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ate and Devonshire streets, mud walls, thatched roof, August, 1632
Joy's building site, built of wood, 1640
Absentees fined three shillings each 1646
In Cornhill, burned, Oct. 4, 1711
In Cornhill, rebuilt of brick, 1712
People ask the town for a clock, 1716
In Cornhill street, again burned, Mar. 20, 1760
In CoCornhill, rebuilt of brick, 1712
People ask the town for a clock, 1716
In Cornhill street, again burned, Mar. 20, 1760
In Cornhill street, again rebuilt, 1761
In Cornhill street, last service, July 17, 1808
In Chauncy place, first service, July 21, 1808
In Chauncy place, removed for stores, June, 1868
Corner Marlboro and Berkeley streets, dedicated, Dec. 10, 1868
Freeman place, Congregational, first occupied, 1850
Franklin st., Cathol July 4, 1878
Folsom, Abby
and Silas Lamson), make a sensation in Boston, 1841
Died in New Hampshire, aged 75, Aug. 5, 1867
Fort Hill
first called Cornhill, 80 feet high, 1633
Iron fence built around Washington square, 1838
Improvement; digging down commenced, Sep. 4, 1866
Fortifications
Castle, in the h
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, destroyed, Jan. 31, 1878
Tremont Temple, Tremont street, badly scorched, Aug. 14, 1879
Tenement housriven from the harbor, June 14, 1776
Fifty-two clear from the Custom-House, July 13, 1844
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
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
R. R., over Charles river, built, 1835
Old Colony R. R., at Broadway, built, 1870
At Broadway, rebuilt, 1879
Providence R. R., at Berkeley street, built, 1861
At Dartmouth street, built, 1869
At Newton street, built, 1872
At West Chester park, built, 1877
Worcester R. R., at Albany street, built, 1861
At Harrison avenue, built, 1841
At Shawmut avenue, built, 1870
At Washington street, built, 1835
At Tremont street, built, 1848
At Tremont street, raised, rebui, rebuilt, 1862
At Columbus avenue, built, 1873
At Columbus avenue, rebuilt, 1878
At Dartmouth street, built, 1869
At Dartmouth street, rebuilt, 1879
At Huntington avenue, built, 1872
At Huntington avenue, rebuilt, 1878
At West Chester park, built, 1877
British soldiers
stationed about the streets in town, Sep., 1768
Accused of insulting females, Dec., 1768
Removed from town to ships in harbor, Apr. 1, 1870
Again take possession of Boston, Sep. 1, 1774
Thir
Mar. 30. 1655
Between Boston and Malden, Apr. 18, 1711
Between Boston and Cambridge, Mar. 11, 1654
Meetings, notices first posted up for, Oct. 2, 1701
To consider the duties on tea, May 15, 1750
Prohibited by General Gage, Aug. 15, 1774
For Boston, held at Concord, July 12, 1775
For Boston, held at Watertown, Sep. 5, 1775
Held in Mr. Checkley's Church, Mar. 29, 1776
Held to put down monopolies, Feb. 6, 1777
John Hancock moderator at one, Mar. 12, 1778
Three Cape Cod men caught voting, May 28, 1795
Vote yes, by going out; no by staying in, Apr. 9, 1804
Pump. One stood in Cornhill, near Queen st., 1662
Built in Dock square, by the poor, 1780
One at east end of Old Town House, 1815
One in North square, 1816
One in Spring lane, 1780
One on Fort Hill, 1800
One, corner Milk and Congress streets, 1820
City Marshal ordered to inspect, 1823
One, corner Washington and Dover streets, 1834
Town Pump
superseded by Cochituate wa
l and a bar, Nov., 1775
Refitted for religious services, Jan., 1782
Furnished with a new bell, July 27, 1816
Occupied for a recruiting office, Aug., 1862
Churches
Old South, outside repaired and painted, 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 dedicated, 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
Destroyed by the great fire, Nov. 9, 1872
Quaker, built on Brattle street, 1693
Rebuilt in Quaker lane, 1709
Removed from Quaker lane to Lynn,
, 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
WashiBrookline 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
Annexation
Charlestown to Boston, again defeated, Oct. 4, 1854
Charlestown to Boston, consummated, Jan. 5, 1874
Chelsea set off from Boston, Apr. 4, 1738
Chelsea to Boston, attempt defeated, Mar. 14, 1850
Roxbury to s dedicated, Nov. 24, 1855
Bromfield square, Methodist, corner-stone laid, Apr. 15, 1806
Bromfield st., a love feast broken up by rowdies, Dec. 31, 1832
Brookline st. and Warren av., corner-stone laid, Feb. 28, 1869
Churches
Bulfinch st., Congregational, cornerstone laid, Oct. 17, 1822
Canton street, W., and War
Jan., 1875
Kine-pox
inoculation introduced by Dr. Boylston, May 21, 1721
Kissing
a fineable offence in Boston (if caught), 1698
A merry pastime in New England, 1880
Knapp, Elder
sensational preacher, at Boston, Jan., 1842
Kossuth, Louis
lecturing and selling Hungarian Bonds, at Faueuil Hall, Apr. 29, 1852
Kneeland, Abner
sent to jail as a Free-thinker, June 13, 1838
Knights Templars
of Virginia, visited Boston, June 17, 1858
Of Boston, visited Richmond, Va., May 13, 1859
Knox, Gen. Henry
Likeness placed in Faneuil Hall, May 3, 1831
Kremlin
A building on Sudbury street, being removed, May, 1847
L.
