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r, May 3, 1863
55th.
(Colored) went South, through Boston, to the war, July 21, 1863
Arrived at Boston; a great procession, Dec. 15, 1865
1st Cavalry arrived at Faneuil Hall, Dec. 19, 1861
Regiment
Maine 1st. Went South, through Boston, June 3, 1861
Returned home through Boston, Aug. 3, 1861
3d.
Went South, Returned home through Boston, June 1, 1861
4th.
Went South, Returned home through Boston, June 18, 1861
5th.
Went South, Returned home through Boston, June 26, 1861
6th.
Went South, Returned home through Boston, July 17, 1861
Went home, Returned home through Boston, Sep. 5, 1862
7th.
Went South, Returned home through Boston, July 23, 1861
Went home, Returned home through Boston, Oct. 12, 1862
8th.
Went South, Returned home through Boston, Sep. 9, 1861
Went home, Returned home through Boston, Mar. 8, 1864
9th.
Went South, Returned home through Boston, Sep. 14, 1861
Went home, Returned home through Boston, Feb. 23, 1864
h Dudley assumed the office, June 11, 1702
The Colony had none, 1714
Joseph Dudley again in office, Mar. 26, 1715
William Tailor appointed, Nov., 1715
Governor
Colonial, 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
Returned home from the war, July 3, 1861
Were re-enlisted, and again returned home, June 26, 1863
1st.
Went from Boston, South, to war, June 15, 1861
Arrived home at Faneuil Hall, May 25, 1864
Regiment
Mass. 2d. Went from Boston, South, to the war, July 8, 1861
Arrived home from the war, Jan. 20, 1864
4th.
Arrived in Boston, from the war, July 19, 1861
8th.
Went South, to the war, through Boston, Apr. 19, 1861
9th.
Went from Boston, South, to the war, June 25, 1861
Arrived home from the war, June 11, 1864
10th.
Went from Boston, South, to the war, July 25, 1861
11th.
Went from Boston, South, to the war, June 29 1861
Arrived home from the war, June 20, 1864
12th.
Went from Boston, South, to the war, July 17, 1861
Arrived home from the war, July 1, 1864
13th.
Went through Boston, South, to the war, July 29, 1861
Returned home through Boston, from the war, July 21, 1864
15th.
Arrived at Boston from the war, July 21, 186
, 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, F
. B. Wells, chosen, May 11, 1837
Simeon B. Smith, chosen, Feb. 18, 1856
William H. Bradley, chosen, Apr. 20, 1863
Concert Hall
at the head of Hanover st., built, 1752
Repaired and occupied by Col. Turner, July, 1789
Dancing school kept by Col. Turner, Sep., 1790
Opened as a restaurant, by Peter B. Brigham, Apr. 6, 1836
Dance hall discontinued, Feb., 1864
Building removed to widen Hanover street, May, 1869
Conduit
A water reservoir built near the town dock, March, 1651
Constables
Wm. Chesebrough, the first appointed, Nov. 9, 1630
To take care of the Saltpetre house, May 29, 1642
Fined for refusing to serve, Mar. 12, 1653
The town choose eight, May 12, 1680
Not obliged to serve but once in seven years, Mar. 11, 1750
Ordered to patrol the Common evenings, 1800
George Reed, called Old land Shark, appointed; held the office thirty years, 1809
Reed explains the game of Keno in Court, Feb. 15, 1819
Some to patrol the Common by da
ay 28, 1823
Prison
State's. The north wing built, 1829
J. Howes sentenced for life, and three years extra, Oct. 10, 1835
Phillips played a hoax on the officers, May 10, 1849
The west wing built, 1850
The west wing enlarged, 1867
A new prison built at Concord, 1877
Prizes
British vessels, daily captured and brought in, Sept., 1776
Provident Institution for Savings
organized, Dec. 13, 1816
Public Institutions
South Boston, named Bellevue, for a time, Feb. 8, 1837
A Board of Directors chosen, Apr. 21, 1857
Public
Garden, lands offered for sale, Mar. 24, 1823
Lands leased to Horace Gray, Oct. 30, 1837
Lands again offered for sale, Nov., 1853
Great improvements made by the City, 1860
Pond prepared and completed, August, 1861
Iron fence enclosure completed May, 1863
Stone bridge across the pond completed, June 1, 1867
A garden of statues, shrubbery, plants and flowers, 1880
Building, Supt. Freeman Cushman, appointed, A
rrived home at Faneuil Hall, May 25, 1864
Regiment
Mass. 2d. Went from Boston, South, to the war, July 8, 1861
Arrived home from the war, Jan. 20, 1864
4th.
