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dy brought home from the war, Oct. 20, 1864
Weston
the pedestrian, went through Boston for Chicago, Oct. 31, 1867
West Point Cadets
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, Ma
the pedestrian, went through Boston for Chicago, Oct. 31, 1867
West Point Cadets
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,
buildings destroyed, one man killed, Sep. 8, 1869
Thunder and hail, much damage, June 20, 1870
Severe, with thunder and hail, Aug. 20, 1870
A tempest, Coliseum blown down, Mar. 26, 1872
A serious eastern, began, Nov. 25, 1877
A severe northeastern, began, Mar. 17, 1878
A severe one, does much damage, Oct. 12, 1878
Rain and wind does great damage, June 6, 1879
Wind and hail, 10,000 windows broken, great damage, July 16, 1879
Snow fell three feet deep, high wind, Nov. 5, 1632
Fell knee deep in one night, Dec. 5, 1633
Fell five feet deep, 1,100 cattle perish, Dec., 1716
Severe high wind and thunder, very remarkable, Feb. 2, 1728
Lay four feet deep on a level, Dec., 1741
Fell four feet deep in 24 hours, Jan. 1, 1774
And wind done great damage, Dec. 1, 1784
Said to lay six feet deep in Boston, Dec., 1786
Fell three feet deep one day, high wind, Jan. 17, 1867
Storms
Snow fell eighteen inches deep in one day, Mar. 21, 1868
And win
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, 1774
Blockaded in the Embargo excitement, Jan. 23, 1809
English fleet, hourly expected, Sep. 10, 1814
Frozen over down to
own vote to have three, 1734
In Dock Square, destroyed by a mob, Sep., 1739
Faneuil Hall, given the town by Peter Faneuil, Sep. 13, 1742
Stalls in Faneuil Hall advertised to let, May 18, 1793
Faneuil Hall closed as a market, Sep. 1, 1826
Faneuil Hall repaired for a market, Oct. 8, 1858
Quincy, completed and opened, Aug. 26, 1826
Boylston, corner-stone laid, May 23, 1809
Blackstone street, completed and opened, Sep. 22, 1854
Place, established about the town dock, Mar., 1633
Allowed near the Town House only, June, 1696
Sheep, at the west end of Faneuil Hall, 1790
Hay and Wood, near West street, 1746
Near Charles street, 1824
Removed to Concord street, 1843
In Merrimac street, 1824
Marine Railway
near the foot of Battery Wharf, completed, Dec., 1826
Marriage
with near relatives forbidden by law, April, 1695
Masonic
Lodge. Saint John's, instituted in Boston, 1733
Chapter. Saint Andrew's Royal Arch, instituted, 1769
Saint
39, Jan. 1, 1880
Oil. Number in use in the streets, 2,276, Jan. 1, 1880
Gasoline experiment nearly abandoned, Jan. 1, 1880
Lamson, Silas
with his scythe-snath, lecturing in Boston, 1844
Lawyers
practising in the town, 31, 1789
Practising in the town, 85, 1822
Practising in the City, 150, 1843
Practising in the City, 478, 1850
Practising in the City, 643, 1868
Lawyers
practising in the City, 1,100, 1880
Lectures
Thursday, public, began in Boston, Mar. 4, 1633
Discontinued about 1833
Lee, Gen. Robert E.
surrendered Southern Army to Gen. Grant, Apr. 10, 1865
Legerdemain
By Richard Potter, at Concert Hall, Oct. 10, 1831
By Signor Blitz, at Concert Hall, Nov. 23, 1835
By John Harrington, at Concert Hall, Mar. 31, 1837
Liberty Pole
One raised corner Orange and Essex streets, 1783
One raised at Liberty square, Jan. 25, 1793
One renewed cor. Washington and Essex streets, July 4, 1826
One 120 feet high raised near t
ion throughout the United States proclaimed, Jan. 1, 1863
Sleighs
carrying sixty-two persons, come in use, Feb., 1846
Smokers
in the streets on Sundays, arrested and fined, April, 1822
In the streets on week-days, arrested and fined, Oct., 1829
In the streets, vigorously prosecuted, June, 1848
Smokers' Retreat
with seats prepared on the Common, June, 1851
Snodgrass, Emma
A girl about the streets in men's clothes, Nov., 1852
Small-pox
prevalent in town, Nov., 1633
Forty persons died during the year , 1666
Very fatal in town and country, Nov., 1698
Carried off many inhabitants, 1702
Inoculation with kine-pox, by Dr. Boylston, May, 1721
Red flags denote its presence, May, 1751
Inoculation forbidden by the Governor, Jan., 1764
Rages in town, the Court removed to Concord, Nov., 1792
10,000 school children vaccinated in three months, 1824
Created great alarm in Boston, Sept., 1872
Hospital built at Pine Island, Oct., 1872
rder, 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, 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.