Royall House

Royall House is a Massachusetts historical marker in Medford, Middlesex County, dedicated 1930.

Main and Royall Streets, Medford · location approximate

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Mansion built by Isaac Royall who came here from Antigua with his slaves in 1737. His son Isaac Royall, a loyalist, founded at Harvard the oldest law professorship in the United States. Headquarters of General John Stark during the siege of Boston.

1930 text, presented as a historical document.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1740 · 43. Novi Belgii, in America Septentrionali. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1775 · Thirty-miles round Boston / by M. Armstrong geo. 14th Augt. 1775. (University of Michigan Library)
1775 · Thirty-miles round Boston (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1777 · Carte des environs de Boston, capitale de la Nlle. Angleterre en Amerique (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1794 · Plan of Medford made by Peter Tufts, Jr., dated 1794. (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)

43. Novi Belgii, in America Septentrionali, 1740, covering the location of Royall House, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — 43. Novi Belgii, in America Septentrionali, 1740, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Marker data: Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930 (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)

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