Arrived in Boston, from the war, July 19, 1861
8th.
Went South, to the war, through Boston, Apr. 19, 1861
9th.
Went from Boston, South, to the war, June 25, 1861
Arrived home from the war, June 11, 1864
10th.
Went from Boston, South, to the war, July 25, 1861
11th.
Went from Boston, South, to the war, June 29 1861
Arrived home from the war, June 20, 1864
12th.
Went from Boston, South, to the war, July 17, 1861
Arrived home from the war, July 1, 1864
13th.
Went through Boston, South, to the war, July 29, 1861
Returned home through Boston, from the war, July 21, 1864
15th.
Arrived at Boston from the war, July 21, 1864
16th.
Went South, through Boston, to the war, Aug. 17, 1861
Arrived at Boston from the war, July 21, 1864
17th.
Went South, through Boston, to the war, A
cated, May 24, 1824
Methodist African, built of wood, dedicated, May 15, 1796
Meridian street and Havre, built, 1846
Merrimac street, Congregational, dedicated, July 19, 1837
New North, built of wood, on Middle street, dedicated, May 7, 1714
New brick house completed, May 2, 1804
Sold to a Catholic Society, Nov. 8, 1862
Moved back 12 feet to widen Hanover street, 1870
New South, Summer and Bedford sts., dedicated, Jan. 8, 1715
New house completed and dedicated, Dec. 28, 1814
Removed to give place for stores, May, 1868
Newbury and Berkeley streets, corner-stone laid, Oct. 17, 1865
North Square Methodist, Father Taylor's, cornerstone laid, Oct. 3, 1822
North Russell street, Methodist, built, 1838
Sold to African Society, June 22, 1865
Old South, building of cedar wood, began, July 20, 1669
Wood removed to build of brick, March, 1728
New brick house completed, Apr. 26, 1730
Had a British riding-school and a bar, Nov., 1775
Refitted
, Old England, 1633
Appointed pastor of the first Church, Oct 10, 1633
His house, southern part Pemberton Hill, 1645
Count Johannes
and wife played at Boston Theatre, Mar. 12, 1864
Court
for election of officers, held on the ship Arabella, Aug. 23, 1630
First held at Boston, Oct. 19, 1630
Of assistants organized, Nov. 30, 1630
To be held once each month, Mar. 6, 1631
Permanently. established at Boston, Oct. 3, 1632
Don't recognize the King's commissioners, May 24, 1665
Send agents to England to appease the King, 1683
Removed to Concord on account of small-pox, Jan. 3, 1764
Closed for want of revenue stamps, Dec. 18, 1765
Removed to Cambridge by the Governor, Mar. 20, 1771
General, of Massachusetts, organized, John Hancock Governor, Oct. 25, 1780
Held a session in Boston Town-house, May, 1781
Removed to the new State House, Beacon hill, 1798
Time of assembling changed from May to Jan., May, 1831
Municipal, at Boston, establishe
9, 1872
Purchase street, Mariner's, corner-stone laid, Aug. 11, 1829
Destroyed by the great fire, Nov. 9, 1872
Quaker, built on Brattle street, 1693
Rebuilt in Quaker lane, 1709
Removed from Quaker lane to Lynn, April, 1825
Rowe street, Baptist, completed and dedicated, Apr. 27, 1846
Sold to be removed, last service, May 31, 1868
Sandemonian, stood on Parkman place, 1765
In Parkman place, burned, Apr. 11, 1773
Salem, corner Bennet street, corner-stone laid, July 17, 1827
School street, French, brick house built, 1716
French, discontinued, 1741
Occupied by Catholic Society, first service, Nov. 6, 1788
Universalist built, corner-stone laid, May 19, 1817
Rev. Hosea Ballou ordained, Dec. 25, 1817
Rev. Alonzo A. Miner installed, May 28, 1848
Removed, to build stores, 1872
Society removed to Columbus ave., 1872
Churches
Second, built in Clark square, of wood, 1649
In Clark square, burned, Nov. 27, 1676
Again rebuilt of woo
