Historic leaves published by the Somerville Historical Society, 1903-1915.
Available in the Somerville Local History Room

Vol. I No. 1

Portrait of Elbridge Streeter Brooks	p. 6
Elbridge Streeter Brooks - Biographical Sketch & Memorial Exercises	pp. 7-20
The Tufts Family in Somerville by Edward C. Booth, M.D.	pp. 21-24
The Somerville Directory 1851 A-Bo	pp. 25-30
Neighborhood Sketch No. 1 Teele Square by Jeanette Teele	pp. 31-32
Military Record of Captain Martin Binney by Martin Binney	pp. 33-39

Vol. I No. 2

Officers of the Somerville Historical Society 1902-1903	p. 4
Portrait of Judge Issac Story	p. 6
The Old Medford Turnpike by John F. Ayer	pp. 7-20
The Tufts Family in Somerville by Edward C. Booth, M.D. (cont.)	pp. 21-27
Honorable Charles Hicks Saunders by Charles D. Elliot	p. 28
Honorable Issac Story by Charles D. Elliot	pp. 29-30
The Somerville Directory 1851 Bo - He	pp. 31-36
Military Sketch No. 2 (Civil War) by Edmund H. Gooding	p. 37-39

Vol. I No. 3

Photo of Aaron Sargent	p. 6
The Stinted Common by Charles D. Elliot	pp. 7-14
Somerville As I Have Known It by Amelia H. Wood	pp. 15-18
Neighborhood Sketch No. 2 Winter Hill Road in 1842	pp. 19-22
Edward Brackett by Capt. Martin Binney	pp. 23-25
The Somerville Directory 1851 He - Z	pp. 26-36

Vol. I no. 4

Table of Contents	p. 3
The Work of Five Years	p. 5-7
Ten Hills Farm, With Anecdotes & Reminiscences by Alida G. Sollers	pp. 9-21
Somerville Soldiers In the Rebellion	pp. 22-31

Vol. II No. 1 April 1903 - January 1904

Literary Men and Women of Somerville by David Lee Maulsby	pp. 1-10
The Mallet Family by Florence E. Carr	pp. 10-15
The Charlestown Schools in the 17th Century by Frank Mortimer Hawes	pp. 15-21
Report of the Necrology Committee	p. 22
William and George Ayers by Capt. Martin Binney	pp. 22-23

Vol. II No. 2

Portrait of David Lee Maulsby	p. 24
Literary Men and Women of Somerville (cont.) by David Lee Maulsby	pp. 25-32
The Charlestown Schools in the 17th Century by Frank Mortimer Hawes	pp. 32-42
Neighborhood Sketch No. 6 Medford and Walnut Streets	pp. 42-46
Washington Street As It Was by Mrs. O.S. Knapp	pp. 46-47

Vol. II No. 3

Illustration of the Middlesex Canal and Medford Turnpike	p. 48
Historical Sketch of the Old Middlesex Canal by Herbert Pierce Yeaton	pp. 49-57
Charlestown Schools in the 18th Century by Frank Mortimer Hawes	pp. 58-65
Literary Men and Women of Somerville (cont.) by David Lee Maulsby	pp. 66-71

Vol. II No. 4

Photo of the Prospect Hill Tower	p. 72
The Prospect Hill Park Celebration, October 29, 1903	pp. 73-99
Obituary of Honorable Austin Belknap	p. 100
Obituary of Horace Carr White	p. 101
Obituary of M. Agnes Hunt by Anna Parker Vinal	p. 103
Obituary of Mary M. McKay by Anna Parker Vinal	p. 104

Vol. III No. 1 April 1904 - January 1905

Historic Sketch of Old Middlesex Canal (cont.) by Herbert P. Yeaton	pp. 1-11
Charlestown Schools in the 18th Century by Frank Mortimer Hawes	pp. 11-20
Albert Clifford Tufts by Edward C. Booth, M.D.	pp.20-21
Neighborhood Sketch No. 7 Winter Hill by Harriet A. Adams	pp. 22-24

