Statistics for occurrence #1 of “John Boydell” in chapter 2, page 118 of Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: 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:
... New England 1685
John Campbell in office, 1704
William Brooker, appointed, 1717
Philip Musgrave, appointed, 1719
Thomas Lewis, in office, 1726
Henry Marshall, in office, 1727
John Boydell , in office, 1732
Ellis Huske, in office, 1734
John Franklin, in office, 1754
Jonathan Phillips, in office, 1787
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