. Fitchburg, Massachusetts, past and present . a Medora Adams, daughter of Samuel Minotand Nancy A. (Powers) Adams, is a native of Concord, Vt. ;graduated from the Fitchburg High School in 1879 > studiedwith her brother Herbert for a few months; in the spring of1S80, entered the Normal Art School, Boston, leaving at theend of the school year in 1882, having passed classes A andB ; gave private instruction in drawing and painting for oneyear in Fitchburg; in September, 1883, re-entered theNormal Art School in the modelling class ; January, 1884,went to Baltimore, Md., where she was for a sho
. Fitchburg, Massachusetts, past and present . a Medora Adams, daughter of Samuel Minotand Nancy A. (Powers) Adams, is a native of Concord, Vt. ;graduated from the Fitchburg High School in 1879 > studiedwith her brother Herbert for a few months; in the spring of1S80, entered the Normal Art School, Boston, leaving at theend of the school year in 1882, having passed classes A andB ; gave private instruction in drawing and painting for oneyear in Fitchburg; in September, 1883, re-entered theNormal Art School in the modelling class ; January, 1884,went to Baltimore, Md., where she was for a short time a de-signer of ornament in Chesapeake pottery ; in the followingspring became a teacher of painting in the Maryland Insti-tute, where she successfully taught until the close of theschool year in 1885. She then returned to Massachusettsresumed private teaching, and studied with Vonnoh ; hasalso been a pupil of T. O. Longerfelt and Juglaris ; sinceSeptember, 1886, has taught drawing in the girls HighSchool, Boston. CHAPTER VII. MILITARY. jHE oldest military company now in exist-ence in the city, received its charter in 1S16,and was known by the name of the Fitcii-burg Fusiliers from the time of its organ-ization. By petition of Ephraim M. Cun-ningham and forty others the company wasformed from the Old South Company be-longing to the 4th Regiment, 2d Brigade,7th Division, M. V. M. This militia com-pany, as far back as 1807, was under gooddiscipline and, so far as the records go toshowr, was well officered. The commission of Isaiah Put-nam, (grandfather of J. E. and Lieut. Daniel C. Putnam,)as ensign, is now in existence, dated 1S07, May 5 ; hisresignation taking place two years later. From that time, incommon with the militia generally, it gradually became de-moralized, was poorly uniformed and undisciplined, but wasusually on hand at general muster and was designated bvthe boys as the Slam Bangs. The charter was granted to the new company, Dec. 14,1816, and the organizati
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