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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)
olonial, Samuel Shute, appointed. Oct., 1716 William Dummer, appointed, Jan., 1722 William Burnett, appointed, July 19, 1728 John Tailor assumed the office, June, 1730 Jonathan Belcher assumed the office, Aug., 1730 William Shirley assumed the office, July, 1741 Spencer Phipps assumed the office, Sep., 1756 Thomas Burnett assumed the office, Aug., 1757 Thomas Hutchinson, acting, June, 1760 Francis Barnard, acting, Aug., 1760 Lieut. Thomas Hutchinson, acting, Aug. 1, 1769 Gen. Thomas Gage proclaimed Military Rule, May 15, 1774 Massachusetts had none, 1776 State. John Hancock elected by the people, Oct. 25, 1780 James Bowden, elected, March, 1785 John Hancock again elected, Oct. 8, 1787 Samuel Adams inaugurated, May, 1794 Increase Sumner, inaugurated, May, 1797 Caleb Strong, inaugurated, May 28, 1800 James Sullivan, inaugurated, May 27, 1807 Christopher Gore, inaugurated, May 31, 1809 Caleb Strong again, inaugurated, May 27,
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 40: (search)
hase any imported. These associations were signed by Peyton Randolph, Richard Bland, Archibald Cary, Robert Carter Nicholas, Richard Henry Lee, Washington, Carter Braxton, Henry, Jefferson, Nelson, and all the Burgesses of Virginia there assembled; Burk's History of Virginia, III. 348, 349. and were then sent throughout the country for the signature of every man in the Colony. Compare Washington to Colonel Bassett, Mount Vernon, 18 June, 1769; in Maxwell's Virginia Historical Register, III. 220. The voice of the Old Dominion roused the most temperate Province of Pennsylvania, from its slum- Chap. XL.} 1769. May. bers to express through its merchants their approval of what had been done. Delaware did still better. Her Assembly adopted the Virginia Resolves word for word, John Dickinson to Richard Henry Lee, 22 June, 1769. Life of R. H. Lee, i. 76, 77. Francis Alison to Ezra Stiles, 1 August, 1769. and every Colony South of Virginia in due time followed the example.
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter XLI (search)
with Aubry's concurrence a committee of three, Lafreniere for the Council, Marquis for the colonists, and Milhet for the merchants, waited on O'Reilly at the Balise, to recognise his authority and implore his mercy. O'Reilly, who had no fear except lest the lead- Aug. ing insurgents should escape into the English territory, Don Alexander O'Reilly to the Marquis of Grimaldi, New Orleans 31 August, 1769. welcomed the deputies with treacherous politeness and the fairest promises, 1 August, 1769, in a second Postscript to the Letter from J. Campbell to Lieut. Gov. Brown of 30 July, 1769. detained them to dine, and dismissed them full of admiration for his talents and confident of a perfect amnesty. So general was the persuasion of security, that Villere who had escaped upon the Mississippi and was on his way to an English post, returned to the city. On the morning of the eighth of August, the Spanish squadron of four and twenty vessels, bearing three thousand chosen troops,
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 8., Strangers in Medford, (Continued from vol. 8, no. 1). (search)
16, 1767In family of Stephen Hall, Jr. Oakes, SimonWorcester, Feb., 1765 The two first of which.Aug. 26, 1765    Rhoda (wife)    Simon (child) Ober, SamuelBoston, Feb. 1762Nov. 29, 1762.In house of Benj. Peirce.    Lettice, Lettes. (wife)and March 12, 1762 Ochterlony, AlexanderBoston, Aug. 1, 1769In house of Joseph Thompson    GilbertBoston, Aug. 1, 1769In house of Joseph Thompson O'Danell, RalphAug. 31, 1797 Orrel, RosannahBoston, Jan. 5, 17624 yrs. old. In family of Jacob Hall. 16, 1767In family of Stephen Hall, Jr. Oakes, SimonWorcester, Feb., 1765 The two first of which.Aug. 26, 1765    Rhoda (wife)    Simon (child) Ober, SamuelBoston, Feb. 1762Nov. 29, 1762.In house of Benj. Peirce.    Lettice, Lettes. (wife)and March 12, 1762 Ochterlony, AlexanderBoston, Aug. 1, 1769In house of Joseph Thompson    GilbertBoston, Aug. 1, 1769In house of Joseph Thompson O'Danell, RalphAug. 31, 1797 Orrel, RosannahBoston, Jan. 5, 17624 yrs. old. I