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A BRIEF MENTION AND THE DATE

OF

MORE THAN 5,000 EVENTS

THAT TRANSPIRED IN BOSTON FROM

_ 1630 to 1880,

COVERING A PERIOD OF 250 YEARS,

Together with other Occurrences of Interest, arranged in

Alphabetical Order.

COMPILED BY

EDWARD H, SAVAGE,

Author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight

and Gas-Light.

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ERRATA.

On page 10, 12th line from bottom, for "1686," read "1866."

On page 32, 6th line from bottom, for "Union place," read "Union

park."
On page 169, 9th line from bottom, for "Funeral at Mansfield," read

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TO THE READER

The past History of Boston has been so often and so ably written, that it
seems little can be added ; but to ascertain where the record of any particular
event can be found, is often no easy task.

Boston Events, — Where and When, is designed as a ready reference
to occurrences that have transpired, not only within the limits of the Town,
but also to many other happenings, of more or less interest, in its history.
For this purpose, a brief mention is made of the passing event, which, to-
gether with the date of its occurrence, is sufficient to make one line across
the page ; from this line is taken the leading word, and from that word the
index letter ; the whole being arranged in alphabetical order.

In compiling this work, reference has been had to the Records of the
Town and City, of Churches, Societies, Newspapers and Periodicals of the
day, and many other sources. The writer has been a resident of Boston for
nearly fifty years, and most of the events recorded during that period have
been taken from memoranda made by him at the time.

The thought of a production so meagre, and the great liability to error
in a work of this kind, has long delayed its publication ; but at the earnest
request of many persons, and in the hope that it may prompt an interest in
some abler hand to improve and enlarge, this little volume is now offered to
the public, deeply regretting the want of time and opportunity to prepare a
work more accurate and complete.

EDWARD H. SAVAGE.

Boston, 1884.

BOSTON EVENTS.

Academy of the Arts and Sciences established in

Boston, . . . . - . . . May 4, 1780

Accidents. — Ship Mary Rose blew up in the har-
bor; 14 men killed, . . . . . Aug. 27, 1640

The miller at Copp's Hill killed by lightning, . June 22, 1642
Capt. Davenport at the Castle killed by lightning, July 16, 1664
At Whitefield's meeting, Checkley's Church, sev-
eral injured, . . . . . Sep. 27, 1740

At Columbian Museum fire, 5 men killed, . . May 17, 1807

At Green street Church, 2 men killed, . . June 13, 1826
North Bennet Church, laying corner-stone, many

injured, ....... Apr. 30, 1828

At Montgomery Hall, Bath street, many injured, Mar. 1, 1842

Dearborn's Block, Pearl street, fell, . . • . June 25, 1848

Chickering Build'g fell, Watchman Foster killed, Dec. 2, 1852
Pemberton House (Howard street) wall fell, 5

men injured, ...... Oct. 25, 1853

Shell explosion on the Common, 5 men killed, . July 4, 1854

Block of stores on Broad street fell, . * . . Aug. 23, 1854
Pemberton Mill, at Lawrence, fell, 88 persons

killed, ....... Jan. 11, 1860

Cars ran off Eastern R. R. bridge, 4 men killed, Nov. 21, 1862

Otis place wall fell, 6 men badly injured, . . Feb. 4, 1866

Wall fell in Orange lane, 3 children killed, . Apr. 21, 1866

6 BOSTON EVENTS.

Accidents. — Three men suffocated in a cess-pool,

Pembroke street, ..... June 23, 1866

Wall fell in Summer street, 5 men badly injured, Feb. 1, 1867

Broad street Sugar Refinery fell, 3 men killed, . July 24, 1868

Three men killed on Atlantic avenue, . . May 23, 1870

At Revere, on Eastern R. R., 32 persons killed, Aug. 26, 1871

At City Hall elevator, Engineer Whorf killed, . Nov. 7, 1876
Runaway team killed Mr. Hill, corner Beacon

and Tremont streets, ..... Jan. 14, 1877

Boiler explosion at East Boston, 2 men killed, . Mar. 23, 1877
Staging in Blackstoiie square fell, many persons

injured, Sep. 17, 1877

At Wollaston, Old Colony R. R., 5 killed, many

injured, Oct. 8, 1878

Sloop capsized in the harbor, 5 persons drowned, June 8, 1879

Several lives lost in the harbor in a tempest, . July 16, 1879

Torpedo explosion in harbor, 2 men killed, . Oct. 13, 1879
Helen J. Ward shooting mystery, Mrs. Ward

killed, ....... Dec. 30, 1879

Adams, Samuel, lived in Brattle square, . . 1769

Chosen Councillor for Boston, . . . . 1775

Likeness placed in Faneuil Hall, . . . Sep. 28, 1841
Allen's Farm. House stood at north end of

Green street, 1728

Allerton Point. Northerly terminus of Nantas-

ket Beach, 1630

Almanacs. First published by John Foster, . 1679

Almshouse. Built at the head of the Common, . 1682

Burned at the head of the Common, and rebuilt, 1682

Repaired by Mr. Thrasher, .... April, 1704

BOSTON EVENTS.

Almshouse, Children dined by Gov.' Hancock, . July 4,1790

Keeper Samuel Whitwell resigned, . . . July 4, 1795

Near the Granary, sold at auction, . . . Nov. 9, 1795

At Barton's Point, built and completed, . . May 18, 1802

Lands at Barton's Point sold in part, . . Mar. 7, 1825

Occupants removed to South Boston, . . Mar., 1825

Occupants removed to Deer Island, . . . Jan., 1854

State paupers removed to Tewksbury, . . May, 1854

Occupants at Roxbury sent to Deer Island, . April, 1868

Austin Farm prepared for women, . . . 1877

Marcellus street prepared for truant boys, . 1878

Amee, J. L. C, Ex-Chief of Police, died in

Boston, aged 67, Feb. 4, 1867

American Flag, adopted by the American States, June 14, 1777
" Old Glory," Anniversary Centennial Celebra-
tion, ....... June 14, 1877

Amnesty to Rebeldom ; President Lincoln's Proc-
lamation, ....... Nov. 8, 1863

Anderson, Maj. Robert, of Fort Sumpter mem-
ory, visits Boston, ..... July 6, 1865

Andrew, John A., Massachusetts' great War

Governor, died, aged 49, . . . . Oct. 30, 1867

Angel. A printer's sign in Cornhill street, . 1654

Angel Gabriel, with his horn, a political humbug

in Boston, ...... May, 1854

Annexation. Brookline dis-annexed from Boston, Nov. 13, 1705

Brookline to Boston, attempt defeated, . . Oct. 7, 1873

Dorchester Neck, South Boston, to Boston, ■ . Jan. 18, 1804

Washington Village to Boston, . . . . June 10, 1855

Charlestown to Boston, attempt defeated, . . Feb. 17, 1834

8

BOSTON EVENTS.

Annexation. Cbarlestown to Boston, aga
feated, .....

Charlestown to Boston, consummated,

Chelsea set off from Boston,

Chelsea to Boston, attempt defeated,

Roxbury to Boston, attempt defeated,

Roxbuiy to Boston, consummated, .

Dorchester to Boston, consummated,

Roxbury Neck to Boston line run,

West Roxbury to Boston, consummated,

Brighton to Boston, consummated, .

Texas to the United States, creates a sensation, Jan. 7, 1838
Antimonians make the rulers in Boston much
trouble, ......

Apprentices. Poor children bound out by Over
seers of the Poor, ....

Allowed to set up for themselves,
Apple Island sold by the town to private individu

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Occupied as a residence, by William Marsh,

in de-

. Oct.

4, 1854

. Jan.

5, 1874

. Apr.

4, 1738

. Mar.

14, 1850

. Feb.

8, 1859

. Jan.

6, 1868

. Jan.

3, 1870

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1836

. Jan.

5, 1874

. Jan.

5, 1874

1632

1656
1657

1723

1814

>9 Marsh's house destroyed by fire..

Nov. 11, 1835

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Aqueduct. Jamaica Pond incorporated,

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June, 1790

Superseded by introduction of Cochituate water, Oct. 25, 1848
Aquitamong, an Indian, aged 112 years, visited

Boston, Aug. 25, 1723

Arabella, the emigrants' favorite, died at Salem, . 1630

Arch, a mysterious cave found head Lewis wharf, June 23, 1804
A similar cave found on Pemberton Hill, . . 1836

Arminianism causing the Boston authorities much

trouble, . . . . . . 1692

BOSTON EVENTS.

Arminiailism, a Church of the Order formed in

Boston, Oct. 3, 1742

Arnold, Benedict, the traitor, exposed ; great

sensation in town, ..... Nov. 23, 1780

Artillery. Ancient and Honorable Company

organized, ...... June 1, 1638

British have six guns mounted on Copp's hill, . June 17, 1775

Park, near Park square. Name suggested, . 1812
Of the South End, Capt. Lobdell, at Mill Dam

opening, ....... 1821

Band concert in the morning on the Common, . July 4, 1859

Of Montreal, drill on Boston Common, . . Aug. 15, 1859

Firing by electricity on the Common, . . Ma}7 26, 1869

Providence, drill on Boston Common, . . Oct. 2, 1873
Ashbel, Kate, assaulted Judge Rodgers in Police

Court, . . . . . . . July 6, 1849

Assessors of taxes first appointed by the Court, . Aug. 9, 1632
Asylum for indigent boys, established in Phipps

place, Mar. 23, 1814

For the blind ; estate donated by Mr. Perkins, . Apr. 19, 1833

Corner Salem and Charter streets removed, . Apr. 18, 1835

For the blind, Mount Washington house opened, May, 1839

Lying-in, cor. Washington and Asylum sts. built, 1844

On West Springfield street built, . . . 1857

On West Springfield St., made a Soldiers' Home, 1861
On West Springfield street, made the Old Men's

Home, ....... 1862

Athenaeum Building, on Beacon street, corner-'

stone laid, Apr. 28, 1847

Property removed from Pearl to Beacon street, May 19, 1849

10 BOSTON EVENTS.

Atkilis' Pasture, where Atkinson street is since, 1732
Attucks, Crispus, leader in the defence in the

massacre, King street, .... Mar. 5, 1770
Augustus, John, bailed out 799 prisoners the last

nine years, ...... Dec. 26, 1848

Aurora Borealis, first seen in Boston, causing

great alarm, ...... May 15, 1719

Baby Show. Two running opposition in Boston, Sep. 11, 1855

Back Bay. Commencement of filling up began, June 15, 1855
Workmen commence filling for a four hundred

Ball, Blue, Josiah Franklin's sign, Corner Union

and Hanover streets, .... 1700

Removed in widening Union street, . . . April, 1858
Cannon, lodged in Brattle street Church, . . March, 1776
Removed, building gave place to stores, . 1872
State, Grand Military, at Faneuil Hall, . . Jan. 24, 1866
United States Grand Military, at Boston The-
atre, ...... Mar. 5, 1686

j Masquera.de, by the Germans, at Music Hall, . Feb. 25, 1868

Grand, at the Coliseum on Boylston street, . June 17, 1869
Jubilee, at Coliseum, Huntington avenue, 50,000

people, ....... June 26, 1872

Police, the first annual, at Faneuil Hall, . . Feb. 9, 1870

Duke Alexis' reception at Boston Theatre, . Dec. 8, 1871

Grand Dress Centennial, held at Music Hall, . Feb. 24, 1876
Old South, at Music Hall, to raise preservation

funds, Apr. 9. 1877

Base, at South End grounds, 5,000 persons

present, June 17, 1877

BOSTON EVENTS. 11

Balloon sent np from the- Green Dragon Tavern,

Union street, ...... Nov. 1, 1790

Ascension from the Common by Dnrant, . . July 31, 1834

Ascension from the Common by Lauriatt, . . July 4, 1835
Ascensions became common on Independence

days, ....... July 4, 1854

Banished from the town, several knaves and

harlots, ....... Mar. 4, 1630

Roger Williams, for what was called heresy, . Oct. 13, 1635

Kjev. Mr. Wheelwright, for heresy, . . . Oct. 3, 1637

Capt. Underbill, for defamation, . . . Sep. 17, 1638

Hugh Be wett, because he thought he did not sin, Dec. 9, 1640

Mrs. Hutchinson, for sedition, .... Oct. 3, 1737

200 Scotchmen just arrived from Nova Scotia, . Nov. 10, 1755

Rev. Matthew Byles, and many other Tories, . 1778
Banks. Massachusetts, First New England Bank,

established ...... Mar. 18, 1784

Union went into operation, .... Aug. 1, 1792

U. S. Branch Building, State street, corner-stone

laid, ... . . . . . . Juty 5, 1824

Suspension throughout the country, hard times, May 11, 1837

Resume specie payments, ..... Aug. 18, 1838

Suspension temporary in New England, . . Oct. 14, 1857

Suspension throughout the U. S., for Rebellion, Dec. 30, 1861

General redemption in specie payments, . . Jan. 1, 1879
Merchants', in State street, granite pillars in

front removed, ...... June* 5, 1856

Pawners', in Union street, opened for business, Jan. 23, 1860
Barracks on the Common, at Lynde street Church

and Old South (British) , .... 1775

12 BOSTON EVENTS.

Barton's Point, at the foot of Leverett street, . 1732

Barnicoat, William, veteran fireman, Ex-Chief

Engineer, died, ...... Jan. 21, 1867

Battles, at Lexington and Concord, first of the

Revolution, Apr. 19, 1775

Bunker Hill (Breed's Hill) , Charlestown, . . June 17, 1775

Saratoga, Gen. Burgoyne's defeat, . . . Oct. 17, 1777

Yorktown, Cornwallis' defeat; great sensation, Oct. 19, 1781

Big Bethel, great sensation in Boston,

Bull Run, first reverse, sensation in Boston,

Ball's Bluff reverse, "' "

Hampton Roads, Monitor engagement,

Bull Run, second reverse, great excitement,

Lee's surrender to Grant, great excitement,
Beacon first set up on Century Hill, .

Colors set up, a warning of clanger, .

Tar barrels placed on a skillet, ready to set fire, Sep. 10, 1768

Taken down by British officers,

A pole raised in its place, ....

Pole blown down during a storm,

A stone and brick monument completed, .

Monument removed and hill dug down,

Stone tablets removed to the State House,

Tablets placed in the walls of Doric Hall, .
Beacon Hill, the highest land in Trimountain,

Called Century Hill for a time,

Was in its primitive state in

Had a Seminary near its side, .

Thomas Hudson digs to undermine it,

State House built thereon, completed,

June 11,

1861

July 21,

1861

Oct. 23,

1861

Mar. 8,

1862

Aug. 31,

1862

Apr. 10,

1'865

Jan.,

1635

Apr. 18,

1689

Sep. 10,

1768

April,

1775

Sep.,

1776

Nov. 26,

1789

June 18,

1791

Aug.,

1811

Aug. 25,

1811

Feb. 21,

1861

1630

1640

1720

1744

May,

1764

1797

BOSTON EVENTS. 13

Beacon Hill. Highest part dug down thirty feet

for dwellings, ...... 1811

Beacon Park. A race course, at Brighton (River-
side), opened, ...... 1864

Mustang race, 110 miles in five hours, . . June 17, 1876

A Mexican polo race, great sport, . . . Sep. 11, 1876

An organized company established a race course, 1879
Bears and Wolves, and ratttlesnakes cause much

trouble, ....... 1725

Feb. 28, 1734
July 4, 1806
1649
1690
1734
1852

Folar, on exhibition in town, a great curioshty,
Show. Man and bear fight on the Common,
Bells rang b}T Richard Taj'lor, for £4 a year,
Rung at 5 and 11 a. m., and at 9 p. m.,
Ordered to be rung at sunrise, .
Ceased to be rung by hand at fires, .
On the Old South rung the last time by workmen, May 17, 1876
Men watchmen, with bells, patrol the streets at

night, 1652

Bigelow, Jacob, Dr., died at Boston, aged 91

years, Aug. 10, 1879

Big Dick (Richard Cephas) , taught fencing and

dancing in Boston, ..... 1829

Skeleton preserved in a medical college, . . 1880

Bills of Credit. First'New England paper money

issued, 1690

Bilboes prepared to punish rogues and thieving

Indians, 1632

Births in town, of children, to be recorded by

town clerk, ...... 1641

In the City, 8,076 during the year, . . . 1860

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BOSTON EVENTS.

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Blackstone, William, had settled in Shawmut
previous to .....

Invited Governor Winthrop to Shawmut,
Sold his rights in Boston, except six acres,
Sold out and removed to Blackstone,
Point, near the foot of Chestnut street,
Garden, on the west side of Beacon Hill, .
Blaine, Hon. James G., gives political iecture at

Faneuil Hall, .....
Black Maria. A prison carriage from police sta
tions to the tonibs> ....

1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880

1630
Aug., 1630

1634
Oct., 1635

1634

1634

Sep. 24, 1878
Sep. 24, 1854

BOSTON EVENTS. 15

Blockade of Boston Harbor by British men-of-war, May 10, 1774
Embargo closed the harbor to shipping, . . Jan. 23, 1809

Of the harbor to secure the arrest of John Wilkes

Booth, Apr. 23', 1865

Booth, Junius Brutus, plays at the Tremont

Theatre, July 28, 1828

Booth, John Wilkes, plays at the Boston Mu-
seum, ...... . May 2, 1862

Plays at the Howard Theatre, .... Sep. 28, 1863

Murdered President Lincoln at Washington, . Apr. 14, 1865
Captured and killed in Virginia, . . Apr. 27, 1865

Boston first visited from the Plymouth Colon}', . Sep. 19, 1621
Indian Sachem, Obatinewat, made treat}7 with

visitors, . . . . . . Sep. 19, 1821

Settled by Winthrop's party, and named for

Boston, England, ..... Sep. 7, 1630

England began to be jealous of the Colony, . 1634

The Governor of the Colony required to reside

there, ....... 1655

Purchased over from the Indians to secure a

The largest English town in America,
Effort made to be a countv alone,
Is smaller than thirteen years ago,
Taken possession of by British troops,
Massacre in State street, five men killed, one
fatally injured, .....

Full of dead and dying British soldiers,
Mr. Monks, the sixth massacre victim died,
Directory first published for Boston, .

Mar.

19,

1685
1717

Aug.

5,

1735

Dec.

"i

1765

Oct.

2,

1768

Mar.

5,

1770

June

18,

1775

Mar.

0,

1780
1781

16 BOSTON EVENTS.

Boston. Full of Yankee troops ; attack from

English expected, ..... Sep* 10, 1814
Inaugurated a City, Mayor, Aldermen, and

Council, May 1, 1822

In darkness for want of gas, .... Nov. 11, 1860

The fifth city in the United States, . . . 1875
Population, 375,000 ; taxable polls, 89,452 ; val-
uation, $630,446,866, .... 1879

Board Of Trade organized in Boston, . . . Apr. 28, 1854
Bonaparte, Jerome, had a public reception in

Boston, ....... Sep. 24, 1861

Boston Stone. A paint mill, corner Middle street

and Marshall's lane, . . . , . 1723
Placed in wall of building on Marshall street, . Apr. 13, 1836
Boylston, Zebdiel, introduced kine-pox inocula-
tion, . May 21, 1721

Boylston, John, made a present to the town ; will

proved, ....... June 12, 1795

Branded, a man for selling a gun to an Indian, . Sep. 4, 1634

Two soldiers engaged in the Boston Massacre, . Dec. 14, 1770

John Dailey, for manslaughter, . . . Mar. 12, 1778

Two men with letter M for murder, . . . Mar. 3, 1780

Thomas Joyce with the letter B for burglar}7, . Sep. 14, 1784
Bread. The town purchased 10,000 loaves for

the poor, ....... Dec. 29, 1718

The weight regulated by law, .... Mar. 11, 1734

Bakers' initials to be stamped on loaves, . . Feb. 3, 1797
An effort made for the better enforcement of the

Bread Law, ...... April, 1878

BOSTON EVENTS.

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Made a free bridge, ....
Dover St., South Boston, completed and opened

Sold to the City of Boston, .

Named Dover street bridge, .

Rebuilt by the City, ....

Again rebuilt by the City,
Draw, at Fish street, over the creek, built,

Fell with a passing crowd,

Rebuilt and remodeled,

August, 1849
August, 1858

May 14, 1877

July 3,

Bristol Bill, noted burglar, arrested and im-
prisoned, .......

(William Waburton) again arrested for burglary,
Brigham, Peter Bent, Concert Hall memory, died
aged 70 years, .....

Bridges — Canal, over the Canal, Hay market sq.
discontinued, .....

Canal, over Travers and Causeway sts., removed
Charles River, an effort to build failed,
Leave granted Harvard College to build,
Completed and open for travel,
Closed, draw left open five years, .
Again opened for travel,
A vessel drove through in a storm,
Tolls taken off aud becomes free, .
Chelsea Point, completed and open for travel,

Tolls taken off, free bridge, .
Chelsea street, completed and open for travel,
Rebuilt by the City, ....

Tolls taken off, .....

Cragie's completed and open for travel,

Feb. 10,
June 17,
Mar. 7,

Dec. 22,

Apr. 30,
Oct.,
July 1,
Oct.,

May 6,
Aug. 3,
Feb. 1,
Aug. 6,
Apr. 9,
Dec. 23,

Oct. 20.

1832
1845
1720
1785
1786
1836
1841
1839
1858
1839
1850
1834
1848
1850
1809
1858
1805
1832
1857
1857
1877
1656
1659
1698

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BOSTON EVENTS.

Sep. 26,

Dec.

Apr. 3,

Dec.,

Mar.,

Nov.,

Aug. 28,

Bridges. — Draw, at Fish street, rebuilt as a foot
bridge, ......

Ground raised, bridge discontinued,
Federal st., incorporated \>y a private Company

Built by the City, and opened for travel,

Rebuilt by the City, ....

Again rebuilt by the City,
Meridian st., completed and opened for travel

Rebuilt by the City, .
Mill, over the creek at Middle street, repaired,

Made for vessels to pass through, .

New railing built,

Over the creek again repaired,

Over the creek indicted as a nuisance, .

Over the creek rebuilt with stone arches,

Discontinued, creek filled ; Blackstone st. built,
Mt. Washington, built and opened for travel,
Public Garden, over the pond, completed,
Swing, was near the Roebuck passage,
Warren, completed and open for travel, .

Tolls taken off for a time,

Tolls again collected, ....

Made a free bridge, ....
West Boston, subscriptions to build raised in
three hours, . . .

Completed and opened for travel, .

Bought by Hancock Bridge Company, .

Made a free bridge by the City,
Eastern R. R., over Charles river, built, .
Fitchburg R. R., over Charles river, built,

Mar.,
June 1,

Dec. 25,
Nov. 7,

Apr. 30,

Jan. 7,
Nov. 23,
July 1,
Feb. 1,

1711

1790
1826
1828
1859
1873
1856
1867
1652
1653
1656
1698
1792
1818
1833
1858
1867
1761
1828
1836
1841
1858

1792
1793
1846
1858
1854
1848

BOSTON EVENTS.

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Bridges. — Maine R. R., over Charles river, built,
Lowell R. R., over Charles river, built,
Old Colony R. R., at Broadway, built,

At Broadway, rebuilt, ....
Providence R. R., at Berkeley street, built,

At Dartmouth street, built, .

At Newton street, built,

At West Chester park, built,
Worcester R. R., at Albany street, built, .
-^A.t Harrison avenue, built,

At Shawmut avenue, built,

At Washington street, built, .

At Tremont street, built,

At Tremont street, raised, rebuilt,

At Ferdinand street, built,

At Berkeley street, built,

At Berkeley street (iron) fell, rebuilt, .

At Columbus avenue, built, .

At Columbus. avenue, rebuilt,

At Dartmouth street, built, .

At Dartmouth street, rebuilt,

At Huntington avenue, built,

At Huntington avenue, rebuilt,

At AVest Chester park, built,
British Soldiers stationed about the streets in
town, ......

Accused of insulting females, . ...

Removed from town to ships in harbor,
Again take possession of Boston,
Thirteen thousand in town and harbor,

Sep.,
Dec,
Apr. 1,
Sep. 1,
Mar. 17,

1845
1835
1870
1879
1861
1869
1872
1877
1861
1841
1870
1835
1848
1866
1864
1861
1862
1873
1878
1869
1879
1872
1878
1877

1768
1768
1870
1774
1775

20 BOSTON EVENTS.

British Soldiers. Leave the Common for Con-
cord and Lexington, . . . . • .

Glad to return to Boston, ....

Make a play-house of Faneuil Hall, .
Evacuate the town to ships in harbor,
Driven from the harbor \)y Washington,
Brown, John, entraps a sheriff and posse in manu-
factory house, ......

The abolitionist, hanged in Virginia, .
Meeting, disturbance at Tremont Temple,
BrOTVttlow, Gov., given a public reception,
Bruce, Sir Rofot., died at the Tremont House, .
Bulfilich, Charles, was Selectman in Boston the
last 22 years, ......

Bunker Hill Monument. Corner-stone laid, .
Procession numbering 25,000, ....

Cap-stone laid, .......

Completed, great celebration, ....

Burnside, Gen., given a public reception in Bos-
ton, ........ Jan. 22, 1864

Burrill, Charles, claims $300,000 for filling mili-
tary quota, ...... Apr. 4, 1866

Burroughs, Stephen, a noted character in Boston, June 5, 1838
Burgoyne, John, and army, prisoners of war at

Winter Hill, Nov. 5, 1777

Leave Charlestown for Canada, prisoners ex-
changed, ....... July 9, 1778

Burns, Nellie, a kidnapped child sensation, . Apr. 8, 1870

Burial Grounds. King's Chapel, first interments, June 5, 1630

Several tombs built there, .... 1738

Apr. 18.

1775

Apr. 19

1775

Jan. 11.

1776

Mar. 17.

, 1776

June 14.

1776

Oct. 16

1768

Dec. 2.

1859

Dec. 3.

1860

Mavl2.

1862

Sep. 19.

1867

Mar. 8

1818

June 17

, 1825

Sep. 10.

1840

July 23

, 1842

June 1 7

, 1843

BOSTON EVENTS. 21

Burial Grounds. King's Chapel. It was said

burials were four deep, .... 1739

Walls built next Tremont street, . . . Oct., 1829

Copp's Hill, laud purchased by the town, . . 1659

Enlarged upon the south side, . . . 1706

Tablets destroyed by British soldiers, . . 1775

Trees planted on the north part, . . . 1843

Enclosed by an iron fence, .... 1848

Granary, opened at the head of the Common, . 1660

-«Tombs allowed to be built there, . . . 1717

. Many trees planted there, .... May, • 1830

Iron fence ne*xt Tremont street built, . . 1840

Common, laid out by the town, . . . Sep. 1, 1756

Iron fence enclosure completed, . .. . Nov. 19, 1839

Neck, the town vote to open the lot, . . . Aug. 3, 1810

Many graves robbed, great excitement, . . March, 1822

Grave robbery excitement renewed, . . Dec, 1829

Many trees planted by Supt. Hughes, . . May, 1834

Bodies removed from north side for a hotel site, June, 1856

Quaker, in Milton place, bodies removed to Lynn, July, 1826

North Hudson st., fences down, tombs broken in, 1860

Bodies removed and land sold, . . . May, 1862

Butler, Gen. B. F., appointed to command of the

Mass. Brigade first ordered to Washington, Apr. 17, 1861
Reviewed his New England regiment in Boston, Jan. 3, 1862
Landed at New Orleans as Military Governor, . May 1, 1862
Grand reception at Faneuil Hall, . . . Jan. 13, 1863
Received 110,000 votes for Governor of Massa-
chusetts ; defeated, Nov. 5, 1878

Elected Gcverncr of Massachusetts, •• .' - ' Tfovv 7, 1882

> ' >

22 BOSTON EVENTS.

Cages built to imprison Sabbath breakers, . . 1677

Callill, Thomas, arrested in Ireland by the State

police ; charge, Landergan murder, . . Aug. 2, 1874
California. The gold fever reached Boston ; a

sensation, . . . . . . Sep. 18, 1848

A mining company of 100 men formed, . . Dec. 7, 1848
Ship Saltillo sailed from Boston, . . . Dec. 27, 1848

Bark Elvira, 12 men, sailed from Boston, . . Jan. 1, 1849

Ship Edward Everett, 150 men sailed, . . Jan. 9, 1849
First gold brought to Boston by Adams Express, Ma}' 10, 1849
A lump of gold, said to weigh 15 lbs., in a Wash-
ington street window, .... Oct. 15, 1850

Canadian rebellion, great sensation began, . . Jan., 1837

Canal, Boston and Roxbuiy, opened, . . . 1796

Being filled up because a nuisance, . . . 1880

Mill Creek, near Haymarket square, filled up, . 1835

Between Canal and Haverhill streets filled up, 1845

Can-Can, a questionable play, on exhibition, . March,- 1877

Carriages, Supt. of Hackney, Jotham B. Monroe

appointed, ...... July 10, 1847

1848
1852
1854
1849
1851
1852
1854
1863

Supt. Charles P. Philbrick appointed, . . May 15

" Robert Taylor u . . May 24

" Ruf us C. Marsh " . . May 26

Supt. of Wagons. James Arnold appointed, . May 4

Supt. Charles B. Rice " . May 26

" Luther A. Ham " . May 24

George W. Oliver " . May 26

Timothy R. Page " . Apr. 27

Cards and Dice playing prohibited by law, . 1630
Cards;4 Itand^for #<tol^iio|Su&ire/ ma\Je in town, 1 789

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BOSTON EVENTS. 23

Carr, Sir Robert, and other King's Commissioners

arrive, July 23, 1664

Had a fight with constables in Ship street, . Jan., 1665
Carnival of Authors at Music Hall, . . . Jan. 22, 1879

Carson, Kit, and Ute Indians, visit Boston, . Mar. 20, 1868
Cass, Lewis, Gen. News of his death received, June 17, 1866
Cathedral, Catholic, Washington street, corner-
stone laid, ......

Cavalry. A new corupan}', Capt. Amory, first
parade, .......

National Lancers, first parade, ....

Light Dragoons organized, . . .

Reception of a company from California, .

First Massachussetts at Faneuil Hall,
Cemeteries, under Christ Church, Salem st., built,

Under St. Paul's Church, Tremont street, built,

Under Park street Church, Park street, built,

Interments under Churches discontinued, .

At Mount Auburn, Cambridge, consecrated,

At Forest Hills, Roxbury, consecrated,

At Woodlawn, Chelsea, consecrated,

At Mount Hope, Roxbury, consecrated,

See Burial Grounds.
Century, the nineteenth said to end to-day,

Hill, afterwards called Beacon Hill,
Celebration, for ascendency of French liberals in

France. Ox roasted, .... Jan. 24, 1793

Completion of Bunker Hill Monument, . . June 17, 1843

Declaration of Independence Anniversary ; great

time, ........ July 4, 1822

Sep. 15,

1867

Julv 4,

1797

June 14,

1837

Mar. 23,

1853

Jan. 14,

1863

Dec. 19,

1861

1723

1820

1823

1862

Aug. 16,

1831

June 28,

1848

July 2,

1851

June 24,

1852

Aug. 31,

1867

1634

24 BOSTON EVENTS.

Celebration. Independence Day, " no grog, no

booths, no interest," ..... July 4, 1829

Introduction Cocbituate water, many thousands

present, . . . . . . Oct. 25, 1848

Three days' Railroad Jubilee ; great crowds on

Common, ....... Sep. 17, 1851

Inauguration of the Franklin Statue, . . Sep. 17, 1856

Inauguration of the Arm}7 and Navy Monument, June 17, 1877
Centennial Anniversary of settlement of Boston

not held, Sep. 7, 1730

. Of settlement held with great spirit, . . . Sep. 17, 1830

Boston tea party held at Faneuil Hall, . . Dec. 16, 1873

Signal light at Christ Church, .... Apr. 17, 1875

Battles at Concord and Lexington, . . . Apr. 19, 1875

Battle at Bunker Hill, procession six miles long, June 17, 1875

Adoption of the American Flag (old glory), . June 10, 1877

Charter, Colonial, granted to the Mass. Company, Mar. 4, 1629

The return demanded by British Government, 1634

Hidden hy the Court officials, . . . 1664

Annulled by the Home Government, . . . Oct. 22, 1683

Condemnation read in the Town House, . May 25, 1686

New one brought over by Governor Phipps, . May 14, 1692

ChVy. The town voted against apptying for one, Mar. 14, 1708

The town again voted against an application, Mar. 11, 1794

The town again vote against applying, . . Jan. 26, 1792

The town- again vote not to apply, . . Nov. 15, 1815

The town vote to petition for one, . . Jan. 7, 1822

Granted by the Legislature, .... Feb. 23, 1822

Adopted by vote: j^eas, 2,797 ; nays, 1,881, Mar. 4, 1822

Went into operation by inauguration, . . May 1, 1822

BOSTON EVENTS. 25

Charter, City. Revision adopted by vote, . Nov. 13, 1854

Qieever, Ezekiel, school-master 70 years, died,

aged 93, Aug. 21, 1708

Chemical Chimney, at Roxbury ; top blown off

with powder, ...... Sep. 19, 1873

Children's Mission, Tremont st., corner-stone laid, July 12, 1866

Chinese Jlink, moored at Charles River Bridge, . Nov. 18, 1847
Towed down the harbor, Feb. 16, 1848

Chinese Embassy. Burlingame and suite visit

— . Boston, Aug. 20, 1868

Chimneys in Boston first made of sticks and mud, Sep., 1630
The owners fined if found on fire, . . . Nov. 4, 1651
Sweeps appointed by the town, . . . Nov. 27, 1655

Christmas, Laws passed to prevent the observance, 1660

Laws against the observance repealed, . . 1682

Cholera, Asiatic, made its appearance in Boston, July 20, 1832
Fast Day held in the City, to prevent, . . Aug. 9, 1832
Again breaks out in Boston, .... 1849

Deaths in Boston in two days, 32, . . . Aug. 9, 1849
Again appears in Boston, great alarm, . . June 11, 1854
Hospital built on Fort Hill square, . . . July, 1854
A few cases in the City, ..... July, 1866

Churches, Ashburton Place, Congregational, com-
pleted, July 4, 1844

Arlington Street, Congregational, completed and

dedicated, . . . . . . Dec. 12, 1861

Baptist, formed under great opposition, . . 1665

House on Stillman street completed, . . Feb. 15, 1679

New House on Stillman street completed, . Dec. 22, 1771

In Stillman street, last service, . . . June 14, 1829

26 BOSTON EVENTS.

Churches. In Union street, first service, . . June 18, 1829

In Union street, last service, .... 1854

In Somerset street, corner-stone laid, . . Sep. 12, 1853

Baldwin Place, wooden house dedicated, . Mar. 15, 1746

New brick house dedicated, . . . . Jan. 11, 1811

Baldwin Place, last religious service held, . . Feb. 12, 1865

Made a "Home for Little Wanderers," . May, 1865

Beach st. and Harrison ave., Presbyterian, built, 1846

Bedford and Sea street, new house dedicated, . Apr. 19, 1846

Bedford street, of the Saviour, dedicated, . . Nov. 12, 1852

Congregational, corner-stone laid, . . . Oct. 17, 1822
Bennet street, N., Methodist, completed and

dedicated^ ...... Sep. 18, 1828

Removed to build school-house, . . . 1871

Belknap street, African, completed and dedicated Dec. 4, 1806

Bowdoin st., Episcopal, " " June 16, 1831

Bowdoin square, Baptist, corner-stone laid, . Apr. 1, 1840

New Jerusalem, dedicated,
Brattle street, built of wood, iron window-frames

Rebuilt on Brattle street, brick,

Given a bell by John Hancock,

Struck by a cannon ball from the Americans

Robbed of silver communion service,

Removed for building stores,

On Commonwealth ave., built of stone, .
Broadway, St. Matthew's Episcopal, consecrated June 24, 1818

St. Peter's and St. Paul's dedicated, . . Nov. 24, 1855
Bromfield square, Methodist, corner-stone laid, Apr. 15, 1806
Bromfield st., a love feast broken up b}- rowdies, Dec. 31, 1832
Brookline st. and Warren av., corner-stone laid, Feb. 28, 1869

June 11, 1845

1699

1772

Sep. 17, 1774

March, 1776

May 10, 1781

1872

1871

BOSTON EVENTS. 27

Churches. Bnlfinch St., Congregational, corner-
stone laid, Oct. 17, 1822

Canton street, W., and Warren ave., completed, Oct. 21, 1866

Little Mabel Young murdered there, . . May 23, 1875
Castle street and Washington, corner-stone laid, Oct. 7, 1827

Sold to a Catholic Society, . • - . . Oct. 16, 1862
Cathedral, Washington st., Catholic, dedicated, May 2, 1875
Charles street, Baptist, built and dedicated, . Aug. 5, 1807

Sold to Society of colored people, . . . 1867

Chamber st., Congregational, corner-stone laid, May 10, 1824

Sold to Catholic Society, ....
Christ, Salem street, built, dedicated,

The chime of bells first rung,

Signal light in belfry, .....

Belfry, Gen. Howe's headquarters,

Closed, being a Tory Church,

Reopened for services, .....

Steeple blown down in a storm,

Scene of a society disturbance,
Cockerel, Hanover st., new brick house, Middle
street, dedicated, .....

Brick, rebuilt and dedicated,

Sold to a Methodist Society, ,

Rebuilt and remodeled, ....

Columbus Ave., Dr. Miner's Church dedicated, .
Columbus ave. and Berkeley, Methodist, corner-
stone laid, ......

Columbus ave. and Newton street, Union, corner-
stone laid, ......

Church street, Methodist, first service,

Nov. 22,

1862

Dec. 29,

1723

Nov. 8,

1745

Apr. 18,

1775

June 17,

1775

1776

1783

Oct. 10,

1804

July 20,

1856

May 10,

1721

1844

Aug. 3,

1849

1873

Dec. 2,

1872

May 28,

1877

1869

July 4,

1834

28

BOSTON EVENTS.

Churches. Essex street, Congregational, corner
stone laid, ......

Endicott st., Catholic, completed and consecrated

A new Church built, ....
Federal street Societ}- meet in a barn,

Barn converted into a Church,

A new house completed and dedicated, .

The Federal Constiution adopted there, .

The second new house dedicated, .

Sold, to be removed for stores,
First, State and Devonshire streets, mud walls
thatched roof, .....

Joy's building site, built of wood, .

Absentees fined three shillings each,

In Cornhill, burned, . ...

In Cornhill, rebuilt of brick, .

People ask the town for a clock,

In Cornhill street, again burned, .

In Cornhill street, again rebuilt, • .

In Cornhill street, last service,

In Chauncy place, first service,

In Chauncy place, removed for stores, .

Corner Marlboro and Berkeley streets, dedi

Oct I'fcJCl * • • • « • •

Freeman place, Congregational, first occupied,
Franklin st., Catholic, completed and consecrated

Sold and being removed for stores,
German, Shawmut avenue, dedicated,
Gloucester place, completed and dedicated,
Green street, Advent, corner-stone laid,

-.June 26,

1816

I, Nov. 6,

1836

1877

. May,

1729

. Sept.,

1729

1744

Feb.,

1788

. Nov. 3,

1809

. Jan. 30,

1845

. August,

1632

1640

1646

. Oct. 4,

1711

1712

•

1716

. Mar. 20,

1760

1761

. July 17,

1808

. July 21,

1808

. June,

1868

. Dec. 10,

1868

1850

, Sep. 29,

1813

. Sept.,

1860

. May 28,

1877

. Apr. 3,

1868

. Apr. 8,

1826

BOSTON EVENTS. 29

Churches. Green street, Advent, closed for reli-
gions services, . . . . . Mar. 13, 1864

Hanover st., corner Bennet street, bnilt of wood, 1741

Sold to Murray's Universalist Society, . . 1785

Enlarged and repaired, . . . . . 1792

Again repaired for Father Streeter, . . 1824

Rebuilt of brick, dedicated, .... Jan. 1, 1839
Sold to the Baptist, P. Stowe's Bethel, . . Apr. 11, 18G4
Beecher's, opposite Portland street, corner-
^/ stone laid,' . . . • . . June30, 1825

Beecher's, Congregational, burned, . . Feb. 1, 1830

Hawes place, Congregational, completed and

dedicated, . . . . . . . Mar. 9, 1825

Harrison avenue and Worcester sts., Catholic,
corner-stone laid, .....

Hollis street, built of wood, completed,

Wood house burned, .....
Again rebuilt of wood, ....

Rebuilt of brick, completed, ....
Struck by lightning twice this 3rear,

Indiana Place, Congregational, dedicated,
Sold to Mr. Morgan's Society, .

Kings Chapel, Tremont and School streets, built
of wood, .......

Rebuilt of stone and completed, .
The tower blown down in a storm, .
Remaining in use, . . ...

Kneeland street, corner Tyler, dedicated, .

Lynde street, wood frame raised,
Used for barracks for British troops, . . Oct., 1775

Jan.

1,

1858

April

I,

1731

Nov.

12,

1787
1793

May

31,

1811

1837

Dec.

12,

1847

Mar.

11,

1866
1688

Aug.

21,

1754

Oct.

10,

1804

Jan.

1,

1880

Sep.

29,

1853

Sep.

