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Webster Garden
opened at
Dorchester, Aug., 1879
“May live in town, if he behave,” Nov. 24, 1651
John D.,
Col.; body brought home from the war, Oct. 20, 1864
the pedestrian, went through
Boston for
Chicago, Oct. 31, 1867
In tents on Boston Common, Aug. 8, 1821
Weights and Measures
regulated in the Province, 1705
West street Gate
at the Common, completed, June 7, 1862
Whipped
A man for shooting a fowl Sunday, Nov. 30, 1630
Philip Ratcliff, for scandal, June 14, 1631
Josiah Plaisted, for stealing, Sep. 27, 1631
A man, for profane swearing, Sep. 4, 1632
Several men and women, for petty crimes, Oct., 1632
Mrs. Oliver, for reproaching the Magistrates, Dec. 9, 1640
Obadiah Holmes, for being a Baptist, Feb., 1651
Holden and
Copeland, Quakers, whipped and gagged, Sep. 23, 1657
Horrid
Gardner, with a child at her breast, Quakeress, Sep., 1657
Many persons for being Baptists, 1667
Margaret Brewster, a Quakeress, at the cart's tail, July 8, 1677
A man that married his sister, Apr. 20, 1695
Three women, for lewdness, March, 1718
A boy aged thirteen, for indecent assault, Feb. 26, 1725
Elizabeth Creighton, for lewdness, Nov. 26, 1754
Six negroes, for drumming for the
Yankees, Feb. 17, 1769
A man, for counterfeiting money, Aug. 17, 1771
John Malcom, for striking a boy, Jan. 25, 1774
And sold, one
Capt. Taylor, for larceny, Dec. 23, 1779