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1858 Lynn City
Directory
Lynn Business Directory cont.

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BANKS.

LYNN MECHANICS’ BANK.

Incorporated 1814. Capital, $250,000.

No. 109 Broad street.

Isaiah Breed, President. William Bassett, Cashier.

Isaiah Breed, Samuel Boyce, Wiliam S. Boyce, Nathan Breed, Nathan D. Chase, John Lovejoy, Micajah C. Pratt, J. N. Saunderson, John Wooldredge. Directors. William Bassett, Jr., Teller. Geo. W. Newhall, Clerk.

Discount days, Tuesday and Friday.

LAIGHTON BANK.

Incorporated 1849. Capital, $200,000.

No. 50 Market street.

Francis S. Newhall, President. E. W. Mudge, Cashier.

F. S. Newhall, J. N. Buffum, Samuel M. Bubier, Henry Newhall, J. S. Aber, B. F. Newhall, J. P. Newhall, Directors. William Lloyd Garrison, Jr., Clerk.

Discount day, Monday and Thursday.

CITY BANK OF LYNN.

Incorporated 1854. Capital, $100,000.

Location at West end of Lynn Common.

John C. Abbott, President. Benj. V. French, Jr., Cashier.

Otis Johnson, Thomas P. Richardson, Amos P. Tapley, Philip P. Tapley, Directors. Richard J. Nichols, Clerk.

Discount days, every Tuesday.

Applications received till 12 M.

LYNN FIVE CENTS SAVINGS BANK.

City Hall. Incorporated 1855.

George Hood. President. John Bachelder, Treasurer.

Ezra Baker, C. B. Holmes, Otis Johnson, Joshua Patch, T. P. Richardson, A. P. Tapley, Vice Presidents.
Open for deposits, Wednesday and Saturday afternoons, from 2 to 4 o’clock.

LYNN INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS.

Instituted 1826. No. 109 Broad street.

J. N. Saunderson, President. Amos Rhodes, Treasurer.

Samuel Boyce, M. C. Pratt, Nathan D. Chase, Finance Committee. Benjamin F. Mudge, Secretary.

INSURANCE COMPANIES.

BOOT AND SHOE MANUFACTURERS’ MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Offices, 46 Market, Lynn; 33 Kilby, Boston.

William Bassett, President. Andrews Breed, Secretary.
J. W. Abbott, E. Baker, T. F. Bancroft, George Hood, M. S. Howe, George W. Keene, J. P. Newhall, Harrison Newhall, Warren Newhall, James Purinton, T. P. Richardson, J. M. Sargent, James S. Stone, T. C. Wales, John Wooldredge, Directors.

LYNN MECHANICS’ FIRE AND MARINE COMPANY.

No. 109 Broad street.

Micajah C. Pratt, President. Amos Rhodes, Secretary.

M. C. Pratt, Isaiah Breed, John Lovejoy, F. S. Newhall, Samuel Boyce, Eben Brown, Henry Newhall, N. D. Chase, Otis Johnson, J. N. Saunderson, Isaac Bassett, James M. Sargent, Directors.

LYNN MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Office, Tibbetts’s Building, 46 Market.

Nathan D. Chase, President; Nathan D. Chase, Hiram N. Breed, William Bassett, John Story, Joseph N. Saunderson, Thomas P. Richardson, Amos P. Tapley, Warren Newhall, James Purinton, jr., Directors, Andrews Breed, Secretary.

SAUGUS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.

B. F. Mudge, Agent, No. 109 Broad, and J. P. Woodbury, Sagamore Building, Union street.

CHARLESTOWN MUTUAL FIRE INS. CO.

Office, Sagamore Building, near Depot.

John P. Woodbury, Agent.

HOWARD FIRE INSURANCE CO.

of Lowell.

John P. Woodbury, Agent. Office, Sagamore Building, near Depot.

LOAN ASSOCIATIONS.

LYNN MUTUAL LOAN AND FUND ASSOCIATION.

Lynn Mechanics’ Bank Building, 109 Broad street.

James M. Sargent, President; Valentine Meader, Secretary; Andrews Breed, Surveyor; Benj. F. Mudge, Attorney.

