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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,861
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, April, 1825
Rowe street, Baptist, completed and dedicated, Apr. 27, 1846
Sold to be removed, last service, May 31, 1868
Sandemonian, stoo
1861
Abolished, the last session held, June 30, 1866
Reorganized, and named Municipal Court, July 2, 1866
Police, Clerks, Thomas Power, appointed, June 20, 1822
Seth Tobey, appointed Sep. 14, 1852
Thomas Power again appointed, Feb. 18, 1853
Seth Tobey again appointed, Feb. 9, 1860
John C. Leighton, appointed, Jan. 7, 1867
House, stood on Queen street about the year 1773
Preparation to build on School street, 1807
Johnson's Hall, School street, built, 1810
Stone house, built on Leverett street, 1820
Leverett street house called a nuisance, 1828
The old building on Court street removed, May, 1833
Stone building, Court st., corner-stone laid, Sep. 28, 1833
Pillars weighing 28 tons each brought in, Sep. 12, 1835
Stone building, on Court street, completed, Dec. 20, 1836
New addition at the south end, completed, Dec. 31, 1861
United States, Johnson's Hall, occupied, 1812
Court House, Court street, occupied, 1840
Court held in Bowd
ity of Boston, May, 5, 1851
Bailie appointed by the town, Aug. 15, 1636
Course (Roxbury canal), to be kept open forever, Oct. 11, 1698
Filled up as a nuisance, 1880
Project. Advocated by Mayor Lyman, 1834
Artesian wells, by Charles H. Harris, 1835
A great meeting at Faneuil Hall, Aug. 17, 1836
Fresh Pond and Charles River, advocated, 1838
Long Pond, adopted by the City, Apr. 13, 1846
Cochituate introduced, a Great Celebration, Oct. 25, 1848
Work, Long Pond (Lake Cochituate), ground broke at Wayland, Aug. 20, 1846
Long Pond opened to Frog Pond, Oct. 25, 1848
Twenty miles of service pipe laid, May 16, 1849
Fountain in front of State House, opened, Sep. 28, 1849
Reservoir on Beacon Hill, completed, Nov. 23, 1849
Reservoir on Beacon Hill, being removed, 1882
Reservoir South Boston, completed, Nov. 27, 1849
Pipes being laid across Charles River, Sep. 6, 1850
Water Works
Pipes in Tremont street being raised, Dec., 1866
Upper rese
1879
Selwyn's, on Washington and Essex streets, opened, Oct. 28, 1867
Has been changed to Globe, 1880
Tremont, on Tremont street, first opened, Sep. 24, 1827
Madam Celeste dancing there, Nov. 20, 1827
William Pelby became manager, Jan. 28, 1828
Junius Brutus Booth playing, July 29, 1828
Edwin Forrest playing Metamora, Oct. 10, 1831
James Anderson mobbed there, Nov. 16, 1831
Mrs. Vincent's first appearance, Sep. 12, 1832
Ravel family playing, Nov. 5, 1832
Yankee Hill playing, Aug. 17, 1837
The last theatrical play there, June 17, 1843
Theatres
Tremont, on Tremont street. Sold to Baptist society. Dedicated Tremont Temple, Dec. 8, 1843
Warren, corner Portland and Travers streets, opened, July 3, 1832
Name changed to The National, May 8, 1836
Visited by 400 truckmen, in white frocks, Dec. 1, 1338
The third row became notorious, 1840
The third row scenes abandoned, Sep. 14, 1846
Building destroyed by fire, Apr. 26, 1852
New
et, burned, Aug. 31, 1859
Derby Range, Sudbury street, burned, Sept. 8, 1860
Conflagration on Albany and on Border streets, July 4, 1861
Nahant Hotel, at Nahant, burned, Sep. 11, 1861
Quincy Market-house badly scorched, Jan. 27, 1862
Mathew's Block, North street, burned, Feb. 24, 1862
Fire
Stores on Batterymt. Old house removed; Adams House built, 1845
Lamphire's, 24 Hanover street, kept by B. Lamphire, 1807
Moreau's, in Elm street, kept by Mrs. Moreau, 1805
Nahant, at Nahant, built, 1820
Burned, Sep. 11, 1861
Punch Bowl, in Dock square, kept by Mrs. Baker, 1769
Patterson's, in Elm street, kept by Patterson, 1796
Nahant, built, 1820
Burned, Sep. 11, 1861
Punch Bowl, in Dock square, kept by Mrs. Baker, 1769
Patterson's, in Elm street, kept by Patterson, 1796
Queen's Head, kept near Scarlet's Wharf, 1691
Red Lion, kept near Red Lion Wharf, 1674
Roebuck, in Fish lane, Roebuck passage, 1732
House removed, 1815
Royal Exchange, kept in King street, 1732
Ship, Noah's Ark, in Ship street, built, 1646
Kept by John Vial (vintner), 1651
The oldest brick building in Boston,
ston, Aug. 25, 1723
Arabella
the emigrants' favorite, died at Salem, 1630
Arch
a mysterious cave found head Lewis wharf, June 23,n Parkman place, 1765
In Parkman place, burned, Apr. 11, 1773
Salem, corner Bennet street, corner-stone laid, July 17, 1827
School s 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, pirate791
Rev. John N. Maffitt vs. Editor Buckingham, Dec., 1822
At Salem, Deacon Giles' distillery; sensation, June, 1835
Library
Bosttate street, Dec. 12, 1825
Joseph White, by Knapp and others, at Salem, Apr. 16, 1830
John Rich, by Elmer Campbell, in Ann street, Sep. 1768
Office opened at Concert Hall, Nov. 10, 1768
Removed to Salem; Boston office closed, 1774
Reservoir
Cochituate, Beacon Hill Embassy
visited Boston, Nov. 18, 1865
Turnpike
Boston and Salem, opened, Apr. 22, 1803
Tithingman
appointed to look after Sab
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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
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. Rogers, 1870
Coolidge, Bowdoin square, kept by Mr. Barton, 1857
Crawford, 83 Court street, kept by Stumcke & Co., 1872
Cummings, rokline, 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 D
urder, 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
Thomas W. 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
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,