Talk:Dedham, Massachusetts

message: An anon user placed the phrase, in quotes, "seed of American education" into this article.  I would like to use it elsewhere - does anyone have the original souce for it?  Thanks!  Briancua 20:36, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: seed of education

message: "The town was originally arranged via a Parish delineation system with the residents of each required to pay into their local parish whether they attended that church or not . This arrangement - which was also followed in a number of other Massachusetts and New England commmunities in the pre-Bill of Rights days - and the resentment it caused a number of people, was one of the prime rationales for the inclusion of the Establishment Clause into the United States Constitution. "
Rex/216 - is there an article that already describes this concept?  Seems to me that if "a number of other...communities" used this system, it would be far more productive to create an article describing that, and in that article provide at least a partial list of communities, like Dedham, that used it.  I think I have to agree with the others that having something like this in this article isn't very helpful, since this town is not notable for it.  Write up a separate article just about this historical fact, cite your sources, and let it stand on it's own.  What do you think? -- Netoholic @ 21:33, 2004 Nov 4 (UTC)
I strongly urge people to thoroughly look into this (as I have done). Dedham, Massachusetts is more notable on this issue, as it was one of the core towns in Massachusetts and this Parish/Tax issue was more prevelant in Massachusetts than most other states. Absent me writing out a full history for everyone on this page, there is no way I can explain this all to you. Anyone who is interested ought to read this book. Frankly, anyone who won't read that book, really ought to shut up and butt out. Also, the links I have provided on this talk page are enough for any honest person to confirm that my edit is correct. I am really disgusted at the fraudelent tag-team reverts that were performed by underinformed, closed-minded editors such as Violet, et al. As for "a number of other communities" this is included to avoid the impression that it was Dedham only. On the other hand, this edit was in the history section of Dedham, so even if the issue was also part of the history of other towns there really is no reason to exclude it. Frankly, it boggles my mind that certain editors here are intentionally trying to block that edit about Colonial Dedham. There has been ZERO supported rationale for excluding it. In fact, only Feldspar has even offered any rationales of any kind, and his are not supported by the facts. The edit is true, the history is true. Trying to deny that would be like saying that water is not H2O. 216.153.214.94 00:11, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the rational for excluding it may have been rash, and neither side is doing any good in perpetuating it.  The article is not harmed or helped appreciably with this inclusion.  For now, I encourage Rex/216 to make a start on a new article, and I'd ask other editors to get involved with the idea of documenting this interesting bit of history. Later, we can see what method works best to link the city articles with the new article.  I don't know much about the subject, but I'd be willing to help research and get it off the ground it it will help us get to the point where the page protection isn't needed.  So... what's a good title to make the new article under? -- Netoholic @ 16:51, 2004 Nov 5 (UTC)
Title: Colonial Religious Taxation.
216.153.214.94 18:06, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  An idea for a separate article 

message: # 216.153.214.94 07:00, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Still waiting for others to join the dialog here 

message: It might be of interest to some readers to amplify the History section.  In particular, there is no mention of Dedham's importance to the devlopment to the region, in the 18th and 19th centuries.  It was a leading market town and had some locally important industry.  There is a monograph by Electa Kane Tritsch that could be usede as a reference, in addition to the several books of Dedham history.  Davidb0229 22:05, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another Suggestion 

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message: I think that paul SHOULD be in the list of notable residence. Because of a joke he made on windows weekly someone took him off the list.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.176.166.9 (talk) 14:37, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
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message: The present Norfolk county was not formed until 1793. Counties for Dedham before then are not identified. I guessed Suffolk, but possibly Essex for some years.
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message: I was getting worried because your article sweeps aside all those millennia of native habitation and says that the topic begins in 1635 A.D. with the white settlers, perhaps suggesting that this substantial tract of land was unoccupied and inherently theirs from the get-go.
So it was with great relief that a text search brings up a mention of Indians.  The Cleveland Indians.
Jimlue (talk) 03:28, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: As in 'lily'