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词条 Tory Row
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  1. Seven historic houses of Tory Row

  2. Fate of the Tory Row houses after the American Revolution

  3. See also

  4. References

Tory Row is the nickname historically given by some to the part of Brattle Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts where many Loyalists had mansions at the time of the American Revolutionary War, and given by others to seven Colonial mansions along Brattle Street. Its historic buildings from the 18th century include the William Brattle House (42 Brattle Street) and the Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site (105 Brattle Street). Samuel Atkins Eliot, writing in 1913 of the seven Colonial mansions making up Tory Row, called the area "not only one of the most beautiful but also one of the most historic streets in America."[1]

Seven historic houses of Tory Row

The seven houses described by Eliot as making up Tory Row are as follows:[1]

  • The Brattle estate (42 Brattle Street) also known as the William Brattle House, now the home of the Cambridge Center for Adult Education
  • Estate of Mrs. Henry Vassall (94 Brattle Street) also known as the Henry Vassall House[2][3]
  • Estate of Mr. John Vassal (105 Brattle Street) also known as the "Vassall-Craigie-Longfellow House,"[2] now the Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site)
  • Lechmere-Sewall house (149 Brattle Street) also known as the "Lechmere-Riedesel House" or the "Lechmere-Sewall-Riedesel House"[4]
  • Judge Joseph Lee's house (159 Brattle Street) now the Hooper-Lee-Nichols House
  • Fayerweather House (175 Brattle Street), built by George Ruggles, also called the Ruggles-Fayerweather House[5]
  • Thomas Oliver house (33 Elmwood Avenue), also known as the Oliver-Gerry-Lowell House or as Elmwood.[6] This house, although considered a part of Brattle Street's Tory Row, has its address on nearby Elmwood Avenue, which had formerly been part of Brattle Street.

Fate of the Tory Row houses after the American Revolution

According to Edward Abbott, writing in 1859,[7]

Five of these estates were subsequently confiscated and sold by the commonwealth: the estates of Lechmere (144 acres) and Oliver (96 acres) to Andrew Cabot, Esq., of Salem, November 24, 1779; the estate of Sewall (44 acres) to Thomas Lee of Pomfret, Conn., December 7, 1779; .. and the estate of Vassall (116 acres) to Nathaniel Tracy, Esq., of Newburyport, June 28, 1781. ... The heirs of Borland and the Widow Vassall succeeded to the ownership of their estates in Cambridge... General Brattle conveyed all his real estate in Cambridge, December 13, 1774, to his only surviving son, Major Thomas Brattle...By the persevering efforts of Mrs. Katherine Wendell, the only surviving daughter of General Brattle, the estate was preserved from confiscation, and was recovered by Major Brattle after his return from Europe,—having been proscribed in 1778, and having subsequently exhibited satisfactory evidence of his friendship to his country and its political independence.

Two other Tory Row houses, according to the same source, were not confiscated. Judge Lee (#159) returned from Boston after the war and lived in his house "unmolested until his death." Captain Ruggles (#175), before leaving the neighborhood, had sold his estate in 1774 to Thomas Fayerweather.[7]

See also

  • Old Cambridge Historic District, which includes Tory Row

References

1. ^1 {{cite book |author= Samuel Atkins Eliot|title= A history of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1913|year= 1913|publisher= Cambridge Tribune| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=siPZKHPQ1rcC&pg=PA75&dq=%22Tory+Row%22&as_brr=1&ei=lMMzTcCfFY3wzASFvqTNBA&rview=1&cd=5#v=onepage&q=%22Tory%20Row%22}}
2. ^1 {{cite web |url = http://www.cambridgehistory.org/Cambridge%20in%20the%20Revolution/Cambridge%20and%20the%20Revolution%20Guide.pdf |title = Cambridge and the American Revolution |accessdate = 2011-01-17 |author = Anna Gedal |quote = Although a formal Revolutionary battle was never fought in Cambridge, its citizens witnessed more than their share of its events. |publisher = Cambridge Historical Society |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101211063510/http://cambridgehistory.org/Cambridge%20in%20the%20Revolution/Cambridge%20and%20the%20Revolution%20Guide.pdf |archivedate = 2010-12-11 |df = }}
3. ^{{cite web |url= http://mass.historicbuildingsct.com/?p=107|title= Henry Vassall House (1746)|accessdate=2011-01-17|quote= The oldest part of the Henry Vassall House, on Brattle Street in Cambridge, may date to as early as 1636, although the date usually given today is 1746.|publisher= "Historic Buildings of Massachusetts" blog }}
4. ^{{cite web |url = http://www.cambridgehistory.org/Cambridge%20in%20the%20Revolution/Riedesell%20House.html |title = Lechmere-Sewall-Riedesel House |accessdate = 2011-01-17 |quote = When captured British General John Burgoyne and his 5,700 Convention Troops arrived in Cambridge as a condition of the Saratoga Convention, the leader of the Germanic mercenaries– also known as Hessians – Baron Von Riedesel, and his wife, the Baroness, were allowed to live in this mansion. |publisher = Cambridge Historical Society |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101211095717/http://cambridgehistory.org/Cambridge%20in%20the%20Revolution/Riedesell%20House.html |archivedate = 2010-12-11 |df = }}
5. ^{{cite web |url = http://www.cambridgehistory.org/Cambridge%20in%20the%20Revolution/Ruggles-Fayerweather%20House.html |title = Ruggles-Fayerweather House |accessdate = 2011-01-17 |quote = This property was partially named after its founder, George Ruggles who was thought to have originated from Jamaica. Like many Cambridge Tories, his wealth came from family-owned Caribbean plantations. In the 1770s, facing debtors, Ruggles sold the property to Thomas Fayerweather. |publisher = Cambridge Historical Society |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101211094535/http://cambridgehistory.org/Cambridge%20in%20the%20Revolution/Ruggles-Fayerweather%20House.html |archivedate = 2010-12-11 |df = }}
6. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.cambridgehistory.org/Cambridge%20in%20the%20Revolution/Elmwood.html|title= Elmwood|accessdate=2011-01-17|quote= Elmwood, one of the seven Tory Row estates, was located furthest from Harvard Square.|publisher= Cambridge Historical Society}}
7. ^1 {{cite book |editor= Samuel Adams Drake|author= Edward Abbott|title= History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: containing carefully prepared histories of every city and town in the county |year= 1879|publisher= Estes and Lauriat|pages= 305–358|quote= Judge Lee is said to have dwelt in Boston during the siege, after which he returned to his estate, which he enjoyed unmolested until his death, December 5, 1802, at the age of ninety-three. Captain Ruggles sold his estate October 31, 1774, to Thomas Fayerweather, and removed from Cambridge; his subsequent history is unknown to me. All the others were regarded as enemies.to the movement in behalf of liberty; they became 'absentees,' and their estates, together with the estates of Ralph Inman, Esq., and Edward Stow, a mariner, were seized for the public use, and were leased by the Committee of Correspondence.| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=0sQTAAAAYAAJ|isbn= 1-142-17517-0}}
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