WEST LYNN LOAN AND FUND ASSOCIATION.

Thomas P. Richardson, President; Dean Peabody, Secretary; Andrews Breed, Surveyor; Benj. F. Mudge, Attorney.

SOCIETIES, &C.

SHOE & LEATHER BOARD OF TRADE.

Hon. John B. Alley, President; John Wooldredge, Nathan D. Chase, George W. Keene, Vice Presidents; V. Meader, Secretary; Nathan D. Chase, Treasurer; Stephen Oliver, jr., Abner S. Moore, Thomas P. Richardson, Charles Buffum, James Purinton, jr., Philip P. Tapley, Samuel Sparahawk, of Marblehead, and Harmon Hall, of Saugus, Executive Committee.

LYNN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.

Rooms, Tremont, c. Market. Incor. March 24, 1855.

William Bassett, President; Charles B. Holmes, Treasurer; Wm. A. Brown, Secretary; N. J. Holden, Librarian.

The library contains about 3500 volumes, and the rooms are open every evening, and on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. There is also a reading room and museum connected with the Library, which is open as above stated. Terms of membership, $2.00 per year.

BAY STATE LODGE - INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS. No. 40.

Meetings in Exchange Building every Tuesday eve’g.

Joseph Wood, N. G.; David Burns, V. G.; A. B. Ingalls, Secretary; E. Burrows, Treasurer.

MOUNT CARMEL LODGE. FREE MASONS.

Chartered 1805.

Meetings in Sagamore Hall, Monday evening, after every full moon.

MILES STANDISH CHAPTER, O. U. A. NO 38.

John Batchelder, S.; Wm. F. Buckley, C. of C.; Thos. Herbert, C. C.; Roland G. Usher, F. C.; Francis Dixon, C. E.; John Gibson, S. A.; Cyrus M. Stimson, M.

Meetings Monday evening, at American Hall, Washington Street.

PINE GROVE CEMETERY.

Charles F. Coffin, Chairman Board of Commssioners, Cyrus M. Tracy, Secretary; A. P. Tapley, C. F. Coffin, B. F. Mudge, A. S. Moore, Elbridge Lovejoy, B. J. Phillips, J. A. Lloyd, John C. Houghton, William Bassett, Cyrus M. Tracy, Commissioners; Otis Newhall, Keeper.

YOUNG MEN’S DEBATING SOCIETY.

Meetings every Friday evening, at Franklin Hall, Market, c. Tremont.

Officers chosen quarterly. Terms of membership, three dollars a year.

LYNN GAS LIGHT COMPANY.

Capital $200,000.

Office 28 Union near Exchange street.

Jas. N. Buffum, President; James N. Buffum, Nathan D. Chase, Nathan Breed, Geo. W. Keene, John Wooldredge, Charles Winslow, Directors; Joseph N. Saunderson, Treasurer and Agent; V. Meader, Clerk.

LYNN MUSICAL ASSOCIATION.

Wm. Bassett, President; Thos. Herbert, Vice President; E. C. Chapin, Secretary.
Meetings every Tuesday evening in Sagamore Hall.

LYNN MUSICAL ASSOCIATION.

Incorporated, April 26, 1855.

Warren Tapley, President; Gardiner Tufts, Vice President; Thomas H. Swazey, Treasurer; Joseph H. Sanborn, Secretary; Joseph W. Barry, Conductor.
Meetings in Washington Hall, Taylor’s Building.

MECHANICS’ STEAM MILLS COMPANY.

15 Broad street.

Henry J. Thing, President; Henry Breed, Clerk; Henry J. Thing, Treasurer.

LYNN FLOUR AND GRAIN LEAGUE.

No. 32 Union street.

John Story, President; V. Meader, Treasurer; Nath’l Ingalls, Secretary; Nathaniel Ingalls, Agent.

CUSTOM HOUSE.

No. 35 Broad street.

Samuel C. Pitman, Deputy Inspector. Residence in upper Swampscott.

POST OFFICE.

Summer, corner Market street.

