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

Hanged

John P. Phair, at Windsor, Vt., for murder, July 10, 1879

Harbor

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 pedestrians, 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. Government, 1869

Master, George P. Tewksbury, appointed, Oct. 1, 1847

Samuel Cook, appointed, Apr. 14, 1856

John F. Gardner, appointed, Jan. 30, 1860

Francis C. Cates, appointed, Apr. 3, 1877

George F. Gould, appointed, Oct. 21, 1878