Vol. III No. 2

John Winthrop by Charles D. Elliot	pp. 25-36
John S. Edgerly and His Home on Winter Hill by Helen Despeaux	pp. 36-43
Charlestown Schools Within the Peninsula - Revolutionary Period	pp. 43-48

Vol. III No. 3

Thomas Brigham, The Puritan - An Original Settler by Wm. E. Brigham	pp. 49-57
The Teaching of Local History in the Public Schools by John S. Emerson	pp. 57-64
Charlestown Schools Within the Peninsula - Revolutionary Period (cont.)	pp. 64-69
Qunicy Adams Vinal by Charles D. Elliot	pp. 70-71

Vol. III No. 4

Gregory Stone and Some of His Descendents by Sara A. Stone	pp. 73-86
Charlestown Schools Beyond the Neck by Frank Mortimer Hawes	pp. 87-93

Vol. IV No. 1 April 1905 - January 1906

Elmer Hewitt Capen by David S. Maulsby	pp. 1-3
The Flora of Somerville by Louise A. Vinal	pp. 4-13
Charlestown Schools Without the Peninsula - Revolutionary Period	pp. 14-22
The Old Royall House, Medford by Charles D. Elliot	p. 23
Officers of the Somerville Historical Society, 1905 - 1906	p. 24

Vol. IV No. 2

Personal Experience of a Union Veteran by Levi Lindley Hawes	pp. 25-37
Charlestown Schools After 1793 by Frank Mortimer Hawes	pp. 38-46
Neighborhood Sketch No. 8 Washington and Prospect Streets By Joseph H. Clark	p. 47

Vol. IV No. 3

Personal Experience of a Union Veteran (cont.) by Levi Lindley Hawes	pp. 49-62
Charlestown Schools 1812 - 1819 by Frank Mortimer Hawes	pp. 63-74
Constitution of the Somerville Union Benevolent Sewing Society, September 28, 1842	pp. 74-75

Vol. IV No. 4

Samuel Phipps: An Early Resident of Somerville Territory By Capt. Geo. A. Gordon	pp. 77-89
The Charlestown Schools, 1819 - 1825 by Frank Mortimer Hawes	pp. 90-101

Vol. V No. 1 April 1906 - January 1907

Some Old Trees - Number 2 by Sara A. Stone	pp. 1-9
Guy C. Hawkins Papers - Number 1 - Petitioners for a Separation of the Town of Charlestown, 1823-24 and Remonstrants Against a Separation of the Town of Charlestown	pp. 10-15
Charlestown Schools, 1825 - 1827	pp. 16-26
A Short Autobiography of Guy C. Hawkins	pp. 26-27
Officers of the Somerville Historical Society, 1906 - 1907	p. 28

Vol. V No. 2

Elizur Wright's Work for the Middlesex Fells by Ellen M. Wright	pp. 29-39
Guy C. Hawkins Papers - Number 2 - Sketches of Some of the Reasons Which May Be Adduced Before a Committee of the Legislature In Favor of a Separation of the Town of Charlestown	pp. 40-45
Charlestown Schools, 1828 - 1832	pp. 16-26

Vol. V No. 3

Some Old Trees - Number 2 by Sara A. Stone	pp. 53-64
"Somerville" Composition Written in 1851 by a Pupil, Eleven Years of Age of the Old Franklin School, Somerville Avenue	pp. 65-66
Charlestown Schools, 1832 - 1839	pp. 67-83
Officers of the Somerville Historical Society, 1906 - 1907	p. 84

Vol. V No. 4

Some Old Trees - Number 3 by Sara A. Stone	pp. 85-91
Charlestown Schools, 1839 - 1842 by Frank Mortimer Hawes	pp. 92-100

Vol. VI No. 1 April 1907 - January 1908

Photo of Luther Batchelder Pillsbury	Frontpiece
Obituary of Luther B. Pilsbury	pp. 1-4
Union Square and Its Neighborhood About the Year 1846 by Charles D. Elliot	pp. 5-16
Company E, 39th Massachusetts Infantry in the Civil War I From the Diary of John H. Dusseault	pp. 17-23