J. C. Stickney, Postmaster. James R. Newhall, Assistant Postmaster. Office open from 7 A. M. till 7 1/2 P. M. Wm. R. Badger, Postman.

LYNN CITY GUARDS.

Chartered May, 1852. Armory,Woodbury’s Building, Union street.

OFFICERS. James Hudson, jr., Captain; Wm. G. Brown, 1st Lieutenant; Nelson N. Kent, 2d. Lieutenant; Henry W. Oliver, 3d Lieutenant; Erastus L. Clark, 4th Lieutenant; John Newmarch, Clerk.

LYNN LIGHT INFANTRY.

Chartered May, 1853. Armory, Market, corner Liberty streets.

OFFICEFRS. Timothy Munroe, Captain; W. A. Frazier, 1st Lieutenant; Geo. T. Newhall, 2d Lieutenant; Eldridge Z. Saunderson, 3d Lieutenant; Charles M. Maudant, 4th Lieutenant; Timothy E. Munroe, Clerk.

ESSEX COUNTY.

     Essex County was incorporated May 10th, 1643.
     Shire towns, Salem, Newburyport, and Lawrence. Number of towns at the present time, 34.
     Population in 1840, 94,987; number of square miles, 400; inhabitants to a square mile, 237. Population in 1850, 131,307; inhabitants to a square mile, 328. Population in 1855, 151,167; inhabitants to a square mile, 378.

COUNTY OFFICERS.

     Judge of Probate, Nathaniel S. Howe, Haverhill.
     Register of Probate, C. H. Hudson, Salem.
     Clerk of Courts, Ashael Huntington, Salem.
     Register of Deeds, Ephraim Brown, Salem.
     County Treasurer, Allen W. Dodge, Hamilton.
     Crier of Courts, Theodore Andrews, Ipswich.
     Jailers, Ira Worcester, Ipswich; John Akerman, Newburyport; Ebenezer L. Kimball, Salem; James Cary, Lawrence.
     Overseers of House of Correction, George Haskell, Ipswich; Stephens Baker, Beverly; Ebenezer B. Currier, Lawrence.
     Masters of the House of Correction, Ira Worcester, Ipswich ; James Cary, Lawrence.

Sheriff, James Cary, Lawrence.

DEPUTY SHERIFFS.

Amesbury, John Rowell.
Essex, Ezra Perkins, Jr.
Haverhill, Jacob Howe, Phineas E. Davis.
Ipswich, Joseph Spiller.
Lawrence, Isaac Bartlett, Leonard Stoddard.
Lynn, Charles Merritt.
Marblehead, John Dixey.
Newburyport, John Akerman, Wooster Smith.
North Andover, Moody Bridges, James C. Carlton.
Rockport, Henry Dennis.
South Danvers, Stephen Upton.
Salem, Daniel Potter.

PROBATE COURT.

     At Andover second Tuesday in August.
     At Gloucester, third Tuesday in January and July.
     At Haverhill, third Tuesday in April and October.
     At Ipswich, third Tuesday in February, May, August and November.
     At Lawrence, second Tuesday in March, June, September and December.
     At Lynn, Wednesday following first Tuesday in January and July.
     At Marblehead, Wednesday following first Tuesday in April and October.
     At Newburyport, last Tuesday in March, June, September and December.
     At North Andover, 2d Tuesday in February.
     At Salem, first Tuesday in every month.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

County Commissioners meet at Ipswich second Tuesday in April; at Salem, second Tuesday in July; at Lawrence, last Tuesday in August; at Newburyport, second Tuesday in October and December; at Salem, Ipswich or Newburyport as Court may determine.

Asa W. Wildes, Newburyport, Chairman; Stephens Baker, Beverly; Ebenezer B. Currier, Lawrence.

SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS.

Lewis Allen, Danvers; Charles B. Holmes, Lynn.

TIMES AND PLACES OF MEETING.

     At Ipswich, on the second Tuesday of April.
     At Salem, on the second Tuesday of July.
     At Newburyport, on the second Tuesday of October.
     On the fourth Tuesday of December, at Salem, Newburyport, or Ipswich, as the Court may determine at the term next preceding.
     At Lawrence, on the last Tuesday of August.