7,

1736

30 BOSTON EVENTS.

Churches. Lynde street. New brick house, cor-
ner-stone laid, ...... Apr. 4. 1806

Had the first Sunday School in a Church, . Sep. 7, 1812
Maverick and Bremen streets, dedicated, . . Dec. 29, 1852
Maverick and Sumner streets, dedicated, . . Feb. 6, 1845
Marlboro and Berkeley streets, corner-stone laid, Apr. 4, 1867
Ma}T street, African, built, dedicated, . . May 24, 1824
Methodist African, built of wood, dedicated, . May 15, 1796
Meridian street and Havre, built, . . . 1846

Merrimac street, Congregational, dedicated, . July 19, 1837
New North, built of wood, on Middle street,

dedicated, ...... May 7, 1714

New brick house completed, .... May 2, 1804

Sold to a Catholic Society, .... Nov. 8, 1862

Moved back 12 feet to widen Hanover street, . 1870

New South, Summer and Bedford sts., dedicated, Jan. 8, 1715

New house completed and dedicated,. . . Dec. 28, 1814

Removed to give place for stores, . . . May, 1868
Newbury and Berkeley streets, corner-stone laid, Oct. 17, 1865
North Square Methodist, Father Taylor's, corner-
stone laid, .....
North Russell street, Methodist, built,

Sold to African Society,
Old South, building of cedar wood, began,

Wood removed to build of brick, .

New brick house completed, .

Had a British riding-school and a bar,

Refitted for religious services,

Furnished with a new bell,

Occupied for a recruiting office, . . . Aug., 1862

Oct. 3,

1822

1838

June 22,

1865

July 20,

1669

March,

1728

Apr. 26,

1730

Nov.,

1775

Jan.,

1782

July 27,

1816

BOSTON EVENTS. 31

Churches. Old South, "outside repaired aud paint-
ed, Dec., 1867

Society, religious services closed after the fire, Nov. 9, 1872
New Dartmouth st., completed and dedicated, ' 1875
Bell removed to Dartmouth street house, . May 17, 1876
Park street, Congregational, completed and dedi-
cated, May 1, 1809

Paris street and Decatur, corner-stone laid, . Nov. 11, 1850

Pine street and Washington, corner-stone laid, June 20, 1827

Closed for religious services, . . . July 31, 1861

Pitts < street, Congregational, corner-stone laid, July 7, 1836

Purchase St., Episcopal, destroyed by great fire, Nov. 9, 1872

Purchase street, Mariner's, corner-stone laid, . Aug. 11, 1829

Destro}7ed by the great fire, .... Nov. 9, 1872

Quaker, built on Brattle street, . . . 1693

Rebuilt in Quaker lane, ..... 1709

Removed from Quaker lane to Lynn, . . April, 1825

Rowe street, Baptist, completed and dedicated, Apr. 27, 1846

Sold to be removed, last service, . , . May 31, 1868

Sandemonian, stood on Parkman place, . . 1765

In Parkman place, burned, .... Apr. 11, 1773

Salem, corner Bennet street, corner-stone laid, . July 17, 1827

School street, French, brick house built, . . 1716

French, discontinued, ..... 1741

Occupied by Catholic Society, first service, . Nov. 6, 1788

Universalist built, corner-stone laid, . . May 19, 1817

Rev. Hosea Ballou ordained, . . . Dec. 25, 1817

Rev. Alonzo A. Miner installed, . . . May 28, 1848

Removed, to build stores, . . . . 1872

Society removed to Columbus ave., . 1872

32 BOSTON EVENTS.

Churches. Second, built in Clark square, of wood, 1649
In Clark square, burned, .... Nov. 27, 1676
Again rebuilt of wood, ..... 1677
Used for fuel by British soldiers, . . . Dec., 1775
Shawmut ave. and Williams st. dedicated (Bap.), Dec, 1849
Congregational, dedicated,. .... Nov. 18, 1852
St. Paul's, Tremont street, Episcopal, corner-
stone laid, Sep. 4, 1819

St. Stephen's, Purchase st., corner-stone laid, Mar. 25, 1845

St. Mark's, Concord street, built, . . . 1845
Springfield street, Congregational, completed and

dedicated, ....... July 8, 1863

Suffolk street, Catholic, corner-stone laid, . . July 8, 1842

Temple street, Methodist, corner-stone laid, . June 30, 1835

New house, dedicated, . . . . . Oct. 18, 1865

Tremont and Concord streets, Methodist, corner-
stone laid, ...... July 30, 1860

Tremont and Brookline streets, Congregational,

corner-stone laid, ..... June 17, 1863

Tremont and Camden streets, corner-stone laid, July 1, 1867

Trinity, Summer street, corner-stone laid, . .' Apr. 15, 1734

New house built, completed, .... Sep. 15, 1828

Sold, to be removed for stores, . . . 1872

New house on Boylston street, dedicated, . Feb. 9, 1877

Union place, Congregational, corner-stone laid, July 6, 1861

Waltham street, German Lutheran, built, . . 1846

Warren street, Jewish Synagogue built, . . 1851

Warren street Chapel, corner-stone laid, . . July 23, 1835

Webster and Orleans streets, built, . . . 1842

Winter street, Central, corner-stone laid, . . May 27, 1841

BOSTON EVENTS. 33

Churches. Winter street, Central, removed to

make room for stores, .... Sep., 1865

Church St. territory raised, in some places, 9 ft, 1868

Circus opened at the foot of the Mall, . . Sep. 19, 1778

Opened at Washington Garden, near West st., July, 1815

Opened at the Lion Tavern, Washington street, Oct., 1835

One on Haverhill street, and another on Tr avers

street, ....... Oct., 1841

On Haymarket square, Franklin turns three sum-
mersaults, .......

Barnum's, on Exeter street, great display,
On Columbus avenue, .....

Exhibition, Siege of Paris Panorama, on Colum-
bus avenue, ......

City Auditor, William Hayden, appointed, .
Elisha Copeland, "

Alfred T. Turner, "

James H. Dodge, "

Building, Corner of Court square and Williams
court, built, ......

Occupied as a police station, . ...

Clerk, Samuel F. McCleary, Sr., chosen,

Samuel F. McCleary, Jr., "

Crier, James Wilson, "

William Collier, "

Samuel T. Edwards, u

George Hill, "

Council Clerk, Thomas Clark, "

EichardD. Wait, "

Washington P. Gregg, "

3

May,

1844

May,

1875

June,

1876

1880

May 13,

1825

June 14,

1841

Dec. 5,

1864

July 16,

1881

1846.

May 26,

1854

May 1,

1822

Jan. 5,

1852

May 30,

1822

July 1,

1842

May 6,

1844

Apr. 28,

1851

May 1,

1822

Jan. 6,

1833

Jan. 2,

1843

34

BOSTON EVENTS.

City Engineer, Ellis A. Cheesebrough, chosen, .
James Slade,
Henry Crafts,
Joseph P. Davis,
Government. A mayor, eight aldermen, forty-
eight councilmen,
Inaugurated without a mayor,

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it

. .

a

a

a

u

a

u

A mayor, 12 aldermen, 48 councilmen,
A " 12 " 60

A " 12 " 86

A " 12 " 72

Hall. Johnson's Hall, School street, occupied.
Old Town House, State street, occupied,
Johnson's Hall, School st., again
Several offices at Faneuil Hall,
Mechanics' Hall, Chauncy street, "
New building, School street, corner-stone
laid, ......

New granite, School street, dedicated, .
The opening visited by 20,000 persons,

Grounds, School st., purchased by the town, .
Occupied for a school house,
Occupied for a school and engine-house,
An exchange in part with Mr. Richard-
son, .......

Offered for sale, but not sold,
Additional land bought on School street,
Trees, shrubbery, and fence removed for new
house,

Nov. 18,
Oct. 13,
Feb. 24,
Dec. 1,

May 1,
Jan. 6,
Jan. 2,
Jan. 1,
Jan. 6,
Jan.,
Jan.,
May 1,
Sep. 17,
Mar. 18,
Mar. 18,
Jan. 10,

Dec. 22,
Sep. 18,
Dec. 25,
Mar. 31,

Feb. 19,
May 14,
June 4,

1850
1856
1863
1872

1822
1845
1854
1855
1867
1875
1877
1822
1830
1841
1841
1863

1862
1865
1865
1645
1645
1811

1827
1827
1839

Sep. 30, 1862

BOSTON EVENTS.

35

City Messenger. Johnson Colby, chosen,

. Sep. 26

, 1822

Oliver H. Spun*, ■

u

. June,

1852

Alvah H. Peters,

u

. May 1

, 1872

Marshal, Benjamin Pollard,

. May 30

, 1823

Daniel Parkman,

a

. June 19

, 1837

Ezra Weston, Jr.,

u

. June 25

, 1838

James H. Blake,

a

. May 1

, 1840

Ira Gibbs,

u

. June 25

, 1845

Francis Tukey,

tc

. June 22

, 1846

Fined for fast driving,

t<

. May 2

, 1848

Office changed to Chief of Police, .

. June 17

, 1852

Physician, Theodore Dexter,

chosen,

. June 13

, 1825

Jerome Van Crowningshield Smith, chosen,

. June 3

, 1829

Henry G. Clarke,

U

. June 5

, 1849

Joseph S. Jones,

a

. Jan. 21

, 1861

William Reed,

a

. Feb. 8

1864

William H. Page,

a

. Apr. 3.

1870

Samuel A. Green,

a

. Apr. 3.

1871

Prison, established under the Court House,

. Apr. 22,

1856

Registrar, Samuel H. Hewes,

chosen,

. May 1.

1822

Francis L. Lincoln,

u

. May 17,

1845

Artemus Simonds,

u

. Mar. 24,

1851

Nicholas A. Appolonio,

u

. Feb. 13,

1854

Solicitor, Charles P. Curtis,

a

. May 18.

1827

Welch and Curtis,

u

. Feb. 18,

1828

John Pickering,

it

. June 9,

1831

Peleg W. Chandler,

u

. May 4,

1846

George S. Hillard,

. a

. Dec. 5,

1853

Ambrose A. Ranney,

u

. Aug. 6,

1855

John P. Healey,

a

. June 30,

1856

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BOSTON EVENTS.

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City Stables occupied on Hajmiarket square.
On Ha}-market square, removed,
On Brown's Wharf, occupied,
On Brown's Wharf, burned, .
On Harrison avenue, occupied,
On North Charles street, occupied,
Treasurer, Turner Phillips, chosen, .
William McKay,
Richard D. Harris,
James 0. Dunn,
Frederick IT. Tracy,
Charles H. Dennie,
Collector, Thomas Sherwin, "
Clay, Henry, Hon.,. visited Boston, .
Coaches, first used in Boston,
Hackney, came in use,
One horse, called cabs, in use, .
Hackney carriages to be licensed,
Coburn, Daniel J., ex-Chief of Police, died,
Cockade, black, first worn by the Federalists,

Adopted by the U. S. War Department,
Corcoran, Gen., had reception at Boston, .
Cod Fish, placed in old State House over Speaker's
chair, .......

Coliseum built on Boylston street, for Musical
Festival, .......

Disposed of by lottery, .....

Huntington av., frame blown down in a tempest,
The World's Musical Festival began, . ,.
Great Peace Jubilee closed, ....

July,
Sep.,
Aug. 31,
Oct. 4,
Sep. 1,
June 12,
July 8,
Feb. 6,
May 17,
Feb. 26,
July,
Aug. 9,
Oct. 22,

Jan. 11,
April 2,
Apr. 22,
Aug. 29,

1825
1846
1833
1859
1862
1859
1822
1822
1832
1847
1852
1875
1875
1833
1669
1774
1835
1847
1866
1798
1798
1862

Mar. 17, 1784

June,
Oct.,
Apr. 26,
June 17,
July 4,

1869
1869
1872
1872
1872

BOSTON EVENTS.

37

Sep. 1, 1863

May 2, 1776

1777

August, 1812

Collamore, Geo. W., body brought home from

J V tl II S £1 S * • • • » • • •

Committee Of Safety chosen by the town,

Chosen to hunt out old Tories, ....
Chosen to protect the town from the British,

Common, distribution of Common lands by a com-

No more land to be granted from the Common, .

To pasture but seventy cows,

Digging sods on, forbidden,

A place for executing criminals,

First row of trees planted east side, .

Rail fence built on the east side,

Second row of trees planted, east side,

Two Pirates executed there,

A fence built on the north side,

Fox hill not to be dug any more,

Burial ground laid out, south side,

Covered with British soldiers,

Third row of trees planted, east side,

2 J acres at S. E. corner bought of Mr. Foster,

New fence built, north and east sides,

Mall prepared on the east side,

The town vote to build a fence all round,

More criminals executed there, .

Several paths laid out and improved,

Beacon street Mall, laid out,

Small fish sensation near the frog pond,

The wishing-stone near the pond removed,

Ground not to be leased or sold,

Dec. 18,
Mar. 30,
May 18,
Mar. 29,
Oct. 20,
May,
May,
April,

Sep.,
April,
Sep. 1,
Jan. 5,
May,
Dec. 10,

Oct. 16,
Oct. 30,

Mav 20,
Feb. 23,

1634
1640
1646
1647
1659
1728
1731
1734
1726
1737
1743
1756
1775
1784
1787
1787
1790
1795
1797
1816
1816
1818
1820
1822

38 BOSTON EVENTS.

Common. Seats built in 1786, removed, . . 1823
Charles street Mall laid out, .... June 29, 1824

Frog pond curbed and improved, . . . Ma}', 1826

Park street Mall laid out, .... May, 1826
Cleared of liquor and gambling stands, . . July 4, 1829
Attempt to name it Washington Park defeated, Sep. 30, 1830

Inside fence on the east side removed, . . Nov., 1831

Covered with dead cats and old boots, . . April, 1832

Boylston street Mall laid out, .... August, 1836

Iron fence all round, completed, . . . Dec. 16, 1836

Trees planted over the east part, . . . May, 1844

Fireworks displayed on east side, the last time, July 4, 1844

Parade ground prepared on the west side, . 1845
Frog pond again improved ; water hydrant

built, 1848

Flag-staff removed from big elm, to Flag-Staff

Hill, 1848

Water Celebration ; 100,000 persons said to be

present, ....... Oct. 25, 1848

Seats prepared for the Smoker's Retreat, . . June 5, 1851

Sanitary Police house built on little hill, . . Oct., 1867
Corner of Tremont and Bovlston street cut off one

night, ....... June 26, 1868

Brewer fountain, north-east corner, completed, . June, 1868

Stone walk, West street to Park square, laid, . 1868

Flag-staff removed from big to little hill, . . June, 1871

Iron fence, east side, removed to Mount Hope, Oct., 1879
Bridges built over east side to accommodate

coasting, Feb., 1874

Stone curb laid next to Tremont street, . . May, 1876

BOSTON EVENTS.

39

built,

Common. Great gathering at dedication of Army

and Navy Monument, ....

Superintendent, Jas. M. Sherburne, in office,

E. L. Ryder, chosen,

James M. Sherburne again chosen,

John Galvin,

Lyman Davenport,

John Galvin, again

William Doogue,

Sewer, Sup't, Chas. B. Wells,

Simeon B. Smith,

William H. Bradley,

Concert Hall, at the head of Hanover st.,

Repaired and occupied by Col. Turner,

Dancing school kept by Col. Turner,

Opened as a restaurant, by Peter B. Brigham, .

Dance hall discontinued, .....

Building removed to widen Hanover street,

Conduit. A water reservoir built near the town

Constables, Wm. Chesebrough, the first appointed,
To take care of the Saltpetre house,
Fined for refusing to serve, ....
The town choose eight, ....

Not obliged to serve but once in seven years,
Ordered to patrol the Common evenings,
George Reed, called "Old Land Shark," ap-
pointed ; held the office thirty years,
Reed explains the game of Keno in Court,
Some to patrol the Common by day,

Sep. 17,

Apr. 1,

July 1,

Feb. 14,
Apr. 20,
May,
May,
May 11,
Feb. 18,
Apr. 20,

July,
Sep.,
Apr. 6,
Feb.,

May,

March,
Nov. 9,
May 29,
Mar. 12,
May 12,
Mar.ll,

Feb. 15,

Sep.,

1877
1851
1854
1856
1859
1863
1868
1878
1837
1856
1863
1752
1789
1790
1836
1864
1869

1651
1630
1642
1653
1680
1750
1800

1809
1819
1831

40

BOSTON EVENTS.

Constables. Detailed to patrol Ann street by

v I cX \ • • • • • • • • •

Detailed to South Boston on Sundays, .
Have a fight with gamblers on the Common, .
One 87 }"ears old, on duty with the procession,
150 appointed hy the City this year,
State, established for the Commonwealth, .
Chief, William S. King, appointed,
Edward J. Jones, "

George W. Boynton, u

Luther Stephenson, "

William H. Clements, "

Convent, Ursuline, at Charlestown, completed,

Destroyed b}' a mob, evening of
Continental Congress, 1 0 Colonies represented at
Philadelphia, .....
Made a Declaration of Independence, .
Army. Washington besieging Boston,

Took possession of Boston, .
Money counterfeited b}T George Crow,
81,000 worth but one silver dollar,
Cook and Beer Shops, licensed by the town,
Licensed by State Commission,
Licensed by City Commission, .
Licensed by the Police Commissioners,
Cooper, William, pastor Brattle street Church

many years, died, ....
Corn Measurer, appointed by the town,

Market, from Dock square to Merchants row,
Exchange, established in Boston,

1831

August,

1832

June 1,

1833

July 4,

1847

1879

June 24,

1865

June 24,

1865

Feb.,

1866

Oct.,

1872

Feb. 18,

1875

May 31,

1878

Feb 26,

1328

Aug. 11,

1834

Sep. 4,

1774

July 4,

1776

Mar. 4,

1776

Mar. 17,

1776

Apr. 25,

1777

July 1,

1780

1632

1868

1878

Dec. 13, 1743
1655

1703
1855

BOSTON EVENTS. 41

Cotton, Rev. John, escaped from Boston, Old

England, ....... 1633

Appointed pastor of the first Church, . . Oct 10, 1633
His house, southern part Pemberton Hill, . . 1645
Count Johannes and wife played at Boston The-
atre, Mar. 12, 1864

Court, for election of officers, held on the ship

Arabella, Aug. 23, 1630

First held at Boston, . . . Oct. 19, 1630
* Of assistants organized, .... Nov. 30, 1630
To be held once each month, .... Mar. 6, 1631
Permanent^ established at Boston, . . Oct. 3, 1632
Don't recognize the King's commissioners, . May 24, 1665
Send agents to England to appease the King, 1683
Removed to Concord on account of small-pox, Jan. 3, 1764
Closed for want of revenue stamps, . . Dec. 18, 1765
Removed to Cambridge by the Governor, . Mar. 20, 1771
General, of Massachusetts, organized, John Han-
cock Governor, Oct. 25, 1780

Held a session in Boston Town-house, . . May, 1781

Removed to the new State House, Beacon hill, 1798

Time of assembling changed from May to Jan., May, 1831
Municipal, at Boston, established ; William

Minot, Judge, ...... June 2, 1800

Removed from School to Leverett street, . June 20, 1822
Removed from Leverett to School, Johnson's

Hall, June 13, 1831

Removed to new Court House, Court street, . Jan. 1, 1837

Name changed to Superior Court, . . . July 2, 1866

Police, first organized in Boston, . . . June 20, 1822

42

BOSTON EVENTS.

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. .

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Court, Police, located in Leverett street,

Removed to new Court House, Court st.,
Removed from 1st to 2d floor of Court House
Abolished, the last session held,
Reorganized, and named Municipal Court,

Police, Clerks, Thomas Power, appointed, .
Seth Tobey,
Thomas Power again
Seth Tobey again
John C. Leighton,

House, stood on Queen street about the year
Preparation to build on School street,
Johnson's Hall, School street, built.
Stone house, built on Leverett street,
Leverett street house called a nuisance,
The old building on Court street removed,
Stone building, Court st., corner-stone laid,
Pillars weighing 28 tons each brought in,
Stone building, on Court street, completed,
New addition at the south end, completed,

United States, Johnson's Hall, occupied, .
Court House, Court street, occupied,
Court held in Bowdoin square,
Masonic Temple, Tremont street, purchased.
Cove Company, The South, incorporated, .
Cows, Seventy may be pastured on the Common,

Going at large, to be licensed and wear a tally

A keeper employed by the City,

Pastured on the Neck at $8 for the season,

And dog licenses amount to $3,247.39,

Feb. 13, 1823

Jan. 1, 1837

Sep. 20, 1861

June30, 1866

July 2, 1866

June 20, 1-822

Sep. 14,»1852

Feb. 18, 1853

Feb. 9, 1860

Jan. 7, 1867

1773

1807

1810

1820

1828

May, 1833

Sep. 28, 1833

Sep. 12, 1835

Dec. 20, 1836

Dec. 31, 1861

1812

1840

Dec, 1856

Dec, 1856

Jan. 1, 1833

1646

1823

1824

1827

1824

BOSTON EVENTS.

43

Cows not to be allowed on the Common,
Crockett, Col. David, visited Boston,
disking, Hon. Caleb, died at Newburyport

aged 78 years, .....
Custom House, stood on Red Lion Wharf,

At the corner of King and Exchange streets

On Custom House street,

New building began at head of Long Wharf,

New building completed, cost $1,073,371.43
Collectors, Benj. Lincoln, in office,

Henry Dearborn,

Henry A. S. Dearborn,

David Henshaw,

George Bancroft,

Levi Lincoln,

Robert Rantoul,

Marcus Morton,

Charles Greeley, Jr.,

Charles H. Peaslee,

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Arthur W. Austin,
James S. Whitney,
John Z. Goodrich,
Hannibal Hamlin,
Thomas Russell,
William A. Simmons,
Alanson W. Beard,
Roland Worthington,

Daguerreotype Likenesses first taken in Boston,
Dancing in taverns prohibited by law,
On ropes, prohibited by law,

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a

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1830
May 11, 1834

Jan. 2, 1879

1682

1770

1808

Sep. 1, 1837

June 16, 1847

1796

1809

1813

1829

1838

1841

1844

1845

1849

1853

1857

1860

. . 1861

1866

1867

1874

1878

1882

Mar. 10, 1840
1651

May 28, 1735

44

BOSTON EVENTS.

Dancing Schools, prohibited b}T law, .
One opened by George Brownwell,
Halls. Thirty open in Ann street, 12 o'clock
night, ......

Dark Day throughout New England, great alarm

Deaths in Boston,

377 dur

485

ng the year .

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Court square,

392
889
3,667
4,391
6,098 '
8,612
Dead House at City Building
At North Grove street,
Near City Hospital, Harrison avenue,
Deacon House, at the corner of Washington and

Concord street, built,
Deer veiy plenty about Boston, .

Five presented to Boston by Philadelphians,
Park, prepared on Boston Common, (a dear
park,)

Democratic Club- The first was formed at the
North End, .....
Republican, name first in use, .
Dickens, Charles, Reception at Papanti's Hall
Tremont street, ....

Reading his works at Tremont Temple,
District Attorney. Samuel D. Parker, chosen,
George P. Sanger,

May 28,

Sep. 24,
May 19,

it

Sep. 15,

Oct. 1,

Nov. 27,
Oct. 29,

Feb. 1,
Dec. 2,
May 1,
Sep. 14,

1673
1735

1849
1780
1710
1728
1786
1822
1850
1860
1870
1880
1849
1854
1864

1846
1630
1863

1863

1793
1794

1842
1867
1832
1853

BOSTON EVENTS.

45

District Attorney. George W. Cooley, chosen, Sep. 11, 1854

George P. Sanger again "

John Wilder May, elected,

Oliver Stevens, " ...

Diving Bell, used in the harbor by Edw. Bendall

One on exhibition in State street,

Two men killed with one at Long Wharf, .

Competition race in the harbor under water,
Dock, Town, the cove at Dock square,

Oliver's, at the foot of State street, .
DogS. No family allowed more than one, .

A stringent law passed to regulate, .

All required to be licensed,

License for females, $5 ; for males, $2,
Dog Killers. The police sent out to kill stray
dogs, ......

The City employ one man to kill,
Dog Show. Great exhibition at Music Hall,
Door Nips began to be used by burglars,
Don Pedro, Brazilian Emperor, visited Boston, June 14, 1876
Downing, Major Jack, on a visit at the House of

Correction ; a fraud, .....

Draft, Militaiy, of soldiers in Boston for the War
commenced, . . .

At Faneuil Hall, suspended, ....

At Faneuil Hall, postponed a second time,

Again commenced at Faneuil Hall, .

At Faneuil Hall, again suspended, .

Commenced in Boston, by districts, .

Caused a great riot in Boston, ....

Nov. 26,

1861

. Nov. 3,

1868

. Jan. 1,

1875

L, July 23,

1642

. Sep. 26,

1810

. Sep. 26,

1832

. July 4,

1868

1708

1817

•

1697

1784

1824

1868

y

1868

1877

. Sep.,

1877

. Dec,

1843

Oct. 30, 1837

Sep. 1, 1862

Sep. 13, 1862

Sep. 30, 1862

Oct. 15, 1862

Nov. 5, 1862

May 12, 1863

July 14, 1863

46

BOSTON EVENTS.

June,
April,

Drainage on the surface began on Tremont street, Sept. ,

The great sewer to Moon Island commenced,
Drinking Saloons, said to be a vast many in town,
Said to be 500 in Boston,
Said to be 1,500 in Boston,
Said to be 3,000 in Boston,
Drumming was a means of summoning the people
To proclaim laws against Quakers,
To raise military recruits,
To raise recruits for the Mexican War,
To raise recruits for Southern Rebellion, .
Duels. Phillips killed Woodbridge on the Com
mon, ......

Between two naval officers on Noddle's Island
Between naval officers on Noddle's Island,
In Rhode Island, got up at Tremont House,
Duellists, to be buried with a stake driven throug]
the body, ......

Duke Alexis, a Russian Prince, visited Boston
Dwellings, in town, 1,000,

In town, 3,000, . . . . .

In town, 6,700,

In the City, 41,402, ....

Earthquakes. A severe one occurred in Boston
One done considerable damage in town,
Five occurred during the year, .
One rocked the houses in town,
Threw down vane on Faneuil Hall, and ten

chimneys, .....

Four slight shocks this year,

1866
1878
1698
1822
1850
1880
1664
1666
1675
1846
1861

July 3, 1728
Oct. 9, 1773
Sep. 25, 1819
Feb., 1834

Dec. 8.

June

1728
1871
1697
1709
1800
1880

1, 1638

Jan. 26, 1662

1669

Oct. 29, 1727

Nov. 18, 1755
1783

BOSTON EVENTS. 47

Earthquakes. Done considerable damage in town, Jan. 6, 1786
Severe, lasted three minutes, .... Nov. 9, 1786
Done considerable damage in town, . . . May 16, 1791
Done some damage in town, .... Mar. 11, 1800
Threw down several chimneys, .... Sep. 7, 1817
A slight shock at 5 o'clock, a. m., . . Aug. 25, 1846

A slight shock at 5 J o'clock, a. m., . . . Oct. 10, 1869
A slight shock at 11 J o'clock, a. m., . . Oct. 20, 1870

A slight shock at 12.55, a. m., . . . July 20, 1871

East Boston, (Once Noddle's Island,) land com-

4

pany incorporated, ..... Apr. 19, 1833
Earle, Hezekiah, Dept. Chief of Police many

years, died, aged 73, Mar. 30, 1857

Eclipse of the moon frightens a military com-
pany, June 27, 1675

Of the sun, total in Boston, .... Apr. 16, 1806

Egg, a wonderful humbug on exhibition in town, . May 21, 1817

Elephant, Sam Rice's, bathed in the frog-pond, . July 7, 1859
Elective Franchise granted to land-holders in

Massachusetts, ..... 1661
Election, Town. Twelve "Town Overseers"

(Selectmen), chosen, .... Mar. 14, 1635

Ten "Town Occasions" (Selectmen), chosen, Sep. 16, 1636

To be held every six months, . . . 1636

To be held but once a year, . . . . 1687

Seven Selectmen, eight Constables, chosen, . 1700

Held in Faneuil Hall, 1744

Ninety-four town officers chosen, . . . 1750

The first vote by wards, .... April 1, 1799

City. The first meeting for choice of Mayor, . Apr. 8, 1822

48 BOSTON EVENTS.

Election, City. For Mayor, John Phillips, 2,500 ;

for all others, 150, Apr. 16, 1822

For Josiah Quiucy, 2,504; for Blake, 2,179, . Apr. 4, 1823
For Josiah Quincy, 3,867, every vote cast, . Apr. 12, 1824
Time changed from April to December, . . Mar. 26, 1825

For Josiah Quinc}T, 1,836; for all others, 65, Apr. 11, 1825
For Josiah Quincy, 3,168; for Blake, 1,750, . Dec. 9, 1826
For Josiah Quincy, 2,189 ; for Amos Binney,

340, , Dec. 10, 1827

For Harrison Gray Otis, 2,778 ; for Caleb Ed-
dy, 1,283, ....... Dec. 8, 1828

For Harrison Gray Otis, 1,844 ; for all others,

152, . . . ... . . . Dec. 14, 1829

For Harrison G. Otis, 2,828 ; for Theodore

Lyman, 672, Dec. 13, 1830

For Charles Wells, 3,316 ; for Theo. Lyman,

2,309, Dec. 28, 1831

For Charles Wells, 2,918 ; for Theodore Ly-
man, 771, Dec. 11, 1832

For Theodore Lyman, 2,734 ; for Sullivan and

others, 2,448, Dec. 9, 1833

For Theo. Lyman, 4,261 ; for all others, 143, Dec. 8, 1834
For Sam'l T. Armstrong, 3,025 ; for John W.

James, 1,185, Dec. 13, 1835

For Samuel A. Elliott, 3,288 ; for James and

Williams, 2,377, Dec. 8, 1836

For Samuel A. Elliott, 3,471 ; for Walker,

1,126; for Lyman, 1,138, . . . . Dec. 11, 1837
For Sam'l A. Elliott, 3,780 ; for Caleb Eddy,

2,769, Dec. 10, 1838

BOSTON EVENTS. 49

Election, City. For Mayor, Jonathan Chapman,

4,399; for Bradford Sumner, 3,091, . . Dec. 9, 1839
For Jonathan Chapman, 5,224 ; for Charles

G. Greene, 2,590, Dec. 14, 1840

For Jonathan Chapman, 4,694 ; for John TV.

James, 3,537, Dec. 13, 1841

For Martin Brimmer, 5,081 ; for Bradford

Sumner, 2,288, Dec. 12, 1842

For Martin Brimmer, 4,974 ; for James Sav-
age, 2,237, Dec. 11, 1843

For Josiah Quinc}T, Jr., 4,404 ; three trials, no

choice, ....... Dec, 1844

For Thomas A. Davis, 4,865 ; for all others,

4,688, Feb. 21, 1845

For Josiah Quincy, Jr., chosen for remainder

of year, ....... Dec. 11, 1845

For Josiah Quincy, Jr., 5,331 ; for all others,

2,984, Dec. 8, 1845

For Josiah Quincy, Jr., 3,852 ; for all others,

2,189, Dec. 14, 1846

For Josiah Quincy, Jr., 4,752 ; for Goodrich,

1,655; for Parker, 1,535, . . . . Dec. 13, 1847
For John P. Bigelow, 5,133; for James,

1,142; for Smith, 425, .... Dec. 11, 1848
For John P. Bigelow, 4,660 ; for Hall, 700 ;

Sumner, 347, Dec. 10, 1849

For John P. Bigelow, 5,394 ; for Amory,

1,146; Goodrich, 1,126, .... Dec. 9, 1850
For Benj'n Seaver, 3,990; for Smith, 2,736;

Thaxter, 1,024, Dec. 14, 1851

50 BOSTON EVENTS.

Election, City. For Mayor, Benjamin Seaver,

6,018 ; for Smith, 5,021 ; for Smith, 899, . Dec. 13, 1852

No Mayor chosen in December this year, . 1853

For J. V. C. Smith, 6,045 ; for John A. Wil-

kins, 3,171, Jan. 9, 1854

For J. V. C. Smith, 6,429 ; for George B. Up-
ton, 4,405, Dec. 13, 1854

For Alex. H. Rice, 7,404 ; for Nath. B. Shurt-

ieff, 539, Dec. 10, 1855

For Alex. H. Rice, 8,714 ; for Jona. Preston,

2,025, Dec. 8, 1856

For Fred. W Lincoln, Jr., 8,110 ; for Charles

B. Hall, 4,193, Dec. 14, 1857

For Fred. W. Lincoln, Jr., 6,279 ; for Moses

Kimball, 4,449, Dec. 13, 1858

For Fred. W. Lincoln, Jr., 5,932 ; for Joseph

M. Wightman, 4,208, .... Dec. 12, 1859

For Joseph M. Wightman, 8,934 ; for Moses

Kimball, 5,074, Dec. 13, 1860

For Joseph M. Wightman, 6,765 ; for Edward

S. Tobey, 5,795, Dec. 9, 1861

For Fred. W. Lincoln, Jr., 5,932 ; for Joseph

M. Wightman, 5,289, .... Dec. 8, 1862

For Fred. W. Lincoln, Jr., 6,206; for Otis

Rich, 2,142, Dec. 14, 1863

For Fred. W. Lincoln, Jr., 6,877 ; for Thomas

C. Amory, 3,732, Dec. 12, 1864

For Fred. W. Lincoln, Jr., 6,522 ; for Nath'l

B. Shurtleff, 3,690, Dec. 11, 1865

BOSTON EVENTS. 51

Election, City. ForMaj-or, OtisNorcross, 5,662 ;

for Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, 4,755, . . Dec. 10, 1866
For Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, 8,335 ; for Otis

Norcross, 7,880, . . . . Dec. 9, 1867

For Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, 11,005 ; for Moses

Kimball, 9,166, ...... Dec. 14, 1868

For Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, 13,154; for Geo.

P. Baldwin, 4,785, Dec. 13, 1869

For William Gaston, 10,627 ; for Geo. O. Car-
penter, 7,820, Dec. 12, 1870

For Wm. Gaston, 9,820 ; for Newton Talbot,

6,157, Dec. 11, 1871

For Henry L. Pierce, 9,260 ; for Wm. Gaston,

8,756, Dec. 10, 1872

For Samuel C. Cobb, 19,991; for Henry D.

Cushing, 568, Dec. 9, 1873

For Samuel C. Cobb, 17,874; for Francis B.

Hayes, 835, ...... Dec. 13, 1874

For Samuel C. Cobb, 14,923; for Halsey J.

Boardman, 12,257, Dec. 14, 1875

For Fred. O. Prince, 16,507; for Nathaniel

J. Bradley, 13,967, . Dec. 12, 1876

For Henry L. Pierce, 24,936 ; for Fred. O.

Prince, 22,774, Dec. 11, 1877

For F. O. Prince, 19,546 ; for Charles R. Cod-
man, 18,009, Dec. 10, 1878

For F. O. Prince, 18.594; for Solomon B.

Stebbins, 16,063, Dec. 9, 1879

Elevator. One in City Hall completed, . . Sep., 1874
Eliot, Rev. John, came to Boston from England, Nov., 1631

52 BOSTON EVENTS.

Eliot, ReY. John, preached to the Indians, . 1644
Completed a translation of the Bible in Indian

language, ....... 1663

Emancipation proclaimed by President Lincoln, Jan. 1, 1863
Statue given by Moses Kimball, placed in Park

square, ....... Dec. 6, 1879

Emerson, Nath'l, ex-Police Captain, died at Med-

ford, aged 62, ....... Aug. 5, 1879

Envelopes, for letters, came in use, . . . 1840

Express, Harnden's, first ran to New York, . 1839

Adams, established in Boston, .... 1840

Ellsler, Fanny, dancing at Tremont Theatre, . July 31, 1838
Everett, Edward, ex-Governor, died, aged 71

years, ....... July 12, 1862

Eye and Ear Infirmary, Charles street, completed, Nov. 1, 1849

Fairs. Mechanics', held at Faneuil Hall three days, Sep. 18, 1837

Horse, held at Agricultural Ground, South End, Oct. 1855

Sanitary, held at Music Hall, .... March, 1863

Catholic, held at Music Hall, .... March, 1864

National, Sailors', opened at Boston Theatre, . Nov. 7, 1864

Stowe's Bazaar, opened at Faneuil Hall, . . Dec. 18, 1865

Mechanics', opened at Faneuil Hall, . . . Sep. 15, 1869

Opened at Quincy Hall, .... Sep. 2, 1874

Opened at Columbus ave. and Pleasant street, Sep. 2, 1878

Old South, to preserve building, in progress, . Dec, 1879
Fairbanks, Richard, fined for selling his house

without license, ..... June 6, 1636

Faneuil, Peter, offered to give the town a market-
house, ....... July 14, 1740

Gift accepted by vote : yeas, 367 ; nays, 360, Apr. 14, 1742

BOSTON EVENTS. 53

Faneuil, Peter, died at Boston, ... Mar. 3, 1743

Likeness placed in Faneuil Hall, . . . 1743

Hall, completed and presented to the town, . Sep. 13, 1742

Grasshopper, put in place by Shem Drown, . Nov. 1, 1742

The market closed b}7 the town, . . . June 12, 1743

Grasshopper thrown off by an earthquake, . Nov. 18, 1755

Grasshopper again thrown down at a fire, . Jan. 13, 1761

Grasshopper replaced, ..... June 28, 1763

Repaired by a lottery fund, .... 1763

» The British have a theatrical performance there, Nov., 1775

Enlarged and completed, .... Mar. 10, 1806

A Superintendent chosen, .... Oct. 14, 1833

A Free-Soil meeting broken up there, . . Nov. 15, 1850

Had a clock presented by children, . . Jan. 14, 1850

The grasshopper repaired and replaced, . Dec, 1852

The lower floor opened as a market, . . Oct. 28, 1858

A steel bell placed thereon, .... Apr. 15, 1867

Still retains the name " Old Cradle of Liberty," 1880

Farm School, located at Thompson's Island, . May 4, 1834

Faro Bank keepers begin to be fined at Court, . Feb. 14, 1824

Fast driving on the streets punished by fine, . Mar. 1, 1806

Day, " Held for the sins of the country," . . . July 21, 1642

Held on account of the small-pox, . . Sep., 1667

" Held for the bad state of the currency," . Dec. 16, 1736

Held to avert war with England, . . . Nov. 16, 1814

Held to save the Union, .... Sep. 26, 1861

Held again to preserve the Union, . . . Apr. 30, 1863

Held again to protect the Union, . . . Aug. 4, 1864

Federal Constitution adopted at the Federal st.

Church, Feb. 6, 1788

April,

1789

Dec,

1789

July 21,

1823

Feb. 2,

1634

54 BOSTON EVENTS.

Federal and Republican, the two great political

parties, .«*••»■
Federal Court first held in Boston,
Female Refuge. College (or Refuge) incorpo-

id LfcJLl «i • • • • • •

Fence- Yiewers first chosen by the town,
Fencing School kept at the Royal Exchange

Tavern, ....... 1686

Fenian Excitement commenced in Canada and

New England, 1837

Again commenced in New England, . . . Oct., 1865

Great meeting held at Faneuil Hall, . . . Mar. 12, 1866

Ferry, Winnisimmet, began by Thomas Williams, Ma}r 14, 1631

Had three row boats, . . . . . 1711

To let for a term of fifteen years, . . . 1779

An iron steamboat put on, . . . Aug. 13, 1832

Steamboats running every fifteen minutes, . Jan. 1, 1880

Charlestown, began by Edward Carver, . . June 14, 1631

From north part of Lynn st- to Charlestown, 1708

Discontinued, Charles River bridge built, . June 17, 1786

Noddle's Island, kept by Ed. Bendall, row boats, Dec. 18, 1637

Steamboats began running, .... Oct. 16, 1832

Steamboats ran every ten. minutes, . . Jan. 1, 188^

People's, to E. Boston, the North Feny opened, Oct. 12, 1854

Field, Mill (or Mylne), land north of Mill Creek, 1634

Fort, about Fort Hill, 1634

Colburn's, at the South End, . 1640

Common, south of Century Hill (Beacon Hill), 1640

Webber's, at the South End, .... 1640

New, north of Cambridge street, . . t 1650

BOSTON EVENTS. 55

Field, Coffin's, near Essex and Summer streets, . 1777
Blackstone's Field, or Garden, west of Louisburg

squarex ....... 1634

Fire, Thos. Sharp's and Mr. Coleman's houses

burned, ....... 1630

Ladders and poles furnished for every house, . 1652

To be under the direction of the Selectmen, . Mar. 31, 1652

A water engine provided, ..... Mar. 1, 1653

The Fort at the Castle burned, . ... . Mar. 21, 1673

Church and 45 houses burned at the North End, Nov. 26, 1676
An engine imported from England, . . . March, 1679
One hundred buildings burned near the dock, . Aug. 7, 1679
Buildings blown up with powder to stop confla-
gration, Aug. 7, 1679

Lookouts stationed at top of the First Church, . Aug. 29, 1679

Fourteen houses burned near the draw-bridge, . Apr. 3, 1688
Buildings blown up near the dock, to stop confla-

gration, ....... Mar. 11, 1701

Town House, First Church, and 100 buildings

burned, . . . . . ... Oct. 2, 1711

Town House and many valuable records burned, Dec. 19, 1747

Several buildings burned on Marlboro street, . Feb. 7, 1753

Very serious, at the lower end of Milk street, . Nov. 14, 1759
Town House, -First Church, and 350 buildings

burned, Mar. 20, 1760

Faneuil Hall burned, all but the outer walls, . Jan, 13, 1767

Destructive one in Williams court, . . . June 10, 1762

Sandemonian Church, Parkman place, burned, . Apr. 4, 1773

Very destructive, on Long Wharf, . . . Sep. 21, 1780

The North Mills and grain, burned, . . . Dec. 25, 1782

56 BOSTON EVENTS.

Fire. Simmons School-house, State st., burned, Mar. 10

Four barns of hay at Oliver's dock, " Aug. 26

Hollis street Church and 60 houses, " Apr. 22

Kope-walks, Atkinson street, " July 30

Spermacetti works, Batteryniarch street, " Feb. 11

British ship Betsey burned by a mob, . . June 20

Rope-walks at West Boston, burned, Mar. 1

Federal street Theatre, " Feb. 3

Eleven houses on Marlboro street, " May 1

Columbian Museum, Court square, " May 17
Destructive, at Portsmouth, N. H. ; meeting at

Faneuil Hall for sufferers, .... Dec. 22

Exchange Coffee-house, Congress square, burned, Nov. 3

Lewis rope-walks, Charles street, " Oct. 9

Six houses on Union street, u July 14

18 cows and one horse, in Hawley street, " June 20

Type Foundry in Salem street, " June 24

15 houses on Beacon and Charles streets, " July 7

53 houses on Central and Kilby streets, " April 7

10 buildings on Court street, " Nov. 10
On West street, water taken from Orescent (Frog)

Pond, May 19

Distillery on Union street burned, . . . Aug. 14
Beecher's Church, Hanover, opposite Portland

street, burned, ...... Feb. 1

Bakehouse and five persons on Broad st., burned, May 5

Warren Hotel, Friend street, " July 9

Old Town House badly scorched, . . . Nov. 21

40 buildings on Blackstone and Pond sts. burned, Ma}7 18

70 buildings in Charlestown, '* Aug. 26

1785
1786
1787
1794
1795
1795
1797
1798
1799
1807

1813
1818
1819
1821
1824
1824
1824
1825
1825

1828
1829

1830
1831
1832
1832
1835
1835

BOSTON EVENTS. 57

Fire. Lyman School-house, Meridian street, East
Boston, burned, ......