Lafayette, Marquis
visited Boston, Apr. 28, 1780
Again visited Boston, Oct. 18, 1784
Reception at Boston, Aug. 25, 1824
Lager
Beer Saloon sensation began, April, 1855
Lamps
Street. Oil provided by subscription, 1773
Oil first put in use in town, Mar. 31, 1774
Gas. One put up in Dock square, Jan. 1, 1829
y 21, 1856
Metropolitan opened for travel, Sep. 17, 1856
South Boston opened for travel, Dec. 27, 1856
Middlesex opened for travel, Mar. 5, 1857
One opened to Brokline, Oct. 26, 1859
Suffolk to East Boston, opened Aug. 20, 1860
Cars run through Cornhill, Feb. 11, 1867
Double track from Tremont House, south, Dec. 2, 1867
Run through Berkeley and Boylston streets, Mar. 4, 1868
Run through Clarendon to Beacon street, Oct. 16, 1868
So. Boston cars drawn by men; horses sick, Oct. 3, 1872
Cars run through Harrison avenue, South End, May, 1877
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
Boston and Lowell, opened for travel, May 27, 1835
Boston and Providence, incorporated, 1830
street, East Boston, completed, June 17, 1859
On Hanover street, remodeled, Oct. 10, 1859
On Joy street, completed, Jan. 31, 1863
On Broadway, South Boston, remodeled, Mar. 23, 1863
On Lagrange street, completed, Feb. 5, 1866
In Court square, remodeled, Jan. 21, 1867
On Commercial street, completed, Mar. 2, 1867
Roxbury, old Court-House remodeled, Jan. 6, 1868
Roxbury, on Dudley street, built, 1874
Roxbury, on Pynchon street, built, 1869
On Seaverns avenue, Jamaica Plains, occupied, June 18, 1874
At Brighton, remodeled, Nov., 1874
At Field's Corner, Dorchester, completed, Jan. 26, 1876
On Fourth street, South Boston, May 12, 1876
Steamboat Protector goes in commission, Nov. 5, 1875
Polls
taxable in the town, 102, 1630
Polls
taxable in the town, 868, 1680
Polls
taxable in the town, 3,000, 1730
In the City that are taxable, 17,000, 1830
In the City that are taxable, 36,000, 1870
In the City that are taxable, 89,452, 18
use, Congress square, burned, Nov. 3, 1818
Lewis rope-walks, Charles street, burned, Oct. 9. 1819
Six houses on Union street, burned, July 14, 1821
18 cows and one horse, in Hawley street, burned, June 20, 1824
Type Foundry in Salem street, burned, June 24, 1824
15 houses on Beacon and Charles streets, burned, July 7, 1824
53 houses on Central and Kilby streets, burned, April 7, 1825
10 buildings on Court street, burned, Nov. 10, 1825
On West street, water taken from Crescent (Frog) Pond, May 19, 1828
Distillery on Union street burned, Aug. 14, 1829
Beecher's Church, Hanover, opposite Portland street, burned, Feb. 1, 1830
Bakehouse and five persons on Broad st., burned, May 5, 1831
Warren Hotel, Friend street, burned, July 9, 1832
Old Town House badly scorched, Nov. 21, 1832
40 buildings on Blackstone and Pond sts. burned, May 18, 1835
70 buildings in Charlestown, burned, Aug. 26, 1835
Fire
Lyman School-house, Meridian street, East B
