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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, Boston events. (search)
96 Rebuilt, and named Fort William, 1705 Defended by one hundred guns, March, 1750 The block-house blown up by the British, Mar. 27, 1776 Criminals confined there, Feb., 1786 Ceded to the United States, Aug. 18, 1798 Named Fort Independence, July 31, 1799 Merry's Point (Battery street), were raised there, 1646 Again raised and repaired, 1656 Again repaired and strengthened, 1696 Again raised and enlarged, 1706 Said to have gone to decay, and useless, 1760 Neced at low water, 1825 Islands Brewster, a light-house built there, 1716 Ceded to the United States, 1790 Castle. A fort was built thereon, 1634 A place for confinement of prisoners, 1785 Sold to the United States, called Fort Independence, 1798 Stone embankment built, 1806 Deer. So called, because deer frequented there, 1631 A wood-lot for Boston people, 1636 Income set apart for use of schools, 1641 No more wood to be cut there, 1655 Pest-house voted, but