerland 1 Colored 110   SHOE BUSINESS. Shoe Manufactories 135 Linen Thread 9,730 Manufacturers, includ'g those in company 155 Sewing Cotton 3,030 Cutters, commonly termed clickers 295 Lacetts 10,460 Workmen, termed cordwainers 3,779 Ribbons 8,288 Females, termed binders 6,412 Other Trimmings 6,803 Pairs of women and children's shoes, boots and gaiters 4,571,400 Webbing for Gaiter Boots 2,500 Value $3,421,300 Value of material $1,627,716 Capital $1,043,650 Wood Boxes $16,460 Sole Leather $497,340 Paper Boxes 1,445 Morocco Leather 395,100 Lasts 11,640 Patent Leather 283,515 Bristles* 3,800 Lasting and Silk 202,785 Flour, for paste* 3,700 Calf Skin 98,635 Rezin for wax* 1,900 Galloons 41,100 Gum Arabic* 1,800 Cotton 31,160 Blacking* 950 Linen 3,110 Freight 14,550 Sewing Silk 18,714 Express and Postage 3,106 Hemp Thread $15,386 Morocco manufactured in Lynn $210,000 *Furnished by workmen.      NOTE. - As this is the first time an attempt has been made to give an account of the shoe business in all its details, it may not be exactly correct, but probably approaches very near the actual sums. We recommend to the manufacturers to keep exact accounts of their business in all its particualrs, for their own interest, as well as for the purpose of making the succeeding numbers of the Directory more interesting.      SIZES OF SHOES. - As many persons do not know the "sizes" of shoes, we will take the liberty to inform them. A size is the length of one" barley corn," or one third of an inch. A size-stick is thus formed: Take a rule, or piece of wood, thirteen inches in length, and divide it into thirty-nine equal parts, of one third of an inch each. The first thirteen are left blank, and counted nothing. The second thirteen are called children's sizes. The third thirteen are called men's and women's sizes; each marked from one to thirteen. Thus nine inches is a man's size No. 1. Ten inches is No.4. Eleven inches is No.7. Twelve inches is No. 10. PREVAILING NAMES, with number of Legal Voters of each family name. Newhall 74 Bacheller 25 Perkins 12 Breed 53 Stone 24 Ireson 11 Johnson 52 Burrill 20 Tarbox 11 Alley 49 Mansfield 20 Moulton 11 Lewis 45 Oliver 19 Allen 10 Parrott 39 Smith 19 Berry 10 Brown 37 Ingalls 15 Mudge 10 Chase 35 Richardson 15 Graves 10 Phillips 30 Rhodes 13 Vickary 10     DISTANCES FROM LYNN STATION. PLACES. M. R. PLACES. M. R. Railroad House 0 71 Swampscot Beach 1 256 Post Office,Lyceum Hall 0 123 Fishing Point 2 20 West Lynn Station 0 282 Ocean House 2 271 City Hall 0 250 Phillips Beach 3 58 Lynn Hotel 1 77 Wyoma, (Dye House corner) 2 70 Saugus Village 2 220 Lynnfield Hotel 4 280 Saugus Centre 3 260 Salem 5 96 Lynn Beach 0 206 Danvers 5 80 Little Nahant 2 60 Marblehead 5 184 Whitney's Hotel 4 20 Boston 10 170 Nahant Hotel 4 136 Length of Long Beach 1 246 Swampscot Station 1 100 Length of Nahant Beach 0 170      WE wish  to make a few remarks on the propriety and importance of persons purchasing or selling land, having it measured, and the deed and title properly made and secured by a competent surveyor. Many persons think that if they measure the land and write the deed themselves, they have saved a dollar; but probably more expense and property is wasted in lawsuits from this defect than from almost any other cause. Others employ some cheap surveyor, who understands nothing of the variation or attraction of the compass, and who measures with a chain longer or shorter than the standard measure. Much of our business, both in and out of town, has been re-surveying these incorrect measurements, and renewing these imperfect deeds. In one instance we found a defect of seven acres in a single farm, which made a difference of more than four thousand dollars to the proprietors. People cannot be too careful in securing their real estate. They are requested to remember that Alonzo Lewis makes surveying his business. LYNN HIGH SCHOOL HOUSE.      The High School House, of whose external appearance the engraving on the next page is a good representation, was erected at a cost of about $7000. under the superintendence of a building committee appointed by the town, March 16, 1850 It was dedicated January 8, 1851. An appropriate address was delivered by Rev. B. Sears, secretary of the Board of Education, and addresses were also made by Messrs. Hood, Shackford, and Jacob Batchelder, jr.      The house is warmed and ventilated in the best manner. It is thoroughly built; and though without any superfluous ornament, is in good taste, and provided with ample accommodations. The main school room is about forty-six feet square and sixteen feet in height. The two recitation rooms are each twenty-two by twenty-five feet. These are furnished with settees, and the school room with Wales's patent desks and chairs. The whole cost of building, grading, fencing, ,seats, apparatus, &e. has been about $9,500. The appropriation by a vote of the town for this object was $12,000.      The number of scholars admitted in 1849 was forty-seven; in 1850, ahout the same number. At the examination for admission of  scholars this year, (1851,) seventy-one candidates presented themselves, and forty-two were admitted. It is intended that there shall be, at this school, a three years' course of study. In order to enter, pupils are required to pass a good examination in the elementary studies pursued at the Grammar Schools. And those scholars who complete the prescribed three years' course of study, shall be entitled to receive a diploma, signed by the teachers and the school committee. At present there are seats provided for one hundred and twenty scholars.      For two years the school has maintained the highest reputation, and it is, undoubtedly, an institution of which our city may boast, as one of the best in the state. The school, when full, will be under the instruction of one principal and two assistants. The pupils receive the best instruction, without money and without price. They are removed from the annoying presence of smaller scholars; and, in the commodious rooms provided for them, they can prepare themselves, by an extended course of mathematical, philosophical and classical studies, for the responsibilities of active life.

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