12 incendiary, during the night,
9 stables set during the evening,
Three acres burned over on Charlestown and
Causeway streets, . . . . .

Damrell & Moore's Printing House burned,
Albany and Hudson streets, conflagration,
Tremont Temple, Tremont street, burned,

National Theatre, Portland street, "

Chickering's Building, Washington street, "
Johnson's Block, Commercial street, "

Pemberton House, Howard street, "

Several vessels at Sargent's wharf, "

Gerrish Market, Portland street, burned, .
Jefferson's Block, North street, and nin e persons
burned, ......

East Boston Flour Mills, burned,

House and two children on Stillman street, "
Several houses on Federal street, "

Mechanical Bakery, Commercial street,
Flour Mills, on Eastern Avenue,

Westboro' Reform School buildings, "

House of Reformation, at Deer Island, "

City Stables, on Commercial street, "

Derby Range, Sudbury street, "

Conflagration on Albany and on Border streets, July 4
Nahant Hotel, at Nahant, burned,
Quincy Market-house badly scorched,
Mathew's Block, North street, burned,

Jan. 22

, 1846

Feb. 5

, 1846

Jan. 7

, 1847

Jan. 22

, 1847

Mar. 10

, 1848

July 12.

1848

Mar. 31

, 1852

Apr. 26

, 1852

Dec. 2.

1852

Nov. 2

, 1853

May 16.

1854

Apr. 27

, 1855

Apr. 12

, 1856

July 29.

1856

Sep. 22

, 1856

May 20

, 1857

May 2.

1858

Feb. 6.

1859

Apr. 2.

1859

Aug. 12

, 1859

Aug. 21.

1859

Aug. 31,

1859

Sept. 8,

1860

July 4,

1861

Sep. 11,

1861

Jan. 27,

1862

Feb. 24,

1862

58 BOSTON EVENTS.

Fire. Stores on Batterymarch street burned, . May 12, 1862
In Sudbury street, seven injured, one fireman

killed, July 1, 1862

National Theatre, Portland street, again burned, Mar. 24, 1863
Winthrop House, Tremont and Boylston streets,

burned, Apr. 6, 1864

Morris' Play-house, Province court, burned, . Oct. 25, 1864

Eebel sensation, attempt to burn New York city, Nov. 28, 1864

Minot's Block, Sudbury street, burned, . .. Apr. 30, 1865

Parker House, School street, slightly damaged, June 8, 1865

48 families on Second street burned out, . . Feb. 16, 1866

Merrimac Stables, on Friend street, burned, . Mar. 10, 1866

Pickle Factory, on Broad street, " .. May 22, 1866

Childs & Jenks' Picture Gallery, Tremont st.,

burned, ....... June 18, 1866

Iron Foundry, on Lewis st., E. Boston, burned, July 1, 1866

Destructive, at the city of Portland, Me., . . July 4,' 1866
Man son & Peterson's Mills, Border street, East

Boston, burned,. Feb. 24, 1868

At Lynn, Boston engines sent, .... Jan. 26, 1869

Day's Cordage Store, Commercial street, burned, Nov. 25, 1869

Flour Mills on Commercial street, " Dec. 7, 1869

Severe one on Friend street. . . . Apr. 30, 1870

Conflagration on Border street, East Boston, . July 25, 1870

Nims' Stable, Mason street, and 25 horses burned, Oct. 31, 1870

Aclelphi Theatre, rear Washington street, burned, Feb. 11, 1871

Fitch's Lumber Yard, East Boston, " Apr. 19, 1871

Terrible conflagration, 63 acres in the heart of

Boston burned over, and more than $100,-

000,000 of property destroyed, . . . Nov. 9, 1872

BOSTON EVENTS. • 59

Fire. Small-pox Hospital, Pine Island, burned, Dec. 26, 1872
Corner Blackstone and Hanover streets, three men

killed, Feb. 27, 1873

Four acres burned over at Washington and

Essex streets, May 30, 1873

Hayes* Stables, Berkeley st. ; 55 horses burned, Oct. 11, 1873
Dr. Gordon's Church, Montgomery street,

burned, . . . . . . . Jan. 4, 1874

Workshops, at the State Prison, burned, . . Mar. 21, 1874
Horse-car Stables burned at South Boston, . Aug. 5, 1874
Severe one on Wareham street, ... . Dec. 15, 1874

Hittinger's Wharf, Charlestown, burned, . . Dec. 15, 1874
Severe one on south side of Dock square, . . Mar. 9, 1876
Brooklyn Theatre, New York, burned, and 300

lives lost, ....... Dec. 6, 1876

Jenney's Oil Works, South Boston, destroyed, . Jan. 26, 1877
Southern Hotel, St. Louis, destroyed, great

loss of life, Mar. 11, 1877

On Shawmut avenue, near Tremont street, loss of

life, . . ...... June 6, 1877

At St. Johns, Newfoundland, news received, . June 21, 1877
Gore's block, on Pitts street, burned, .• . Sep. 24,. 1877

Holmes' Furniture Warehouse, Charlestown, de-
stroyed, ....... Jan. 31, 1878

Tremont Temple, Tremont street, badly scorched, Aug. 14, 1879
Tenement houses, South Boston, five lives lost, Sep. 17, 1879
At Winthrop square, $1,000,000 of property de-
stroyed, Dec. 29, 1879

Boston Journal Building badly scorched, . . Mar. 21, 1880
Beebe's Block, Winthrop square, burned, . . May 6, 1880

60 ' BOSTON EVENTS.

Fire Alarms. Bells on Churches to be rung, . 1700

To be given by watchmen with a rattle, . 1796

Bells first rang in Boston by electricity, . Jan. 1, 1852

Supt. Moses G. Palmer, appointed, . . . May 1, 1854
Joseph B. Stearns, " . . . May 26, 1856

John F. Kennarcl, "... Feb. 7, 1867

Commission, the Selectmen of the town, . . Mar. 31, 1651
A special, appointed by the town, . . . Aug. 29, 1679
A board of three chosen by the City Council, Nov. 20, 1873

Companies, eight organized in the town, . . Aug., 1679
In commission, in the City, twenty,
With engines, thirtj'-six in all,

Engines, ladders and poles, with swabs, prepared,
A machine, throwing water six feet high, pro-
vided, .......

One imported from England,

The town had seven, .....

One machine throwing water- ten feet high, .
One given the town by John Hancock, .
Had six leather buckets each,
All the town's machines damaged by incen-
. diaries, . • .
Fifteen dollars premium for being first at a

ill L • ••••••••

The Perkins tub first introduced, .
One stationed at South Boston,
The town has eighteen, ....
The first steamer, Miles Greenwood, arrived, Feb. 24, 1855
Steam taking the place of muscle, . . 1860

Engineers, Chief, Samuel D. Harris, appointed, Jan. 19, 1826

Dec. 31,

1850

Jan. 1,

1880

1652

1653

1679

1730

1730

1772

1773

Mar. 13,

1793

May 1,

1823

Sep. 13,

1823

Jan. 12,

1829

Dec. 31,

1847

BOSTON EVENTS. 61

Fire Engineers, Chief, Thos. C. Ainory, appointed, Feb. 9, 1829

William Barnicoat, ' "

Elisba Smith, "

George W. Bird, "

John S. Damrell, "

William A. Green, "

Fireworks on Copp's Hill in the evening, .

On the Common, spoiled by the rain,

In the evening, on east side of Common, last

LUll^'i • • • • • •

First time on the Common parade ground,
On Commonwealth avenue, evening,
Fleet, French, Marquis DeJoinville, in Boston
harbor, . . .

English, reported being off the harbor,
Russian, Mahomed Pascha, in Boston harbor, .
Flour Mills, at East Boston, built,

At Eastern avenue, "

Flower Show, a tent and fine display on the
Common, .......

Flying Machine on exhibition on the Common, July 4, 1878
Folsom, Abhy (and Silas Lamson) , make a sen-
sation in Boston, .....

Died in New Hampshire, aged 75, .
Fort Hill, first called Cornhill, 80 feet high,
Iron fence built around Washington square,
Improvement ; digging down commenced,
Fortifications. Castle, in the harbor, commenced
to build, ......

The gunner fires at a passing ship,

Aug. 14,

1837

Feb. 5,

1855

Feb. 9,

1857

Mar. 19,

1866

Jan.,

1873

July 4,

1800

July 4,

1835

July 4,

1844

July 4,

1845

July 5,

1869

Aug. 27,

1788

Apr. 10,

1814

May 18,

1858

1849

1846

June 13,

1873

July 4,

1878

1841

Aug. 5,

1867

1633

1838

Sep. 4,

1866

1634

June,

1637

62

BOSTON EVENTS.

Fortifications. Castle. The gunner exchanges
shots with a ship, ....

Richard Davenport, the Commander,

Struck by lightning, ....

Again struck by lightning, Commander killed

Repaired and enlarged,

Rebuilt, and named Fort William, .

Defended by one hundred guns,

The block-house blown up by the British,

Criminals confined there,

Ceded to the United Stated, .

Named Fort Independence, .
Merry's Point (Battery street) , were raised there

Again raised and repaired, .

Again repaired and strengthened, .
Again raised and enlarged,
Said to have gone to decay, and useless,
Neck, at Roxbury line, a gate put up,
Roxbury gate repaired, ....
Roxbury gate again repaired,
Embankment raised and extended,
Embankment rebuilt of brick' and stone,
Had new gates and batteries,
Repaired and greatly strengthened,
Gates thrown open by Washington's Army,
Substantially improved by volunteer labor,
Discontinued ; surrounding grounds raised,
Old ruins dug up in building a sewer,
Fort Strong, Camp Hill, Noddle's Island, built,
Repaired by volunteer labor, .

. Sep.,

1644

. Oct.,

1644

• July,

1660

d, July 16

, 1664

1696

1705

. March,

1750

. Mar. 27

, 1776

. Feb.,

1786

. Aug. 18

, 1798

. July 31,

1799

■ 9

1646

1656

1696

1706

1760

1640

1650

1696

•

1706

1710

1710

1742

. Mar. 17,

1776

1814

1832

1860

?

1776

•

1814

BOSTON EVENTS.

63

Fortifications. Fort Strong. Gone to decay and
removed, ......

Winthrop began to be built,
Warren and George's Island, building began,
Works said to be completed, .
Rebel prisoners confined at Warren,
Forgeries. The Miller sensation on State street, Dec,
The Jackson swindle sensation, . . . Dec,
The E. D. Winslow swindle sensation, . . Jan.,
Forest Garden, West Roxbury, first opened, . July 17,
Franklin, Josiah, built a small house near head of
Milk street. .....

Had soap and candle works on Union street,
Benjamin, son of Josiah, born in Milk street, . Jan. 6.
Worked at printing in Queen street,
Master of a Masonic lodge in Philadelphia,
Was a General Postmaster for the country,
'"Surprised the world with electricity," .
Commissioner in a treaty with England,
Died at Philadelphia, aged 84 years,
Fund, given to Boston by will of Franklin,
Treasurer, William Minot, for 55 years, re-
signed, ....... Feb. 26,

Medals, 21 first distributed to good scholars, . Jan. 21,
Monument, erected in the Granary burial

grounds, ....... June 16,

Placed front of City Hall, on School street, . Sep. 17,
Removed to the west side of the grounds, . Sept.,
Freemen, the town, in all has 108 legal voters, . Oct. 19,
Frost every month during the year

Nov.,
Apr. 17,

1833
1808
1833
1850

1862
1847
1875
1876
1878

1690
1696
1706
1725
1750
1753
1754
1783
1790
1790

1866
1793

1827
1856
1862
1630
1816

64 BOSTON EVENTS.

Frost again every month during the year
Frigate Constitution, launched at Hart's Wharf, .

Sailed on a cruise from Boston,

Figure-head (Hercules) said to represent Jackson.

Figure-head cut off one stormy night,

A man called Figure-head Deway, died insane, .
Frog Pond, a small mud hole on the Common,

A small fish sensation for a day,

Being enclosed with curb-stones,

Called Crescent Pond for a time,

Enclosed with hewed curb-stones,

Bo3's fined for bathing there,

Bottom paved with stones,

Cochituate water from a hydrant let on,
Funeral Honors in Boston, for the death of George
Washington, ......

For the death of Alexander Hamilton,

" " Presidents Adams and Jeffer-

son.

L,

" " President Monroe

u tc

General De Lafayette,

" " President Madison

u u

President Harrison,
" " General Jackson,

a

President Taylor, .

Daniel Webster, .
" " General Fletcher Webster,

" " Colonel William Blaisdell,

" " Colonel John Chambers, .

" " Hon. Edward Everett, .

1817

Oct. 21,

1797

July 22,

1798

1798

July 3,

1834

Mar. 25,

1835

1788

May 20,

1818

May,

1826

1828

June,

1834

Aug.,

1836

Aug.,

1848

Oct. 25,

1848

Dec. 24,

1799

Aug. 1,

1804

Aug.,

1826

Aug. 23,

1831

Sep. 6,

1834

July,

1836

Apr. 21,

1841

July 9,

1845

Aug. 15,

1850

Nov. 30,

1852

Sep. 9,

1862

July 1,

1864

July 23,

1864

Jan. 19,

1865

BOSTON EVENTS. 65

Funeral honors in Boston for the death of Presi-
dent Lincoln, ...... June 1, 1865

For the death of Hon. Mr. Peabody, . . Feb. 8, 1870

" Hon. Anson Burlingame, . Apr. 23, 1870

" Admiral Farragut, . . . Aug. 16, 1870

" Hon. Charles Sumner, . . Mar. 16, 1874

" Hon. Henry Wilson, . . Nov. 29, 1875

" William Lloyd Garrison, . May 28, 1879

Orations have taken the place of Processions, . 1880
Gage, Gen. Thomas, arrived in Boston ; Military

Rule, Oct. 15, 1768

Gabriel, Angel (John S. Orr), with his horn, dis-
turbs Boston, ...... April, 1854

Gallows, erected on Boston Common, . . . Apr. 9, 1644

Ordered removed " to ye next knowle," . . Mar. 31, 1656

Built on the Neck by Sheriff Greenleaf, . . 1769

Criminals sit on, with ropes about their necks, . May, 1772
Counterfeiters placed on, with ropes about their

necks, .*...., Sep. 10, 1780

Four men and five women are placed on, . . Sep. 16, 1793

Moved to South End (near Garland street), . March, 1817

One on South Boston Heights, about the year . 1812

In use on the Neck, up to the year , . . Apr. 25, 1822

Erected in the jail-yard, Leverett street, . , Mar. 3, 1826

Erected within the jail, on Charles street, . . June25, 1858

Garroting, great excitement in and about Boston, Nov., 1865

Gamblers driven from the Common by constables, July 4, 1829
Marshall Tukey arrests 49 in Court and Sudbury

streets, . ....... Mar. 20, 1849

Green lecturing, exposing the tricks of the trade, Feb. 8, 1850

5

66 BOSTON EVENTS.

Gamblers. Eighty-five arrested by the police one

evening, ....... April, 1851

"A few more left of the same sort," . . . 1880

Gras Light first exhibited at the Boylston Museum, Nov. 26, 1815

Company, the first meeting held, . . . July 14, 1826

Pipes began to be laid in the streets, . . Oct. 16, 1826

Lamp, one placed in Dock square, . . . Jan. 1, 1829

The City has twenty in the streets, . . . Dec. 4, 1834

The City has 180 for street lights, . . . May 1, 1839

The City has 4,312, and 1,351 oil lamps, . . May 1, 1868

The City has 10,139, and 2,276 oil lamps, . Jan. 1, 1880

Explosion. House on Endicott street blown up, Jan. 17, 1855

In many places at the great fire, great damage, Nov. 10, 1872

Building on Lagrange street destroyed, five

killed, May 26, 1875

On Federal street bridge, four men killed, . Dec. 22, 1875
Gribbeted. Two pirates, on Bird Island, hung in

chains, May 3, 1724

The Pirate Fly, on Nix's Mate, hung in chains, July 2, 1726

Griants. Rose Richardson, age eight, weight 500

lbs., at Concert Hall, ....

Charles Freeman, seven feet, three inches high,

at the National Theatre, ....

A monster Quaker, and Lady, at Amory Hall, .

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1834

Jan.

1,

1841

July,

1849

Jan.

1,

1862

Aug.

1,

1862

Jan.

1,

1863

Mar.

1,

1863

Aug.

1,

1863

Nov.

1,

1863

BOSTON EVENTS.

67

Gold, at 61 per cent, premium,

At 90 "

At 154 "

At 194

At 194

At 136

At 126

At 48

At 38
-At 46

At 42

At 35

At 42

At 50

At 33

At par ; specie payment resumed,

Gorman, Edith, an escaped Nun, lectured in

Music Hall, ... ...

Governor of New England, Capt. John Smith,

Of the Massachusetts Colony, Mathew Crad-
dock, ....

Colonial, John Winthrop, chosen,

John Winthrop, re-chosen,

Thomas Dudley, chosen,

John Haynes,

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Henry Vane,
John Winthrop,
Thomas Dudley,
Richard Bellingham,
John Winthrop,

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Mar. 1.

1864

June 1

, 1864

July 1

, 1864

Sep. 1

, 1864

Oct. 1

, 1864

Nov. 1

, 1864

Jan. 1

, 1865

Apr. 1

, 1865

June 1

, 1865

Dec. 1

, 1865

July 1.

1866

Dec. 1

, 1866

July 1

, 1867

July 1

, 1868

Dec. 1,

1868

Jan. 1,

1879

•

Mar. 18.

1871

1622

1629

Oct. 20,

1629

Aug. 23,

1630

May 14,

1634

May 6,

1635

May 15,

1636

May 17,

1637

May 13,

1640

June 2,

1641

May 13,

1643

68

BOSTON EVENTS.

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Governor, Colonial, John Endicott, chosen,
Thomas Dudley, chosen.
John Winthrop,
John Endicott,
Richard Bellingham, "
John Endicott,
Richard Bellingham,
John Leverett,
Simon Bradstreet,
Election ceases with the first Charter,
Joseph Dudley, appointed President of New
England, .......

Sir Edmond Andros sent from England,
John Winthrop died, aged 62 years,
John Endicott died, aged 76 3rears,
Andros disfranchises the land-holders, .
Andros fled to the Castle for safety,
Andros arrested and put in jail,
Andros sent to England for trial, .
Massachusetts had none, ....

Sir William Phipps arrives with new Charter,

Sir William Stoughton appointed, .

Phipps sent to England for misdemeanor,

The Earl of Belmont appointed,

William Stoughton, " ...

The Colony had none, .....

Joseph Dudley assumed the ofiice, .

The Colony had none, .....

Joseph Dudley again in office,

William Tailor appointed, ....

May 29,

1644

May 14,

1645

May 6,

1646

May 10,

1649

May 3,

1654

May 23,

1655

May 4,

1665

May 7,

1673

May,

1679

Oct. 23,

1683

May 14,

1686

Dec. 20,

1686

Mar. 26,

1649

Mar. 23,

1665

Mar. 25,

1687

Apr. 17,

1689

Apr. 19,

1689

1689

Apr. 20,

1689

May 14,

1692

Nov. 18,

1694

Nov. 18,

1694

May 26,

1699

July,

1700

1701

June 11,

1702

1714

Mar. 26,

1715

Nov.,

1715

BOSTON EVENTS.

69

Governor, Colonial, Samuel Shute, appointed. . Oct.,

1716

William Dummer, appointed,

. Jan.,

1722

William Burnett,

(4

• • •

. July 19,

1728

John Tailor assumed the office,

. June,

1730

Jonathan Belcher assumed the office,

• -Aug.,

1 73.0

William Shirley

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. July,

1741

Spencer Phipps

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. Sep.,

1756

Thomas Burnett

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• Aug.,

1757

Thomas Hutchinson

, acting,

. June,

1760

t Francis Barnard,

• • •

. Aug.,

1760

Lieut. Thomas Hutchinson, acting,

. Aug. 1,

1769

Gen. Thomas Gage

proclaimed Military

Rule, May 15,

1774

Massachusetts had ]

none,

■ •

1776

State. John Hancock elected by the people, . Oct. 25,

1780

James Bowden, elected,

. March,

1785

John Hancock again elected,

. Oct. 8,

1787

Samuel Adams inau

gurated, .

. May,

1794

Increase Sumner,

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. May,

1797

Caleb Strong,

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. May 28,

1800

James Sullivan,

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. Mav 27,

1807

Christopher Gore,

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. May 31,

1809

Caleb Strong again.

• •

. May 27,

1812

John Brooks,

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. May 29,

1816

William Eustis,

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. May 23,

1823

■

Levi Lincoln,

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. May 25,

1825

John Davis,

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. Jan. 1,

1834

• Edward Everett,

a

. Jan. 6,

1836

Marcus Morton,

a

. Jan. 1,

1840

Geo. N. Briggs,

a

. Jan. 3,

1844

Geo. S. Boutwell,

a

. Jan. 1,

1851

70

BOSTON EVENTS.

Governor, State. John H. Clifford inaugurated,
Henry Washburn inaugurated,
Henry J. Gardner,

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Nathaniel P. Banks,
John A. Andrew,
Alex. H. Bullock,
William Claflin,
Win. B. Washburn,
William Gaston,
Alex. H. Rice,
Thomas Talbot,
John D. Long,
Benj. F. Butler,
Gougk, John B. First lectured on Temperance

in Boston, ....

Grant, Gen. U. S. First visit to Boston,
Granary House, built on Century street (Park
street), about ....
Removed to Park Street Church site,
Used for potash storage in
Removed to build Park street Church,
Grain Elevator, one built in Chandler street,
Grand Army of the Potomac, at the Globe Theatre

Grand procession and review, &c,
Great Boots and silver lace prohibited by law,
Spring. The great spring, at (Spring Gate)

Spring lane, ....

Ruins dug up in building the Post Office,

Green Dragon Tavern, sign in Green Dragon

lane (Union street) about . . . .

Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.

5, 1853

4, 1854
3, 1855

6, 1858

2, 1861

3, 1866
6, 1869

3, 1872

6, 1875

5, 1876
1, 1879

7, 1880

4, 1883

Nov., 1843
July 31, 1865

1660

1737

1809

1809

Nov. 1868

May 11, 1869

Oct. 11, 1876

1650

1640
1871

1680

BOSTON EVENTS.

71

Green Dragon Tavern had the picture of a dragon

on a crane, ...... 1680

Estate sold to the Free Masons, . . . 1764
Headquarters (virtually,) of the Boston Tea

party, 1773

The last vestige (in Union street) removed, . 1854

Gunpowder. The sale regulated by law, . . 1731

Boats for storage provided in the harbor, . 1833

Gun-house built on the Common, . . . 1765

Removed to near Park square, .... 1843

On Copp's hill removed to Cooper street, . . Oct., 1827

Cooper street attacked by a mob in a riot, . July 14, 1863

Habeas Corpus suspended in military arrests, . Sep. 24, 1862

Hancock, John, one of the Selectmen of Boston, 1765

Chosen Representative by the Sons of Liberty, May 6, 1766

Was Captain of the Cadets, .... 1772

His Military Commission revoked by Gen. Gage, Aug. 18, 1774

President of the Continental Congress, ' . . July 4, 1776

Elected the first Governor of the State, . . ] 780

Died at Boston, aged 55 years, . . . Oct. 8, 1793

Likeness placed in Faneuil Hall, . . . Apr. 19, 1830

Handcarts no longer allowed to stand in State st., Oct. 4, 1809

Hanged. William S. Schouler, for murder, . Sep. 28, 1637

Dorothy Talbe, an insane woman, . . . Dec. 10, 1638

James Britton and Mary Latham, for murder, . Mar. 21, 1643

William Franklin, for murder, . . . Apr. 8, 1644

Margaret Jones, for witchcraft, . . . June 15, 1648

Anna Hibbins, for witchcraft, .... March, 1656

Robinson and Stephenson, Antimonians, . . Oct. 20, 1659

William Ledro, for being a Quaker, . . . Mar. 16, 1659

June 1,

1660

Sep. 22,

1675

Aug.,

1676

Jan. 27,

1689

Sep. 13,

1713

June 4,

1715

Nov. 30,

1717

July 7,

1726

May 17,

1751

Nov. 19,

1754

Oct. 21,

1773

Oct. 28,

1784

May 5,

1785

May 8,

1788

72 BOSTON EVENTS.

Hanged. Mary Dyer, for being a Quakeress,
John Littlejohn, for murder,
About 30 Indian prisoners-of-war,
Capt. James Hawkins, and seven pirates,
David Wallace, for murder,
Margaret Callahan, for murder,
Two pirates on the Common,
Fly and Granville, two pirates,
A 3"oung negro, for murder,
William Wier, for murder,
Lewis Ames, for robbery,
Grant and Cover, on the Common, for murder,
Scott and Archibald, for murder,
A. and J. Taylor, on Neck lands, for robbery,
Two men and one woman, on the Common, for

robbery, ....... Oct. 8

Brown and Bailey, on the Common, for rob-

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Collins, Poliski and Testill, on the Common,
John Stewart, on the Common, for robbery,
Stephen Smith, on the Common, for arson,
Samuel Tulley, a pirate, at South Boston,
Henry Phillips, on the Neck, for murder, .
Roy, and three other pirates, on the Neck,
Michael Powers, on the Neck, for murder,
Holmes, and two other pirates, on the Neck,
Michael Martin, at East Cambridge, for highway
robber}*, .......

Close and Clisby, on the Neck, for murder,
Samuel Green, on the Neck for Murder, .

Oct. 16,

1790

July 30,

1794

Apr. 6,

1797

Oct. 30,

1797

Dec. 10,

1812

Nov. 13,

1817

Feb. 8,

1819

May 25,

1820

June 25,

1820

Dec. 20,

1821

Mar. 7,

1822

Apr. 25,

1822

1789

BOSTON EVENTS. 73

Hanged. John Holland, rear of the jail, for the

murder of a watchman, .... Mar. 3, 1826

Charles Corliss, in rear of the jail, for piracy, . Feb. 1, 1827

John F. Knapp, at Salem, murder of Mr. White, Sep. 29, 1830

Gadette and Colinett, pirates, in rear of the jail, July 1, 1831

Henry Joseph, for murder, in rear of the jail, . Dec. 2, 1834

Five Spanish pirates in rear of the jail, . . June 9, 1835

Ruiz, a Spanish pirate, in rear of the jail, . . Sep. 12, 1835

Crockett and Russell, in rear of jail, for arson, . Mar. 16, 1836

•Washington Goode, in rear of jail, for murder, May 25, 1849

John W. Webster, rear of jail, Parkman murder, Aug. 30, 1850

Charles L. Cater to be, for murder, died in jail, Jan. 12, 1858
James McGee, for murder, inside jail, Charles

street, ....... June 25, 1858

John Brown, at Charlestown, Virginia, aboli-
tionist, ....... Dec. 2, 1859

President Lincoln's assassins, at Washington, . July 7, 1865
Edward W. Green, at Cambridge, Converse

murder, ....... Apr. 13, 1866

James McElhaney, in jail, wife murder, . . Mar. 21, 1873
Franklin Evans, at Concord, N. H., Lovering

murder, Feb. 17, 1874

James H. Costly, at Dedham, for murder, . June 25, 1875
Louis Wagner, at Thomaston, Isle of Shoals,

murder, ....... June 25, 1875

George W. Pemberton, in jail, for Bingham

murder, ..... .'Oct. 8, 1875

ThomasW. Piper, in jail, for Mabel Young murder, May 26, 1876

Mr. Frost, at Worcester, for murder, . . May 26, 1876

Joseph B.Buswell, at Concord, N. H., for murder, July 10, 1879

74 BOSTON EVENTS.

Hanged. William H. Devlin, at Cambridge, for

murder, Mar. 14, 1879

John P. Phair, at Windsor, Vt., for murder, . July 10, 1879

Harbor frozen over " far down " the bay, . . Dec. 26, 1630

Frozen over, "far down " the bay, . . Dec. 25, 1632
Good walking on the ice to Governor's

Garden, Nov. 5, 1633

Frozen over to Governor's Garden, . . Dec. 11, 1634

Frozen over a long way down, . . . Dec. 27, 1640

Eight persons fall through the ice and drown, Dec, 1649

Frozen over down to Nantasket, . . . Dec, 1697

Frozen over to Long Island, .... Jan. 11, 1711

Closed as a port of entry, by the British, . May 10, 1774

Blockaded in the Embargo excitement, . . Jan. 23, 1809

English fleet, hourly expected, . . . Sep. 10, 1814

Frozen over down to the Castle, . . . Jan. 5, 1835

Frozen over nine miles down, . . . Feb. 3, 1844
Ice channel cut for English steamer, by John

Hill, Feb. 5, 1844

Covered with booths, teams, skaters and pedes-
trians, Feb., 1844

Blockaded, to catch John Wilkes Booth, . Apr. 23, 1865
Frozen over to Spectacle Island, . . . Feb. 21, 1869
Great improvements began by U. S. Govern-
ment, ....... 1869

Master, George P. Tewksbury, appointed, . Oct. 1, 1847

Samuel Cook, " . Apr. 14, 1856

John F. Gardner, " . Jan. 30, 1860

Francis C. Cates, " . Apr. 3, 1877

George F. Gould, " . Oct. 21, 1878

BOSTON EVENTS.

75

Hartford Convention, Delegates chosen in Faneuil

1 lull, ••■•••

Harvard College, first established at Cambridge
Rebuilt during the }'ear, ....

Burned and again rebuilt,
Haunted House, on Springfield street, licensed
by mistake, .....

License revoked without mistake,
Hay, began to be bunched and screwed in Boston
.Weighing " engine" provided near West street
Scales, South, in Charles street,
South, removed to Concord street,
North, built on Merrimac street, .
" remaining at Ha}-market square,
Health Officer, appointed by the town,
Board, Powers vested in the City Council,
Commissioner, appointed by the City Govern
ment, ......

Board, the Ma}Tor and Alderman, constitute,
Commissioners, three appointed under a new law
Supt., Ezra Forristall, appointed, .
George W. Forristall,
Heth, Joyce, aged negress, Washington's nurse

(said to be,) at Concert Hall,
Hewes, G. R. T., the last of the Boston Tea Party
at Boston, .....

Highway, Surveyors appointed by the town,

The great, leading over the Neck to "Rocksburie,'
High Sheriff, Mr. Allen, in office,
Stephen Greenleaf,

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1812

Dec. 13,

1633

1672

1764

July 9,

1869

Aug. 2,

1869

1713

1746

1824

1843

1824

1880

Mar. 28,

1798

1822

May 1,

1824

Aug. 20,

1850

Jan. 14,

1873

May 17,

1853

May 1 ,

1870

Sep. 15, 1835

Aug. 18,

1835
1636
1640
1662
1765

76

BOSTON EVENTS.

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High Sheriff, Mr. Joseph Henderson, in office,

Jeremiah Allen,

Samuel Bradford,

Joseph Hall,

Charles P. Sumner, appointed, .

Joseph Eveleth, "

Henry Crocker, "

John M. Clark, "

Hill, Century, afterwards called Beacon Hill,

Corn, afterwards called Fort Hill,

Snow, afterwards called Copp's Hill,

Cotton, the southerly part of Pemberton Hill

Copeley's, west of Beacon Hill,

West. A spur on Beacon Hill,

Windmill, Powder-House, Flag-Staff, Monument
Hill, on the Common,

Fox. At the west part of the Common,

Washington, 1820, the Little Hill, Flag- Staff Hill,
Holidays — July 4, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Fast,

February 22, and May 30, up to
Home for Indigent Boys at Phipps place estab-
lished, .......

Removed to Thompson's Island,

For aged females on Charles street, dedicated, .

Washingtonian, for inebriates, provided, .

For fallen women, on North street, established,

For aged colored women, on M3'rtle st.

The Channing, on McLean street,

FQr aged men, on Springfield street, opened,

Temporary, on Chardon street, established,

Mar. 27,
Feb. 4,
Mar. 2,

. .

. .

1789
1796
1809
1819
1826
1839
1852
1855
1634
1631
1631
1652
1670
1672

1877
1652
1880

1880

1814
1835
1850
1857
1858
1860
1857
1862
1862

BOSTON EVENTS. 77

Home, Consumptives', established 1864, since at

Grove Hall, 1880

Little Wanderers, Baldwin place, opened, . 1865

Temporary, on Sudbury street, opened evenings, 1866

National, Sailors', at Quinc}7, incorporated, . 1866
Children's Mission, Tremont street, corner-stone

laid, ....... 1866

Young Women's, on Beach street, dedicated, . 1868

Catholic, Children's, Harrison avenue, opened, . 1870

• On Marcellus street, for truant boys, opened, . 1878
New England, 41 Worcester street, for destitute

women, ....... 1880

Hook, Jacob, A veteran constable, died at the

hospital, aged 65, ..... June30, 1855

Hoop Skirts ridiculed in Franklin's newspaper, . Feb., 1725

Horn-blowing in the streets prohibited by law, . June 28, 1809
Hornet's Nest on the Common, mistaken for a

pine-apple, by an Englishman, . . July 3, 1638

Horticultural Hall, on School street, dedicated, May 15, 1845

Corner Tremont and Bromfield street, built, . 1864

Horse Trot. Dexter went a mile in 2m. 19s., . July 30, 1867

Julien went a mile in 2.12f at San Francisco, Oct. 25, 1879

Show. Great attraction on the Fair Grounds,

South End, Oct. 20, 1856

Hospital, Massachusetts General, McLean street,

incorporated, ...... 1811

Lying-in, corner Washington and Asylum street,

built, 1844

City, corner Harrison avenue and Worcester

street, dedicated, May 24, 1864

78 BOSTON EVENTS.

Hospital, Small-pox, built on Pine Island, soon

burned, ....... 1872

Roxbury Alms-house fitted up, . . . Jan. 15, 1873
Built on Canterbury street, .... 1877

Hotels. Adams, Washington street, kept by L.

Adams, ....... 1846

Albion, Tremont street, kept by Maj. Barton, . 1836

Allen's, Causeway street, kept by Wm. Allen, . 1855

American, 42 Hanover street, kept by M. M.

Brigham, ....... 1830

Ben Franklin, Morton Place, kept by Tom

Morgan, ....... 1851

Blackstone, 95 Hanover street, kept by D.

Wise, 1837

Boston, on Brattle street, kept by Mrs. Batch-
elder, ....... 1836

Boston, 641 Washington street, kept by S. Mur-

dock, 1836

Boston, Harrison avenue and Beach street, kept

by J. S. Bradbury, 1860

Boylston, 38 School street, kept by H. L.

Hanscom, ....... 1834

Brunswick, on Boylston street, kept by J. W.

Walcott, 1876

Bucket, 441 Washington street, kept by Dan

Simpson, 1830

Canal, on Pond street, kept by P. Sherburne, . 1834

Carleton, on Tremont Row, kept by John L.

Hanson, 1847

Central, 9 Brattle street, kept by Lucius Slade, 1847

BOSTON EVENTS.

79

Hotels. City (Tremont), Tremont street, kept

by D. Boyden, 1830

Clarendon, Tremont street, kept by Gage & Co., 1867
Commonwealth, Washington and Springfield sts.,

kept by B. F. Kogers, .... 1870

Coolidge, Bowdoin square, kept by Mr. Barton, 1857
Crawford, 83 Court street, kept by Stumcke &

Co., 1872

Cummings, 830 Washington street, kept by G-.

Cummings, ...... 1858

Chestnut Cottage, 15 Portland street, kept by

B. Graffam, ...... 1849

Eagle, 94 Commercial street, kept by J. E. Hunt, 1835
Eastern R.R., Commercial street, kept by Geo.

Nason, ....... 1847

Evans, 175 Tremont street, kept by Mrs. Otis, . 1865

Fenno's, Cornhill square, kept by William Fenno, 1830
Fitchburg, Canal and Causeway streets, kept

by C. Brown, 1847

Fulton, Fulton and Cross streets, kept by Wier

Willard, 1834

Franklin, 44 Merchants' Row, kept by D. Mixer, 1830

German, 155 Pleasant street, kept by C. Pfaff, 1836

Gibbs, Court square, kept by J. B. Gibbs, . 1851

Gibson, 107 Milk street, kept by J. M. Gibson, 1834
Globe, Hanover and Commercial streets, kept

by G. Cummings, ..... 1834

Hanover, 112 Hanover street, kept by J. Robbins, 1835

Hanover, 50 Hanover street, kept by T. Hartson, 1836

Hope, 26 North street, kept by Capt. Clarke, . 1852

80 BOSTON EVENTS.

Hotels. Indian Head, 26 Portland street, kept

by S. Coleman, ...... 1861

Jefferson, 16 Ann street, kept by G. L. White, 1829

Lagrange, 17 Union street, kept by John Bryant, 1838

Lowell, Lowell and Barton streets, kept by Clarke

Ober, 1849

Lafayette, 393 Washington street, kept b}^ Mr.

Barker, ....... 1824

Manufacturers', 38 Salem street, kept by Mr.

Bradley, 1827

Marlboro', 229 Washington, street, kept by Mr.

Barker, ....... 1826

Massachusetts, 33 Pond street, kept by Stevens

& Pindar, 1832

Maverick, Maverick square, kept by T. W.

Barton, • . . . . . . . 1835

Mariners', North square, kept by Capt. Howes, 1847

Mechanics', Cross and Union streets, kept by

Samuel Fiske, Jr., . . . . 1830

Mt. Washington, South Boston, kept by John

Ford, 1837

Merchants' Exchange, Change avenue, kept by

Mr. Stockman, ...... 1841

Merchants' Exchange, State street, kept by Paran

Stevens, 1843

Metropolitan, 318 Washington street, kept by J.

Doyle, 1857

Montgomery, Tremont and Bromfield sts., kept

by Watson & Taylor 1849

New England, Clinton street, kept by D. Long, 1834

BOSTON EVENTS. 81

Hotels. New Marlboro, 736 Washington street,

kept by P. A. Roberts, . . . . 1878
Park, Tremont and Bo}'lston sts., kept by A. S.

Allen, ....... 1835

Parker's, School st., kept b}^ Harvey D. Parker, 1855

Pavilion, Tremont street, kept by Mr. Coleman, 1839
Pantheon, 459 Washington street, kept by John

Holton, . . . . . . . 1838

Pavilion, 359 Hanover st., kept by J. L. Drew, 1856
Pelham, Tremont and Boylston streets, kept by

Dr. Dix, 1857

Pelham, moved back 14 feet, to widen Tremont st., 1869
Pearl Street, Pearl and Milk streets, kept by

P. Shepherd, 1836

Province, 165 Washington street, kept by Thos.

White, 1834

Pond Street, Pond and Cross streets, kept by

Billings & Glidden, 1834

Railroad, 63 Pond street, kept b}>- A. Haskell, . 1834

Revere, Bowdoin square, kept by Paran Stevens, 1844

St. James, Newton street, kept by B. J. Stetson, 1868

Traders', Union street, kept by John Bryant, . 1851
Trimountain, 345 Hanover street, kept by W. ,H.

Freeman, ....... 1856

Union, 29 Union street, kept by D. L. White, . 1830
United States, Beach and Lincoln sts., kept by

Holnian & Clark, 1837

Vendome, Commonwealth avenue, kept by John

W. Walcott, ...... 1880

Warren, Merrimac st., kept by Thos. Stevens, . 1830

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82 BOSTON EVENTS.

Hotels. Washington, on the Neck, kept by Geo.

Read, 1830

Washington, 835 Washington street, kept by D.

N. Burley, 1835

Washington Coffee, 158 Washington street, kept

by J. Smith, ...... 1836

Webster, 382 Hanover street, kept by Simpson
& Martin, ......

Western, on Mill Dam, kept by J. Bigelow,
Winthrop, Tremont and Boylston streets, kept
by Coleman & Silsby, ....

Young's, Cornhill square, kept b}r George Young,
House of Correction, ordered built by the town, .
Bridewell, on Century street,
One built on Barton's Point, ....

One built at South Boston, ,

Convicts allowed to enlist, ....

Of Industry, established at South Boston,

Removed to Deer Island, ....

Number of inmates, 1,322, ....

Of ill-repute, one on Prince street, destroyed by
a mob, .......

Driven from the Hill, .....

Plenty in Ann street, .....

