[2] Hyde was mayor for two terms and was selectman for sixteen years, as well as a member of the school committee, a trial judge and a justice of the peace.

[6] This crop became popular for cultivation by abolitionists and free state farmers as an alternative sugar source without relying on plantation methods.

[7] A few years before his death, a school named in his honor was built on Lincoln Street, in Newton Highlands, opening in 1895, and designed by architects Hartwell and Richardson.

The Hyde Grammar School was in a distinctly Romanesque style, with a broad slate hipped roof, projecting pavilions and round arched entrances.

[9] Following a fire in April 1981 which destroyed the distinctive roof of the original school, the building was substantially renovated and converted to housing.