COURT OF INSOLVENCY.

Holden at Lawrence, third Wednesday in January, May, July and December. At Salem, first and second Wednesday in January; first Wednesday in February, March and April; first and second Wednesday in May; first Wednesday in June, July and August; first and second Wednesday in September and October; first Wednesday in November, and first and second Wednesday in December. At Newburyport, fourth Wednesday in every month.

Judge of Insolvency, H. B. Fernald, of Newburyport.

COMMISSIONERS TO QUALIFY CIVIL OFFICERS.

Lynn, Wm. Bassett, Benj. M. Mudge, Jer. C. Stickney.

CORONERS.

Lynn, Hiram N. Breed, Plumer Chesley, Jas. Stone.

NOTARIES PUBLIC.

Lynn, Edward S. Davis, James R.Newhall, Philip C. Knapp, Amos Rhodes, Cyrus M. Tracy.

POLICE COURT OF LYNN.

Thomas B .Newhall, Justice; James R. Newhall, Benjamin F. Mudge, Special Justices; T. B. Newhall, Clerk.
The Courts are held in the City Hall. For criminal cases every day. For civil causes the first, third, and fifth Saturdays in the month.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE IN LYNN.

The star (*) denotes Justices of the Peace and Quorum, and the dagger (+) Justices of the Peace and Quorum throughout the Commonwealth.

+ John B. Alley, * Joseph Haines, Fran’s. S. Newhall,

David Austin John Hilton, Henry Newhall,

James Babb, * George Hood Jas. R. Newhall,

* Daniel C. Baker, Wm. Howland, * Thos. B. Newhall,

William Bassett, Nath'l Ingalls, Henry C. Oliver,

John Batchelder, Lewis Josselyn, Francis Parton,

Abijah E. Blood Geo. W. Keene, Dean Peabody,

Andrews Breed, Josiah F. Kimball, Daniel Perley,

Hiram N. Breed Rufus Kimball Amos Rhodes,

Isaiah Breed, Alonzo Lewis, R. M. Richardson,

Joseph Breed, 2d, James S. Lewis, Jos. N. Saunderson,

* Isaac Brown, Caleb M. Long, Chas. H. Stickney,

* Oliver B. Coolige, Aaron Lummus, * Jere. C. Stickney,

Peter L. Cox Charles Merritt, Cyrus M. Stimson,

Joseph Dampney, Benj. Mudge, Amos P. Tapley,

* Edward S. Davis, * Benj. F. Mudge, Cyrus M. Tracy

George Foster, Ezra W. Mudge, Roland G. Usher,

EASTERN RAILROAD.

DEPOT IN BOSTON, ON CAUSEWAY STREET.

OFFICERS:

JOHN HOWE, of Brookline, President.
J. B. Parker, Treasurer, office, 13 Exchange st , Boston.
Jer’h Prescott, Superintendent, office at Depot, Boston.
J. W. Harris, Master of Transportation, office at Depot, Boston.
W. J. C. Kenney, Freight Agent, office Freight House, Boston.
Freight Order-Box, No. 16 Merchants Row, Boston.

DIRECTORS:

John Howe, Brookline,
George M. Brown, Boston,
Samuel Hooper, Boston,
Henry H. Ladd, Portsmouth,
Micajah Lung, Newport,
John C. Lee, Salem,
Nathan D. Chase, Lynn.

     THE EASTERN RAILROAD COMPANY was incorporated April 14, 1836.
     Aug. 27, 1838, the track opened from Boston to Salem.
     Dec. 10, 1839, a branch from Salem to Marblehead.
     Dec. 18, 1839, road opened to Ipswich Depot.
     June 19, 1840, road opened to Newburport.
     Nov. 9, 1840, to the New Hampshire line.

