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==History== [[Image:Pleasant Street, Malden, MA.jpg|thumb|left|''Pleasant Street'' {{circa|1906}}]] Malden is a hilly woodland area north of the [[Mystic River]] that was settled by [[Puritans]] in 1640 on land purchased in 1629 from the [[Naumkeag people|Mystic tribe]] of the [[Pawtucket tribe|Pawtucket Confederation]], with a further grant in 1639 by the [[Squaw Sachem of Mistick]] and her husband Webcowet.<ref> ''The History of Malden, Massachusetts,'' 1633β1785, p. 34 (accessible on google books)</ref> The area was originally called the βMistick Sideβ<ref>History of Middlesex County, pp. 114β116.</ref> and was a part of [[Charlestown, Massachusetts|Charlestown]]. It was incorporated as a separate town in 1649<ref name="cityhistory">{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.malden.ma.us/index.asp?L1=about&L2=history |title=History of Malden β City Website|website=malden.ma.us |access-date=March 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820090644/http://www.ci.malden.ma.us/index.asp?L1=about&L2=history |archive-date=August 20, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> under the name "Mauldon".<ref name=EB1911/> The name Malden was selected by Joseph Hills, an early settler and landholder, and was named after [[Maldon, Essex|Maldon, England.]]<ref name="historyofmalden">{{cite book |author=Deloraine Pendre Corey |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_V4qpcpwkn5AC |quote=history of malden. |title=The History of Malden, Massachusetts, 1633β1785 |publisher=Malden |year=1898 }}</ref> The city originally included the adjacent cities of [[Melrose, Massachusetts|Melrose]] (until 1850)<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Malden |volume=17 |pages=485β486}}</ref> and [[Everett, Massachusetts|Everett]] (until 1870).<ref name=EB1911/> At the time of the [[American Revolution]], the population was about 1,000 people, and the citizens were involved early in resisting British rule. They boycotted the consumption of tea in 1770 to protest the [[Revenue Act of 1766]], and it was also the first town to petition the colonial government to secede from the British Empire.<ref name=cityhistory /> [[Malden High School]] has the second-oldest continuous high school [[American football|football]] rivalry in the United States with [[Medford High School (Massachusetts)|Medford High School]]. The first "Thanksgiving Day Game" dates back to 1889.<ref>[http://www.wickedlocal.com/medford/sports/x715649848 Malden/Medford Football: By the numbers] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731144632/http://www.wickedlocal.com/medford/sports/x715649848 |date=July 31, 2013 }}</ref>
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