Vol. VI No. 2

Original English Inhabitants and Early Settlers in Somerville I by Aaron Sargent	pp. 25-31
Union Square Before the War by Charles D. Elliot	pp. 32-42
Company E, 39th Massachusetts Infantry in the Civil War II From the Diary of John Dusseault	pp. 43-47

Vol. VI No. 3

Original English Inhabitants and Early Settlers in Somerville II by Aaron Sargent	pp. 49-55
Company E, 39th Massachusetts Infantry in the Civil War III From the Diary of John H. Dusseault	pp. 56-72

Vol. VI No 4

The Tenth Anniversary Banquet, October 29, 1907	pp. 73-75
A Brief History of the Society by William B. Holmes	pp. 75-78
The First Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony by Aaron Sargent	pp. 78-80
Somerville, Like Rome, Sits on Her Seven Hills Each Crowned With an Historic Halo by Mayor Charles Grimmons	pp. 80-82
Massachusetts, the Brightest Star in the National Constellation by Mayor Edward Glines	pp. 82-84
Somerville Historical Society By-Laws	pp. 85-87
List of Members Past and Present	pp. 88-89
List of Officers Past and Present	p. 90

Vol. VII No. 1 April 1908 - January 1909

Company E, 39th Massachusetts Infantry in the Civil War IV From the Diary of John H. Dusseault	pp. 1-20
Report of the Committee on Necrology	pp. 21-24

Vol. VII No. 2

Portrait of Miss Sarah H. Burnham	Frontpiece
Milk Row School to 1849 by Frank Mortimer Hawes	pp. 25-41
Old Cemetery Inscriptions I by Charles D. Elliot	pp. 42-48

Vol. VII No. 3

Port Hudson by Charles D. Elliot	pp. 49-61
Records Relating to the Old Powder House	pp. 62-65
Old Cemetery Inscriptions II by Charles D. Elliot	pp. 65-71
Report of the Committee on Necrology (cont.)	pp. 71-72

Vol. VII No. 4

Land on Barberry Lane (Highland Avenue) by Aaron Sargent	pp. 73-77
Land on Barberry Lane (Highland Avenue) by L. Roger Wentworth	pp. 77-85
The Brigham Family (cont. from Vol. III No. 3)	p. 86
"Brigham Farm on Ye Rocks"	pp. 87-90

Vol. VIII No. 1 April 1909 - January 1910

Portraits of Lydia (Stone) Vinal, Hannah Adams (Stone) Sanborn And Martha (Stone) Sanborn	Frontpiece
John Stone and His Descendents in Somerville (cont. from Vol. III No. 4) by Sara A.S. Carpenter	pp. 1-19
Report of the Committee on Necrology	pp. 20-24

Vol. VIII No. 2

The Author of "Mary Had A Little Lamb" by Miss Mary A. Haley	pp. 25-30
Reminiscences of Southern Prison Life by George W. Bean	pp. 32-41
The Walnut Hill School by Frank Mortimer Hawes	pp. 41-48

Vol. VIII Nos. 3 & 4

Portrait of Charles Darwin Elliot	Frontpiece
Our Seal by J. Albert Holmes, for the Committee	pp. 49-52
Charles Darwin Elliot Family History	pp. 53-56
Memoir of Charles D. Elliot by J. Albert Holmes	pp. 56-64
Mr. Elliot's War Record by Levi Lindley Hawes	pp. 64-68
Address of William H. Armstrong at Memorial Service	pp. 68-72
Address of F. M. Hawes at Memorial Service, October 31, 1909	pp. 72-84

Vol. IX No. 1 October 1915

Portrait of John Francis Ayer	Frontpiece
John Francis Ayer	pp. 3-10
Tribute of Mr. Will C. Eddy	pp. 11-13
Tribute of Bay State Historical League	p. 14
Remarks of Frank M. Hawes	pp. 15-17
Remarks of Mr. Seth Mason	p. 18
Program for the year 1914 - 1915	p. 19