Great raid on Ann street, . . . . Apr. 23, 1851

Said to be 150 in the City, . . . . 1860

Houston, Gen. Sam., lectured at Tremont Tem-
ple, . . . . . . . . Mar. 14, 1848

Ice. A ship load sent to Calcutta, . . . 1834

Twenty-five thousand tons shipped South, . 1846

1855

1830

1845

1855

*

1632

1704

1802

1833

Nov.,

1861

June,

1833

May,

1834

April,

1879

1825

1826

•1850

BOSTON EVENTS. 83

Ice. Has become a great article of trade, . . 1880
Impeachment of President Johnson ; great sensa-
tion, . . . . . . . . Feb., 1868

The last vote ; attempt failed, .... May 26, 1868

Indians. Obatinewat, Sachem of Shawmut, . Sep. 19, 1621

Chief Miantunnomok gave Gov. Winthrop a skin, July 13, 1631

Women and children sold as slaves, . . . July 6, 1637

. Mar. 27, 1638

. Oct. 18, 1662

. Aug. 13, 1670
1674

. Sept., 1675

. Aug. 12, 1676

Of Block Island, pay tribute to Boston,
King Philip visited Boston,
King Philip again visited Boston,
King Philip becomes very troublesome,
Prisoners cruelly executed in Boston,
King Philip killed at Mount Hope,
King Philip's head exhibited on a pole in Boston, Aug. 15, 1676
Sell Boston to the Colonists ; Charter troubles, . June 18, 1684
Scalps taken in war, on exhibition,
Aquitamong, age 112 years, visited Boston,
Scalps sell for £10 each, . .•
Treaty of Peace with the Colony confirmed,
Black Hawk visited Boston, ....
Chief Objewa at Faneuil Hall, ....
The Utes, with Kit Carson, visit Boston, .
The Kansas, with Little Raven, at Boston,
The Poncas visit Boston, .....
Independence began to be talked of in Boston,
Declared by thirteen United States, .
Proclamation read at the Town House,
Great Celebration ; ludicrous scenes,
The 50th Celebration ; liberty pole raised in
Essex street, ......

Nov. 13,

1711

Apr. 15,

1723

Mar. 30,

1725

Dec 15,

1725

Oct-. 30,

1837

Feb. 28,

1849

Mar. 20,

1868

June 5,

1871

Aug. 6,

1879

Jan.,

1773

July 4,

1776

July 18,

1776

July 4,

1785

July 4,

1826.

84

BOSTON EVENTS.

July

4,

1810

July

4,

1830

July

4,

1838

July

4,

1840

July

4,

1868

July

4,

1879

July

5,

1880
1693
1880
1724

Independence Day. The town furnish four hogs-
heads of punch, .
The town appropriate $200 for expenses, .
A feast paid for by the State, the last time,
Made a Political Party Celebration in Boston, .
The Celebration cost the City $30,000,
Proclamation read by a colored man,
Anniversary celebrated on Monday, .
Innliolders. Nine are licensed in Boston, .
2,500 licensed in Boston, . . . . .

Insurance Offices. One by Marion, State street,

Companies represented and doing business in

Boston, 140, ......

Intelligence Offices. The keepers were fined for

fraud,

Required to be licensed, .

Thirty-eight in the City, . . . . .

Ireland. Emigrants arrived, and sold in bondage,
Contributed for the suffering poor, in Boston,
Poor, Boston sent provisions for Ireland's suffer-
ing poor, ,
Contribution for sufferers by Boston,
Islands. Apple, occupied by Mr. Marsh
garden, ....
Bought by the City of Boston,
Bird. Contained 12 acres of land,
Pirates were gibbetted there,
Made a burial place for pirates,
The Selectmen attempt to preserve,
Disappeared at low water,

as a

1880

1723

1863
1880
1655
1677

1847
1880

1814

1867
1636
1724

1798
1818

1825

BOSTON EVENTS.

85

Islands. Brewster, a light-house built there,

Ceded to the United States, .
Castle. A fort was built thereon,

A place for confinement of prisoners,

Sold to the United States, called Fort Indepen
dence, ......

Stone embankment built,
Deer. So called, because deer frequented there

A wood-lot for Boston people,

Income set apart for use of schools,

No more wood to be cut there,

Pest-house voted, but not built,

Leased to Luther Spear, five years,

Emigrant buildings completed,

House of Industry completed,

State paupers removed to Tewksbury, .
Georges. Fort Warren sold to the Uuited
oiaies, ......

A formidable fort with a garrison,
Governor's. Given to Governor Winthrop for
garden, ......

The annual rent, 2 bushels of apples,

Rent remitted by the Court, .

Was sold to the United States,

Is an underground fort,
Long. A light-house built on the head,

A place for pleasure parties, .
Minot's. A ledge sold to the United States,

The light-house destroyed in a storm,

A new light-house completed,

1716

1790

1634

1785

M

1798

1806

I

1631

1636

1641

1655

1717

1824

. Dec,

1849

1854

. May,
d

1854

\X

1846

1880

a

1632

1632

1662

1798

1880

1820

1850

1847

. Apr. 17,

1851

. Nov. 16,

1860

86

BOSTON EVENTS.

Islands. Nix's Mate. Said to contain twelve
acres, ....»•

Hardly out of water, ....

Stone monument built thereon,
Rainsford. Purchased by the State,
A hospital built thereon,
Quarantine headquarters,
Hospital for contagious diseases, .
Spectacle. Used as a wood-lot, ■ .
Cleared of wood but half an acre, .
Leased at six-pence per acre,
A sort of quarantine ground,
Ward's dead horse establishment, .
Italians celebrate the Landing of Columbus in
America, .......

Jay Treaty, Conclusion of ; great sensation in
Boston, .......

Jefferson, Thomas, had a reception at Boston,

Given a big cheese by political friends,
Jews, but two reside in town,
Jim CrOW Rice, jumping at Tremont Theatre,
Johnson, Isaac Lot bounded by School, Tremont
Court and Washington streets, .
Died and was buried in Chapel Grounds,
Richard, M. (Tecumseh), visited Boston, .
Johannes, Count (George Jones) , played at Tre
mont Theatre, .....

And wife, played at Boston Theatre,

Died at New York, body sought for dissection,

Juba, clog-dancer, performing at Washington Hall,

1636

1800
1810
1736
1737
1852
1880
1637
1640
1649
1720
1880

Oct. 12, 1869

July 4,

1795

June 28,

1774

Jan.,

1802

1697

Apr. 8,

1833

•

Sep. 7,

1630

Sep. 30,

1630

Oct. 12,

1843

Sep. 16,

1829

Mar. 12,

1864

Dec,

1869

Sep. 4,

1845

BOSTON EVENTS.

87

Jubilee, Peace, three days' festival on Boylston
Street, »••••••

Peace, the World's, held 20 days on Huntington
avenue, .......

June 15, 1869

Judges Supreme Court, sit dressed in robes,
Police Court, Whitman, One and Simmons,
• John Gray Rogers, appointed,

Whitman, resigned,

Simmons, died,

Abel Gushing, appointed,

Thomas Russell, "

Abel Cushing, resigned,

Sebeus C. Maine, appointed,

Thomas Russell, resigned,

George D. Wells, appointed,

Col. Wells went to war, and was killed,

Edwin Wright, appointed,

Rogers, Maine, and Wright retire,

Abolished, and Municipal is substituted,
Municipal, New, Bacon, Hurd, and Chamberlain,

Francis W. Hurd, resigned, .

Joseph M. Churchill, appointed,

John W. Bacon, resigned,

William E. Parmenter, appointed,

Mellen Chamberlain, resigned,

John Wilder May, appointed,

Justices allowed to marry persons in the county,

Were required to patrol the streets on Sundays,

Kean, Edmund, hissed down at the Boston

Theatre, .......

June 17,

June 30,
Aug. 3,
Jan. 24,
June 17,
July 11,
Jan. 1,
Oct. 15,
Nov. 5,
May 12,
May 24,

June 30,
July 2,
July 2,
Feb. 20,
Mar. 3,
Nov. 24,
Dec. 12,
Oct. 1,
Oct. 12,

1872
1784
1822
1831
1834
1843
1843
1852
1858
1858
1859
1859
1861
1861
1866
1866
1866
1871
1871
1871
1871
1878
1878
1695
1746

Dec. 7, 1818

88

BOSTON EVENTS.

Kendall, Edward, astonishes people with his bugle,

Kenny, Hannah, in jail, charged with killing her

husband, .......

Kearney, Dennis, Sand Lot orator, arrives in

Boston from San Francisco,
Kid, Capt. Robert, in Boston jail for piracy,
King Charles II., ordered Quaker prisoners dis-
charged, .....

Proclamation Day in Boston,
Died Feb. 6 ; news of death received,
James II., proclaimed in Boston,
William and Mary, proclaimed in Boston,
Queen Anne, Proclamation in Boston,

News of her death received, .
George I. Proclamation in Boston,

His birthday celebrated in town, .
• Throne ascension celebrated in Boston,

Died June 10 ; news received,
George II. Proclamation in Boston,

Died Oct. 25 ; news of death received,
George III. proclaimed in Boston,

Birthday celebrated in Boston the last time,

Commissions arrive in Boston to regulate the

Government, ......

Their orders disregarded, ....

They suffer great indignities, and go home, .

Kalakuana, of Sandwich Islands, visited Boston,

Kine-pox inoculation introduced by Dr. Boylston,

Kissing, a fineable offence in Boston (if caught) ,

A merry pastime in New England, . ... .

July 4, 1835

Dec. 22, 1840

July 28, 1878
June 1, 1699

Aug. 2,
Apr. 3,
Apr. 22,
Apr. 26,
May 28,
Sep. 15,
Sep. 15,
May 21,
Aug. 1,
Aug. 22,
Aug. 22,
Dec. 25,
Dec. 25,
June 4,

1660
1661
1685
1685
1689
1702
1714
1714
1715
1724
1727
1727
1760
1760
1768

1662
1665
1667
Jan., 1875
May 21, 1721
1698
1880

BOSTON EVENTS.

89

Knapp, Elder, sensational preacher, at Boston, .

Kossuth, Louis, lecturing and selling Hungarian

Bonds, at Faueuil Hall, ....

Kneeland, Abner, sent to jail as a Free-thinker,
Knights Templars of Virginia, visited Boston, .

Of Boston, visited Richmond, Va., .
Knox, Gen. Henry. Likeness placed in Faneuil
xjiaii, .......

Kremlin. A building on Sudbury street, being
removed, .......

Lafayette, Marquis, visited Boston,
Again visited Boston,
Reception at Boston,
Lager Beer Saloon sensation began,
Lamps, Street. Oil provided by subscription,
Oil first put in use in town, .
Gas. One put up in Dock square, .
Number in use in the streets, 20,

" " " 180,

" " " 4,312,

" " " " 10,139,

Oil. Number in use in the streets, 2,276,
Gasoline experiment nearly abandoned,
Lamson, Silas, with his scythe-snath, lecturing

in Boston,
Lawyers, practising in the town,
Practising in the town,

City,

Jan.,

1842

u

a

u

a

a

a

a

a

a

u

31,
85,
150,
478,
643,

Apr. 29, 1852
June 13, 1838
June 17, 1858
May 13, 1859

May 3, 1831

May, 1847

Apr. 28, 1780

Oct. 18, 1784

Aug. 25, 1824

April, 1855

. 1773

Mar. 31, 1774

Jan. 1, 1829

Dec. 4, 1834

Feb. 1, 1839

May, 1, 1868

Jan. 1, 1880

Jan. 1, 1880

Jan. 1, 1880

1844
1789

1822
1843
1850
1868

90 BOSTON EVENTS.

Lawyers, practising in the City, 1,100, . . 1880

Lectures, Thursday, public, began in Boston, . Mar. 4, 1633

Discontinued about ...... 1833

Lee, Gen. Robert E., surrendered Southern Army

to Gen. Grant, ...... Apr. 10, 1865

Legerdemain. By. Richard Potter, at Concert

Hall, . . . . . . . Oct. 10, 1831

By Signor Blitz, at Concert Hall, . . . Nov. 23, 1835

By John Harrington, at Concert Hall, . . Mar. 31, 1837

Liberty Pole. One raised corner Orange and

Essex streets, ...... 1783

One raised at Liberty square, .... Jan. 25, 1793

One renewed cor. Washington and Essex streets, July 4, 1826

One 120 feet high raised near the Old Elm, . June 28, 1837

Removed to the big hill on the Common, . . Oct., 1848

Removed to the little hill on the Common, . Dec. 6, 1866

One raised in Central square, East Boston, . Aug. 14, 1851

One raised on Telegraph Hill, South Boston, . June 17, I860

One raised in Chester square, . . . . Apr. 27, 1861

One raised in Union Park, .... July 4, 1862

One raised on the Public Garden, . . '.Juty 4, 1867

Libel, to be punished by imprisonment, . . 1753

Suit. Gardner, against an editor ; sensation, . Feb., 1791

Rev. John N. Maffitt vs. Editor Buckingham, Dec, 1822

At Salem, Deacon Giles' distillery ; sensation, June, 1835

Library, Boston, incorporated by the Legislature, June 17, 1794

Kept in Franklin place, .... 1798

Public. Incorporated by the Legislature, . Mar. 18, 1848

Building on Boylston street, dedicated, . . Jan. 1, 1858

First opened for visitors on Sunda3Ts, . . Feb. 9, 1873

BOSTON EVENTS.

91

Lighthouse, built on Great Brewster (Beacon)
Island, ......

On Great Brewster was burned,

On Great Brewster rebuilt,

Again rebuilt on Great Brewster,

Built on Minot's Ledge and lighted, .

Destroyed in a storm ; the two keepers perished

Rebuilt on Minot's Ledge, and lighted,

Built on Long Island Head,

Bug Light built,

Lilid, Jenny, first sang at the Tremont Temple,

Dodge, Hatter, paid $625.00, for choice of seats
Linen manufacture introduced by the Scotch,

Spinning, great exhibition on the Common,
Encouraged by the Government, .
School opened in Hamilton place, .
Lint. Ward 11 sent eleven tons for wounded

soldiers at Washington,
Liquor License required for selling drinks,

Forbidden on the Common on public days,

The Striped Pig evades the law at Dedham
muster, ...*...

Jacob's trial for violation ; great excitement,

Fifteen-gallon repeal signed by Gov. Morton,

To sell, refused by the City Government, .

The twenty-eight gallon law passed, .

To sell, granted by the City Government, .

Law prohibiting the sale, took effect,

Maine Law, took effect in Massachusetts, .

Prosecutions fail with juries in Boston,

1715

1717

1721

1783

1849

Apr. 17, 1851

Nov. 16, 1860

1820

1856

Sep. 28, 1850

Sep. 25, 1850

1720

Aug., 1721

1752

Sep., 1762

Sep. 4, 1862
May, 1701

May, 1827

Sep. 11,
June 17,
Feb. 10,
Sep. 14,
Mar. 10,
Apr. 19,
July 22,
May 2,
Nov.,

1838
1839
1840
1846
1848
1852
1852
1855
1855

92

BOSTON EVENTS.

Liquor License. Hearing before a Committee, at

State House, ...... April,

Prosecutions by the State Police began, . . Maj^ 27,
Prosecutions b}r the State Police discontinued, . Nov. 5,
A new law passed by the Legislature, . . Apr. 23,
Three Commissioners appointed for Boston, . June 17,
Boston Commissioners begin to license, . . Sep.,

Law abolished ; prohibited law passed, . . June 19,
Seizures began by the State Constables, . . July 1,
Retail sales stopped ten days (fire crisis) by

Chief of Police, ..... Nov. 11,

Three Commissioners appointed by the City, . May,
Prosecutions began by the City Police, . . May 18,
Storehouse for seizures, under Derne st. reservoir, Aug. 18,
The new Police Comissioners empowered to

license, ....... Oct. 21,

Civil Damage Law passed, .... April,

Log Cabin. A political emblem on the Common, July 4,

Long Hair, was ver}* obnoxious to the ministers,
Bullets. Game forbidden on the Common,

Lord Ley paid a visit to Boston,
Ashburton paid a visit to Boston,
Maud, a missing medium sensation, .

Lotteries, authorized by law in Massachusetts,
The town have one for paving streets,
Faneuil Hall repaired by one, .
Drawing, held at Faneuil Hall, . . . June 14,

Signs at offices, a horn of plenty,

Dealing, prohibited by law, .... June,
Descent. A great raid on dealers by the police, April,

May,
Mar. 24,

1867
1867
1867
1868
1868
1868
1869
1869

1872
1875
1875
1876

1878
1879
1840
1649
1723
1637
1842
1878
1744
1757
1763
1771
1803
1829
1851

BOSTON EVENTS. 93

Loilisburg War. 2,000 men embark from Boston, Mar. 24, 1744

News received of success ; great rejoicing, . July 3, 1745

Lowell, Col., shot soldier Pendergast, at Niles'

Block, Apr. 9, 1863

Lyman. Mystery of a missing man explained, . Apr. 17, 1830

Magistrates, several were indicted by the Grand

« Jury, ....... Sep. 1, 1635

Three were chosen for life, .... Apr. 7, 1636

Mail Matter, went from Boston to New York once

a week, ....... 1711

"Went from Boston to Hartford once a week, . 1712
Went from Boston to New York once in three

days, ....... 1814

Goes from Boston to New York once a day, . 1880

Maine District, purchased slily by Massachusetts, May 12, 1680

Became a State by itself, ..... Junel9, 1819

Political troubles, a world wide theme, . . 1880

Mall, Paddock's, on Tremont, north of Park street,

about . . . . . . . 1760

A row of elm trees planted there, . . . 1762

To be paved with cobble-stones, . . . 1823

A vote to cut the trees down not executed, . May 16, 1860

The old elms removed by the City, . . . Mar. 2, 1874

Manufactory-house, set apart for the use of

schools, ....... 1731

John Brown, entraps a sheriff and posse there, . Oct. 20, 1768

Maps Of Boston. John Bonner published, in . 1722

Wiliiam Price published one in ... 1769

Market Day, the town appointed Thursday, . 1643

Clerk, was chosen by the town, . . . 1650

94

BOSTON EVENTS.

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u

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Market Clerks. The town chose six,

Of Quinc}T Market, Caleb Ha}Tward, chosen,

Daniel Rhodes,
Charles B. Rice,
George E. McKay,
House. An unsuccessful attempt to build,
The town vote to have three,'
In Dock Square, destroyed by a mob, .
Faneuil Hall, given the town by Peter Faneuil
Stalls in Faneuil Hall advertised to let, .
Faneuil Hall closed as a market, .
" " repaired for a market,

Quincy, completed and opened,
Boylston, corner-stone laid, .
Blackstone street, completed and opened,
Place, established about the town dock,

Allowed near the Town House only,
Sheep, at the west end of Faneuil Hall,
Hay and Wood, near West street,
Near Charles street, .
Removed to Concord street, .
In Merrimac street,
Marine Railway, near the foot of Battery Wharf
completed, ....

Marriage with near relatives forbidden by law,
Masonic Lodge. Saint John's, instituted in Bos
ton, . . . . . . .

Chapter. Saint Andrew's Royal Arch, in
stituted, ......

Saint Paul's Royal Arch formed, .

1706

1822

1836

1852

1877

1716

1734

Sep.,

1739

Sep. 13,

1742

May 18,

1793

Sep. 1,

1826

Oct. 8,

1858

Aug. 26,

1826

May 23,

1809

Sep. 22,

1854

Mar.,

1633

June,

1696

1790

1746

1824

1843

1824

Dec,

1826

April,

1695

1733

1769
1818

BOSTON EVENTS.

95

Masonic Expose, pretended, by a member of the

CiaiTJ, .......

Great sensation on the Morgan abduction,
Anti. Great meeting at Faneuil Hall,

Made a political sensation, ....

Temple, Tremont street and Temple place, cor-
ner-stone laid, ......

Sold to the United States for a Court House,
Corner Tremont and Boylston streets, corner-
stone laid, ......

Completed and dedicated, ....

Masquerade Balls forbidden by the Selectmen of
the town, .......

Again prohibited by the City Government,
Become very popular, .....

One at the Skating Rink, at Tremont street,
Great German, at Music Hall, ....

Discontinued in public by the authorities, .
Mather, Cotton, Minister of the Second Church,

His Church were one-sixth widows,
Mathew, Father, preaching Temperance in Fan-
euil Hall, .......

Maury, Lieut., lectured at the Lowell Institute,

Maverick, Samuel, settled at Noddle's Island,

(East Boston,) .

Fined for entertaining strangers,

Mayors. John Phillips, inaugurated,

Died, .....

Josiah Quincy, inaugurated,
Died, aged 92 years,

1787

Oct.,

1827

Dec.30,

1829

1830

Oct. 14,

1830

Oct. 7,

1858

1867

Oct. 14,

1864

June 27,

1867

Dec. 30,

1809

May 15,

1848

1867

Feb. 25,

1869

Feb. 17,

1873

1874

1689

1697

July 27,

1849

Dec. 5,

1850

1630

1641

May 1,

1822

May 29,

1823

May 1,

1823

July 1,

1864

96

BOSTON EVENTS.

Mayors. Harrison Gray Otis, inaugurated, . Jan. 5

Died, ........ Oct. 28

Charles Wells, inaugurated, .... Jan. 2

Died, ........ June 3

Theodore Lyman, inaugurated, . . . Jan. 6

Died, ........ July 17

Samuel T. Armstrong, inaugurated, . . . Jan. 4

Died, . . . . . . . . Mar. 26

Samuel A. Eliot, inaugurated, .... Jan. 2

Died, ........ Jan. 29

Jonathan Chapman, inaugurated, . . . Jan. 6

Died, aged 41 3'ears, ..... May 25
Martin Brimmer, inaugurated, .... Jan. 2

Died, ........ Apr. 25

Thomas A. Davis, inaugurated, . . . Feb. 27

Kesigned, ....... Oct. 6

Died, ........ Nov. 20

Josiah Quincy, Jr., inaugurated, . . , Dec. 11

Died, ........ Nov. 2

John P. Bigelow, inaugurated, .... Jan. 1

Died, ........ July 4

Benjamin Seaver, inaugurated, .... Jan. 5

Died, Feb. 11

Jerome V. C. Smith, inaugurated, . . . Jan. 10

Died, aged 79, ..... Aug. 20

Alexander H. Rice, inaugurated, . . . Jan. 7
Frederick W. Lincoln, Jr. " ... Jan. 4

Joseph M. Wightman, " ... Jan. 7

Frederick W. Lincoln, Jr., again inaugurated, . Jan. 5
Otis Norcross, inaugurated, .... Jan. 7

1829

1848

1832

1866

1834

1849

1836

1850

1837

1862

1840

1848

1843

1847

1845

1845

1845

1845

1882

1849

1872

1852

1856

1854

1879

1856

1858

1861

1863

1867

BOSTON EVENTS.

97

u

Mayors. Otis Norcross, died,

Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, inaugurated,

Died, .....
William Gaston, inaugurated, .
Heniy L. Pierce, "

Resigned, ....
Samuel C. Cobb, inaugurated, .
Frederick O. Prince, "
Henry L. Pierce, again inaugurated,
Frederick O. Prince, again

Again inaugurated,

Meade, Gen. George G., paid a visit to Boston, .
Meagher, Gen. Francis, paid a visit to Boston, .
Meal-House, ordered to be built for the town,
Mechanics' Institute, organized,
Merchants' Exchange, State street, corner-stone

J*.!! \X » • • • • • • •

A 55-ton pillar raised, .....
Meteors. A large one causes a consternation,

Showers predicted, but not seen,

Showers predicted, and fell beautifully,
Mexico, City of. News of the capture received,
McGennisken, Bernard. A political police sen-
sation, .......

McClellan, Gen. Geo. B., paid Boston a visit, .

Reception at Faneuil Hall, ....

Milk Inspector. Henry Faxon appointed, .

Martin Griffin appointed, .....

Military Companies. Ordered to train once a

month, .......

Sep.

5,

1882

Jan.

6,

1868

Oct.

17.

1874

Jan.

2.

1871

Jan.

6,

1873

Nov.

28.

1873

Jan.

5.

1874

Jan.

1,

1877

Jan.

7

1878

Jan.

6.

1879

Jan.

5.

1880

July

19

1865

Oct.

22.

1863

Oct.

10.

1733

Jan.

12.

1827

Aug

. 2.

1841

Sep.

23,

1841

Aug.

26,

1644

Nov. 14,

1866

Nov.

5

1868

Oct.

7.

1847

Sep.

>

1851

Jan.

29.

1863

Oct.

30.

1876

Feb.

16,

1863

May

1,

1879

1631

98

BOSTON EVENTS.

Military Companies. One frightened by an
eclipse of the moon, ....

Boston, said to have twelve, .

Boston, said to have fourteen,
Began recruiting for Mexican War,
Began recruiting for the Rebellion, .
Had a champion drill on Boston Common,
Aided the police ten days, at the great fire,
Mill-Dam. One where Causeway street now is,

Built on the Back Bay, ....

Road across, opened for travel,

A public highway, tolls taken off, .
Creek, where Blackstone street now is,

Cross-works removed, ....

Canal closed at Hanover street,

Open south of Hanover street till .

North of Haymarket square, filled up, .
Pond. Between Haymarket square and Cause
wa}' streets, .....

The marsh granted to Henr}r Simmons & Co.

A Company incorporated to fill up,

The Company commenced to fill up,

The filling up completed,

The made lands surrendered to the City,
Water. One near Causeway and Prince streets

One near Link alley and Hanover street,
Wind. One on Copp's Hill, to grind corn,

One set up on Fox Hill, on the Common,

One built at the South End, .

One set up on Fort Hill,

. June 27,

1675

. Sep.,

1773

. Sep.,

1842

. June,

1847

. April,

1861

. May 27,

1868

. Nov.,

1872

1646

1820

. July 2,

1821

. Dec. 8,

1868

1646

. Feb. 26,

1646

. Oct. 16,

1826

. April,

1834

. June,

1845

1640

., July31,

1643

. Mar. 9,

1804

. June 24,

1807

. Dec. 23,

1822

. Sep. 26,

1828

1650

1685

1632

1652

1700

1741

BOSTON EVENTS. 99

Mill, Wind. One set up on the Neck lands, . 1794

Miller, William, second Adventist, preaching at

Marlboro' Chapel, Feb. 8, 1840

His Tabernacle called a nuisance, . . . Feb. 18, 1843

Predicts the end of time on ... Apr. 23, 1843

Great gathering about the Temple, Howard st., Apr. 23, 1843
The Tabernacle insured against fire, . . . Apr. 28, 1843

His second day to end time, .... Mar. 20, 1844

His third da}7 to end time, .... Oct. 10, 1844

. His fourth trial a failure, ..... Oct. 18, 1847

The Tabernacle removed to build Howard Theatre, 1 845

Mint House, to coin money, established in town, June, 1652
Model Artists. Exhibition at the Melodeon, . Aug. 24, 1848
Moody and Sankey commence protracted meeting

at Tabernacle, Tremont street, . . . Jan. 28, 1877

Close a 13 weeks' meeting at the Tabernacle, . Ma}' 1, 1877

Monument, Bunker Hill. The corner-stone laid, June 17, 1825

Cap-stone laid, ...... July 23, 1842

Completed with a Great Celebration, . . June 27, 1843

Soldiers', on the Common, foundation laid, . Nov. 15, -1866

Corner-stone laid, . . . . . Sep. 18, 1871

Completed and dedicated, . . . . Sep. 17, 1877

Stone curb completed, .... Aug. 8, 1879

Money Change. Leaden bullets used for change, 1634

Silver coined in Boston, .... 1652

Bills of Credit, paper money first used, . 1690

Continental, counterfeited in town, . . . 1777

$4,000 worth but $1 in silver, . . . 1781

Federal. Began to be reckoned : dollars, dimes,

cents and mills, ..... Feb. 5, 1795

100 BOSTON EVENTS.

Money, Federal. Postage stamps in use for

change, ....... July, 1862

Morrill, Asa, Captain of Police Station No. 3, died,"

aged 53, ....... June 2, 1870

Mummy* An Egyptian, on exhibition in town, . Oct. 5, 1816

Glidden has one at Tremont Temple, . . June 3, 1850

Murder. Elizabeth Fales, by Jason Fairbanks, in

Dedham, July 1, 1801

Timothy Kennedy, by Michael Powers, in South

Russell street, Mar. 6, 1820

Anthony Hogan, by unknown, in Sudbury street, Nov. 9, 1822
Billy Williams, by Trask and Green, in State

Prison, ....... Jan. 2, 1822

Sarah Dix, by Darby and Gilgar, on Negro Hill, Dec. 3, 1824

Mr. Lambert, by seven boys, in Hanover street, June 20, 1825
Watchman Houghton, by John Holland, in State

street, ....... Dec. 12, 1825

Joseph WThite, by Knapp and others, at Salem, . Apr. 16, 1830

John Rich, by Elmer Campbell, in Ann street, Sep. 24, 1832
Sarah M. Connell, by EphraimK. Avery (susp.),

Tiverton, R. L, Dec. 31, 1832

Lowell, by Riley, in Clinton street, . Mar. 20, 1836

Ellen Jewett, by Richard P. Robinson, in New

York City, Apr. 14

Charles N. Lincoln, b}' Abner Rogers, in State

Prison, June 16

James Germain, by Charles Greenleaf, in Sudbury

street, ....... June 1

James Norton, by Peter York, in Richmond

street, July 2

1836
1843
1844
1844

BOSTON EVENTS. 101

Murder. Jonas L. Parker, by unknown, in Man-
chester, N. H., . . . . . . Apr. 1, 1845

Maria Bickford, by Albert J. Tyrrell (charged) ,

in Mt. Vernon avenue, .... Oct. 22, 1845

David Estes, watchman, by unknown, in Sister

street, ....... Apr. 27, 1848

Ellen Oakes, by Augustus Dutee, in Hanover

street, Apr. 27, 1848

Thomas Harding, by Washington Goode, in

Richmond street, ..... June 28, 1848
George Parkman, by John W. Webster, in

Grove street, Nov. 23, 1849

Charles Smith, hy James McNulty, in Merrimac

street, May 26, 1851

Mrs. Van Wagner, by Thomas Davis, in Charter

street, ....... Oct. 19, 1851

Mrs. McGee, by James McGee, in Prince street, Nov. 2, 1851
Charles Gouch, by unknown, in Cooper street, . May 23, 1854
Mrs. Merrill, by David Merrill, in E. Boston, . Oct 21, 1855
Galen Walker, by Jas. McGee, in State Prison, Dec. 15, 1856
Solon Tenne}^, by Charles L. Cater, in State

Prison, Dec. 27, 1856

Jerry Agin, by Tom. Mead, in Stoddard street, Oct. 8, 1857
John Hilton, by Henry L. Sutton, on Fort Hill, Oct. 17, 1857
Ezekiel W. Hodgsdon, by McNulty and Joyce,

in East Boston, ..... Oct. 18, 1857

William R. Chapman, by James H. Gould, in

Friend street, Feb. 26, 1858

Fanny May, by Joseph G. Fernandez, in Hano-
ver street, Oct. 30, 1860

102 BOSTON EVENTS.

Murder. Michael Orphin, hy John Fitzgerald, on

Fort Hill. - Mar. 13, 1861

Barney Ford, by Mike Sullivan, in North street, Nov. 22, 1862
Nathan Breed, by Horace Davis, in West Lynn, Dec. 22, 1862
James M. Sawyer, by Edward Owens, in Winter

street, Aug. 24, 1863

Frank Converse, 03- Edward W. Green, in Mai-
den, ... .... Dec. 14, 1863

Abraham Lincoln, by J. Wilkes Booth, in Wash-
ington, D. C, ...... Apr. 14, 1865

Morris Folay, by Wm. J Felton (susp.), in

South street, ...... Oct. 1, 1864

Joyce children, by unknown, in Bussey's Woods,

West Roxbury, ..... June 12, 1865

Thomas Jackson, by unknown, in Hanover street, Nov. 20, 1865
Dennis Coakley, h\ John Gallagher, in Wash-
ington street, ...... Dec. 7, 1865

Ellen Kenny, by John Moran, in Roxbuiy, . Mar. 30, 1866
Adolph Prager, by Frank Rounds, in Washing-
ton street, ...... Sep. 15, 1866

Cornelius Holmes, by Samuel M. Andrews, in

Kingston, (susp.), ..... May 28, 1868

Joseph G. Clark, by Thos. James, in Worcester, Feb. 28, 1868
Dennis Cronan, by James Reed, in Charlestown, Dec. 4, 1868
Katie Hobbs, by Maj. White, in Washington

street, Aug. 3, 1869

Katie Leehan, by unknown, in Brookline av-
enue, Oct. 25, 1871

James Fiske, Jr., by Edward Stokes, in New

York City, Jan. 7, 1872

BOSTON EVENTS. 103

Murder. Charles Lane, by unknown, in Dor-
chester, Oct. 13, 1872

Abijah Ellis, by Leavitt Alley (supposed), in

Washington street, ..... Nov. 5, 1872

Two German women, by Louis Wagner, on Isle

of Shoals, Mar. 6, 1873

Bridget Landergan, by Thos. W. Piper, in Dor-
chester, ....... Dec. 5, 1873

Antonio Houtel, by Joseph T. Hayner, at 9 Prov-
ince street, ...... Dec. 25, 1873

Horace Millen, by Jesse Pomeroy, at Cow-Pas-

ure point, ....... Apr. 23, 1874

Mary Tynan (attempt), hy Thos. W. Piper, at

Oxford street, ...... July 1, 1874

Nellie Curran, by Jesse Pomenty, on Broadway,

South Boston, ...... April, 1874

Richard Nealan, by roughs, in Gouch street, . Nov. 27, 1874

Margaret E. Bingham, by Geo. W. Pemberton, at

East Boston, Mar. 22, 1875

Mary Donnehy, b}7 John Donnehy (supposed),

at Dorchester, . . . . . . Apr. 8, 1875

Mabel Young, by Thomas W. Piper, in Warren

avenue Church, ...... May 23, 1875

Thomas Pulsifer, by unknown, in Parmenter

street, Nov. 13, 1875

Charles Devine, by John Riley, in North street, Feb. 13, 1876

A tramp, by Thomas Jordan, in Albany depot, June 27, 1876

Mrs. Ford, by John Ford, in Cooper street, . July 23, 1876

Dora McCarty, by John Fay, in Cross street, . Aug. 15, 1876

Mrs. Hall, by Jonah Hall, in Carver street, . Nov. 29, 1876

104 BOSTON EVENTS.

Murder. Sam'l Hall, by Gotlieb Bigler, in George

street, ....... Apr. 25, 1877

Charles Carlson, by unknown, in Hanover street, June 10, 1878
Jennie Clark, by abortionists, in Lagrange street, Feb. 27, 1879
Freeman's child, by Chas. T. Freeman, at Po-

casset, ....... May 21, 1879

Joseph F. Frye, by three Italians, in Joy street, Aug. 10, 1879
Murray, Rev. John, Universalist preacher, arrived

in Boston, first time, ..... Oct. 26, 1773

Ordained for the Middle and Bennet street
Church, .......

Museum, Columbian, stood at the head of the
Mall, .......

Built next the Chapel Burying Ground, .
Burned and rebuilt, . ...

Wood's, stood in Dock square, ....

Savage's, over the Boylston Market,
New England, at 76 Court st. (Scollay square),
Boston, corner Tremont and Bromfield streets,
opened, .......

Kimball's, Tremont street near Court, opened, .
Natural History, Boylston street, dedicated,
Fine Arts, on Boylston street, incorporated,
Music Hall, on Winter street, built and completed, Nov. 20, 1852

The Great Organ unveiled in the Hall,
Muster, on the Common, 1,000 soldiers in line,
1,200 soldiers, no rum, no swearing,
Montgomery Guards' difficulty,
Fourteen Boston Companies in the line,
A great review of returned regiments,

Dec. 29,

1785

1795

1806

1807

1804

1814

1818

1841

Nov. 2,

1846

June 1,

1864

1870

Nov. 20,

1852

Oct. 31,

1863

May 6,

1639

Sep. 15,

1641

Sep. 12,

1837

Sep. 27,

1842

Dec. 15,

1865

BOSTON EVENTS.

105

Nantasket desired to secede from the United States,

Has become a great summer resort, .
Navy Yard ground ceded to the United States,
Neck Lauds b\T the great highway next Roxburie

Had a gate and a stile (near Dover street),

Road fenced on each side,

Road thoroughly repaired,

A man and a team frozen to death there, .

Great improvements made,

Good sleighing and horse racing there,

Nearly covered with dwellings,

Has become a compact part of the City, .
Negroes and Indians, sold as slaves in Boston,

Sold as slaves at auction, in Boston,

1,514 living in town, ....

Advertised for* sale, .....

Made street scavengers, by General Howe,

Advertised for sale in Boston, .

Made freemen by Massachusetts Bill of Rights,
Negro Hill, at West Boston, became a nuisance,

A rival with Ann street in rowdyism,

Renovated by Mayor Quincy,
New Boston, land lying west of Beacon Hill,

Comers, to be looked after once a month,

Style of reckoning. time ; the year begins .
The time set back 14 days, .
Newsboys first licensed to sell newspapers, .

Reading-room for the boys, Bromfield street,

Newspapers: " The News Letter," published in

Boston, .......

Dec. 20,

Nov. 12,
Feb.,
Oct.,
Dec. 27,

Jan., •

Jan. 1,

June30,
Dec. 25,

1785

1880

1800

1634

1634

1722

1767

1778

1830

1844

1855

1880

1650

1711

1742

1772

1775

1776

1780

1808

1822

1826

1800

1690

1752

1752

1846

1879

Apr. 24, 1704

106 BOSTON EVENTS.

Newspapers: " The Boston Gazette," published, Dec. 31, 1719

" New England Courant," "

"New England Weekly Journal," "

" Boston Post -Boy,"

" American Horticultural Magazine,"

" Boston Advertiser," "

" Boston Chronicle," "

" Columbian Sentinel," "

" Advertiser," first daily paper "

Whole number published in Boston, 109, .
" " " " about 200,

Number of daily papers in the City, 8, .
Nickel Money. Three-cent pieces put in circula-

Five cent pieces put in circulation,
Night Soil Contractors begin to be employed by

the City, ....... June, 1828

Night- Walkers ; 150 arrested in the City in one •

night, Apr. 23, 1851

183 arrested in the City in one night, . . May 7, 1870
Non-Importation League formed of Boston mer-
chants, ....... Aug., 1769

North-Eastern Boundary question, a sensation, . Feb., 1839

Northern Lights alarm the inhabitants, . . March, 1718

Nooks Hill at the north-west part of South Boston, 1776

Northampton District raised to grade 17, . 1874
Nursery. Thirteen acres reserved on the Neck

Lands, ....... Dec. 17, 1827

Oath of Allegiance required of all inhabitants, . Jan. 15, 1778

Required of repentant rebels, .... 1866

Aug.

17,

1721

Mar.

20,

1726

Oct.

10,

1734
1743
1762
1767

1788

Dec.

16,

1797
1850
1880
1880

1865

1875

BOSTON EVENTS.

107

Odd Fellows. Becoming an important institution,

Had a Great Celebration at Boston,

Celebration, 5,000 in procession, .

Colored men have Celebration and procession,

Hall, corner Washington and Kneeland streets,

dedicated, ......

Tremont and Berkeley streets, corner-stone

X cl> L v I « • • • • • • •

Monument, Mount Hope Cemeter}7, dedicated,
Oakland Garden, at Dorchester, opened,
Old Houses. Eastern Stage House, built about
the year ......

Ann street, removed, ....
Feather store, head of Ann street, built, .

Removed, ......

Franklin's shop, Union street, built, .

Part of the building removed,

Remainder of building, with blue ball, removed
Hughes, Washington street, built about

Near Milk, removed, ....
Head, on Boylston, cor. Tremont, built about

Removed, standing, to Pond street,
Hill, on Milk street, built about the year .

Being removed, .....
Hancock, on Beacon street, stone, built, .

Removed, ......

Phillips, Cotton Hill, Phillips place, built,

Removed, ......

Dea. Phillips', on Cross street, built of stone,

Removed, to build a Church at East Boston,

1830
June 13, 1845
Apr. 26, 1869
Sep. 13, 1876

June 23, 1863

Junel3, 1871
June 13, 1877
June 17, 1879

May,
July,

July,

Nov.

Aug.,

Aug.,

May,
June,
June,
Apr.,

1763

1840

1680

.1860

1696

1844

1858

1660

1862

1763

1840

1772

1846

1737

1863

1635

1828

1650

1864

108 BOSTON EVENTS.

Old Houses. Province, Province court, built,

Purchased by the town, ....

Sold b}T the town, ......

Kept as a tavern, ......

Opened as Ordway Hall, ....

Partially burned and rebuilt, ....
Ship Tavern, Noah's Ark, Ann street, built,

Kept hy John Viall, Vintner,

Injured by an earthquake, ....

Owned by Thomas Hutchinson,

Purchased by the James family,

Street widened, house removed,
Stackpole, removed for Post-Office site,
Triangular Warehouse, Roebuck passage, built,

Merchants Row, removed, ....
Williams House, Washington st., above Dover,

removed, .......

Old Persons. Aquitamong, an Indian, aged 112
3rears, visited Boston, ....

