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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, Extract from the City records, from a report of the Joint standing Committee of the City Council, on the Nomenclature of streets, made in 1879. (search)
had a beginning then, and Hanover street was well defined, Elm street meeting Washington street at the Town Dock. Governor Winthrop, and many of the leaders of the community, were assigned house-lost near the Old South Church, and this became one centre of population. Another colony was planted on the northern peninsula, and Hanover street and its branches were occupied by various notabilities. In the first book of our records, only one street, Sudbury, is designated by name. The High street, or the way leading towards Roxbury, designated Washington street. Other ways were: To the Mill Cove, from Cove to Cove, to the Fort, to the Bridge, to John Barrett's, to Century Hill, etc. A careful study of the methods pursued in laying out our primitive highways, with the many changes and improvements made from the beginning, will serve to present a very correct and interesting topographic view of the Town and City of Boston in its growth and progress from time to time. The Compiler.
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, Wharves, 1820. (search)
Wharves, 1820. Belcher's, Opens between 22 and 23 Ann street. Barnes', Opens each side of Purchase street, north of Fort Hill Wharf. Barrett's, Opens between 27 and 28 Ann street. Battery, Opens on Ship street, opposite Battery alley. Bicknell's, Opens between 13 and 14 Fish street. Central, Opens between Long and India Wharves. Codman's, Opens south side Town Dock. Cotting's, Opens east side of Leverett street. Dilloway's, Opens on Purchase street, near Russia Wharf. Eustis Opens at 19 Ann street. Fort Hill, The third north of Liverpool Wharf. Foster's, Opens south side Broad street. Green's, Opens at 11 Merchants row. Hancock's, Opens at 45 to 51 Fish street. India, Opens south side of India street. Liverpool, Opens on Purchase, opposite Griffin's lane. Lewis' Opens at 44 Fish street. Long, Opens east end of State street. Lincoln's, Opens on Purchase, second north of Liverpool Wharf. Otis, Opens on Purchase, second sout