     THE EASTERN RAILROAD runs from Boston through Lynn, Salem and Newburyport, to Portsmouth, and there connects with the Portland, Saco, and Portsmouth Railroad, extending to Portland. At this place passengers may go by the Portland and Kennebec Railroad to Bath, where a steamboat connects for Gardiner, Hallowell, and by stages for all parts of Maine; or by the Androscoggin and Kennebec Railroad for Readfield, Winthrop, and Waterville, where stages connect for Bangor and all other places on the Penobscot, and Gardiner and Hallowell on the Kennebec, and Thomaston, Camden, Belfast, Frankfort, and Bangor on the Penobscot Rivers.
     The Eastern Road also connects by the Essex Railroad with Danvers, Middleton, Andover, and Lawrence; and by branches with Marblehead, Manchester, Gloucester, Salisbury Mills, Amesbury, Great Falls, the White Mountains, and the interior of New Hampshire and Maine.
     This Railroad affords access to splendid sea-side locations, and passing through many pleasant towns, opens magnificent views of the ocean, and leads to the most retired spots for sea-bathing, and to the finest scenery to be found in the native forests of New England.
     SEASON TICKETS are sold, subject to the following rules and conditions, which form part of the contract of the sale.
     1st. A Season Ticket is good only for the person whose name it bears, and any other person using it will be liable to prosecution for fraud.
     2d. A Season Ticket does not entitle the holder to take any baggage, therefore the company will not be responsible for the loss of it in case of any infringement of this rule.
     3d. All Season Tickets will be given to expire on the last days of August, November, February and May, and at no other time.
     4th. Season Tickets must be renewed on or before the day of expiration, or the regular fare will be collected by the conductor; and no fares so collected through the forgetfulness or negligence of the season ticket pasengers will be refunded.
     5th. Season Ticket holders are required to have their tickets with them for inspection, or pay the regular fare when so required by the conductor.
     Family Tickets, in packages of fifty, each ticket passing one of four persons (all of whom must be members of the immediate family of the purchaser, whose names will be printed in full on the ticket,) will be sold between Boston and the above stations, at 12 1/2 per cent. discount from the regular fares.

DISTANCES FROM LYNN STATION.

Places

M.

R.

Places

M.

R.

Railroad House

0

71

Swampscott 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

180

Whitney’s Hotel

4

20

Boston

10

174

Nahant Hotel

4

186

Length of Long Beach

1

240

Swampscott Station

1

100

Length of Nahant Beach

0

179

STATIONS, DISTANCES, AND FARES.

From Boston to Miles. Single Tickets. Season Tickets 3 mos. Season Tickets 12 mos.

Somerville, 2 0 10 10 35

* South Malden, 3 0 12 10 35

Chelsea, 4 0 15 12 42

North Chelsea, 6 0 20 13 44

Malden Centre, 5 0 15 13 44

Maplewood, 6 0 17 13 44

East Malden, 7 0 20 14 48

Cliftondale, 8 0 25 15 52

Saugus Centre, 9 0 30 17 56

East Saugus, 10 0 30 17 56

Lynn, 11 0 35 18 60

Swampscott, 12 0 40 20 65

+ Salem, 16 0 50 25 88

   Danvers, 18 0 50 26 96

   Marblehead, 20 0 55 28 90

++ Beverly, 18 0 55 27 90

   West Beach, 21 0 65 29 100

   Manchester, 25 0 75 30 108

   West Parish, 28 1 00 33 120

   Gloucester, 32 1 00 33 120

N. Beverly, 21 0 60 29 100

Wenham, 22 0 65 28 100

Ipswich, 27 0 80 32 108

Rowley, 31 0 95 33 112

Newburyport, 36 1 10 34 120

§ Salisbury, 38 1 15 35 120

   Amesbury, 42 1 25 38 140

Seabrook, 42 1 25 34 125

Hampton Falls, 44 1 30 35 125

Hampton, 46 1 35 36 125

N. Hampton, 49 1 45 38 130

Greenland, 51 1 55 39 130

Portsmouth, 56 1 65 40 136

* Saugus Branch intersects. The stations between South Malden and Lynn are - Malden Centre, Maplewood, East Malden, Cliftondale, Saugus Centre, East Saugus, Lynn Common. The Eastern traines pass over the Saugus branch several times a day.
+ Marblebead Branch and Essex Railroad intersect.
++ Branch to Manchester and Gloucester.
§ Salisbury Mills Branch intersects.