Negro Williams, died in Boston, aged 100 years, July 25, 1728
William Abrams, died in Prince st., aged 102, . Feb. 13, 1843
Sexton Samuel Hughes, died, aged 108, . . Apr. 10, 1845

James Ha}'es, died in Hamilton street, aged 108, Sep. 17, 1849
Ralph Farnham visits Boston, aged 104, . . Oct. 18, 1860

Wm. W. Davenport, died in Boston, aged 100, Feb. 25, 1864
Colored man Perkins, died on Southac street,

aged 100 years, Mar. 7, 1868

Ole Bull, great violinist, Concert at the Melodeon, May 20, 1844

Played at the Coliseum Peace Festival, . . June 19, 1869

Omnibus, come in use in Boston, . . . May, 1833

1689

1716

1779

1834

Feb. 9,

1852

1864

1646

1655

1663

1713

1794

1859

July,

1868

1700

1824

Sept.,

1866

Apr.,

1723

BOSTON EVENTS. 109

Omnibus, ran from Canton st. to Dock square, . June, 1846

Began running to Mt. Auburn every hour, . June, 1846

War between proprietors and Marshal Tukey, June, 1847
Orang Olltang, a great noveltj- on exhibition in

town, ....... Dec. 10, 1789

Ox, Roast. Roasted whole, French Liberty Cele-

bration, . . . . . . . Jan. 24, 1793

Horns placed on a pole in Liberty square, . Jan. 25, 1793

Paine, Thomas, published the Federal Orrery, . Sep., 1794

Hall, Appleton street, built, . . ... 1874

Robert Treat, was an usher in South Grammar

School, ....... 1750

A Signer of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
Packets, Sailing. Begin running between Boston

and Lvnn, . . . . . . 1691

Palmleaf Hats, first worn in Boston, . . . 1827
Paper Ballots, first used in a town meeting, . 1691
Paris Exhibition opened, Boston well represented, Apr. 1, 1867
Parker Fraternity Hall, on Appleton street, dedi-
cated, . . . . . . . Sep. 21, 1873

Hill Reservoir, for Cochituate water, built, . 1874

Park Hall, on Boylston street, removed, . . March, 1851

Garden, Park square, opened for amusements, . July 18, 1879

Back Bay, dirt carts commenced filling, . . Nov. 11, 1878

Parkman, Dr. George, remains found at the

Medical College, Nov. 30, 1849

Partington, Mrs., witty sayings began to be

published, . . . . . . June, 1847

Passports required, to leave the United States, . Nov. 27, 1861

Patch, Sam., took his last leap at Niagara Falls, Nov. 3, 1829

110

BOSTON EVENTS.

Payillg-Stones for roadways began to be used,
£100 appropriation voted for the purpose,
Three-pence fine to gallop over pavement,
Square granite blocks came in use,
Wood, large octagon blocks, are used,
Octagon blocks voted a nuisance, .
Eemoved from Columbus avenue, .
Iron, laid in Howard street, ...

Laid in Court, near Washington street, .
Asphalt, laid in front United States Court House
Tremont street, ....

Laid in Columbus avenue,
Peace Treaty with England, proclaimed in Boston
Celebrated in Boston, ....

Jubilee, see Jubilees, ....

Pedestrian Lambert wins a great walking match
Peacocks put in the Deer Park on the Common,
Perry, Oliver H., of Lake Erie fame, visited
Boston, ......

Physicians, practising in Roston, 33,

" " 50,

" " 200,

" " 500,

" " 700,

Pickpockets. One at Faneuil Hall arrested, beat
and imprisoned, ....

Great show-up of about 50 at Tuke3''s office,
Pigeons, flying, darken the air in Boston, .
Pillory, to punish criminals, stood in King street,
A money clipper set in one hour,

Aug.,
Dec,

1674
1704
1740
1846
1835
1840
1877
1852

August, 1853

Nov., 1867
Dec, 1877
Apr. 1, 1783
Feb. 19,. 1815
1869 and 1872
Oct. 8, 1857
May 23, 1864

May 10, 1814
1800
1820
1840
1860
1880

Nov. 8, 1802

Sep. 15, 1851

Nov. 8, 1630

1676

1679

BOSTON EVENTS. Ill

Pillory, Pierpont and Story, for sinking a ship,

set in one hour, ..... Mar. 22, 1803

John Nichols, counterfeiter, the last occupant,

one hour, ....... Apr. 15, 1805

Pitcher, Molly, the Lynn fortune teller died, aged

75 years, ....... Apr. 13, 1813

Pinafore, a burlesque play, has a great run, . 1879

Piper, Thomas W., confesses his crimes in jail, May 7, 1876
Pittsburg Capture, news received, great rejoicing, Apr. 11, 1862
Police, a sanitary arrangement man}- years, . 1786

A law passed providing for a department, . May 15, 1838

Six-day patrol appointed under the new law, . May 21, 1838

A detective force organized,

A small force for night duty, appointed, .

A reserve force (specials) of 45 men, appointed, June 16, 1848

The force number thirty men, ....

Sensation, stolen property dug up in Public
(harden, .......

Inquisitory meeting at Faneuil Hall,

Detailed for duty at fires with overalls,

Had a pic-nic at Framingham, ....

Had a great sleigh ride to Quincy,

Several discharged on political grounds,

New law passed to unite Police and Watch de-
partments, ......

Harbor, established, with sail-boat and ten

IIjv ..... i. J^ •••••••

Several discharged on grounds of national^, .
Force numbered sixty men, ....
Re-organized, 250 men ; watch dept. abolished, May 26, 1854

1846

Dec,

1846

June 16,

1848

Jan. 1,

1850

Jan. 8,

1848

May 27,

1848

June 30,

1851

July 17,

1851

Jan. 17,

1852

Oct. 12,

1852

May 23,

1853

July 26,

1853

Jan. 24,

1854

May 1,

1854

112

BOSTON EVENTS.

Police. Consisted of captains, lieutenants, detec-
tives, and day and night patrol, . . May 26, 1854
Sergeants appointed at the several stations, . Feb. 9, 1857
Uniform (indigo-blue) first put on, . . . Jan. 2, 1858
Duty changed to a six-hour sj'stem at a time, . Nov. 10, 1860
Metropolitan, for Boston, advocated, . . Jan., 1861
A sensation on the arrest of lottery dealers, . Oct, 2, 1861
Special, for the Public Garden, appointed", . Sep. 9, 1862
Corner Squad, on Washington street, with white

gloves, organized, . . Dec. 11, 1862

The last annual appointment, officers sworn in, Apr. 6, 1863

A Metropolitan again advocated, . . . April, 1863

200 officers drill at Faneuil Hall, . . . Apr. 28, 1863

Furnished with long clubs and belts, . . June 20, 1863

At Roxbuiy, annexation organized, . . . Apr. 3, 1863

Force numbers 430 men, rank and file, . . May 1, 1868

300 drill at the Skating Rink, Tremont street, . June 14, 1869

Reviewed by Mayor Shurtleff, on School street, June 19, 1869
Corner Squad, placed in charge of Sergeant

Whitcomb, . Sep. 22, 1869

Detective force abolished by Board of Aldermen, Feb. 14, 1870

Have fourteen days' vacation, .... July 12, 1870

Telegraph ; Anders' Machine put up, . . Dec. 31, 1870

Harbor sail-boat sold, ..... Dec, 1870

Thanksgiving, for widows and orphans, $1,100

distributed, ...... Nov., 1870

New Relief Association organized, . . . Jan. 13, 1871
Whole force reviewed in Pemberton square by

Chief of Police, June 17, 1872

Mounted, one horse to patrol on the Mill-Dam, . Mar.13, 1873

BOSTON EVENTS. 113

Police. Sent $615.50 to the Memphis Police suf-
ferers, . . . .

$1,100 distributed to the Thanksgiving poor, .

Have 28 saddle horses for patrol duty, .

Duty changed, alternating day and night,

Patrol doty changed back to former plan,

Contribute $740 for the New Brunswick suf-
ferers, .......

Three Commissioners appointed for Boston, .

Harbor made Division 16, .

r

Reorganization under the Commission, .
The first colored officer appointed,
Great parade and review on the Common,
Force, rank and file, about 750,
Badges. A white ribbon ; police, in black letter,

on hat, .......

Leather hat strap ; police, in silver letters,
Leather hat strap ; police and number, silver

letters, Aug., 1849

Six-pointed oblong, brass star, on the breast, Apr. 11, 1853
Five-pointed octagon, star (silver), on the

breast, Oct. 10, 1854

Silver octagon number, cut through, on breast, Nov.ll, 1856
Wreath and number on hat and shoulder, . Oct. 10, 1865
Silver urn, partly galvanized, on the hat, . Apr. 2, 1868
" " " breast, . Apr. 11, 1868

Silver, Boston City seal pattern, on breast, . Oct., 1870
Nickel plate, square, with point and cross-bar,

on breast, . . . . . ... 1879

Chief. Name changed from City Marshal, .. June 24, 1852

8

Oct. 30,

1873

Nov.27,

1873

Feb. 13,

1874

July 12,

1875

Jan. 16,

1877

June 24,

1877

June 27,

1878

Aug. 20,

1878

Oct. 21,

1878

July 1,

1879

May 22,

1879

1880

June,

1847

Jan.,

1848

114

BOSTON EVENTS.

Police, Chief. Francis Tukey,

appointed, .

June 24.

1852

Gilbert Nourse,

• •

July 17.

1852

Robert Taylor,

• •

May 8.

1854

Daniel J. Coburn,

cc

* •

Apr.19,

1856

Josiah L. C. Amee,

cc

• •

Feb. 11,

1861

John Kurtz,

cc

• •

Feb. 17.

1863

Edward H. Savage,

cc

• •

Apr. 4,

1870

Name of the office changed to Superintendent,

Oct. 21

1878

Captains. Station 1. Edw. H. Savage, appoint'd,

May 26,

1854

James B. Weeks, appointed,

Feb. 11.

, 1861

Nathaniel G. Davis, "

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Apr. 6

, 1863

Henry J. V. Myers, "

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Aug. 3

1864

Nathaniel Emerson, "

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July,

1877

John W. Chase, . "

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Oct. 21

, 1878

Station 2. Asa Morrill, "

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May 26

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William K. Jones, "

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May,

1856

Oliver Whitcomb, "

• • •

March,

1861

Paul J. Vinal, "

• • •

April,

1868

Wilham A. Ham, "

• • •

Oct. 21,

1878

Station 3. Samuel G. Adams,

1st, appointed, .

May 26.

1854

Asa Morrill, appointed,

• • • •

Feb.,

1860

Thomas P. Pierce, "

• • • •

June,

1870

Horace M. Ford, "

• • • •

May,

1872

Station 4. William D. Eaton

, appointed,

May 26

1854

George Churchill,

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Feb.,

1860

John R. Mullin,

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Feb.,

1861

George Churchill, again

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Jan.,

1863

Samuel G. Adams, 2d,

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May,

1867

Henry J. V. Myers,

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April,

1868

BOSTON EVENTS.

115

Police, Captains. Station 4. Sam. G. Adams, 2d
appointed, . ...

James Quinn, appointed,

Station 5. Joseph K. Hayes,

George M. King,

C3TUS Small,

Lyford W. Graves,
Station 6. John L. Philbrick,

Thomas M. Smith,
, James D. Russell,

Robert Taylor,

Henrv T. Dyer,

Lyford W. Graves,

Paul J. Vinal,
Station 7. William Prescott,

John L. Philbrick,

Nathaniel Seaver,

Isaiah Atkins,

Henr}' L. Gurney,

Samuel G. Adams, 2d.,

Romanzo H. Wilkins,
Station 8. William B. Tarleton, "

William E. Hough, Lieut, in charge,

William E. Hough, Capt., appointed

James Quinn,

James W. Twombly,
Station 9, Roxbury. Jos. Hastings, appointed,

Samuel G. Adams, 2d,

Joseph Hastings, territory divided

Martin L. White, appointed,

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. Oct. 21,

1878

. May 26,

1854

. June,

1854

. June,

1866

. Oct. 21,

1878

. May 26,

1854

. August,

1854

. June,

1855

. May,

1856

. Dec,

1866

. Aug.,

1874

. Oct. 21,

1878

. May 26,

1854

. Aug.,

1854

. May,

1856

. June,

1859

. May,

1861

. June,

1863

. May,

1867

. May 26,

1854

. May,

1860

. Jan.,

1863

. Aug.,

1869

. April,

1870

)inted, Jan.,

1868

' . April,

1868

. April,

1873

. Oct. 21,

1878

116 BOSTON EVENTS.

Police,. Captains. Station 10. John W. Chase,

appointed, ...... Aug., 1869

Ha wley Folsom, appointed, .... Oct. 21, 1878

Station 11, Dorchester. William Chadbourn,

appointed, ...... April, 1871

Henrv C. Hemmenway, appointed, . . Oct. 21, 1878

Station 12, South Boston. Elijah H. Goodwin,

appointed, ...... May, 1874

Station 13, West Roxbury. Alexander McDon-
ald, appointed, ...... May, 1874

Station 14, Brighton. Harvey J. Beckwith, ap-
pointed, ....... May, 1874

David W. Herrick, appointed, . . . Oct. 21, 1878
Station 15, Charlestown. Oliver Ayers, appoint-
ed, . May, 1874

Station 16, Harbor. Geo. F. Gould, appointed, Oct. 21, 1878

Deputies. Hezekiah Earl and Wm. D. Eaton, July 17, 1852

Hezekiah Earl and Luther A. Ham, . . May 26, 1854

Edward H. Savage, appointed, . . . Feb. 11, 1861

James Quinn, " Apr.ll, 1870

Name changed to Deputy Superintendent, . Oct. 21, 1878

Inspectors. John Ballard and 3 others, appoint'd, Apr. 17, 1778

Col. Josiah Waters, " .. Dec. 29, 1792

James Lovell, ' " Sep. 15, 1798

Charles Bulfinch, " . Oct. 15, 1799

A Chief and six others, " . Oct. 21, 1878

Superintendent. Jeremiah Freeman, " . Mar. 13, 1817

Caleb Hayward, " . July 29, 1820

Samuel G. Adams, " . Oct. 21, 1878

Deputy Supt. Cyrus Small, " . Oct. 21, 1878

BOSTON EVENTS.

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On Meridian street, East Boston, completed,
On Hanover street, remodeled,
On Joy street, completed,
On Broadway, South Boston, remodeled,
On Lagrange street, completed,
In Court square, remodeled,
On Commercial street, completed, .
Roxbury, old Court-House remodeled, .
on Dudley street, built,
on Pynchon street, built, .
On Seaverns avenue, Jamaica Plains, occupied
At Brighton, remodeled,
At Field's Corner, Dorchester, completed,
On Fourth street, South Boston,
Steamboat Protector goes in commission,
Polls taxable in the town, 102,

868,

3,000,

In the City that are taxable, 17,000,

36,000,
89,452,
Poore, Ben Perley, redeems a political bet, wheel

harrowing apples, .
Pope's Day celebrated with spirit up to the year

An attempt to renew, failed "

Population. 7,000 inhabitants in town,
12,000 inhabitants in town, .
16,386 " " •

6,573 " " .

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June 17,
Oct. 10,*
Jan. 31,
Mar. 23,
Feb. 5,
Jan. 21,
Mar. 2,
Jan. 6,

1857
1859
1859
1863
1863
1866
1867
1867
1868
1874
1869
1874
1874
1876
1876
1875
1630
1680
1730
1830
1870
1879

Nov. 11, 1856
Nov. 5, 1765
Nov. 5, 1821
1697
1709
1742
1775

June 18,
Nov.,
Jan. 26,
May 12,
Nov. 5,

118

BOSTON EVENTS.

Population. 2,719 inhabitants in town, besides
British soldiers,
15,033 inhabitants in town,
' 24,937 " "

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John Hayward, appointed for the Colony,
Edward Randolph, appointed for New Eng
John Campbell in office, .
William Brooker, appointed
Philip Musgrave, "
Thomas Lewis, in office,
Henry Marshall, "
John Boy dell, "

Ellis Huske, "

John Franklin, "

Jonathan Phillips, "

land

1776

1790

1800

1810

1820

1825

1830

1835

1840

1845

1850

1855

1860

1865

1870

1875

1880

1639

1677

1685

1704

1717

1719

1726

1727

1732

1734

1754

1787

BOSTON EVENTS,

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Nathaniel Green,
George W. Gordon,

• William Hayden,
George W. Gordon,
Edwin C. Bailey,
Nahum Capen,
John G. Palfrey,
William L. Burt,

, Edward S. Tobey,

Post Office, Law passed for North America,
Located in Cornhill (Washington street),
Removed from Cambridge back to Boston,
Located corner Congress and Water streets,
Kept in old Town-House, entrance, Washington
sureeij, •••••••

Removed to Merchants' Exchange, State street,
Removed to corner Summer and Chauncy streets,
Removed back to Merchants' Exchange, .
Site purchased, corner Congress and Water

Corner-stone new house laid, .

Property moved to Faneuil Hall (big fire) ,

Removed to Old South Church,

Property removed to new house,
Post, Penny, established in Boston, .
Potatoes introduced into Boston b}7 the Scotch,
Pound, for keeping stray animals, provided,

One at the corner of Park and Beacon streets,

The City of Boston has four,

1808
1829
1841
1849
1850
1853
1857
1861
1867
1876
1710
1714
Apr. 25, 1776
Jan. 1, 1816

1840
Jan. 1, 1844
Mar. 5, 1859
Dec. 14, 1861

1868

Oct. 16, 1871

Nov. 10. 1872

Feb. 3, 1873

Jan., 1875

Jan., 1849

1720

1637

1792

1848

120

BOSTON EVENTS.

Prayer Books. Liberty granted to use them,

Allowed to be used at funerals,
Pratt, Daniel, the great American traveller, began
to lecture, .......

President, Continental Congress, John Hancock
chosen, .......

United States, George Washington, inaugu-

XilLC/vJ.* • • • • • • •

Visited Boston, »•....

Died, aged sixty-seven years,
John Adams, inaugurated, ....

Reception in Boston, .....

Died, aged eighty-one years,
Thomas Jefferson, inaugurated,

Visited Boston, ......

Died, aged eighty-three years,
James Madison, inaugurated, ....

Died, aged eighty-five years,
James Monroe, inaugurated, ....

Visited Boston, ......

Died, aged sevent3T-two }*ears,
John Quincy Adams, inaugurated,

Died, aged eighty-one years, ....
Andrew Jackson, inaugurated, ....

Visited Boston, ......

Died, aged seventy-eight years,
Martin Van Buren, inaugurated,

Died, aged eighty years, ....
William Henry Harrison, inaugurated,

Died, aged sixty-eight years,

1661

1686

1851

Sep. 4.

1774

Apr. 30,

1789

Oct. 24,

1789

Dec. 14,

1799

Mar. 4,

1797

July 31,

1799

July 4,

1826

Mar. 4,

1801

June 28,

1784

July 4,

1826

Mar. 4,

1809

June 28,

1836

Mar. 4,

1817

July 2,

1816

July 4,

1831

Mar. 4,

1825

Feb. 15,

1848

Mar. 4,

1829

June30,

1833

June 8,

1845

Mar. 4,

1837

July 24,

1862

Mar. 4,

1841

Apr. 4,

1841

BOSTON EVENTS.

121

President United States, John Tyler, inaugurated,

Visited Boston,
• Died, aged seventy-two years,
James K. Polk, inaugurated,

Visited Boston,

Died, aged fifty-four years,
Zachary Taylor, inaugurated,

Died, aged sixty-six years,
Millard Fillmore, inaugurated,
. Visited Boston, at Railroad Jubilee

Died, aged seventy-four years,
Franklin Pierce, inaugurated, .

Died, aged sixt3T-five years, .
James Buchanan, inaugurated,

Visited Boston, with Polk,

Died, aged seventy-seven years,
Abraham Lincoln, inaugurated,

Assassinated, aged fifty-six years,
Andrew Johnson, inaugurated,

Visited Boston,

Died, aged sixty-seven years,
Ulysses S. Grant, inaugurated,

Visited Boston,

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Visited Boston,
James A. Garfield, inaugurated,

Apr. 5,
June 17,
Jan. 17,
Mar. 4,
July 4,
June 17,
Mar. 5,
July 10,
July 10,
Oct. 25,
Mar. 8,
Mar. 4,
Oct. 8,
Mar. 4,
July 4,
June 1,
Mar. 4,
Apr. 14,
Apr. 15,
June 24,
July 30,
Mar. 4,
June 16,
Oct. 16,
June 25,
Aug. 11,
Apr. 16,
Mar. 5,
June 26,
Mar. 4,

1841

1843

1862

1845

1847

1849

1849

1850

1850

1848

1874

1853

1869

1857

1847

1868

1861

1865

1865

1867

1875

1869

1869

1871

1872

1873

1875

1877

1877

1881

122

BOSTON EVENTS.

President United States, James A. Garfield, shot
by Guiteau,
Died, at Long Branch, .
Prince, Thomas, Pastor of Old South Church
forty years, died,
DeJoinville. Second visit to Boston,
Of Wales. Great reception at Boston,
Printing Press set up at Cambridge, .
Proscribed by the Court,
Set up in Boston, by John Foster,
Art of. 400th Aniversary celebrated in Boston
Prison, or Jail. Built on Prison lane (Court st.),
In Prison lane, kept by Mr. Salter,

" " " Richard Brackett

Kept in Prison lane,
" Queen street,

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Built on Court street,

Kept " "

In Court street ; had no inmates for debt,
" " dilapidated; prisoners sent to

Cambridge, ....

Built of stone, on Leverett street, .

Prisoners removed to Leverett street,

In Charles street, of stone and iron, completed
State's, built at Charlestown,

Twenty convicts escape,

Twenty convicts escape after a severe fight,

Two women sent there for murder,

Three women sent for life, for robbery, .

July 2,

1881

. Sep. 19,

1881

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. Oct. 22,

1758

. Nov. 24,

1841

. Oct. 17,

1860

1638

1663

1676

, June 24,

1840

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1642

1662

1665

1700

1708

1753

1780

1800

. April,

1814

. Sept.,

1822

1822

. Feb. 3,

1823

, Nov. 24,

1851

1805

. July 5,

1806

. Aug. 9,

1816

. Dec. 24,

1818

. May 28,

1823

BOSTON EVENTS.

123

Prison, State's. The north wing built,

J. Howes sentenced for life, and three years

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Phillips pla}Ted a hoax on the officers
The west wing built,

" " enlarged,

A new prison built at Concord,
Prizes. British vessels, daily captured and
brought in, . ....

Provident Institution for Savings, organized,

Public Institutions. South Boston, named
Bellevue, for a time, .
A Board of Directors chosen, .
Public Garden, lands offered for sale, .
Lands leased to Horace Gray,
Lands again offered for sale,
Great improvements made by the City,
Pond prepared and completed,
Iron fence enclosure "
Stone bridge across the pond completed,
A garden of statues, shrubbery, plants and
flowers, .......

Building, Supt. Freeman Cushman, appointed, .
Samuel C. Nottage,
James C. Tucker,
Land, Supt. James Jackson,
Abner Bourne,
Joel Wheeler,
John McAllister,
Stephen Tucker,

1829

Oct. 10, 1835
May 10, 1849

1850
1867
1877

Sept., 1776
Dec. 13, 1816

Feb. 8,
Apr. 21,
Mar. 24,
Oct. 30,
Nov.,

August,
May,
June 1,

Apr. 19
Apr. 25
Feb. 29
Nov. 2
May 1
June 21
May 15
Feb. 5

1837
1857
1823
1837
1853
1860
1861
1863
1867

1880
1841
1853
1864
1829
1837
1847
1848
1850

124

BOSTON EVENTS.

Public Land, Supt. Robert W. Hall, appointed, . Apr. 30, 1855
Quakers. Begin to be punished for their religious
belief, ......

Severe laws passed to punish them, .

Several were hanged for their profession, .

Three are whipped, and have their ears cut off,

Several imprisoned, and fed on bread and water

Were allowed to attend their own meetings,
Have a Church in Quaker lane,
Church and burials removed to Lynn,
Quarantine, a sort of, at Spectacle Island, .
Established at Rainsford Island,
A boat for the work provided, .
Quebec, taken by Gen. Wolf ; sensation in Boston
Quincy Hall, over the market, named,
Railroad, Hand. One to cart dirt, on west side
Beacon Hill, ....
Horse. One at Quincy Granite Works,
Cambridge opened for travel,
Metropolitan "
South Boston "
Middlesex "
One opened to Brookline,
Suffolk to East Boston, opened
Cars run through Cornhill,
Double track from Tremont House, south,
Run through Berkeley and Boylston streets,
Run through Clarendon to Beacon street,
So. Boston cars drawn by men ; horses sick,
Cars run through Harrison avenue, South End,

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1656
1658
1658
1677
1737
1780
1825
1720
1737
1832
Sep. 18, 1759
June 13, 1831

June,
Oct.,
May 21
Sep. 17
Dec. 27
Mar. 5
Oct. 26
Aug. 20
Feb. 11
Dec. 2
Mar. 4
Oct. 16
Oct. 3
May,

1811
1826
1856
1856
1856
1857
1859
1860
1867
1867
1868
1868
1872
1877

BOSTON EVENTS. 125

Railroad, Horse. Run whole length Columbus

avenue, ....... June 30, 1877

Began running over Dover street bridge, . Aug. 26, 1879

Began running through West Chester Park, . Oct. 4, 1879
Brighton cars run through Tremont, Boylston

and Charles streets, ..... Oct, 25, 1879

Steam. Boston and Lowell, incorporated, . June 4, 1830

" " " opened for travel, . May 27, 1835

Boston and Providence, incorporated, . . 1830

" " u opened for travel, . June31, 1834

Boston and Worcester, incorporated, . . June, 1831

" " " opened to Newton, . Mar. 17, 1834

" " " and Albany combined, Dec. 1, 1867

Eastern opened from East Boston, . . Aug. 27, 1838

u cars come in at Causeway street, . Apr. 10, 1854

Boston and Maine opened from Haymarket

square, ....... July 4, 1845

Old Colony opened for travel, . . . Nov. 8, 1845

Fitchburg " " .... Mar. 5, 1845

" stone depot completed, . . . Aug. 9, 1848

Boston, Hartford & Erie Air Line completed, 1354

Great three days' Jubilee on Boston Common, Sep. 17, 1851

Cars first pass through Hoosac Tunnel, . . Feb. 9, 1875

KailSOm, Col., killed in Mexico ; body sent to

Vermont, through Boston, .... Feb. 9, 1848

Razor-Strop Man, Henry Smith, on State street ;

" a few more left," July, 1845

Ratcliff, Philip, had ears cut off for impiety, . June, 1631
Reading Room, established in Exchange Coffee-

House, July 28, 1810

126 BOSTON EVENTS.

Rebel. Jeff Davis, Boston's guest,

President, Seceding States, ....
Captured in Virginia, .....
Bailed by Horace Greeley, in $100,000,
Flag on a vessel at Gray's Wharf, destroyed,
Prisoners. Mayor Brown, of Baltimore, and
others, at Fort Warren, . . . .
Mason and Slidell released from Fort Warren, June 1, 1862
Buckner and Tighlman, arrive at Fort War-

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Brigadier Generals visit Boston,
Register Of Deeds of Boston lands, begins,
Office kept at the Lamb Tavern,

Building, in Court square, completed,
Regiment, Mass., returned from the Mexican

6th. Left Boston for Washington,
• A critical time at Baltimore, ....
Three months' men returned home,

• Again went South, from Boston, .
Again returned home from the war,

3d. Went from Boston, South, to the war,
Three months' men returned home,
Again went South, to the war,
Again arrive home, .....

5th. Went South, from Boston, to the war,
Returned home from the war,
Were re-enlisted, and again returned home, .

1st. Went from Boston, South, to war,
Arrived home at Faneuil Hall,

Oct, 11,

1858

1861

May 16,

1865

May 13,

1867

Apr. 17,

1861

Nov. 1,

1861

June 1,

1862

Mar. 8,

1862

Apr. 28,

1878

Sep. 29,

1645

Oct. 11,

1786

1844

July 26,

1848

Apr. 17,

1861

Apr. 19,

1861

Aug. 1,

1861

Sep. 8,

1862

Apr. 21,

1864

Apr. 21,

1861

July 3,

1861

Aug. 29,

1862

Nov. 17,

1864

Apr. 21,

1861

July 3,

1861

June 26,

1863

June 15,

1861

May 25,

1864

BOSTON EVENTS.

127

Regiment, Mass. 2d. Went from Boston, South,
to the war, ......

Arrived home from the war, ....
4th. Arrived in Boston, from the war,
8th. Went South, to the war, through Boston, .
9th. Went from Boston, South, to the war,

Arrived home from the war, ....
10th. Went from Boston, South, to the war,
11th. " " " 4< "

Arrived home from the war, .
12th. Went from Boston, South, to the war,

Arrived home from the war, ....
13th. Went through Boston, South, to the war,

Returned home through Boston, from the

15th. Arrived at Boston from the war,

16th. Went South, through Boston, to the war,

Arrived at Boston from the war,
17th. Went South, through Boston, to the war,
18th. " " " " "

Arrived at Boston from the war. .
19th. Went South, through Boston, to "

Arrived at Boston from the war, .
20th. Went South, through Boston, to the war,
22d. " " " "

23d. " " " "

Arrived at Boston from the war,
24th. " " " "

25th. " " " "

26th. " " " "

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Jan. 20
July 19
Apr. 19
June 25
June 11
July 25
June 29
June 20
July 17
July 1
July 29

July 21
July 21
Aug. 17
July 21
Aug. 23
Aug. 25
Feb. 27
Aug. 28
Feb. 8
Sep. 4
Oct. .8
Nov. 11
Oct. 6
Feb. 26
Jan. 17
Apr. 2

1861
1864
1861
1861
1861
1864
1861
1861
1864
1861
1864
1861

1864
1864
1861
1864
1861
1862
1864
1861
1864
1861
1861
1861
1864
1864
1864
1864

128

BOSTON EVENTS.

Regiment, Mass. 28th. Went South, through
Boston, to the war, ,

30th. Arrived at Boston from the war,
31st. " "

32d. " "

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39th.
40th.
41st.

Arrived at Boston from the war, .
42d. " " " . .

43d. Went South, from Boston, to the war, .
44th. " " "

Arrived at Boston from the war, .
45th. Went South, through Boston, to the war,
46th. " " " .

47th. " " "

Arrived at Boston from the war, .
48th. " " • " . .

50th. Went South, through Boston, to the war,

Arrived at Boston from the war, .
51st. Went South, through Boston, to the war,
54th. (Colored) went South, from Boston, to

* the war, .......

55th. (Colored) went South, through Boston,
to the war, ......

Arrived at Boston ; a great procession,
1st Cavalry arrived at Faneuil Hall, .

Jan. 11
Mar. 19
Apr. 21
Apr. 21
Aug. 14
Aug. 22
Aug.26
Sep. 5
Sep. 8
Nov. 5
Aug. 16
Nov. 4
Nov. 5
Aug.29
June 10
Nov. 5
Nov. 9
Nov. 9
Aug.18
Aug.23
Nov. 19
Aug. 19
Nov. 25

May 3

July 21
Dec. 15
Dec. 19

1862
1864
1864
1864
1862
1862
1862
1862
1862
1862
1863
1864
1862
1862
1863
1862
1862
1862
1863
1863
1862
1863
1862

1863

1863
1865
1861

BOSTON EVENTS.

129

Regiment, Maine 1st.

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1861

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1861

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. Sep. 5,

1862

7th. Went South,

a

. July 23.

1861

. Went home,

a

. Oct. 12,

1862

8th. Went South,

u

. ' . Sep. 9,

1861

Went home,

it

. Mar. 8.

1864

9th. Went South,

u

. Sep. 14

1861

Went home,

u

. Feb. 23,

1864

10th. Went South,

it

. Oct. 6

, 1861

Went home,

a

. May 1

, 1863

11th. Went South,

a

. Nov. 13

, 1861

Went home,

u

. Feb. 23

, 1864

1 2th. Went through Boston to

Lowell, . . Nov. 24,

1861

Went South, throu

gh Boston,

. Jan. 2

, 1862

13th. "

u

. Feb. 18

, 1862

14th. "

t<

. Feb. 15

, 1862

16th. "

((

,. Aug. 19

, 1862

17th. "

u

_ Aug. 21

, 1862

19th. "

u

. Aug. 27

, 1862

20th. "

u

. Sep. 2

, 1862

21st. "

u

. Oct. 21

, 1862

Went home,

u

. Aug. 16

, 1863

22d. Went South,

u

. Oct. 22

, 1862

23d. "

(j(

. Oct. 18

, 1862

130

BOSTON EVENTS.

Regiment, Maine 23d. Went home, through
Boston, ....

15th. Went South, through Boston,
25th. " "

26th. " "

27th. " • "

28th. " "

Several went home, "

New Hampshire 2d. Went home through Boston,
3d. " "

8th. * " "

Connecticut 9th. Went through Boston to
Lowell, .......

Went South, through Boston,
New York 22d, Capt. Vose, visited Boston,
9th. Col. Fiske, held religious services on Com-
mon, .......

Religious Revivals in town, Rev. George White-
field preaching, ......

Rev. Jedediah Burchard electrifies New England,
Elder Knapp sensation, . . . ...

Advent Miller's sensation, ....

Moody and Sankey, thirteen weeks in Boston, .

Representatives for the town, chosen by the

people, .....

Dine on meat and wine at Town House,
A Committee chosen to instruct them,
Salaries paid by the town,
Revere, Paul, kept a shop opposite the Liberty

July 2,

1863

May 15,

1861

Oct. 16,

1862

Oct. 24,

1862

Oct. 20,

1862

Oct. 26,

1862

July 10,

1863

June 15,

1864

Feb. 27,

1864

Jan. 25,

1862

Nov. 19,

1861

Jan. 7,

1862

July 8,

1868

June 18,

1871

1740

1829

1842

1843

1877

1636

1654

1700

1729

Pole,

1784

BOSTON EVENTS. 131

Revenue Collections, cause great excitement and
opposition, ......

Act, passed by the Home Government,
Troubles commence in earnest,

Riots, the order of the day, ...

Collectors hung in effigy on the street,

Office opened at Concert Hall, ....
Removed to Salem ; Boston office closed,
Reservoir, Cochituate, Beacon Hill, completed, .

.At South Boston, completed, .

At Chestnut Hill, upper basin completed, .

At Chestnut Hill, lower basin completed, .

On Parker Hill, completed, .
Riots, caused by enforcement of Revenue Laws, .

By Commodore Knowles' impressment orders, .

Gov. Hutchinson's house, at the North End,
mobbed, .......

At the Revenue Office, in School alle}',

At Market square, one man killed, .

At Minot's, T Wharf, between sailors,

At an evening political meeting,

At the State Prison ; fire set by convicts, .

At the Bee-Hive, in Prince street,

At the notorious Tin Pot, in Ann street, .

At Boston Theatre, with Edmund Kean, .

On Negro Hill, several houses destroyed, .

Began at South Boston, suppressed by firemen,

In Ann street, between sailors and negroes,

Ursuline Convent, at Charlestown, destroyed,

At the "Liberator" Office, Washington street, .

1682

April,

1764

May,

1765

Nov.,

1765

June,

1768

Nov. 10

, 1768

1774

Nov. 23

, 1849

Dec. 27

, 1849

Oct.,

1868

Oct. 25

, 1870

1874

1682

Nov.,

1747

Aug. 16.

1765

Nov. 18

, 1773

Sep. 3

, 1779

Dec. 28

, 1780

Mar. 19

, 1810

Aug. 1

, 1822

July 25

, 1825

July 26.

1825

Dec. 25.

1825

July 14,

.1826

Feb. 26,

1828

July 16,

1829

Aug. 11,

1834

Oct. 22,

1835

132 BOSTON EVENTS.

Riots. The great Broad street, between firemen

and Irishmen, ...... June 11, 1837

Anticipated at Marlboro' Chapel ; abolition meet-
ing, ........ MajT 24

At the Catholic Church, Endicott street, . . Mar. 17
At the Miller Tabernacle, Howard street, an-
ticipated, ....... Apr. 23

At North square, between sailors and others, . Aug. 27
At National Theatre ; Thorne refused to play, . Mar. 11
At a Temperance meeting, at Faneuil Hall, . Mar. 23
Slave capture, Thomas Semmes ; nine days'

excitement, ...... Apr. 3

Slave capture, Anthony Burns ; nine days'

excitement, ...... May 26

At Lynn, Shoemakers' ; Boston police sent, . Jan. 24
Conscription Act, Cooper street ; thirty persons

killed, July 14

At a political meeting, Faneuil Hall ; eighteen

arrests, ....... Sep. 28

Orangemen's, New York City ; sensation in
Boston, .......

At Long Island ; sent a steamer and 40 men, .
Robberies. Of Davis & Palmer's store, on Wash-
ington street, ......

Currier & Trott's store, Washington street,
Ellis, of gold, on State street, ....

Of St. Albans' Bank, by the Rebels,
Of Lord, Bond, New York City, 81,500,000, .
Of Concord, Mass., Bank, of $200,000, .
Of Blue Hill Bank, at Dorchester,

July 12,

1871

June 29,

1873

Mar.28,

•1841

Feb. 1,

1847

Dec. 20,

1851

Oct. 19,

1864

Nov.31,

1863

Sep. 25,

1865

Sep. 12,

1867

1838
1842

1843
1843
1846
1847

•
1851

1854
1860

1863

1864

BOSTON EVENTS. 133

Robberies. Of Gooclsell's glove store, $4,000, . Feb. 7, 1869

Of Federhen's jewelry store, Court street, . Feb. 15, 1869

Of Boylston Bank, Washington street, $300,000, Nov.20, 1869

Of City Treasury, $10,000 in gold, by clerk,

Of Henry Poore, in State street, $4,000, .

Of Berwick Bank, in Maine, ....

Of Mr. Breed, on Broad street, $8,000, .

Of North Cambridge Bank, ....

Otis safe robbery, South Weymouth,

.Dexter Savings Bank, Dexter, Maine,

Laconia, N. H., Bank, .....
Rogues' Gallery, began at Chief of Police office,

Contained 1,400 likenesses, ....
Roulette. A gambler's game in Boston,
Rowing Regattas becoming popular, .
Rubber Merchants are guests at Boston, .
Russian Embassy's fleet arrive in Boston har-

uOl 5 • • • • • • • •

Sabbath Breakers fined and imprisoned,
Safe Blowing, by burglars, becomes common,

Five blown in one night on Commercial street, .
Sailors' Home, on Purchase street, corner-stone

lcllCi ft; •••••••

In North square opened, ....

Saltpetre explosion, at Watertown Arsenal,
Sandemonians, a new Religious Sect, appear, .
Savage, Edward, had an Art Gallery in Franklin

XI till « •••••••

Painted a Panorama of Boston,

Had a Museum over Bovlston Market, .

Jan. 13,

1870

Julv 12,

1870

Dec. 16,

1870

Oct. 5,

1877

Mar.23,

1878

May 5,

1878

Feb. 23,

1878

Apr. 25,

1879

Apr. 4,

1870

Oct. 21,

1878

1836

1870

June 8,

1877

Mav 22,

1864-

1727

1847

May 26,

1864

May 8,

1845

1847

Sep. 2,

1866

1764

June,

1794

May,

1795

1812

134

BOSTON EVENTS.

Feb. 10,
May 26,
Feb. 11,
Apr. 4,
Oct. 21,

Jan. 9,

Savage, Edward H., appointed a Police officer
in Boston, ......

Appointed Captain, Police Division No 1,

" Deputy Chief of Police,
Chosen Chief of Police, .
Appointed Probation Officer for Suffolk Co.,
Savannah Sufferers. Great relief meeting at
Faneuil Hall, . . . . .

Scales, large, first in use at the Market,
Scandals. An unwritten sensation in high life
caused by a kiss, ....

Carpenter and apprentice girl, at South Boston
A constable and Archer's ring,
Rev. Jo}T H. Fairchild's, began,
Dalton and Coburn, began,
Hancock School, began, .
Rev. Isaac H. Kalloch's, began,
Officer Prescott sensation,
Rev. Hemy Ward Beecher sensation,
Scavengers. Had six carts in service,
Carts ordered to have tail-boards,
Employ 150 horses, .....

Schools established by law,

For writing, established, ....

Provided for colored persons,
Children in the town, 1,334,
Celebration, 2,000 children present, .

" 8,000 children on the Common, .
Eliot and Catholic difficulties began, .
In the City, about 20,000 scholars, .

Oct.,

Sep.,

Aug.,

June,

Oct.,

Nov.,

Jan.,

Aug.,

June,

Oct.,

July,
Aug. 19,
July 4,
Mar. 10,
May 1,

1851
1854
1861
1870
1878

1865
1782

1788

1821

1836

1844

1855

1856

1857

1858

1875

1800

1809

1880

1647

1696

1728

1799

1813

1842

1857

1850

BOSTON EVENTS.

135

Schools. Grand Festival, at Music Hall, .
Scholars in the ChVv, 53,262,
Expenditures for the year, $1,759,885.90,
School Houses. Adams, Sumner st. , East Boston
built, .....

Bigelow, Fourth street, South Boston, built,
Bowdoin, Myrtle street, built, .

Rebuilt,
Bowditch, South street, built,
. Boylston, Fort Hill, built,

Rebuilt, . . .-

Brimmer, Common street, built,
Chapman, Eutaw street, East Boston, built
Dwight, Springfield street, built,
Eliot, North Bennet street, new house built,
Everett, Northampton street, built, .
Franklin, Washington street, built, .
Franklin, Ringold street, built, .
Gaston, Fifth street, South Boston, built,
Girls' High, Newton street, built,
Grammar, Washington Village, built,

On Dudley street, built,
Hancock (old), Hanover street, built,

(New), Richmond street, built,
High (English), Bedford street, built,

(Latin) Warren avenue, built,
Latin, So., School allej7, built, .
Moved nearer the burjing-place,
Lawrence, Third street, South Boston, built
Lincoln, Broadway, South Boston, built, .

July 24, 1866

Jan.

1, 1880
1879

1856

1850

1820

1848

1862

181^9

1853

1843

1850

1856

1859

1860

1845

1856

1873

1870

1877

1874

1822

1847

1821

1879

1652

1652

1856

1859

136

BOSTON EVENTS.

School Houses. Lyman, Meridian street, East
Boston, built, ....
Mayhew, Hawkins street, built,

Rebuilt, .....

New Norman, Mason street, built,
Newbury, Newbury street, built,
Norcross, D street, South Boston, built,
North Writing, Love lane, built,

Rebuilt, .....

Rebuilt by Gov. Hutchinson, .
Prescott, Prescott street, built,
Phillips, Phillips street, built, .
Prince, Exeter street, built,
Primary, on Richmond street, built, .
Quinc}T, Tyler street, built,

Rebuilt, .....

Rice, Dartmouth street, built, .
Sherwin, Windsor street, built,
ShurtlefT, Dorchester street, built,
Sumner, Florence street, built,
Smith, Belknap street, built,
Wells, Blossom street, built,
West street, West street, built,

Removed, . .
Winthrop, Tremont street, rebuilt, .
Master, Philomen Pormert, the first appointed,

Banished with Whitefield charged with rel
heresies, ....

Ezekiel Cheever, for seventy years, died
ninety-two, ....

lglOUS

aged

Apr. 13,

1846
1803
1846
1848
1875
1868
1699
1712
1717
1865
1862
1880
1866
1848
1859
1869
1870
1869
1876
1812
1833
1717
1820
1855
1635

1633
Aug. 21, 1708

Oct. 13, 1826
Apr. 17, 1791
June 18, 1860
Feb. 23, 1866
1714

BOSTON EVENTS. 137

School Master, John Tileston, for seventy years,
died, aged ninety,
Sunda3r, first opened in the town,
Ship, Massachusetts, put in commission,
John M. Barnard, dedicated,
Schooners, began to be built at Boston,
Scissor Grinder's bells mistaken for City Crier, 1832

Scollay's Buildings, removed to complete the

square, ....... May, 1871

Scott, Gen. Winfield, visited Boston, . . Sep. 4, 1843

Resigned command of the army, . . . Nov. 2, 1861
Died, at West Point, aged eighty-two, .. . May 29, 1866
Sea Fencibles. A military company of sea captains,

formed, ....... July 25, 1814

Serpent, believed to be in the harbor, . . Aug., 1817
Sealers of weights and measures first appointed, . Jan. 31, 1647
Seats on the Common covered with iron (boys

whittle), 1847

Siege Of Paris. Exhibition opened near Park

square, «.*.»••

Selfridge and Austin. A shooting sensation in

town, .......

Selectmen, called "Town's Occasions," chosen .
The town choose seven, .....

Required to take account of the arrival of
strangers, .......

Strangers interviewed ; fear of contagion, .
Charles Bulfinch, Chairman 22 years, retires, .
Chairman Williams delivers town's property to
City Government, .....

Sep.

2,

1878

Dec.

3,

1806

Sep.

1,

1634

Mar.

10,

1699

1747
1803
1818

May

1,

1822

138 BOSTON EVENTS.

Sewell, Samuel. Chief Justice of the Province,

died, aged 7#, ....'. Jan. 1, 1730
Sewerage, Improved, to Moon Island. Pro-
jected by City Government, . . Aug. 9, 1877
Workmen building at the South End, . . 1878
In favorable progress, ..... 1880
Shaw, Lemuel, candidate for Selectman, defeated; Mar. 11, 1811
Chosen a Selectman for Boston, . . . Mar. 8, 1819
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Massa-
chusetts, died, Mar.30, 1861

Shaking down, a thieves' pastime on Negro Hill, 1808

Revived in jilt shops in Ann street, . . . 1850

Shay's War, for resisting the collection of taxes, Sept., 1786

Captured soldiers brought to Boston, . . Jan. 24, 1787

Sherman, Gen. Wm. T., paid a visit to Boston, July 13, 1866

Sheridan, Gen. Phil. H., paid Boston a visit, . Oct. 7, 1867

Ships, Sailing, of 30 tons, launched at Boston, . July 4, 1631

Lyon, arrived with provisions, . . . Nov. 11, 1631

Fourteen arrived during the month,

Several arrived with cattle, ....

Boston has eighty, from forty to one hundred
tons each, ......

Fifteen French vessels arrive in the harbor, .
Fifty building at the wharves,
All the British driven from the harbor, .
Fifty-two clear from the Custom-House,
One hundred and twenty-nine arrived to-day, May 14, 1846
The Franklin wrecked at Wellfleet, . . Mar. 1, 1849
Steam. The North America arrived from St.

Johns, Nov. 21, 1839

June,

1634

June,

1635

1666

June 8,

1711

July,

1741

June 14,

1776

July 13,

1844

BOSTON EVENTS. 139

Ships, Steam. The Lexington burned on Long

Island Sound ; 150 lives lost, . . . Jan. 13, 1840
The Unicorn, first of the Cunard line, arrived

in Boston, June 4, 1840

Fever, raging with emigrants at Deer Island, . June, 1847
Shot. Richard Ames, on the Common, for deser-
tion, . • . . . . . Nov. 3, 1768

A boy in Dock square, by a revenue informer, . Feb. 11, 1770
Valentine Ducat, on the Common, for desertion, Sep. 1, 1774
. William Ferguson, on the Common, for desertion, Dec. 24, 1774
Elijah Woodard, on the Common, for desertion, Oct. 5, 1777
Soldier Pendergrast, at Niles' Block, for insub-
ordination, ...... Apr. 9, 1863

Siamese Twins, Chang and Eng, on exhibition

in Boston, Aug. 14, 1829

Again on exhibition in Boston, . . . Aug. 27, 1838

" ■ " " ... Jan. 7, 1866

Silver. Pine Tree shillings and sixpences, coined, 1652

In two-pence pieces, coined for circulation, . 1663

One ounce, worth 20 shillings Provincial Bills, . 1736

Shoe and knee-buckles become fashionable, . 1737

A large amount paid for capture of Louisburg, 1749

American dollars in circulation, . . . 1796

Eagle 5-cent pieces in circulation . . . 1828
Coin gone out of circulation, postage stamps

used for change, ..... 1863

Coin again becomes plenty, . . . . 1875

Trade dollar, a Government fraud, . . . 1850
Skating Rink, opened on the South End fair

grounds, ....... Dec, 1858

140 BOSTON EVENTS.

Skating Rink. Building opened on Tremont,

near Lenox street, ..... Sep., 1868

Building on Tremont street fell, one man killed, Dec., 1868

Building converted into a market, . . . 1870

Occupied as a horse-car stable, . . . 1880

Several roller-skating, coming in fashion, . . 1880

Skedaddle, became an army by-word of sig-
nificance, ....... 1862

Skeleton, Living. Calvin Edson, on exhibition, Dec, 1831

Slaughter Houses, said to be a nuisance in town, 1693

Robert Hughes, had one on Pleasant street, . 1783

Abattoir, an appendage to Brighton Market, . 1880

Slaves, still bought and sold in Massachusetts, . 1767
Said to be two thousand held in Boston, . 1779
Freed in Massachusetts, by Bill of Rights, . Oct. 25, 1780
English Emancipation Anniversary, . . . July 15, 1813
Excitement in Boston harbor (slave-catchers), Aug. 1, 183.6
Catchers, Hughes and Knights in limbo, . . Oct. 16, 1850
Shadrac, a fugitive, arrested and escaped, . Feb. 5, 1851
Thomas Semmes arrested, a nine days' sensa-
tion, Apr. 3, 1851

Anthony Burns arrested, a nine days' sensa-
tion, May 26, 1854

Emancipation throughout the United States

proclaimed, ...... Jan. 1, 1863

Sleighs, carrying sixty-two persons, come in use, Feb., 1846

Smokers, in the streets on Sundays, arrested and

fined, April, 1822

In the streets on week-days, arrested and fined, Oct., 1829

In the streets, vigorously prosecuted, . . June, 1848

BOSTON EVENTS.

141

June, 1851

Smokers' Retreat, with seats prepared on the
Common, .......

Snodgrass, Emma, A girl about the streets in
men's clothes, .....

Small-pox, prevalent in town,

Forty persons died during the year, .

Very fatal in town and country,

Carried off many inhabitants,

Inoculation with kine-pox, by Dr. Boylston,
, Red flags denote its presence, .

Inoculation forbidden by the Governor,

Rages in town, the Court removed to Concord,

10,000 school children vaccinated in three
months, . . . . .

Created great alarm in Boston, .

Hospital built at Pine Island,

Hospital at Pine Island, burned,

Hospital prepared atMarcellus street Almshouse
Societies. The Boston Marine incorporated,

The Massachusetts Charitable, instituted,

The Anti-Tea Drinking, formed,

Academy of Arts and Sciences, incorporated,

Massachusetts Medical, "

Of Cincinnati, formed at Albany,

Massachusetts Horticultural, instituted,

Mechanics' Charitable, organized,

Massachusetts General Hospital, organized,

Handel and Hayden (musical), incorporated,

Charitable Fire, organized,

Boston Natural History, organized, .

. Nov.,

1852

. Nov.,

1633

1666

. Nov.,

1698

1702

. May,

1721

. May,

1751

. Jan.,

1764

. Nov.,

1792

e

1824

. Sept.,

1872

. Oct.,

1872

. Dec,

1872

5, Jan.,

1873

1754

1760

1770

1780

1781

1783

1791

1795

1811

1816

1828

1830

142 BOSTON EVENTS.

Societies. For the prevention of pauperism,

formed, ....... 4836

All secret attacked by Parson Colver, . . 1844

For Aiding Discharged Convicts, organized, . 1847

Music Hall Association, formed, . . . 1850

Massachusetts Temperance Alliance, formed, . 1851

Young Men's Christian Union, incorporated, . 1852

Parker Fraternity, organized, . . . . • 1858

Massachusetts Institute Technology, organized, 1861
Massachusetts Dental College, incorporated, . 1865
Young Men's Christian Association, formed, . 1866
" Women's » " " . 1866
Conservatory of Music, organized, . . . 1867
For the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, organ-
ized, ....... 1868

Deaf Mutes' Christian Union, formed, . . 1869
For the Prevention of Cruelty to Children,

formed, ....... 1878

Soldier Messenger Corps established in Boston, . Sep. 11, 1865

Graves decorated by Grand Army of Eepublic, May 31, 1868

Of 1812 held their last meeting, . . . Oct. 16, 1879

Sons of Liberty, a Union Club, formed in Boston, Aug. 14, 1765

Pruned Liberty Tree on Essex street, . . Feb. 14, 1766

Control the American Cause, . . . 1774

Revive business in Boston, . . . . 1781

Of New Hampshire, hold a festival at Fitchburg

Hall, Nov. 7, 1849

Again at Fitchburg Hall, .... Nov. 2, 1853

Vermont, hold a festival at the Revere House, . Mar. 16, 1859

Of Malta. A nondescript of fun and frolic, . Oct., 1857

BOSTON EVENTS. 143

Soup Houses. One provided on Milk street, . Apr. 16, 1808
One provided on Charles street, . . . June 1, 1855
Several provided at Police Stations, . . . Feb. 7, 1868
Opposed by Board of Charities, but continued

by Government, ..... 1880

Spotted Fever caused great alarm ; sanitary

measures adopted, ..... Mar., 1810

Spot Pond surveyed by Governor Winthrop, . Feb. 7, 1631

State House. The old Town House occupied, . Oct. 25, 1780

An attempt to remove from Boston, . . June, 1787

Beacon Hill, ground broken, . . . May 15, 1795

Built, and dome completed, .... Oct. 19, 1796

On Beacon Hill, first occupied, . . . Jan. 11, 1798

The Codfish over the Speaker's desk put up, . Jan. 11, 1798

West end addition completed, ... Sep. 8, 1853

Remodeled and repaired, .... Dec, 1867

Liquor Agent causes a sensation at State House, Nov., 1859

Prison. See Prisons.

Stages, from Boston to Portsmouth once a week, 1763

From Boston to New York once in three days, . 1814

Traveling, the practice of the day, '. . . 1830

Surperseded by railroads, .... 1840

Statuary. Adams, Sam'l, placed in Dock square, July 4, 1880

Aristides, placed in Louisburg square, . . Dec. 1, 1849

Columbus, placed in Louisburg square, . . Aug. 1, 1851

Emancipation, placed in Park square, . . Dec. 6, 1879

Ether, placed in the Public Garden, . . . Jan. 27, 1869

Everett, Edward, placed in Public Garden, . Nov. 18, 1867

Franklin, placed front City Hall, School street, Sep. 17, 1856

Removed to west side of yard, . , . Sep., 1862

144 BOSTON EVENTS.

Statuary. Hamilton, placed on Commonwealth

avenue, ....... Aug. 24, 1865

Mann, Horace, placed in front State House, . July 4, 1865

Quincy, placed front City Hall, . . . Oct. 11, 1879
Soldiers', placed front City Hall, now at Forest

Hills, . Feb., 1869

Sumner, placed -in Public Garden, . . . Dec. 22, 1878

Washington, placed in the State House, . . Oct. 31, 1821

Equestrian, placed in Public Garden, . . July 3, 1869

Warren, placed on Bunker Hill, . . . June 17, 1857

Webster, placed front of State House, . . Sep. 17, 1859

Winthrop, placed in Scollay's square, . . Sep. 17, 1880
Station Home, in Sudbury street, for tramp

lodgers, ....... 1866

Sanitary, placed on little hill, on Common, . Oct. 1, 1867
Steam Engine, A model exhibited in Boylston

Hall, May 1, 1830

First placed on Worcester Railroad, . . . Mar. 17, 1834

Used in pile driving, at new Custom House, . Sep. 1, 1837

St. George's Rooms, opened at Masonic Temple, Aug. 13, 1867

Saint Louis City Government visit Boston, . Oct. 2, 1865

Stocks built, in which to punish criminals, . . Nov., 1639

A woman exposed in one, on Kiug street . . May 10, 1753
Storms, rain and wind. The tide rose twenty feet

high, ....... Aug. 14, 1635

High tide does great damage, , . . Nov. 12, 1641

Done much damage, ..... Sep. 18, 1727

Terrible, Long Wharf Crane blown down, . Feb. 5, 1754

Ropewalks at West End destroyed, . . Feb. 24, 1793

And hail, done great damage, . . . July 11, 1797

BOSTON EVENTS.

145

Storms. Spray and birds driven in twenty-
miles, .......

Very severe along the coast, ....

Great damage done to shipping,

Done much damage, . . . .

Severe, three days, Minot's light destroyed, .

Very severe, much damage done, .

Very severe, high tide, much damage,

Thunder and lightning, very severe,

A tempest; buildings destnyyed, one man

killed, .....
Thunder and hail, much damage, .
Severe, with thunder and hail,
A tempest, Coliseum blown down,
A serious eastern, began,

• A severe northeastern, began,

A severe one, does much damage,

Rain and wind does great damage,

Wind and hail, 10,000 windows broken, great

damage, .......

Snow fell three feet deep, high wind,

Fell knee deep in one night, ....
Fell five feet deep, 1,100 cattle perish, . ■
Severe high wind and thunder, very remark-

it U.l L- ^ • • • • • • «

Lay four feet deep on a level,
Fell four feet deep in 24 hours,
And wind done great damage,
Said to lay six feet deep in Boston,
Fell three feet deep one day, high wind,

10

Sep. 26,
Oct.,
Dec. 27
Oct. 13
Apr. 17
Dec. 3
June 29
Apr. 16

Sep. 8
June 20
Aug. 20
Mar. 26
Nov. 25
Mar. 17
Oct. 12
June 6

July 16
Nov. 5
Dec. 5
Dec,

1815
1832
1839
1846
1851
1854
1860
1868

1869

1870
1870
1872
1877
1878
1878
1879

1879
1632
1633
1716

Feb. 2, 1728

Dec, 1741

Jan. 1, 1774

Dec 1, 1784

Dec, 1786

Jan. 17, 1867

146 BOSTON EVENTS.

Storms. Snow fell eighteen inches deep in one

day, Mar. 21, 1868

And wind does much damage, . . . Feb. 8, 1870

Wind moves thirty miles an hour, . . Feb. 2, 1876

Fell fifteen inches deep ; high wind, . . Jan. 5, 1877

Fell thirty inches deep ; furious wind, . . Jan. 31, 1878

Fell ten inches deep ; furious wind, . . Jan. 16, 1879

Fell ten inches deep ; high wind, . . Feb. 20, 1879
Five feet three inches snow fell the past

winter, ....... Mar. 1, 1880

Streets begin to be laid out, one to two rods

wide, ....... 1636

Begin to be paved with round stones, . . 1674

Defined and named by the Selectmen, . . 1708

Regular sweeping began, . 1785

Began to be widened by subscription, . . 1801
First numbered, odd one side and even the

other, July, 1, 1824

Directions first put up on corners, . . Oct., 1825

Being built on the Mill Pond lands, . . Aug., 1826

Being built on South Cove lands, . . May, 1846

Several on Back Bay lands, completed, . . Nov., 1857

Commissioners, three men appointed, . . May 1, 1873

Superintendents, Enoch Patterson, appointed, . May 18, 1827

Zepheniah Sampson, " . May 1, 1832

Thomas Harding, " . Feb. 16, 1846

Alfred T. Turner, " . May 16, 1853

Charles Harris, " . Dec. 19, 1864

Signs, ordered removed to within one foot of

building, . Apr. 16, 1874

BOSTON EVENTS. 147

Strike of shoemakers at Lynn ; Boston police

called, Jan. 24, 1860

Of the Boston printers, began, .... Aug. 11, 1864
Of workmen, at Boston Water Works, at Newton, Apr. 21 , 1 876
Of engineers ; trouble at Boston and Maine Rail-
road depot, Feb. 12, 1877

Great railroad engineer's, South and West, . July, 1877

At Fall River, began, June 26, 1879

Submarine Race. Long Wharf to East Boston, July 4, 1868
.Sub-Treasury, removed to Merchants' Exchange, Jan. 30, 1868
Sunderland, Leroy, Physiological lecturer, at
Miller Temple, ......

Swearing and Pow-wowing fined ten shillings, .
Imprisonment, if not paid, ....

Swimming Match, Webb and Boynton, at Nan-
tasivOt, .......

Capt. Webb's last swim at Niagara Falls, .
Swine, running at large, to be yoked and rung, .
Swiss Emigrants wrecked, 150 arrived at Faneuil

Hall, Jan. 14, 1866

Synagogue of the Israelites, on Warren street,

dedicated, Sep. 13, 1868

Tan Yards. Several near the dock, ... 1641

Said to have become a nuisance, . . . 1791

Tar and Feather. A liquor informer sensation, Oct. 19, 1838

Tavern. The first opened by Samuel Cole, . 1633

At first called Ordinaries, or Inns, . . 1633

Anchor, kept in King street, . . . . 1661

Admiral Vernon, kept in King street, . . 1743

American Coffee House, kept in King street, . 1774

Nov. 18,

1843

1646

1880

Sep. 5,

1879

July 24,

1883

Mar.31,

1651

148

BOSTON EVENTS.

Tavern. Bunch of Grapes, in King, near Kilbj
sireer, ......

Bull, corner Summer and Sea streets,

House stood until about
British Coffee, kept in King street,
Brewer's, in King street, kept b}T Mrs. Brewer,
Black Horse, in Black Horse lane (Prince street) ,
Black Horse, at No. 17 Union street, kept by
Brigham, ......

Bight of Logan, in Market square, kept by N

Richards, ...
Bradley's, in Brattle square, kept by Bradley,
Bradley's, at 7 Elm street, kept- by Bradley,
Boyden's, at 1 Dock square, kept by Boyden,
Castle, kept in Mackerel lane, .
Crown Coffee, kept at the foot of King street,
Coffee House, kept on Long Wharf,
Cross, kept corner of Cross and Ann streets,
Cromwell's Head, kept in School street,
Coffee House, kept in Court street, .
Cooper's, in Wing's lane, kept by Mrs. Cooper,

Connor's, in Wilson's lane,
Cummings, on Minot's T,
Clarke's, Cambridge street,
Cobb's, 46 Brattle street,
Daggett's, in Market square,
Davenport's, 9 Elm street,
Deering's, 12 Elm street,
Dutch's, 24 Newbury street,
Eastern Coffee, State street,

. .

u

a

a

a

u

. .

a

Connors,

Cummings,

Clarke,

Cobb,

Daggett,

Davenport,

Deering,

Dutch,

1712
1715
1832
1742
1769
1760

1820

1796
1805
1810
1813
1675
1724
1724
1732
1760
1786
1789
1789
1787
1796
1818
1805
1813
1816
1820
1789

BOSTON EVENTS.

149

Tarem. Exchange Coffee, Congress square

Burned down, .....

Rebuilt and opened, ....

Closed as a tavern, ....
Earle's Coffee, 36 Hanover street, kept by

Hezekiah Earle, ....

Eastern Stage, 45 Ann street, kept by Wildes,

Old building removed, ....
Fenno's, in School street,
Fuller's, 75 State street, kept,b}' Fuller, .
French's, 14 Back street, " French, .
Green Dragon, Union st., near the Mill Pond,

Called Freemason's Arms,

Closed as a public house,
George's, kept on the Neck,
Grand Turk, kept in Newbury street, •
Golden Ball, kept in Merchants' Row,
Holland's, kept in Southac court (Howard street) ,

Pemberton House burned, . . .

Henderson's, 22 Elm street, kept by Henderson,
Indian Queen, 37 Marlboro' street, kept by
Wheelock, ....

In Bromfield lane, kept by Trask,
King's Head, kept near Scarlet's Wharf,

One kept in King street,
Light House, kept in King street,
Logwood Tree, kept in Lynn street,
Lamb, in Newbury street,

In Newbury street, near Watch House.

Register of Deeds' office there,

1804
Nov. 3, 1818
Jan. 8, 1822
Apr. 1, 1854

1806
1816

July, 1866
1820
1803
1805
1697
1767
1832
1721
1789
1787
1723

May 16, 1854
• 1816

1803
1813
1670
1758
1718
1732
1743
1771
1786

150

BOSTON EVENTS.

Tayern. Lamb, in Newbury street. Old house
removed ; Adams House built, .
Lamphire's, 24 Hanover street, kept by B

Lamphire, .....

Moreau's, in Elm street, kept by Mrs. Moreau
Nahant, at Nahant, built,

Burned, ......

Punch Bowl, in Dock square, kept by Mrs. Baker
Patterson's, in Elm street, kept by Patterson,
Queen's Head, kept near Scarlet's Wharf,
Red Lion, kept near Red Lion Wharf,
Roebuck, in Fish lane, Roebuck passage, .

House removed, .....
Royal Exchange, kept in King street,
Ship, Noah's Ark, in Ship street, built,

Kept by John Vial (vintner),

The oldest brick building in Boston,

Removed in widening North street,
State Arms, kept in King street,
Star, corner of Hanover street and Link alley,
Swan, kept near Scarlet's Wharf,
Sun, kept in Corn court, ....

In Batterymarch street,
Salutation, in Salutation alley, .
Stackpole, kept in Milk street, built,

Removed for new Post-Office,
Spear's, kept in Purchase street, by Spear,
Three Horse Shoes, kept near the Mall, .
Tant's, kept in Ann street, b}^ Tant,
Taft's, kept in Wing's lane, by Taft,

1845

1807
1805
1820
Sep. 11, 1861
1769
1796
1691
1674
1732
1815
1732
1646
1651
1859
1859
1653
1708
1709
1727
1797
1731
1732
1868
1789
1732
1789
1789

Oct.,

July,

BOSTON EVENTS. 151

Tavern. Tue's, 13 Middle st., kept by Peter Tue, 1820

White Horse, near Haymarket place, . . 1724

Washington, kept in Bromfield lane, by Trask, . 1810

The name generally changed to hotel, about . 1822

Taylor, Robt., ex-Chief of Police, died at South

Boston, aged 50, ..... Dec. 4, 1866
Tea. The sale to be prevented on account of the

duty, Nov. 4, 1773

Three ship-loads arrive at Griffin's Wharf, . Dec. 3, 1773

Party got up at the Old South Church, . . Dec. 16, 1773

342 chests thrown overboard at Griffin's Wharf, Dec. 16, 1773

Owners demand indemnity from Government, Dec. 17, 1773

Part of chests burned in King street, . . Jan. 1, 1774

Tea party of Whigs dine off Fort Hill, . Apr. 1, 1840
" " Centennial Anniversary at Faneuil

Hall, Dec. 16, 1873

Teeth. Dental plate began to be put in use, . 1846

Telegraph. Morse's experiments successful, . 1845
Communication opened between Boston and

Springfield, ...... Jan. 15, 1846

Submarine cable with England attempted, . Aug., 1858

Cable to England successfully laid, . . . July 30, 1866

Fire-alarm established in Boston, . . . Jan. 1, 1852

French cable landed at Duxbury, . . . July 23, 1869

Telephone- communication astonishes the world, 1877

Put in use at office of Chief of Police, . . Dec. 31, 1877
Temple, Tremont, formerly a Theatre, became

a Church, ....... Dec. 8, 1843

Burned, and fell into Tremont street, . . Mar. 31, 1852

Rebuilt, corner-stone laid, .... July 1, 1853

152 BOSTON EVENTS.

Temple, Tremont. Had an Abolition dis-
turbance, ........ Jan. 24, 1861

Inside burned out, ...... Aug.14, 1879

Rebuilt and remodeled, ..... 1880

Tewksbury, Mr., saved seven persons from

drowning in the harbor, .... May 26, 1817

Thanksgiving held for an Indian victory, . . June 15, 1637

Union, held for success in the Rebellion, . . Dec. 7, 1865
Theatrical Exhibitions at the Royal Exchange

Tavern, ....... Jan., 1749

At Faneuil Hall, by the British ; a scare, . . Mar., 1775

In Board alley (Hawley street), . . . Dec, 1789

In Board alley, broken up by a sheriff, . . Dec, 1792

Licensed under a new law, .... Apr. 4, 1793

Theatres, Adelphi, on Court street, opened . Mar. 31, 1847

Rear Washington street, burned, . . . Feb. 4, 1871

Boston, on Washington and Mason sts., opened,. Sep. 11, 1854

Comique, on Central court, opened, . . . Sep. 30, 1865

Continental, on Washington street, opened, . Oct. 28, 1867

Dudley Street Opera House, opened, . . Sep. 4, 1879

Eagle, on Sudbur}T street, occupied, . . . Oct., 1851

Federal, on 'Federal street, opened, . . . Feb. 3, 1794

Burned to the ground, ..... Feb. 3, 1798

Rebuilt and re-opened, ..... Oct. 29, 1798

The name changed to The Boston, . . .. Nov. 8, 1805

Edmund Kean hissed down, .... Dec 17, 1818

Tickets for Kean's play sell at $22 premium, . Feb. 24, 1821

Charles Mathews playing, .... Jan. 1, 1823

Edmund Kean riot, building damaged, . . Oct. 25, 182")

Charged $1,000 for a license, . . . Jan. 9, 1826

BOSTON EVENTS.

153

Theatres. Federal, on Federal street. Edwin
Forrest playing William Tell,
Clara Fisher playing,

Name changed to Old Drury,

Charged for license, $500,

The building called The Odeon,

Sold to make place for stores,

Last play performed,
Ha3Tmarket, near the Mall and West
opened, .....

Called " a great wooden Ian thorn,"

Near Temple place, removed,
Howard, on Howard street, opened .
Little Tremont, on Tremont street, opened

time,

Lion, on Washington street, opened for a
Park, on Washington street, opened,
Selwyn's, on Washington and Essex streets,
opened, ......

Has been changed to Globe, .
Tremont, on Tremont street, first opened,

Madam Celeste dancing there,

William Pelby became manager,

Junius Brutus Booth playing,

Edwin Forrest playing Metamora, .

James Anderson mobbed there,

Mrs. Vincent's first appearance,

Ravel famity playing, .

Yankee Hill playing,

The last theatrical play there,

• •

Feb. 7,

1827

• •

Nov.20,

1827

• •

Sep. 3,

1828

• •

1828

• •

May 18,

1835

• •

Dec. 29,

1851

• •

May 7,

1852

street,

• •

Dec. 26,

1796

• •

1798

• •

1829

• •

Oct. 13,

1845

d for a

• •

1843

time, .

Jan. 7,

1836

• •

Apr. 14,

1879

• •

Oct. 28,

1867

• •

1880

•

Sep. 24,

1827

• •

Nov. 20,

1827

• •

Jan. 28,

1828

• •

July 29,

1828

• •

Oct. 10,

1831

• •

Nov. 16,

1831

• •

Sep. 12,

1832

• •

Nov. 5,

1832

• •

Aug. 17,

1837

• •

Junel7,

1843

154

BOSTON EVENTS.

Dec. 8, 1843

Theatres, Tremont, on Tremont street. Sold to

Baptist societjr. Dedicated Tremont Temple,

Warren, corner Portland and Travers streets,

opened, .......

Name changed to The National,

Visited by 400 truckmen, in white frocks,

The third row became notorious, .

The third row scenes abandoned, .

Building destroyed by fire, ....

New house built and re-opened,
Building again destroyed by fire, .
Washington, 253 Washington street. Opened
for a time, ......

Thermometer. 9J degrees below zero»at sunrise,
20 degrees below zero at sunrise, .

8

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it

a

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1

it

u

(<

all day,

16

U

u

it

at sunrise,

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it

CI

a

•

94

cc

above

u

" midnight,

1

u

below

u

" sunrise, .

100

u

above

u

u 2, P. M.,

16

it

below

a

" sunrise,

101

(<

above

a

" noon,

2

C(

below

a

u sunrise, .

2

a

<<

a

u u

•

Fell 14

it

in 30 minutes, and 30 deg

hours,

•

•

• • •

Fell 19 degrees in two hours, .

1

de

gree

below zero,

at sunrise, .

July 3
May 8
Dec. 1

Sep. 14
Apr. 26
Nov. 1
Mar. 24

May 25
Feb. 25
Dec. 18
Jan. 5
Dec. 16
Jan. 24
Jan. 11
Aug. 10
Feb. 17
June 28
Jan. 7
July 16
Dec. 21
Jan. 20

June 17
Jan. 9
Feb. 5

1832
1836
1338
1840
1846
1852
1852
1863

1845
1773
1790
1835
1835
1857
1859
1863
1864
1864
1666
1866
1866
1867

1867
1868
1868

BOSTON EVENTS, 155

Thermometer. 6 degrees below zero,

at sun-

rise, .

m

•

• • •

• •

Feb. 8

, 1868

2

degrees below

zero,

at sunrise, .

• •

Feb. 23

, 1868

80

tt

above

1 1

" midnight,

• •

July 3

, 1868

100

(<

tt

tt

" noon,

• •

July 4

, 1868

100

tt

u

tt

" 3 o'clock, p.

M.,

July 15

, 1868

82

tt

(C

tt

" midnight,

• •

Aug. 20

, 1869

104

tt

tt

tt

" 2 o'clock, p.

M.,

July 18

, 1870

100

tt

tt

a

" 2 o'clock, p.

M.,

July 4

, 1872

At zero, at

sunrise,

•

• • •

• •

Dec. 31.

1874

5

degrees below

zero

at sunrise, .

. • •

Nov. 30.

1875

100

tt

above

it

" 1 o'clock, p.

M.,

^Tune 1,

1879

80

(£

tt

tt

" midnight,

« •

June 1,

1879

100

tt

u

tt

" 2 o'clock, p

M.,

June 28,

1879

80

It

tt

tt

" midnight,

• •

July 14,

1879

100

it

tt

tt

" 2 o'clock, p.

M.,

June 27,

1880

100

tt

tt

tt

tt tt

tt

•

July 10,

1880

Thorn Apple, a poisonous shrub, grows plentifully

in Boston, ...... Oct., 1793

Three-Card Monte began to be played on country-
men, ....... 1856

Thorndike Block, on Summer street, completed, Aug., 1850

Tile Floor, laid in City Hall corridors, . . July, 1870

Times Block, on State street, completed, . . Nov., 1850
Tobacco Chewers, fined one penny each (if

caught), ....... 1632

Tom Thumb, Mr. Stratton, a dwarf, on exhibition, May 22, 1843

And wife, on exhibition, ..... Mar. 9, 1863

And wife, again on exhibition, .... July 30, 1866

Tontine Building, at the arch, Franklin street, . 1793

156

BOSTON EVENTS.

Tories, those who favored British rule,

Signs torn down all over town,

Several drummed out of town, .

Their property confiscated to the State,

Man}T families fled to Nova Scotia, .

Toronto, City Government, visited Boston,

Torch-Light processions, the order of the night, .

Torpedo explosion in the harbor, killed two men,

Town of Boston, settled by Massachusetts Colony,

First chose town officers, ....

Fined twenty shillings for defective highway,

Furnished beer for the Selectmen,

Took a deed of the lands from the Indians,

Guarded by English war vessels, .

Threatened by a frigate, ready to fire, .

Had a code of by-laws written,

Maintain rights to the flats, ....

Refuse Faneuil Hall to Gov. Hutchinson,
Inhabitants forbidden to leave,
Evacuated b}7 British troops,
Taken possession of by Washington's Army,
Great riot anticipated, 100 extra watchmen
appointed, ......

Full of troops, English attack expected,
Inaugurated as a CityT, .....

Advocate, John Phillips, chosen,

Peter Thatcher, " .

Bull, was kept by Robert Alkok,
Clerk, John Oliver, chosen, ....

Anthony Stoddard,

(i

July 18
Sep. 16
May 1

Sep. 17
Oct.,
Oct. 13
Sep.
Sep.
Dec. 3
Mar. 28
Mar. 19
Dec. 20
Apr. 19
March,
Apr. 9
May 20
Apr. 22
Mar. 17
Mar. 17

Aug. 15
Sep. 10
May 1
Mar. 8
Mar. 9

July 20
Mar. 18

1775
1776
1777
1779
1779
1864
1872
1879
1630
1634
1639
1642
1684
1686
1689
1700
1704
1773
1775
1776
1776

1812
1814
1822
1802
1807
1652
1641
1650

BOSTON EVENTS.

157

Town Clerk, Thomas Savage, chosen,

u

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u

((

(<

it

it

tt

a

Thomas Marshall,

William Davis,

Hezekiah Usher,

John JoylefF,

Edward Willis,

Joseph Bridgman,

Ephraim Savage,

William Griggs,
■ Joseph Prout,

Samuel Gerrish,

Had no room to keep records,

Ezekiel Goldthwait, chosen,

William Cooper, "

" " clerk 49 years, died,

Thomas Clark, chosen,
Crier. The town had two,
Clock. The town had one " in the Old Meeting
House," ......

One placed in the " Brick Meeting-House,"

A vote to place one on Town House,
Dock. The cove near Dock square,

A vote passed to fill up,

Quincy Market built thereon,
Drummer, employed and paid by the town,
House. A model for one prepared, .

Built of wood, head of King street,

Repaired at a cost of £60,

Burned with many valuable records,

Rebuilt of brick and wood, .

. Mar.- 16,

1652

. Mar. 27,

1654

. Mar. 30.

1655

. Mar. 14

, 1663

. Mar. 26.

1667

. Mar. 30.

1684

. Mar. 14.

1691

. Mar. 12

, 1692

. Mar. 8

1696

. Mar. 1.

1701

. Mar. 11.

1733

. Oct. 10

, 1734

. May 22.

1741

. Mar. 9

, 1761

. Oct. 2

, 1809

. Oct. 24

, 1809

1679

C—

1691

1717

1717

»

1680

1783

1825

1643

1656

1657

1698

. Dec. 9

, 1747

1748

158

BOSTON EVENTS.

Town House again burned at the great fire

Rebuilt and completed, .

Otis, great Liberty Speech made there,

Had a clock at the east end,

Occupied for city offices, . • .
" " a Post-Office, .

Fitted up for private offices,

Remodeled in the original style,
Lines, run between Boston and Lynn,

Between Boston and Maiden,

Between Boston and Cambridge, .
Meetings, notices first posted up for,

To consider the duties on tea,

Prohibited by General Gage,

For Boston, held at Concord, .

For Boston, held at Watertown,

Held in Mr. Checkley's Church,

Held to put down monopolies,

John Hancock moderator at one, .

Three Cape Cod men caught voting,

Vote yes, by going out ; no by staying in,
Pump. One stood in Cornhill, near Queen st.

Built in Dock square, by the poor,

One at east end of Old Town House,

One in North square, .

One in Spring lane,

One on Fort Hill, ....

One, corner Milk and Congress streets,

City Marshal ordered to inspect, .

One, corner Washington and Dover streets,

Mar. 20, 1760
Jan. 1, 1761
Feb. 13, 1763
June 19, 1823
Sep. 17, 1830
1840

Mar. 30
Apr. 18
Mar. 11
Oct. 2
May 15
Aug. 15
July 12
Sep. 5
Mar. 29
Feb. 6
Mar. 12
May 28
Apr. 9

1844

1882

1655

1711

1654

1701

1750

1774

1775

1775

1776

1777

1778

1795

1804

1662

1780

1815

1816

1780

1800

1820

1823

1834

BOSTON EVENTS.

159

Town Pump superseded by Cochituate water,

1848

Tax, Boston, Dorchester and Newton, paid equal,

1635

For Boston, £133 12s

., • . . .

1646

Paid in rye, peas and

corn, .

1654

Assessed £700,

• • • • •

1702

" $40,000,

• • • • •

1797

" $8,069,719.82, .

1879

Treasurer, John Oliver,

chosen, . . •

July 21

, 1641

James Penn,

(4

• • • •

Mar. 18

, 1650

Ensign Hutchinson,

• • • •

Mar. 16

, 1652

William Davis,

• • • •

Mar. 30

, 1655

John Hall,

* *

• • • •

Mar. 29

, 1657

John Richards,

• • • •

Mar. 26

, 1667

Thomas Brattle,

u

• • • •

Mar. 20

, 1674

Richard Mullicut,

Mar. 10

, 1690

James Taylor,

tc

• • • •

Mar. 14

, 1691

Joseph Prout,

• • • •

Mar. 1

, 1701

Joseph Wads worth,

• • • •

Mar. 15

, 1719

David Jeffries,

• • • •

Mar. 12

, 1749

Peter Boyer,

• • • •

Mar. 11

, 1782

Joseph Russell,

• • • •

Mar. 14.

, 1791

Samuel Clapp,

• • • •

Mar. 14

, 1796

Benjamin Sumner,

• • • •

Mar. 16

, 1803

William Smith,

• • • •

Mar. 10.

1806

Andrew Signorey,

• • • •

June 27.

1814

Trask, Howard, a notorious felon, escaped from

Boston jail,

• • • • •

Sep. 16

, 1822

Tread-Mill, for criminals,

advocated, .

1823

Trees, Orange. A noted sign at the head of

Hanover street,

• • • * •

1689

160 BOSTON EVENTS.

Trees. Old Elm, probably grew spontaneously

before, 1630

1659
1668
June, 1847
Aug., 1847
Sep., 1854
Mar. 9, I860
Feb. 15, 1876

A gallows for hanging criminals, .
Hancock family claim date of planting,
Trunk badly burned by boys,
Repaired and hooped, .
Iron fence and tablet, by Mayor Smith
Large limb broken off in a storm, .
Blown down in a storm,
A sprout from a root stands ten feet high, . 1880

Liberty, corner Newbury and Essex streets, said

to be planted, 1646

Pruned by the " Sons of Liberty," . . Feb. 14, 1766

An Anti-Tea Party, under its branches, . Nov. 3, 1773

Cut down by British soldiers, one killed, . Sep. 1, 1775

A row planted on Paddock's Mall, . . . May, 1662

On Paddock's Mall, removed, . . . Mar. 2, 1874

Several planted, at the south end of the town, . May, 1695

A row planted on east side of the Common, . May, 1728

A second row planted, east side the Common, . May, 1734

A third row planted east side the Common, . May, 1784

Three rows east side Common decayed and

removed, . . . . . ... 1880

The Ghingo removed from Pemberton hill to

Beacon street Mall, May 8, 1835

Planted over the east side of the Common, . May, 1843
Planted " on each side of the Neck," . . May, 1825
Planted in the Granary burial-grounds, . May, 1830

Planted on Washington, south of Dover street, May, 1842
Planted on Copp's Hill burying-grounds, . May, 1843

BOSTON EVENTS.

161

Jan. 1,

1784

Aug. 29,

1845

Feb. 19,

1850

1720

1850

Sep. 17, 1830

Trees, Liberty. A Liberty Pole raised on the
spot, ......

A barbers' police occupied the place,
Liberty Block built there, completed,
Trucks, to be fourteen feet long, wheel tire eight
inches wide, .....

Going out of use in Boston,
Truncheon, a Centennial emblem, laid by for one

hundred years, . .• . .
Tukey, Francis, ex-City Marshal, died in Cali
fornia, ......

Tunis, Embassy, visited Boston,
Turnpike, Boston and Salem, opened,
Tithingman appointed to look after Sabbath
breakers, ......

Chosen from seven military companies,
Several chosen at general elections, .
The City Marshal appointed one,
United Colonies, ten represented at the Convention
States, declared their independence, .
But ten had adopted the Constitution, .
Sixteen had been admitted, .
Twenty-three had been admitted, .
Twenty-six were included,
Thirty-five were included,
Eleven Southern seceded,
Thirty-eight included, besides territories,
Union stone, the town vote to remove,
Victory, great celebration at Faneuil Hall,

Universalism preached in Boston, by John Murray,

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Nov.

3,

1867

Nov.

18,

1865

Apr.

22,

1803

1679
1692
1786
1847

Sep.

4,

1774

July

4,

1776

July.

4,

1788
1800
1820
1840
1860
1861
1880

Mar.

12,

1797

Apr.

5,

1865

Oct.

30,

1773

162

BOSTON EVENTS.

Valuation of the town, £23,788, .
Of the City, $44,896,800,
" " 52,442,600,
" " 59,586,000,
" " 94,581,600,
Said to be assessed at one-half value, to .
Of the City, $180,000,500,
" " 276,861,000,
" " 584,890,400,
" " 630,446,866,
Ventriloquism, by Rannie, at Concert Hall,

By Harrington, at Concert Hall,
Vicksburg captured, news received ; great sen
sation, ......

Velocipedes became a travelling arrangement,
Wages regulated by law for a time,

An attempt to again regulate by law, failed,
For labor, regulated by demand and supply,
Walking Matches becoming popular ; women
engaged, ......

One under a big tent, Back Bay,
One at Music Hall, 1,000 spectators, .
War. A French fleet frighten the town,
Threatened by the Indians,
Declared against the Dutch,
Indian began ; eight companies leave Boston,
Indian, seven companies leave Boston,
King Philip's, one-eleventh of the soldiers killed
A frigate arrived from England,
French and Indian raging,

1679

1823

1825

1830

1840

1842

1850

1860

1870

1879

. July 14,

1804

. Nov. 31,

1831

L-

. July,

1863

1869

. Nov.,

1630

1662

Y\

1880

1

1878

. May 16,

1879

. Sep. 3,

1879

. June 12,

1643

. April,

1670

. May 28,

1672

. June 26,

1675

. Dec. 10,

1675

i,

1676

. Oct. 20,

1683

. May,

1696

BOSTON EVENTS. 163

War. Another ten years' Indian, began, . . Aug. 10, 1703

Proclaimed against Eastern Indians, . . July 26, 1722

The Indian created great distress, . . . June, 1724

Declaration with France, read, . . . June 2, 1744

Great excitement, fear of the French, . . Sep. 28, 1745

With France, of absorbing interest, . . 1755

With France, ruined business in Boston, . . 1756
Twelve English vessels anchored in the harbor, Sep. 12, 1768
The English vessels remain in the harbor, . . Aug. 17, 1771

■With England ; the Revolution began, . . Apr. 19, 1775

With England ; the Revolution ended, . . Apr. 11, 1783
With France, Spain and Holland, anticipated, . Mar., 1798

With England, declared, ..... Apr. 19, 1812

The declaration meets with great opposition, . June, 1812

With England ended ; Peace Treaty celebrated, Feb. 19, 1815

Proclaimed against Mexico, . . . . May 13, 1846

Recruiting with drum and fife about the streets, June, 1846

Southern Rebellion, inaugurated, . . . Apr. 15, 1861

Recruiting meetings on the Common, . . July, 1862

On the Common, Sundays, . . . . 1862

Held by wards, ...... July 31, 1862

The draft culminated in Cooper street riot, . July 14, 1863

Lee's Army surrendered to Grant, war ended, . Apr. 10, 1865

News, between Russia and Turkey, received, . Apr. 26, 1876

Ward, A Mr., writes a funny account of Boston, 1690

Wards, Town is divided into eight, . . . Sep., 1715

Is divided into twelve, ..... Mar. 9,. 1735

Boundaries altered, ..... June 17, 1805

Boundaries again altered, .... Feb., 1822

City. Boundaries again altered, . . . July 24, 1838

164 BOSTON EVENTS.

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Wards, City. Boundaries again altered,

A new division again made, ....

Roxbury annexed, making fifteen,

Divided into sixteen, with Dorchester, .

Charlestown, Brighton, West Roxbury, an-
nexed, 22 wards, .....

Twenty-five established, ....

Washington, George, born in Westmoreland
Count}*, Virginia, .....

Appointed General of the Army,

His army arrived at Dorchester Heights,

Took possession of Boston, ....

Birth-da}- celebrated in Boston,

Visited Boston, ......

Birth-day again celebrated in Boston,
Birth-day celebrated this year, in Boston, .
Appointed Lieutenant General,
Inaugurated President of United States (see
Presidents), ......

News of death received ; bells toll all day,
Likeness by Stuart, placed in Faneuil Hall,
Marble statue, placed in the State House,
Equestrian statue, placed on Public Garden,
Watch. Six men and an officer appointed, .

Citizens to take their turns by night,

Department, permanently established in town, Feb. 27

To be on duty from sunset to sunrise, .

To order house-lights extinguished,

To carry a " Hook with a bill,"

Pay thirty-five shillings per month,

June 20,

1850

Oct. 20,

1865

Jan. 6,

1868

1870

Jan. 5,

1874

1877

Feb. 11.

1732

June 17,

1775

Mar. 16.

1776

Mar. 17.

1776

Feb. 11,

1786

Oct. 24

, 1789

Feb. 11

, 1791

Feb. 22

, 1792

July 12.

1798

Apr. 30

, 1789

Dec. 24

, 1799

Mar. 7

, 1806

Oct. 31

, 1827

July 3

, 1869

July 26

, 1631

Feb. 17

, 1635

Feb. 27

, 1636

July, 9

, 1643

May 10

, 1701

May 10

, 1701

1703

BOSTON EVENTS. 165

Watch. Force increased to fifteen men,

Appropriation, £300, .....

Force reduced to twelve men,

Force increased to twenty-five men,

Ordered to cry time of night and state of
weather, .......

The town and private watch cannot agree,

Ordered to arrest disorderly Indians,

Fined for sleeping on duty, ....

The south, get frightened by negroes, .

Came in collision with British soldiers, .

And ward ; a new code of laws made, .

Force increased to thirty men,

To carry a rattle, to give alarm for fires,

Thirty-five men on duty in town,

Cease crying the time of night,

Force increased to eighty men,

Five men detailed for South Boston,

Pay 60 cents for an all-night dut}T,

To be set " at 10 o'clock the year round,"

The department reorganized,

One-half the force on duty every other night, Jan. 28, 1833

One-half the force on dutv one half of each

night, May 26, 1833

Provided for East Boston, .... Aug. 21, 1837

The force number two hundred and twenty-
five, ........ Jan. 1, 1850

Have a great Levee at United States Hotel, June 26, 1850

An order to unite Watch and Police Depart-
ments, Apr. 19, 1854

Mar. 14,

1709

1714

1722

Mar. 9,

1723

Apr. 3,

1735

1738

Dec. 12,

1740

Aug.,

1748

Dec. 5,

1764

Dec,

1768

May 14,

1796

May 28,

1796

May 28,

1796

Mar.21,

1810

Aug. 29,

1821

Dec. 23,

1821

Dec, 17,

.1827

Jan. 1,

1829

Junel8,

1832

June 28,

1833

166

BOSTON EVENTS.

Watch Department superseded by new Police
organization, ......

Boxes, provided b}T the town, ....

One stood near the Mill Bridge,

Went out of use ; houses provided,
Captains, Nathaniel Brewer, appointed,

Caleb Hay ward,

James Morgan,

Flavel Case,

James Barry,

William K. Jones,

Asa Morrill,

Chief of Police Taylor,

Office abolished by the City Council,
Constables, one at each watch-house,

Three at each watch-house, .
Hooks, with a bill, provided for each watchman,

Gave place to the Police Club,
Houses, the town fined for not having one,

One built near the dock,

A sentry-box built on top,

One built on the Common,

The town have three,

The town have five,

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a

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One built near the Mill Bridge,

Each allowed thirty shillings for fuel,

One built near the Lamb Tavern, .

One built in Bowdoin square,

One built on Ship street, head Lewis Wharf,

The department have five, ....

May 26

, 1854

1816

1821

1822

Aug. 31

, 1812

July 7

, 1819

Apr. 10

, 1821

Jan. 29

, 1826

May 1.

1840

Dec. 29

1853

Jan. 27

1854

May 26.

1854

May 19

1855

May 14

1796

May 25.

1854

1701

Apr. 23.

1855

Oct.,

1647

March,

1694

March,

1703

May,

1703

March,

1722

March,

1723

Oct.,

1727

March,

1735

August,

1771

March,

1773

1795

May,

1796

BOSTON EVENTS.

167

Watch Houses. One built on Orange street, near

Eliot, .......

One occupied near Beacon Monument, .
The town has four, East, West, North and

South, .......

East removed, from Town-House to Kilby

street, .......

East, removed from Kilby street to Joy's

Building, .......

East, removed from Joy's Building to Court

House, .......

Removed to City Building, Court square,

Occupied as Police Station, No. 2,

West in Derne street, .....

Removed from Derne to Leverett street,

Occupied as Police Station, No. 3,

North, in Ship street, .....

Removed from Ship to Fleet street,
Removed from Fleet to Hanover street,
Removed from Hanover to Cross street,
Removed from Cross back to Hanover street,
Occupied as Police Station, No. 1,
South, was built on Orange, near Elliot st., .

' ' Removed from Washington to Eliot st. ,

" " from Eliot to Common street,

" to Boylston street, about,
Occupied as Police Station, No. 4,
One built on Canton street, ....

" occupied as Police Station, No. 5, .
One built at East Boston, ....

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u

Dec,

1801

June,

1805

March,

1810

Sept.,

1830

Feb.,

1832

Sept.,

1841

Sept.,

1843

May 26,

1854

March,

1832

Dec,

1847

May 26,

1854

March,

1810

1819

June,

1823

Dec,

1835

August,

1848

May 26,

1854

Dec,

1801

Dec,

1825

March,

1826

1845

May 26,

1854

July,

1844

May 26,

1854

Dec,

1846

168 BOSTON EVENTS.

Watch House. One occupied at South Boston, .
Rattles provided for the department,
Retained by the police, until
Watts, Doctor, the psalmist; news of death
received, .......

Water, Aqueduct, Jamaica Pond Company incor-
porated, .......

Logs laid in the streets in Bostou ,

Very useful at fires, .....

Superseded by the Cochituate,
Purchased by the City of Boston, .
Bailie appointed b}r the town, ....

Course (Roxbury canal), to be kept open for-

Filled up as a nuisance, ....

Project. Advocated by Mayor Lyman, .
Artesian wells, by Charles H. Harris, .
A great meeting at Faneuil Hall, .
Fresh Pond and Charles River, advocated, .
Long Pond, adopted by the City, .
Cochituate introduced, a Great Celebration, .
Works, Long Pond (Lake Cochituate), ground
broke at Wa}7land, .....
Long Pond opened to Frog Pond, .
Twenty miles of service pipe laid,
Fountain in front of State House, opened, .
Reservoir on Beacon Hill, completed,

" " " being removed, .

" South Boston, completed, .
Pipes being laid across Charles River, .

Dec,

1835

May,

1796

May,

1868

April 8,

1849

Feb. 27,

1795

May,

1796

Dec,

1799

Oct. 25,

1848

May, 5,

1851

Aug. 15,

1636

.Oct. 11,

1698

1880

1834

1835

Aug.17,

1836

1838

Apr. 13,

1846

Oct. 25,

1848

Aug. 20,

1846

Oct. 25,

1848

May 16,

1849

Sep. 28,

1849

Nov.23,

1849

1882

Nov. 27,

1849

Sep. 6,

1850

BOSTON EVENTS. 169

Water Works. Pipes in Tremont street being
raised, .......

Upper reservoir, Chestnut Hill, dedicated,
Lower reservoir, the water let in, .
Great pains taken to suppress waste,
Pumping machinery and stand-pipe built at
Roxbury, .......

Mystic water introduced at East Boston,
Reservoir on Parker Hill, built,
Rights to Sudbury River secured, .
Register. J. Avery Richards, appointed, .
William F. Davis, " . .

Wax Figures on exhibition at American Coffee
House, .......

At the Columbian Museum, ....

By Mrs. Pelby, at Phillips' Hall,
To be seen at the Boston Museum, .
Webster, Daniel, great reception and dinner at
Faneuil Hall, ......

Presented with a silver urn, at Melodeon,
Great reception at Faneuil Hall, .
Funeral at Mansfield, 20 Boston police detailed Oct. 29, 1852
Great funeral ceremonies at Boston, . . Nov. 30, 1852
Urn presented to City by Peter Harvey, . May, 1866

Urn placed in the Public Library, . . . May 21, 1866
Edward, Col. ; body brought home from the

Mexican war, May 2, 1848

Fletcher, Col. ; body brought home from the war, Sep. 9, 1862
John W., Dr., electrified Corliss' body after exe-
cution, . . . . . . . Feb. 1, 1827

Dec,

1866

Oct. 26,

1868

Oct. 25,

1870

Jan.,

1871

1869

Jan. 1,

1870

1874

Jan.,

1875

Jan. 4,

1849

Oct. 13,

1856

June 15,

1791

June 1,

1799

May,

1846

1880

July 24,

1838

Oct.,

1835

July 9,

1852

170 BOSTON EVENTS.

Webster Garden opened at Dorchester, . . Aug., 1879
Wells, John, "Ma}' live in town, if be behave," Nov. 24, 1651

John D., Col. ; body brought home from the

war, Oct. 20, 1864

Weston, the pedestrian, went through Boston for

Chicago, Oct. 31, 1867

West Point Cadets. In tents on Boston Common, Aug. 8, 1821
Weights and Measures regulated in the Province,
West Street Gate at the Common, completed, .
Whipped. A man for shooting a fowl Sunday, .

Philip Ratcliff, for scandal, ....

Josiah Plaisted, for stealing, ....

A man, for profane swearing, ....

Several men and women, for petty crimes,

Mrs. Oliver, for reproaching the Magistrates, .

Obacliah Holmes, for being a Baptist,

Holden and Copeland, Quakers, whipped and
gagged,

Horrid Gardner, with a child at her breast,
Quakeress, ......

Many persons for being Baptists,

Margaret Brewster, a Quakeress, at the cart's tail, July 8, 1677

A man that married his sister, .

Three women, for lewdness,

A boy aged thirteen, for indecent assault,

Elizabeth Creighton, for lewdness, .

Six negroes, for drumming for the Yankees,

A man, for counterfeiting money,

John Malcom, for striking a boy,

And sold, one Capt. Taylor, for larceny,

1705

June 7,

1862

Nov.30,

1630

June 14,

1631

Sep. 27,

1631

Sep. 4,

1632

Oct.,

1632

Dec. 9,

1640

Feb.,

1651

Sep. 23,

1657

Sep.,

1657

1667

July 8,

1677

Apr. 20,

1695

March,

1718

Feb. 26,

1725

Nov. 26,

1754

Feb. 17,

1769

Aug. 17,

1771

Jan. 25,

1774

Dec. 23,

1779

BOSTON EVENTS.

171

Again visited Boston, ....
Widows. The war left 1,200 in town,
Wilkes, Commodore. Reception in Boston,
Wild Geese, in flocks, flying north,
Wilson, John, made the Pastor of the first

Church, .......

Died, aged seventy-eight years,
Window Glass, seventeen by twenty-four inches

made in Essex street,
Wine, not allowed in City harbor excursion,

Sep. 14,
Dec. 6,

Sep. 24,
Sep. 6,

Whipped. Nine persons, on State street, for
burglary, ......

All idle persons ordered to be,
Sixteen persons in State street, for various
offences, ......

Eight men and three women in State street,
Whipping-post, the town had one,
Stood in King street, near the head, .
Removed to Queen street,
Blown down and reset, ....

Stood in State street, ....

Stood in State street, ♦

Removed to Tremont, near West street,
Whig and Tory, the names came in use,
Party, favored the American cause, .
The modern, christened on the Common,
Great gathering on the Common, .
Name changed to Republican,
Whitefleld, Rev. George, preached on the Com
mon, ......

April,

July 4,
Sep. 19,

Sep. 22,

Sep.,
June 7,
Jan. 19,

Aug.,
Aug. 7,

July 16,

1784
1785

1791
1792
1630
1698
1714
1733
1784
1805
1806
1763
1763
1834
1844
1856

1740
1744
1742
1862
1869

1632
1667

1793
1849

172

BOSTON EVENTS.

Witchcraft, Elizabeth Morse, imprisoned for,

Excitement again began, ....

Giles Corey, pressed to death for,

Numerous cases of imprisonment and executions

Magistrates accused, prosecutions stopped,
Winslow, Key. Mr., Boston's favorite, died,

Capt. of the Kearsage, feasted at Boston,

E. D., financial irregularity expose, .
Wolves destroy many calves and sheep in Boston

A. bounty paid for wolves' heads,
Women allowed to vote for School Committee,
Woodhull, Yictoria, lectured at Paine Hall,
Wool, Gen. John E., visited Boston,
Wood to be taken from Dorchester 20 years,

Cut for fuel on Roxbury Neck,
Wood Stands are at the market-place,

One on Merrimac street, ....

Removed from Bowdoin square,
Workingmen. A great gathering on the Com
mon, ......

Workhouse. The town had one,

One occupied near the Granary,

Had fifty-five inmates, ....

Sold at auction, and removed, .

See the Almshouse,
Wrecked, passengers on City of Washington, 150

at Eastern Depot, ....
Wrestling matches become frequent and popular,

Owens and McLaughlin, at Music Hall,

Owens and Murphy, at Music Hall, .

. May 26,

1680

. May,

1690

. Sep. 16,

1692

1692

. April,

1693

. Apr. 4,

1689

. Nov. 10,

1864

. Jan. 26,

1876

, Nov.,

1630

1662

. Apr. 10,

1879

. Oct. 1,

1876

. June 3,

1851

1632

1632

1800

1824

1832

r

. Jan. 19,

1878

1686

1737

1741

1795

Q

. July 12,

1873

i

1876

. Dec. 27,

1876

. Sep. 21,

1877

BOSTON EVENTS. 173

Yellow Fev§r prevailed in Boston, . . . July, 1798

Again prevailed in town, . . . . Aug., 1819

A few cases in the City, .... Aug., 1822

One case in Richmond street, .... Oct. 12, 1870

Creates considerable alarm in Boston, . . July, 1879

Zouayes, Ellsworth, drill on Boston Common, . July 21, 1860

APPENDIX.

Boston Topography, 1630, ..... 175-178

Boston Old Highways, 1660-1708, . . . 179-189

Boston Nomenclature of Streets, . . . 190-206

Boston Wharves, 1820, 207, 208

BOSTON EVENTS. 175

Extract from the City Records,

From a Keport of the Joint Standing Committee of the City Coun-
cil, on the Nomenclature of Streets,

MADE IN 1879.

To understand the process by which our ancestors laid out their
primitive highways, the natural features of the land must first be
considered.

On approaching the land at the foot of State street (present
names are employed for convenience) , the traveller stood on solid
ground at high-water mark at about the corner of Merchants row
on one side, and of Kilby street on the other. The northerly side
of the cove ran above Faneuil Hall, and so across nearly to North
street, and followed that street about to its junction with Commer-
cial street. West of State street a little cove ran in about where
Congress street is, and reached to the corner of Franklin street.
It thus cut off direct approach to Fort Hill, which rose to the
south-east.

176 BOSTON EVENTS,

The water-line of Fort Hill, at the south, was substantially the
same as it remained to our day, — Broad street, from Batterymarch
to Federal street, being substantially the boundary. A sharp turn
was made at the junction of Federal and East streets, and the
South Cove stretched due west about to Washington street, near
Essex street, and wholly north of Beach street.

Turning southerly again, the South Cove ran parallel with
Washington street, at a distance which allowed but a single house-
lot in depth up to Dover street, and beyond.

Crossing Washington street at Dover, and journeying north, we
find the Back Bay sweeping almost to the street, then widening
out towards the north-west, parallel to, but outside of, Pleasant
street. Then the Back Bay curved inland, covering the Public
Garden and Parade Ground, while Boylston and Tremont streets
marked the lines of occupancy. Above, rose Beacon Hill, un-
crossed by an}' path, and effectually ending the town in that direc-
tion.

Tremont, Court, and Cambridge streets wound around its base,
the high water-line crossing Cambridge street, at the junction of
Anderson street. A peninsula, stretching towards the north-west,
ran across to Brighton street, and was bounded east by the Mill
Cove. Here the land extended below Leverett street, but above
Lowell street, and reached nearly to Hanover street. The water
crossed Gouch and Pitts streets at half their length, and crossed
Sudbury street, between Bowker and Portland streets. Where
Blackstone street now is, there was a canal connecting the Mill

BOSTON EVENTS. 177

Pond with the Town Dock (where the market now stands), ren-
dering the North End an island.

Hanover street then, as now, was the main avenue north-east-
erly through Salem street ; it was laid out at an early date, skirt-
ing the west side of Copp's Hill.

Boston was built originally upon the narrow reaches of level
land lying at the foot of its three hills, bordering on the numerous
coves and arms of the sea which environed it.

The " Book of Possessions," which may have been prepared
within fifteen years of the settlement of the town, and certainly in
less than twenty-five years of that date, gives us the proof that a
certain number of highways had been established. Although no
regular names were given to these streets at that time, nearly all
of them have continued, in about the same places, to be used down
to the present time. Thus, we find State street with the Town
House at its head. Then Washington street, running south to
Boylston and Essex streets. School street stretched up to the foot
of Beacon Hill ; that is to say, about to Tremont place. Milk
street extended a little distance, until crossed by the marsh. Sum-
mer and Bedford streets existed to their junction at Church Green,
and from there a road stretched up to Fort Hill. Essex street was
to be found, and from its corner there was a road along the beach
at the South Cove to Eoxbury. West and Winter streets were
lost in the open Common, wherein Tremont street probably existed
as a cart-road. Court street and Tremont row were in existence ;

Sudbury street led directly to the water, or the Mill Pond ; Cam-

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178 BOSTON EVENTS.

bridge, Green, and Leverett streets had a beginning then, and
Hanover street was well defined, Elm street meeting Washington
street at the Town Dock.

Governor Winthrop, and many of the leaders of the community,
were assigned house-lots near the Old South Church, and this be-
came one centre of population. Another colony was planted on
the northern peninsula, and Hanover street and its branches were
occupied by various notabilities.

In the first book of our records, only one street, Sudbury, is
designated by name. The " High street," or the way leading
towards Roxbury, designated Washington street. Other ways
were: " To the Mill Cove," "from Cove to Cove," "to the
Fort," "to the Bridge," "to John Barrett's," "to Century
Hill," etc.

A careful study of the methods pursued in laying out our primi-
tive highways, with the many changes and improvements made
from the beginning, will serve to present a very correct and inter-
esting topographic view of the Town and City of Boston in its
growth and progress from time to time.

The Compiler.

BOSTON EVENTS. 179

Old Highways -1660 to 1708,

FROM THE TOWN RECORDS.

The broad street or Highway from ye old. For-
tifications on ye neck, Leading into ye Town
as far as ye Corner of ye Late Deacon Elliots
House, . . . . . . Orange street.

The way below ye Late Deacon Elliots barn
leading from Orange street Eastward by ye
sea-side, ....... Beech street.

The way Leading Easterly from Deacon Elliots
Corner, by ye Late Deacon Aliens, extend-
ing to wind mill point, .... Essex street.

The way leading from ye Late Elder Rasford's
Corner in Essex street, extending southerly
in Beach st. and so down to ye sea, . . Ransfords lane.

The way leading from ye late Cap* Prarys Cor-
ner, extending Westward to ye bottom of ye
Common wth a Turn Southerly down to ye
sea, ........ (Frogg lane.)

The street from ye Corner of ye House in ye
Tenure of Cap* Turfey, nigh Deacon Elliots
corner leading into Town by ye house of Sam1
Sewall, Esq1 as far as Doctr Oake8 Corner, . Newbury street.

180 BOSTON EVENTS.

The new Alley between Mr Blyns & Durants
on Newbury street leading westerly into ye
Comon, (Hogg alley.)

The street Leading Easterly from Wheelers
Corner to Newbury street, passing by ye
Towns watering place, as far as Cap* Dyers
Barn, ....... Pond street.

The way leading from Esqr Ushers Barn south-
wardly into Essex street, .... Short street.

The way Leading from ye Lower end of Pond
Street northeasterly into Church Green by
Sumer Street, Blind lane.

The way from Cowels corner in Newbury street

Leading westward into ye Comon, . . West street.

The Street from Ellise8 Corner nigh ye uper end
of Summer street, leading westward into ye
Comon, Winter street.

The street Leading Easterly from Doctor Oake8
his Corner to Newbury street, passing by ye
dwelling house of Cap! Tim0 Clark, extend-
ing to ye sea, ...... Summer street.

The street from Baxters corner to Sumer street
Leading southerly by ye Late Deacon Allen8
extending down to ye sea, .... South street.

The way from Bull8 Corner to ye lower end of
Sumer street Leading Southerly to Wind
Mill point, ..... . Sea street.

The Broad Street leading from Penemans Cor-
ner at ye head of Summer street, passing by
ye South Meeting House to Hough8 Corner, Marlborough st.

BOSTON EVENTS. 181

The way leading from Briscoe8 Corner in Marl-
borough street passing b}r Justice Bromfields
to ye Comon, ...... Rawsons lane.

The way Leading from ye south Meeting House
passing by Mr Borlands & Mad"1 Olivers &
so down to ye sea by Hollawa3Ts . . . Milk street.

The Alley Leading southerly from Southers
Corner to Milk street to Cap* Clarks Corner
in Sinner Street, ..... Bishops alley.

The Lane Leading so-Easterly from Mr Bor-
lands Corner in Milk street to Beards
Corner in Cow lane, ..... Long lane.

The street where Mr Daniel Oliver now dwells

passing from Milk street up to Fort Hill, . Oliver street.

The way leading from Fort Hill southerly to

Moreys Corner in Summer street, . . Cow lane.

The way from ye Lower end of Summer Street
Leading North Easterly by ye sea side, with
ye return up to ye rope walks, . . . Flounder lane.

The Alley by Wharton's House in Cow lane,

leading Easterly into Harrisons Rope walks, Crooked alley.

The way from John Roberts House in Cow
Lane, Leading Easterly by Cap* Bonners
into ye Rope walk, ..... Grindley's lane.

The way from ye uper end of Cow lane, Lead-
ing Easterly, passing by Mr Joseph Hub- '
berts down to ye sea, ..... Gibbs lane.

The way leading from ye Northerly side of Fort
Hill, passing down Easterly by ye old Draw
House in to Batterry March, . . . Sconce lane.

182 BOSTON EVENTS.

The way leading from Holloways Comer by ye
end of Milk street, passing by ye Batterry,
extending to ve lower end of Gibbs lane, . Battree March.

The way leading Southerly from Gibbs lane on
Fort Hill, passing by Drinkers to ye Rope
Walke, ....... Belchers lane.

The way from Houghs Corner Leading North-
westerly by ye Latin Free School, extending
gs far as Mrs Whitcombs Corner, . . School street.

The way Leading from Mrs Whitcombs Corner
ye House of Capt. Fairweather westerly
through ye upper side of ye Comon and so
down to ye sea, ...... Beacon street.

The way Leading from Beacon Street on ye uper

side of ve Comon unto Mr Aliens Orchard, . Davis lane.

The way leading from Beacon street between
Capt Aliens Land and Madra Shrimptons
Pasture, up to Centrey Hill, . ■ . Centrey street.

The street from ye Lower end of School Street
Leading Northly as far as Mr Clark ye Pew-
terers shop, Corn hill.

The way Leading from a Tenement of Cap4
Clark's, nigh ye lower end of School street
to Winslows Corner in Joylieffs Lane, . Spring lane.

The street leading from Cox8 ye butchers shop
in Cornhill, passing by Major Walleys, as
far as Mrs Olivers Corner, . . . Water street.

The Alley leading from ye end of Water street
through Mrs Olivers land, by Odells onto
Milk Street, Coopers alley.

BOSTON EVENTS. 183

The way Leading from Water street passing
between Major Walleys & Mrs Bridghams
Land into Milk Street, .... Tanners lane.

The Lane passing from Water street in to Milk
street, according to ye name by whch it hath
been formerly known, .... Joylieffs lane.

The way leading round ye old Meeting House, Church square.

The street Leading from corn hill including ye
wayes on each side of ye Town House extend-

- ing easterly to ye sea, .... King street.

The street leading from Mr Deerings Corner
in Cornhill to Houchens Corner at ye uper
end of Hanover street, .... Queen street.

The way leading from ye Mansion House of ye
Late Simon Lynde, Esqr by Cap1 Southlacks
extending as far as Coll0 Townsends Corner, Tri-Mount street.

The way Leading from Mylnes Cor., near
Coll' Townsends, passing through ye Comon
along by Mr Sheafs into Frog Lane, . . Comon street.

The Alley leading from ye Comon Eastly on ye

North Side of Madm Ushers House, . . Turnagain alley.

The way Leading from ye Exchange in King
Street, passing by Mr8 Phillips into Water
Street, ....... Pudding lane.

The way Leading from King street by ye House
of Isaac Addington, Esqr Wth ye return into
Pudding Lane, ...... Half-square court.

The way Leading from Maccartyes Corner on
King street to Elder Bridghams warehouse
in Water street, ..... Leverets lane.

184 BOSTON EVENTS.

The way leading from Justice Drummers Cor-
ner in King street, passing over ye Bridg as
far as Mrs Dafforns corner in Milk street, . Mackrill lane.

The way leading from ye House formerly ye
Castle Tavern in Mackrill Lane, passing by
Mr Hallaways wharf to ye sea, . . . Crab lane.

The way leading from ye sign of ye Orange
tree, passing by Mr Stephen Minots to ye
Mill pond and from thence to ye Lower end
of Cold Lane, ...... Sudbury street.

The way Leading from Emmens Corner, pass-
ing by Justice Lynds pasture, extending
from thence westerly to ye sea, . . . Cambridge street.

The way passing on ye northerly side of Livery
stable in Justice Lynds pasture to Mr Aliens
Farm House, ...... Green lane.

The way from Mr Pownings Corner by Dock

Square Leading southerly into King street, Crooked lane.

The square from the house of Eliakim Hutch-
inson Esqr to Mr Pembertons corner on ye
one side, & from Kenny s shop to Mr Meers
Corner on ye other side, .... Dock square.

The Lane Leading from Capt. Savages Corner
in Dock Square in to Madm Shrimptons Cor-
ner in King street, ..... Shrimptons lane.

The way Leading from Mr Meers corner along
by ye side of ye Dock as far as ye corner of
ye warehouse formerly Major Davises, . Corn market.

The Alley leading from Mr Mountforts in corn

Market to Capt. Fitchs corner in King street, Peirses alle}'.

BOSTON EVENTS. 185

The way Leading from Justice Palmers ware-
house to corn Market up to Moorocks build-
ings,. ....... Corn court.

The way leading from Madam Butlers Corner
at ye lower end of King street to ye swinging
Bridg, & from thence to ye lower end of
woodmansies wharf, ..... Merchants row.

The way Leading from Platts Corner North-
wester^, passing by ye Green Dragon to ye
"Mill Pond, ...... Union street.

The street from between Houchens Corner and
ye sign of ye Orange tree, Leading Northerly
to ye Mill Bridge, ..... Hanover street.

The way Leading from Mr Pembertons Corner
at ye end of Dock square, to Justice Lyd8
Corner in Hanover street, .... Wings lane.

The way Leading from ye middle of Wings
Lane to Mr Colemans Church & from thence
two wayes, viz. : southerly to Queen street
and East to Dock square, .... Brattle street.

The new way Leading from Mr Pollards Cor-
ner in Brattle street through Mr Belknaps
yard into Queen street, .... Hillers lane.

The way leading from Mr Harrises corner, by
Hanover street, North Westerly down to ye
Mill Pond, Cold lane.

The way Leading from Capt. Ballentines
corner nigh to ye Mill Bridg, to ye cor-
ner of Cap' Fitch8 Tenement in Union
street, Marshalls lane.

186 BOSTON EVENTS.

Tbe wa}- leading from Brook8 Corner in Mar-
shalls Lane, passing by Mr Bulfinches to
Scottows Alley, ...... Creek lane.

Tbe wa}' Leading from creek Lane to Capt.

Bows Corner in Union street, . . . Salt lane.

The way Leading from creek Lane to Mr Webbs

Corner in Union Street, .... Marsh lane.

The waj' Leading from the sign of the star in
Hanover street, passing Northward behind
Capt. Evertons house, .... Linck alley.

The way from ye Conduit in Union Street
Leading Northerly over ye Bridge to
Ellistons corner at ye lower end of cross
street, ....... Ann street.

The way from Mr Autrams Corner nigh y®
Conduit Leading from thence North East
by ye side of ye Dock as far as Mr Winsors
Warehouse, Fish market.

The new way from Union Street passing South-
westerly between ye buildings of ye late
Capt. Christopher Clarke deceased, . . Minots court.

The Alley by Capt. Habijah Savages in Ann
street Leading North Westerly to creek
Lane, ....... Scottows alley.

The way between Winsors & Mrs Pember-
tons in Ann street, Leading to ye warfs
by ye swinging Bridg, .... Swing-bridge lane.

The street from Mountjoys corner at ye Lower
end cf cross street, leading Northerly to ye
sign of ye Swan by Scarletts Wharf e, . Fish street.

BOSTON EVENTS. 187

The leading North westerly from Mr

Thomas's Corner in Ann Street, . . Paddys alley.

The street Leading from ye Mill Bridg North-
erly as far as Mr Jonas Clarks Corner at ye
end of Bennett Street, .... Middle street.

The way Leading Northerly from Stanbnryes
corner nigh yeMill Bridg, as far as MrGees
Corner into Prince street, .... Back street.

The way leading from ye Mill Pond South East-
erl}* by ye late Deacon Phillips stone house,
extending down to ye sea, .... Cross street.

The way Leading from ye North Westerly end
of cross Street, passing Northerly by verings
house nigh ye Mill Pond, .... Old way.

The lane by ye house of ye late Capt. Tim° Prout
deceased, Leading from Middle street to
Fish street & so down to ye sea, . . Wood lane.

The way from Wale8 Corner in Middle street

Leading Northwesterly into Back Street, . Beer lane.

The Alley Leading from Ann street be-
tween ye late Capt. Lakes & Nanneys
buildings to Mr Indicotts shop in crosse
street, ....... Elbow alley.

The Alley Leading from Fish street to Middle
street between ye lands of John Clark Esqr
and ye successors of Sam1 Gallop deceased, Gallops alley.

The street leading North Westerly from Mor-
rells corner in Middle street passing by Mr
David Nortons, extending to yesalt water at
Ferry way, ...... Prince street.

188 BOSTON EVENTS.

The street Leading Northerly from ye Easterly

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end of Bennett street nigh Mr Jonas Clarks,

extending to ye sea, North street.

The street Leading from Williams Corner nigh
Mr Jonas Clarks South Easterly down to ye
sea by Scarletts Wharfe, .... Fleet street.

The Alley leading Northwesterly from ye North

Meeting house into Middle Street, . . Bell alley.

The square lieing on ye southly side of North
Meeting House including ye wayes on each
side of ye Watch house, .... Clark square.

The way Leading South Easterly from ye North

Meeting House into Fish Street, . . Sun court.

The way leading from ye North Meeting House
Northerly byvCapt Thomas Barnerds into
Fleet Street, Moon street.

The way leading Northerly from Madm Wins-
le}Ts Corner between coll0 Fosters & Mr Fitz-
zells into Fleet Street, .... Garden court.

The street leading Northerly from Evertons
Corner nigh Scarletts Wharfe to ye North
Battery, Ship street.

The way Leading North Westerly from ye North

Battery to ye Ferryway by Hudson8 Point, . Lyn street.

The way Leading along ye shore from Hudson8
Point So Westly to ye Mill Stream by Mr Gee8
building yard, Ferry way.

The street leading North Westly from Mr8Rans-
fords Corner to North street, towards the
Ferry point at Charlestown, . . . Charter street.

BOSTON EVENTS. 189

The way Leading from Corwithys corner in
Prince street to Mr Phipp8 corner in Charter
Street, ....... Salem street.

The way Leading Northerly from Travises cor-
ner to Prince street, to ye end of Ferry-way
by Hudsons Point, . Snow hill.

The way Leading So Eastly From Snow Hill to

Salem Street, Hull street.

The way Leading North Westerly from Mr

Jonas Clarks corner to Salem street, . . Berinett street.

The way leading North-Westerly from Capt.
Steven8 Corner in North street, with ye re-
turn into Bennett street, .... Love lane.

The Alley Leading from Charter street down

by Benja Williams in Lj-n street, . . Sliding alley.

The Alley Leading from ye burying place in
Charter street to Adkins Lime Kiln in Lyn
street, ....... Lime alley.

The way Leading from Charter Street down by

1 Mrs Buckleys into Lyn street, . . Henchmans lane.

The Alley Leading from Charter street clown
through Mr Greenough8 building yard into
Lyn street, ...... Greenough8 alley.

The Alley Leading from North down by ye Salu-
tation into ship street, .... Salutation alle}r.

The Alley leading from North street along by
Mr William Parkmans into Ship Street nigh
the North Battreey, Batterry alley.

The Alley Leading from North Street down by

Capt Richards Corner in Ship Street, . . White Bread alley.

190 BOSTON EVENTS.

OLD STREETS,

EXTRACTS FROM CITY RECORDS.

Former Name. Name 1880. Named in

Dock square, 1708 ; around the Town

dock, 1680, ..... Adams square, 1880
Alden lane, 1792 ; Copeland's lane, 1820 ;

Alden lane, again, 1829, . . . Alden street, 1846

Allen's lane, 1733 ; 40-foot way front of

the Rope-walks„ .... Allen street, 1829

Cambridge to May, 1733 ; West Cedar

street, 1733 ; extended, 1833, . . Anderson street, 1861
Extended through Morton place to Milk

street, 1873, Arch street, 1792

Extended across Oak to Pine, 1820 ; a

part of Oak place, 1834, . . . Ash street, 1809

South part Broad street, 1833 ; Floun-
ders' alley, in part, 1708, . . . Atlantic avenue, 1868
Sheaf e's lane, 1732; Coburn's lane at

one time, ...... Avery street, 1827

Deming's court ; Central court, 1806 ;

Avon place, 1824, .... Avon street, 1869

Ann to Fulton street, Wentworth lane,

1732, Barrett street, 1831

BOSTON EVENTS. 191

Former Name. Name 1880. Named in

Berry lane, 1800 ; Second street, 1814 ;

Napier street, 1863, .... Barton street, 1868

Tanner's lane, 1708; Horn lane, 1800;

a part of Pearl street, 1873, . . Bath street, 1807

Battery alley, 1708 ; Daggett's alley,

1789 ; North Ferry avenue, . . Battery street, 1826

Extended to Gibbs' lane ; included Crab

lane, 1803, ..... Batterymarch st., 1708
Orange to the water ; extended east

1836-7 ; Essex in part added, 1804, . Beach street, 1708

Sentury Hill, 1708; Site of the State

House, 1795, Beacon Hill, 1784

Somersett to Davis lane ; extended west,

1733—1803—1831 ; Western avenue

added, 1865, Beacon street, 1708

In part, Blind lane, 1708 ; Pond lane,

Rowe's lane, 1803, .... Bedford street, 1820
In part, Purchase street, 1800; in part,

Batterymarch at one time, . . . Belcher's lane, 1708

School alley, 1732 ; Grammar all e}7, 1795 ;

Prince street avenue, 1833, . . Bennet avenue, 1839
Extended to Front street, 1805 ; from

Washington st. to Harrison avenue, . Bennet street, S., 1732
Middle to Salem street, North School

street, North Grammar School street, Bennet street, N., 1708
Charlestown to Causeway ; to Warren

Bridge, 1848, Beverly street, 1807

In part, the Mill creek ; in part, Royal

alley, 1732, Blackstone street, 1831

192 BOSTON EVENTS.

Former Name. Name 1880. Named in

From Cambridge street, north, to Allen's

lane, 1806, Blossom street, 1805

From Beacon to Meddlecott ; Meddlecott

included, 1824, Bowdoin street, 1803

West end of Court street included, 1807, Bowdoin square, 1788
Distilhouse square, 1743 ; in part, Ivers

street, Bog lane, Adams street, 1846, Bowker street, 1868

Between Cambridge, Sudbur}T, and Mill

Pond; built over, .... (Bowling Green,) 1722
Orange to the Mall ; extended west,

1846, 1865; Frog lane, 1708, . . Boylston street, 1809
Brattle alley ; In part, Cooper's alley ;

Hiller's lane, Brattle street, 1708

Cornhill, by the Church, to Elm street ;

Brattle to Elm, 1820, . . . Brattle square, 1800
From Broad to India street, unchanged, Broad street, 1808

Copper street, 1803 ; extended to Lowell

street, 1833, and to Allen street, 1845, Brighton street, 1816
Flounders alley ; in part, Sea street ;

many changes, extensions and cut-
offs, ...... Broad street, 1805

Over Fort Point channel and O. C. rail-
road, ...... Broadway bridge, 1869

Rawson's lane, 1708 ; Bromfield lane,

1796, Bromfield street, 1829

Muddy River, and was a part of Boston

previous, ...... (Brookline Town,) 1705

Bulfinch street to Meddlecott ; called

Clapp's buildings at one time, . . Bulfinch place, 1805

BOSTON EVENTS. 193

Former Name. Name 1880. Named in

Cambridge to Middlicott ; extended to

Somerset place, 1818, . . . Bulfinck street, 1800

From Tremont east, then north to Brom-

field lane. Built over, 1852, . . (Bumstead place,) 1807

From Sudbury, west to the water ; then

south to the Common ; several changes, Cambridge street, 1708

Washington to Tremont ; Davis street,

1810, Camden street, 1826

Union to Causeway ; Haymarket square

to Causeway, 1839, .... Canal street, 1807

Frog lane to Elliot, to Pleasant, Haskins

included, ...... Carver street, 1803

Cambridge Bay to the Harbor ; East Cas-
tle called Motte street, 1874, . . Castle street, 1722

Leverett, inclosing Mill Pond ; Miller's
alley, 1733, west part; Walcler street,
1819, ...... Causeway street, 1807

Kilby to India street ; to Atlantic ave-
nue, 1876, ..... Central street, 1807

Paddy's alley, 1708 ; Bull's alley, Perry-
way's alley, Centre street, N., 1773

From Cambridge, extending north, 1812,

1823,1844,1872, . . . . Chambers street, 1732

Pierce's alley, 1708 ; Change alley, 1788 ;

Fitch's alley, 1796; Flag alley, 1828, Change avenue, 1841
Berry street, 1708; Barrack lane, 1768;

Berry street, 1803, .... Channing street, 1846
From School street, south ; Cook's court,

1733, Chapman pilace, 1841

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194 BOSTON EVENTS.

Former Name. Name 1880. Named in

Chardon lane, 1743 ; Ivers street, 1859 ;

extended to Merrimac, 1860, . . Chardon street, 1821

In place of Charlestown Ferryway, 1631, Charles Riv. bridge, 1785

Beacon to Cambridge, to Boylston, 1809,

extended north, 1841, 1859, 1866, . Charles street, 1805

Union to Causeway, Haymarket square

to Causeway, 1840, .... Charlestown street, 1807

From North street to Copp's Hill, Hano-
ver to Commercial, 1803, . . . Charter street, 1708

Merchants' row to Commercial street,

Butler's row, in part, 1789, . . Chatham street, 1825

Chauncy place, Bedford place, Rowe

street, Chauncy place, 1809, . . Chauncy street, 1856

A part of Boston, called Rumney Marsh

previous, ...... Chelsea Town,. 1738

Winnissimmet ferry, 1631, . . . Chelsea ferry, 1738

From Walnut street, west to the water, Chestnut street, 1800

Sweetser's alley, 1798 ; Sweetser's court,

1809, ...... Chickering place, 1855

Extended south, 1838; north, 1846 and

1852 ; a part Lincoln court, 1820, . Church street, 1828

Foster's lane, 1732 ; extended to Com-
mercial street, 1846, .... Clark street, 1788

Snowhill to Margaret, Margaret avenue,

1814, ...... Cleaveland place, 1814

Between Essex, Summer, Short, and

South; built over, . . . . (Coffin's field,) 1775

Washington Gardens, previous Row, re-
mains, Colonade gone, . . . (Colonade row,) 1810

BOSTON EVENTS. 195

Former Name. Name 1880. Named in

Long Wharf to Clinton, 1825 ; extended

north, 1829, 1833 ; in part, Lynn street, Commercial street, 1818
Washington to Tremont ; Walker's lane,
1741 ; Clough street, 1750 ; Nassau,
1788, ...... Common street, 1836

State to Milk ; Quaker lane, Dalton's

lane, part Atkinson street ; many ex- ♦

tensions, Congress street, 1800

North Margin to Pond ; extended to Sa-
lem street, 1838, .... Cooper street, 1807*
Between Snowhill, Charter and Lj-nn

streets, Copp's Hill, 1660

From Corn Market south ; opposite south

side Faneuil Hall, .... Corn court, 1708

Court to Washington ; Market street,

1817, Cornhill street, 1828

Washington to Court square ; Suffolk

Inns, 1812 ; Suffolk avenue, 1820, . Court avenue, 1837

Queen street, 1708 ; a part Centurie

Hill and Prison lane at one time, . Court street, 1784

Where Quincy market was built, 1826, . (Cove, The) 1708

From Leverett street to Lechmere's Point ;

Canal bridge at one time, . . . Craige's bridge, 1786
Hancock row, 1826 ; Hatter's square,

1855 ; again Creek square, . . Creek square, 1803

Between Hawley and Devonshire ; Frank-
lin place, ...... (Crescent, The) 1792

From Mill Pond to the sea ; highwaj' to

Breeden's wharf ; Coney lane, . . Cross street, 1708

196 BOSTON EVENTS.

Former Name. Name 1880. Named in

From Broad street to India street un-
changed, ...... Custom House st., 1804

Between Milk, Summer, Hawley, and

Federal, built over, . . . (D. Costa's Pasture,) 1708
Middlecott to Hancock ; Hill street at

onetime, ...... Derne street, 1806

State to Milk ; Pudding lane, 1708 ; Joy-

lieff's lane, Black Jack alley ; many

extensions, ..... Devonshire street, 1784

Orange court, 1823 ; Dutch lane previous, Dix place, 1846

Doan's wharf at one time, . . . Doane street, 1806

Washington to Back Bay ; a part South

Bridge street, 1805, .... Dover street, 1835

Over the Mill creek, Ann street, now

part of North street, .... (Draw bridge,) 1688
Previously, Maverick's island, Williams

island, and Noddle's island, . . East Boston, 1832

From Chamber to North Russell street

unchanged, ..... Eaton street, 1795

Laid out by owners ; extended 1750,

1784 ; to Columbus avenue, 1873, . Elliot street, 1740

Hudson's lane, 1658 ; Wing's lane, 1708, Elm street, 1800

Mill lane, 1805 ; Mill Pond street, 1807,

Pond street, 1814, .... Endicott street, 1836
Newbury to South; extended 1731;

Achamutty street, 1775 ; east end

Beach, 1804, Essex street, 1808

Shrimpton's lane, 1708 ; Royal Exchange

lane, and Exchange lane from 1879, Exchange street, 1816

BOSTON EVENTS. 197

Former Name. Name 1880. Named in

In parts, Market sq., Fish Market, Corn

Market, Sheep Market, 1708, . . Faneuil Hall sq., 1855
Tremont, south of West street, Colonade

row, 1810 ; Tremont street, . . (Fayette place,) 1825
Union street to Mill Pond, Link alley,

1708; built over, 1860, . . (Federal court, N.,) 1806
Long lane, 1708 ; extended to Purchase

street, 1836 ; to South Boston Bridge,
* part of Sea street, 1856, . . . Federal street, 1788

Sea street Bridge ; South End ; Sea street

to South Boston, .... Federal st. bridge, 1828
Near Hudson's point, 1784 ; discontin'd ;

bridge built, 1786, .... (Ferry Way,) 1708

Middle street to the water ; Middle street

to Ann; Scarlet's' Wharf lane, 1789 . Fleet street, 1708

Previously Cornhill ; dug down, 1868, . (Fort Hill,) 1666

Where Fort Hill was ; Washington place,

1808 ; Washington square, 1837, . Fort Hill square, 1875
Foster's lane, 1741 ; Fuller street, 1800 ;

Brewer's Hill, 1803 ; Sliding al., 1708, Foster street, 1795

West part of the Common, levelled down

about 1820, (Fox Hill,) 1722

Court to Brattle, Brattle alley, 1722;

Dassett's alley, 1789, . . . Franklin avenue, 1818

In parts, Vincent's lane, 1777; Franklin

place, Sturgis street, Baker's alley,

Hamilton court, .... Franklin street, 1708

Hanover to Mill Pond, separate lane, 1807 ;

in parts, Minot's court, Scott court, . Friend street, 1733

193 BOSTON EVENTS.

Former Name. Name 1880. Named in

From Fleet street to Bell alle}-, . . Garden court st., 1708
Green lane, 1708, from Bowdoin square

to Chambers street, .... Green street, 1784

Greenough alle}', 1708 ; Greenough lane,

1732 ; Greenough* s avenue, 1848, . Greenough's lane, 1858
Tilley's lane, 1708 ; Gridley's lane, 1795 ;

from Cow lane to Belcher's lane, . Gridley street, 1825

Cambridge to May, 1807; to Pinckney,

1834; to Myrtle, 1851, . . . Grove street, 1729

Sconce lane, 1708 ; Sconce street, 1784 ;

Batterymarch to Fort Hill, . . Hamilton street, 1807

From Common street east, nearly oppo-
site Park street, .... Hamilton place, 1806
West Boston Bridge, . ... (Hancock Bridge,) 1793
Cambridge to Sumner ; George street,

1732 ; at one time, Turner street, . Hancock street, 1788
Hanover to Ann street ; Methodist alley,

1796, ...... Hanover avenue, 1829

Robinson's court, 1820 ; Robbins' court,

1824; from Hanover street, . . Hanover court, N., 1840
Queen street to Mill Bridge, extended

north, 1824-1836; Orange Tree lane

earl}7, ...... Hanover street, 1708

White Bread alley, 1 708 ; Bartlett street,

1826, Harris street, 1868

Rainsford lane, 1708 ; Front street, 1805 ;

Essex street to Roxbury, . . . Harrison avenue, 1841
From Marlboro' st., opposite Old South

Church, unchanged, .... Harvard place, 1820

BOSTON EVENTS. 199

Former Name. Name 1880. Named in

From Orange to Sea ; once called Hollis,

and Thaxter place ; extended 1836, . Harvard street, 1732
Charlestown to Causeway, to Warren

Bridge, ...... Haverhill street, 1807

Tattle street ; a part Chardon lane, 1795 ;

several changes, .... Hawkins street, 1732

Bishop's alley, 1708 ; Board alley, 1792 ;

Richardson's alley, Gilbert's alley,

Waybourn's lane, .... Hawley street, 1800

On Tremont, between West and Mason,

built over, 1810, .... Haymarket, 1789

Declination passage ; Henchman's lane,

1708 ; Day's lane at one time, . . Henchman street, 1850
Summer to Fort Hill ; a part, Cow lane,

1708 ; extended, 1875, . . . High street, 1798

Broad alley, 1722 ; Harvard street at one

time, but names exchanged, . . Hollis street, 1732

Court to Bulfinch ; Southac's court, 1732, Howard street, 1821
The north-east point of the town on

Charles river, ..... (Hudson's Point,) 1708
Salem to Burial-ground ; Brown street to

Lynn street added, 1828, . . . Hull street, 1708

State to India Wharf; unchanged, . India street, 1804

In Prison lane ; built over, . . . (Inner Temple,) 1727
Cambridge to Myrtle ; Butolf st., 1733, . Irving street, 1855

Belknap lane, 1787 ; Belknap st., 1803 ;

extended, ...... Joy street, 1851

Mackerel lane, 1708 ; Cooper's alley,

Miller's lane, a part Adams st., 1825, Kilby street, 1769

200 BOSTON EVENTS.

Former Name. Name 1880. Named in

Plymouth street, Short street included,

1838, Kingston street, 1800

Included in Elliot, 1838 ; changed back,

1840; a part Marginal street, 1843, . Kneeland street, 1732
Legrange place, 1828 ; Washington to

Tremont, 1864, ..... Lagrange street, 1864
Merrimac to Millford, to Causeway street,

1841, ...... Lancaster street, 1807

Green lane to Burton's point, to Cragie's

bridge, 1809, ..... Leverett street, 1733
Junction of Kilby, Water, and Battery-
march streets, ..... Liberty square, 1796
Charter to Lynn street, opposite the

burial grounds, ..... Lime alley, 1708

Summer to Essex ; extended south, 1836 ;

to Lehi, 1846, ..... Lincoln street, 1795

From Cambridge to Green lane, un-
changed, ...... Lynde street, 1732

East side of the Common, . . . Mall, The 1790

Prince to Sheafe street, Margaret lane,

1733, • . Margaret street, 1796

From Union street to Creek square, . Marsh lane, 1708

Union to Hanover street, Marshall's lane,

1708, Marshall street, 1821

West to Sheafe lane, 1809 ; part of Sheafe

lane, 1834 ; site of Haymarket, . Mason street, 1795

Thirty foot passage, 1784, to Sheete st.,

1788 ; South Allen, 1806, . . * . McLean street, 1829
From Hanover to Ann ; City court, 1822, Mechanic street, 1825

BOSTON EVENTS. 201

Former Name. Name 1880. Named in

Charlestown to Causeway street, un-
changed, ...... Medford street, 1807

King to Town Dock, 1825 ; State to Ann

street, Roebuck Passage, Fish lane,

Swing Ridge lane, .... Merchants' row, 1708
Union to Causeway street, . . . Merrimac street, 1807
North Battery, now Batteiy wharf, . (Merry's point,) 1646

Fort street, 1666 ; Marlboro' to Battery-
inarch, east, 1804, 1820, . . . Milk street, 1708
About Copp's Hill, .... (Mill Field,) 1634
Within Salem, North Margin, Causeway,

South Margin and Merrimac streets, . (Mill Pond,) 1650

Leverett to the water; Cart lane, 1733, Minot street, 1825

Fish to Clark square; to Fleet, 1784;

North square to Fleet, 1800, . . Moon street, 1708

From Park to rear State House, to

Charles ; numerous streets added, . Mt. Vernon, 1796

Across Fort Point channel, . . . Mt. Wash. Bridge, 1856
Extended 1814, 1851 ; Warren street,

1878 ; May street, 1796 ; Myrtle court,

Zone street, Hill street, . . . Myrtle street, 1806

Next north of Essex street, built over

by Globe theatre, 1866, . . . (Newbury place,) 1805
From Washington, east ; Jarvis row,

1805, Norfolk place, 1823

From Green to Merrimac ; Gouch street,

1822; Gooch lane, 1732, . . . Norman street, 1877
Between Moon and Garden court and

Clark square, 1708, .... North square, 1788

202 BOSTON EVENTS.

Former Name. Name 1880. Named in

Ann street ; formerly in parts Ship street,
Fish street, Draw Bridge and Conduit
streets, North street, 1851-4

Thatcher street to Baptist Church, 1821 ;

to Salem street, 1841, . . . No. Margin street, 1807

From Cambridge to Eaton street, un-
changed, No. Russell street, 1795

Orange to Ash street ; extended to Front

street, 1827 ; to Lincoln, 1837, . . Oak street, 1805

From Cross, by the Mill Pond, to Ferry-
way, 1631 ; no trace left, . . . (Old Way,) 1708

In Mackerel lane, now Kilby street, filled

up, (Oliver's Bridge,) 1722

Milk to Fort Hill ; Oliver lane, 1789 ; in

part, Gibbs lane, extended 1845, . Oliver street, 1708

Otis place, 1812 ; from Summer to Dev-
onshire street, Otis street, 1816

Tremont, opp. the Granary ; trees planted

1762 ; removed, 1874, . . . (Paddock's mall,) 1777

Common to Beacon street ; Centry street,

1784 ; Park place at one time, . . Park street, 1803

Salem to Hanover; Beer lane, 1708;
Bridge lane, 1796 ; part of Richmond,
1800, ...... Parmenter street, 1870

Milk to Cow lane, Hutchinson lane,
1722; Palmer street, 1788; Green
lane, 1789, Pearl street 1800

Washington to Savage's court, now Wil-
liams court, arch remains, . . . (Peck's arch,) 1800

BOSTON EVENTS. 203

Former Name. Name 1880. Named in

Between Somerset and Tremont row,

dug down, 1835, .... (Pemberton Hill,) 1814

Phillips place in part, formerly Pember-
ton Hill, ...... Pemberton square, 1838

From Tremont, Tremont place, 1805 ;

built over, (Phillips place,) 1829

Southac street, 1729 ; part George street,

1810, Phillips street, 1866

Belknap to Charles, to the water, . . Pinckne}7 street, 1803

Green to Merrimac, Pitts lane, 1733, . Pitts street, 1820

Laid out by Geo. Tilley ; Orange to the

Common, ...... Pleasant street, 1743

Wiltshire to the water, to Brighton, 1820 ;

to Chambers, 1859, .... Poplar street, 1800

Hanover to Mill Pond ; Cold lane, 1708, Portland street, 1807

Middle to Ferry way ; Black Horse lane,

1698 ; extended to North square, 1833, Prince street, 1708

Leverett to Mill Pond, formerly Prospect

lane, ...... Prospect street, 1812

Governor's alley, 1732 ; School to Brom-

fielcl, Province street, 1834

From Marlboro, front of Old Province

House, (Province House row,) 1818

A swamp formerly, rope-walks in part, . Public Garden, 1837

Summer to Tilley's lane ; formerly Bel-
cher's lane ; Town way, . . . Purchase street, 1747

South Russell to Charles ; May st., 1733, Revere street, 1855

Hanover to Back, to Fish, 1820 ; Wood

lane ; Proctor's lane ; now Parmenter, (Richmond street,) 1800

204 BOSTON EVENTS.

Former Name. Name 1880. Named in

Cambridge to Hill street, . . . Ridgeway lane, 1788

Between Essex and Pond sts., bnilt over, (Rowe's Pasture,) 1777

Prince to Charter ; Green lane ; Hanover

to Charter, 1824; Back street, 1708, . Salem street, 1708

Hanover to Ann ; Salutation allej", 1708, Salutation street, 1825

Cornhill to Somerset ; So. Latin school,

1759 ; Cornhill to Tremont, 1803, . School street, 1708

Scollay's Buildings, 1809 ; buildings re-
moved, 1870, Scollays square, 1838

Dover to Roxbury ; Suffolk, 1834 ; Dover

to Castle, 1849 ; to Tremont, 1870, . Shawmut avenue,, 1851

Salem to Snowhill, 1806 ; unchanged, . Sheafe street, 1732

Prince to Charter street, at Hudson's

point, ...... Snowhill street, 1708

From Southac's court to Beacon street, . Somerset street, 1803

Summer street to the sea ; to Beach,

1837 ; to Lehi, 1852, . . . South street, 1708

From Pitts to Prospect street, unchanged, So. Margin street, 1807

Merchants' row to Commercial street ; to

Atlantic Avenue, 1872, . . .So. Market street, 1825

Cornhill to Joylieff's lane ; Washington to

Devonshire, 1824, .... Spring lane, 1708

Leverett to Wiltshire ; to Poplar, 1806 ;

to Allen, 1825, Spring street, 1733

Cambridge street to Green lane, . . Staniford street, 1732

From Cornhill, both sides Town House, to

Long Wharf; King street, 1708, . State street, 1784

Near St. Paul's Church, Common, Tre-
mont street, (St. Paul's row,) 1826

BOSTON EVENTS. 205

Former Name. Name 1880, Named in

From Beach street to Mill Pond, to

Charlestown street, .... Stillman street, 1807
Court to Ho ward ; Stoddard's alley, 1732 ;

Fitch lane, 1800, .... Stoddard street, 1833
North part of Sudbury, near Cold lane, . Sudbury square, 1709
School to Mill Pond ; from Hanover,

1708; Court to Portland, 1850; to

Merrimac, 1851, .... Sudbury street, 1654
Marlboro to the sea, Mj'lne street ; Seven

Star lane, 1758, .... Summer street, 1708

Fish to Clark square, .... Sun Court street, 1708
Turnagain alley, 1708 ; Autumn, 1864 ;

extended to Washington street, 1864 ;

Temple place, 1869, .... Temple place, 1830

Cambridge to foot of Beacon hill ; to

Mt. Vernon, 1820, .... Temple street, 1769

Prince to Charlestown street, unchanged, Thacher street, 1807
Middle to Salem ; Love lane, 1708 ; No.

Writing School street, 1789, . . . Tileston street, 1820
Buildings in Franklin place, removed, . (Tontine,) 1793

Portland to Charlestown st., unchanged, Travers street, 1807
Called Sudbury, Tremont square, Pem-

berton hill, 1814 ; Tremont row, 1850, Tremont row, 1654

School to Court (many names and

changes), Pemberton square to Rox-

bury, 1836, Tremont street, 1654

Dock square to Mill Pond, north of Han-
over, Green Dragon lane, 1708, . . Union street, 1828
Charter to Love lane; Ellitt's st., 1784, Unity street, 1795

206 BOSTON EVENTS.

Former Name. Name 1880. Named in

East of Beacon hill, between Bowdoin

and Somerset street, . . . (Valley Acre,) 1777

North Russell to Bridge, to No. Grove ;

See Parkman street, .... Vine street, 1806

Beacon to Olive ; East part Coventry,

1733, ...... Walnut street, 1799

Washington to Elliot; Warren st,, 1795, Warrenton street, 1868
Temple place to Mason ; built over, . (Wash'n Gardens,) 1810
Eoxbury to fortifications ; many addi-
tions, 1824 ; Haymarket square to

Dedham, 1879, Washington street, 1788

Cornhill to the Wharves, 1826, . . Water street, 1708

Cornnill to Savage's or Williams* court, (Webster's Arch,) 1732
From Custom House street to Wharf st., Well street, 1808

Wendell lane, 1796 ; Halfmoon place,

extended 1870, Wendell street, 1824

South of Cambridge street, near Charles

river; built over, .... (West Hill,) 1722

From Newbuiy street to the Common, . West street, 1708

From Broad to India street, . . . Wharf street, 1808

No. Bennet to Tileston ; Short lane,

1796; Short street, 1849, . . . Wiggin street, 1878

CornhiH, west ; Savage's court, 1732, . Williams court, 1788
Newbury to the Common ; Blott's lane,

Bannister's lane, .... Winter street, 1708

Note.— In the foregoing it will be noticed that some of the names are enclosed
in parenthesis, indicating that they were the names previous to 1880.

BOSTON EVENTS.

207

WHARVES, 1820.

Belcher's,
Barnes', .

Barrett's,

Battery, .

Bicknell's,

Central, .

Codman's,

Cotting's,

Dilloway's,

Eustis.

Fort Hill,

Foster's,

Green's,

Hancock's,

India,

Liverpool,

Lewis'

Long, .

Lincoln's,

a

Opens between 22 and 23 Ann street.

each side of Purchase street, north of
Fort Hill Wharf.

between 27 and 28 Ann street.

on Ship street, opposite Battery alley.

between 13 and 14 Fish street.

between Long and India Wharves.

south side Town Dock.

east side of Leverett street.

on Purchase street, near Russia Wharf.

at 19 Ann street.
The third north of Liverpool Wharf.
Opens south side Broad street.

at 11 Merchants row.

at 45 to 51 Fish street.

south side of India street.

on Purchase, opposite Griffin's lane.

at 44 Fish street.

east end of State street.

on Purchase, second north of Liverpool
Wharf.

u

44

u

u

u

a

..

208

BOSTON EVENTS.

Otis, . . .

Philad. Pack.
Rhoades',
Rowes', .
Russia, .
Sargent's,
Snow's, .
Spear's, N.,
Spear's, O.,
Spear's, GL,
Sweet's, .
Tileston's,
Union,
"Wheeler's,

. Opens on Purchase, second south of Foster's
Wharf.
Pier, " • 15 Ann street to the Town Dock.

on Ship street, north of Union Wharf.

east end Broad street, next India Wharf.

on Purchase street, opp. Atkinson street.

on Ship, near Clark street.

on Ship, next north Hancock's Wharf.

next north of Codman's Wharf.

next north of Long Wharf.

on Purchase street, next Liverpool Whf .

between 8 and 9 Fish street.

on Purchase, near Summer street.

on Ship st., south of Rhoades' ship yard.

at 20 Ship street.

IISTDEX

Fage
A.

Academy of Arts and Sciences, . 5

Accidents, 5

Adams, Samuel 6

Allen's Farm, 6

Allerton Point, 6

Almanacs, 6

Almshouse, 6

Amee, J. L. C 7

American Flag, 7

Amnesty, 7

Anderson, Maj. Robert .... 7

Andrew, John A 7

Angel, 7

Angel Gabriel, 7

Annexation, 7

Antimonians, 8

Appendix, 175-208

Apprentices, 8

Aqueduct, 8

Aquitamong, 8

Arabella, 8

Arch, 8

Arminianism, 8

Arnold, Benedict 9

Artillery, 9

Ashbel, Kate 9

Assessors, 9

Asylum, 9

Athenaeum, 9

Atkins' Pasture, 10

Attucks, Crispus 10

Augustus, John ........ 10

Aurora Borealis, ....... 10

Page
B.

Baby Show, 10

Back Bay, 10

Ball, Blue 10

Ball Amusements, 10

Ball, Base 10

Balloon, n

Banished, H

Banks, n

Barracks, H

Barton's Point, 12

Barnicoat, William 12

Battles, 12

Beacon, 12

Beacon Hill, 12

Beacon Park, 13

Bears and Wolves, 13

Bells, 13

Bigelow, Jacob, Dr 13

Big Dick, 13

Bills of Credit, 13

Bilboes, 13

Births, 13

Blackstone, William 14

Blaine, James G 14

Black Maria, 14

Blockade, 15

Booth, Junius Brutus 15

Booth, John Wilkes 15

Boston, 15

Board of Trade, 16

Bonaparte, Jerome 16

Boston Stone, 16

Boylston, Zebdiel 16

210

INDEX.

Page

Boylston, John 16

Branded, 16

Bread, 16

Bristol BUI, 17

Brigham, Peter Bent 17

Bridges, 17-19

British Soldiers, 19

Brown, John 20

Brownlow, Gov 20

Bruce, Sir Robt 20

Bulfinch, Charles 20

Bunker Hill Monument, .... 20

Burnside, Gen 20

Burrill, Charles 20

Burroughs, Stephen 20

Burgoyne, John 20

Burns, Nellie 20

Burial Grounds, 20

Butler, Gen. B. F 21

c.

Cages for Criminals, ...... 22

Cahill, Thomas 22

California, 22

Canadian Rebellion, 22

Canals, 22

Can-Can, 22

Carriages, Supt. of 22

Cards and Dice, 22

Cards, Hand 22

Carr, Sir Robert 23

Carnival of Authors, 23

Carson, Kit 23

Cass, Lewis, Gen 23

Cathedral, Catholic 23

Cavalry, 23

Cemeteries, 23

Century, 23

Celebrations, 23

Centennials, 24

Charters, Colonial 24

Page

Charters, City 24

Cheever, Ezekiel ,25

Chemical Chimney, 25

Children's Mission, 25

Chinese Junk, 25

Chinese Embassy, 25 ,

Chimneys, 25

Christmas, 25

Cholera, 25

Churches, 25-33

City Auditor, 33

City Building, 33

City Clerk, 33

City Crier, 33

City Council Clerk, 33

City Engineer, 34

City Government, 34

City Hall, 34

City Hall Grounds, 34

City Messenger, 35

City Marshal, 35

City Physician, 35

City Prison, 35

City Registrar, 35

City Solicitor, 35

City Stables, 36

City Treasurer, 36

City Collector, 36

Clay, Henry 36

Coaches, 36

Coburn, Daniel J 36

Cockade, 36

Corcoran, Gen 36

Cod Fish, 36

Coliseum, 36

Collamore, Geo. W 37

Committee of Safety, 37

Common, 37-39

Common, Superintendent ... 39

Common Sewer, Superintendent, 39

Concert Hall, 39

INDEX.

211

Page

Conduit, 39

Constables, 39, 40

Convent, Ursuline 40

Continental Congress, 40

Cook and Beer Shops, 40

Cooper, "William 40

Corn Measurer, 40

Corn Market, 40

Cotton, Kev. John 41

Count Johannes 41

Court, Colonial 41

Court, General 41

Court, Municipal 41

Court, Police 41

Court, Police, Clerks, 42

Court Houses, 42

Court, United States, 42

Cove Company, 42

Cows, 42

Crockett, Col. David 43

Cushing, Caleb 43

Custom Houses, 43

D.

Daguerreotypes, 43

Dancing, 43

Dancing Halls, ........ 44

Dark Day, 44

Deaths in Boston, 44

Dead House, 44

Deacon House, 44

Deer, 44

Deer Park, 44

Democratic Club, 44

Dickens, Charles 44

District Attorneys, 44-5

Diving Bell, 45

Docks, 45

Dogs, 45

Dog Killers, 45

Dog Show, 45

Page

Door Nips, 45

Don Pedro, 45

Downing, Maj. Jack 45

Drafts, Military 45

Drainage, 46

Drinking Saloons, 46

Drumming, 46

Duels, 46

Duellists, 46

Duke Alexis, 46

Dwellings, 46

E.

Earthquakes, 46-7

East Boston, 47

Earle, Hezekiah 47

Eclipse, 47

Egg, a wonderful 47

Elephant, 47

Elective Franchise, 47

Elections, Town 47

Elections, City, 47 to 51

Elevator, . 51

Eliot, Rev. John 51-2

Emancipation, 52

Emerson, Nath'l 52

Envelopes, 52

Expresses, 52

Ellsler, Fanny 52

Everett, Edward 52

Eye and Ear Infirmary, .... 52

F.

Fairs, 52

Fairbanks, Richard 52

Faneuil, Peter 62, 53

FaneuilHall, 53

Farm School, 53

Faro Banks, 53

Fast Driving, 53

Fast Days, 53

212

INDEX.

Page

Federal Constitution, ... 53, 54

Federal Court, 54

Female Refuge, 54

Fence Viewers, 54

Fencing School, 54

Fenian Excitement, 54

Ferries, 54

Fields, 54, 55

Fires, 55-59

Fire Alarms, 60

Fire Alarm Superintendent, . . 60

Fire Commission, 60

Fire Companies, 60

Fire Engineers, 60

Fire Engineers, Chief, ... 60, 61

Fireworks, 61

Fleets, 61

Flour Mills, 61

Flower Show, 61

Flying Machines, 61

FolsomAbby, 61

Fort Hill, 61

Fortifications, . 61-63

Forgeries 63

Forest Garden, 63

Franklin, Josiah 63

Franklin, Benjamin 63

Franklin Fund, 63

Franklin Medals, 63

Franklin Monument, 63

Freemen, 63

Frost, 63, 64

Frigate Constitution, 64

Frog Pond, 64

Funeral Honors, 64, 65

Gage, Gen. Thomas 65

Gabriel, Angel 65

Gallows, . . . 65

Gamblers, 65, 66

Page

Gas Light, . 66

Gibbeted, 66

Giants, 66

Gold Premiums, 66, 67

Gorman, Edith, 67

Governors, Colonial 67-69

Governors, State 69, 70

Gough, John B '. . . 70

Grant, U. S 70

Granary House, 70

Grain Elevator, 70

Grand Army, 70

Great Boots, 70

Green Dragon, , 70, 71

Gunpowder, 71

Habeas Corpus, 71

Hancock, John 71

Handcarts, 71

Hanged 71-74

Harbor, 74

Harbor Master, 74

Hartford Convention, 75

Harvard College, 75

Plaunted House, 75

Hay, 75

Hay Scales, 75

Health Officers, 75

Heth, Joyce 75

Hewes, G. R. T 75

Highway Surveyors, 75

High Sheriffs, 75, 76

Hills, 76

Holidays, 76

Homes, 76, 77

Hook, Jacob 77

Hoop Skirts, 77

Horn Blowing, 77

Hornet's Nest, 77

Horticultural Hall, 77

INDEX.

213

Page

Horse Trot and Show, 77

Hospitals, 77, 78

Hotels, 78-82

House of Correction, 82

House of Industry, 82

Houses of Ill-Repute, 82

Houston, Gen. Sam 82

I.

Ice, . . . . \ 82, 83

Impeachment, 83

Indians, 83

Independence, 83, 84

Innholders, 84

Insurance Offices, 84

Intelligence Offices, 84

Ireland, 84

Islands, 84-86

Italians, 86

J.

Jay Treaty, 86

Jefferson, Thomas 86

Jews, 86

Jim Crow Rice, 86

Johnson, Isaac 86

Johannes, Count ....... 86

Juba, 86

Jubilee, Peace 87

Judges of Courts, 87

Justices, . . • • * 87

K.

Kean, Edmund 87-88

Kenny, Hannah 88

Kearney, Dennis 88

Kid, Capt. Robert, 88

Kings, English 88

King's, Commissioners 88

King Kalakuana, 88

Kine-pox, 88

Page

Kissing, 88

Knapp, Elder 89

Kossuth, Louis 89

Kneeland, Abner 89

Knights Templars, 89

Knox, Gen. Henry 89

Kremlin, 89

L.

Lafayette, Marquis 89

Lager Beer, 89

Lamps, Oil 89

Lamps, Gas 89

Lamson, Silas 89

Lawyers, 89-90

Lectures, Thursday 90

Lee, Gen. Rob't E 90

Legerdemain, 90

Liberty Poles, 90

Libels, 90

Libraries, 90

Light Houses, 91

Lind, Jenny 91

Linen Manufacture, 91

Lint, 91

Liquor License, 91-92

Log Cabins, « 92

Long Hair, 92

Long Bullets, 92

Lord Ley and others, 92

Lotteries, 92

Louisburg War, 93

Lowell, Col 93

Lyman Mystery, 93

M.

Magistrates, 93

Mail Matter, 93

Maine District, 93

Malls, 93

Manufactory-house, 93

214

INDEX.

Page

Maps of Boston, 93

Market Day. 93

Market Clerks, 94

Market Houses, 94

Market Places, 94

Marriage, 94

Masonic, 94, 95

Masquerade Balls, 95

Mather, Rev. Cotton 95

Matthew, Father 95

Maury, Lieut 95

Maverick, Samuel 95

Mayors, 95 to 97

Meade, Gen. Geo. C 97

Meagher, Gen'l 97

Meal-house, 97

Mechanics' Institute, 97

Merchants' Exchange, 97

Meteors, 97

Mexico, City of 97

McGennisken, Bernard .... 97

McClellan, Gen. Geo. B 97

Milk Inspectors, 97

Military Companies, .... 97, 98

Mill Dam, 98

Mill Creek, 98

Mill Pond, 98

Mill, Water 98

Mill, Wind 98, 99

Miller, William 99

Mint House, 99

Model Artists, 99

Moody and Sankey, 99

Monuments, 99

Money, 99, 100

Morrill, Asa 100

Mummy, 100

Murder, 100 to 104

Murray, Rev. John 104

Museums, 104

Music Hall, 104

Page
Muster, 104

Nantasket, 105

Navy Yard, 105

Neck Lands, 105

Negroes, 105

Negro Hill, 105

New Boston, 105

Newsboys, 105

Newspapers, 105, 106

Nickel Money, 106

Night Soil, 106

Night-Walkers, 106

Non-Importation, 106

North-Eastern Boundary, . . . 106

Northern Lights, 106

Nooks Hill, 106

Northampton District, 106

Nursery, 106

O.

Oath of Allegiance, 106

Odd Fellows, 107

Odd Fellows' Hall, 107

Odd Fellows' Monument, .... 107

Oakland Garden, 107

Old Houses, 107, 108

Old Persons, 108

Ole Bull, 108

Omnibus, 108, 109

Orang Outang, 109

Ox, Roast 109

P.

Paine, Thomas 109

Paine Hall, 109

Paine, Robert Treat 109

Packets, 109

Palmleaf Hats, 109

Paper Ballots, 109

INDEX.

215

Page

Paris Exhibition, 109

Parker Fraternity Hall, .... 109

Parker Hill Reservoir, 109

Park Hall, • • . . 109

Park Garden, 109

Park, Back Bay 109

Parkman, Dr. Geo 109

Partington, Mrs 109

Passports, 109

Patch, Sam 109

Paving, 110

Peace Treaty, 110

Peace Jubilees, 110

Pedestrian Lambert, 110

Peacocks, 110

Perry, Oliver H 110

Physicians, 110

Pickpockets, 110

Pigeons, 110

Pillory, 110, 11

Pitcher, Molly 11

Pinafore, 11

Piper, Thomas W 11

Pittsburg Capture, 11

Police, 111-113

Police Badges, 113

Police, Chief 113, 114

Police Captains, 114-116

Police Deputies, 116

Police Inspectors, 116

Police Superintendent, 116

Police Deputy Supt. , 116

Police Station Houses, 117

Polls Taxable, 117

Poore, Ben. Perley 117

Pope's Day, 117

Population, 117, 118

Postmasters, 118, 119

Post Office, 119

Post, Penny 119

Potatoes, 119

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Pounds, H9

Prayer Books, 120

Pratt, Daniel 120

Presidents United States, . . 120-122

Prince, Thomas 122

Prince De Joinville, 122

Prince of Wales, 122

Printing Press, 122

Prisons, or Jails, .... 122, 123

Prizes, British 123

Provident Institution, . . . . . 123

Public Institutions,, 123

Public Garden, 123

Public Buildings, Supt 123

Public Land, Supt. . . . 123, 124

Q.

Quakers, 124

Quarantine, 124

Quebec. 124

Quincy Hall, 124

R.

Railroad, Hand 124

Railroad, Horse 124, 125

Railroad, Steam 125

Ransom, Col 125

Razor-Strop Man, 125

Ratcliff, Philip 125

Reading Room, 125

Rebel, Jeff Davis, 126

Rebel Flag, 126

Rebel Prisoners, 126

Register of Deeds, 126

Regiments, Massachusetts . 126-128
Regiments, Maine .... 129, 130
Regiments, New Hampshire . . 130
Regiments, Connecticut .... 130

Regiments, New York 130

Religious Revivals, 130

Representatives, 130

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Revere, Paul 130

Revenue Collections, 131

Reservoirs, Cochituate 131

Riots, 131, 132

Robberies, 132, 133

Rogues' Gallery, 133

Roulette, 133

Rowing Regattas, 133

Rubber Merchants, 133

Russian Embassy, 133

S.

Sabbath Breakers, 133

Safe Blowing, 133

Sailors' Homes, 133

Saltpetre Explosion, 133

Sandemonians, 133

Savage, Edward 133

Savage, Edward H 134

Savannah Sufferers, 134

Scales, 134

Scandals, 134

Scavengers, 134

Schools, 134 to 136

School-master, 136, 137

Schooners, 137

Scissor Grinders, 137

Scollay's Buildings, 137

Scott, Gen. Winfield 137

Sea Fencibles, 137

Sea Serpent, 137

Sealers Weights and Measures, . 137

Seats on Common, 137

Siege of Paris, 137

Selfridge and Austin, 137

Selectmen, 137

Sewell, Samuel 138

Sewerage, 138

Shaw, Lemuel 138

Shakedown, 138

Shay's War, 138

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Sherman, Gen. Wm. T 138

Sheridan, Gen. Phil 138

Ships, Sailing 138

Ships, Steam 138, 139

Ship Fever, 139

Shot, 139

Siamese Twins, 139

Silver Coin, 139

Skating Rink, 139, 140

Skedaddle, 140

Skeleton, Living 140

Slaughter Houses, 140

Slaves, 140

Sleighs, 140

Smokers, 140

Smokers' Retreat, 141

Snodgrass, Emma 141

Small-Pox, 141

Societies, 141, 142

Soldier Messengers, 142

Sons of Liberty, 142

Sons of New Hampshire, . . . 142

Sons of Vermont, 142

Sons of Malta, 142

Soup Houses, 143

Spotted Fever, 143

Spot Pond, 143

State House, 143

State Liquor Agent, 143

Stages, 143

Statuary, 143, 144

Station Home, 144

Steam Engines, 144

St. George's Rooms, 144

St. Louis City Government, . . 144

Stocks, 144

Storms, Rain 144, 145

Storms, Snow 145, 146

Streets, 146

Street Commissioners, 146

Street Superintendents, .... 146

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Street Signs, 146

Strikes, 147

Submarine Race, 147

Sub-Treasury, 147

Sunderland, Leroy 147

Swearing, 147

Swimming Match, 147

Swine, 147

Swiss Emigrants, 147

Synagogue, 147

T.

Tan Yards, 147

Tar and Feathers, 147

Taverns, 147-151

Taylor, Robert 151

Tea Troubles, 151

Tea Party, 151

Teeth, Dental 151

Telegraph, 151

Telephone, 151

Temple, Tremont .... 151, 152

Tewksbury, Mr 152

Thanksgiving, 152

Theatricals, 152

Theatres, 152-154

Thermometer, 154, 155

Thorn Apple, 155

Three-Card Monte, 155

Thorndike Block, 155

Tile Floor, 155

Times Block, 155

Tobacco Chewers, 155

Tontine Building, 155

Tories, 156

Toronto City Gov't, 156

Torch-light, 156

Torpedo Explosion, 156

Town of Boston, 156

Town Advocates, 156

Town Bull, 156

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Town Clerk, 156, 157

Town Crier, 157

Town Clock, 157

Town Dock, 157

Town Drummer, 157

Town House, 157, 158

Town Lines, 158

Town Meetings, 158

Town Pump, 158, 159

Town Tax, 159

Town Treasurers, 159

Trask, Howard 159

Tread Mill, 159

Trees, 159 to 161

Trucks, 161

Truncheon, 161

Tukey, Francis 161

Tunis Embassy, 161

Turnpike, 161

Tithingman, 161

U.

United Colonies, 161

Union Stone, 161

Universalism, 161

. V.

Valuation of Town, 162

Valuation of City, 162

Ventriloquism, 162

Vicksburg Capture, 162

Velocipedes, 162

W.

Wages, 162

Walking Matches, 162

War, 162, 163

Ward, Mr 163

Wards, 163, 164

Washington, George 164

Watch, 164 to 166

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Watch Boxes, . 166

Watch Captains, 166

Watch Constables, 166

Watch Hooks, 166

Watch Houses, 166 to 168

Watts, Dr 168

Water Aqueduct, 168

Water Bailie, 168

Water Course, 168

Water Projects, 168

Waterworks, 168, 169

Water Registrars, 169

Wax Figures, 169

Webster, Daniel 169

Webster, Edward, Col 169

Webster, Fletcher 169

Webster, John W 169

Webster Garden, 170

Wells, John 170

Wells, John D., Col 170

Weston, Pedestrian 170

West Point Cadets, 170

Weights and Measures, .... 170
West Street Gate, ....... 170

Whipped, 170, 171

Whipping-Post, 171

Whig and Tory, ..." 171

Whitefield, Rev. George .... 171
Widows, 171

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Wilkes, Commodore 171

Wild Geese, 171

Wilson, John, Rev. . . • . . . . 171

Window Glass, 171

Wine, 171

Witchcraft, 172

Winslow, 172

Wolves, 172

Women Vote, 172

Woodhull, Victoria 172

Wool, Gen. John E 172

Wood (Fuel) 172

Wood Stands, 172

Workingmen, 172

Workhouse, 172

Wrecked Passengers, 172

Wrestling Matches, 172

Y.

Yellow Fever, 173

Z.

Zouaves, Ellsworth 173

APPENDIX.

Boston Topography, 1630, . 175-178
Boston Old Highways, 1708, 179-189
Boston Nomenclature of Sts. 190-206
Boston Wharves, 1820, . . 207, 208

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