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House. The old Town House occupied, Oct. 25, 1780
An attempt to remove from Boston, June, 1787
Beacon Hill, ground broken, May 15, 1795
Built, and dome completed, Oct. 19, 1796
On Beacon Hill, first occupied, Jan. 11, 1798
The Codfish over the Speaker's desk put up, Jan. 11, 1798
West end addition completed, Sep. 8, 1853
Remodeled and repaired, Dec., 1867
Liquor Agent causes a sensation at State House, Nov., 1859
Prison. See Prisons.
Stages
from Boston to Portsmouth once a week, 1763
From Boston to New York once in three days, 1814
Traveling, the practice of the day, 1830
Surperseded by railroads, 1840
Statuary
Adams, Samuel, placed in Dock square, July 4, 1880
Aristides, placed in Louisburg square, Dec. 1, 1849
Columbus, placed in Louisburg square, Aug. 1, 1851
Emancipation, placed in Park square, Dec. 6, 1879
Ether, placed in the Public Garden, Jan. 27, 1869
Everett, Edward, placed in Public Garden, Nov. 18, 1867
Fra
88 persons killed, Jan. 11, 1860
Cars ran off Eastern R. R.
bridge, 4 men killed, Nov. 21, 1862
Otis place wall fell, 6 men badly injured, Feb. 4, 1866
Wall fell in Orange lane, 3 children killed, Apr. 21, 1866
Accidents
Three men suffocated in a cess-pool, Pembroke street, June 23, 1866
Wall fell in Summer street, 5 men badly injured, Feb. 1, 1867
Broad street Sugar Refinery fell, 3 men killed, July 24, 1868
Three men killed on Atlantic avenue, May 23, 1870
At Revere, on Eastern R. R., 32 persons killed, Aug. 26, 1871
At City Hall elevator, Engineer Whorf killed, Nov. 7, 1876
Runaway team killed Mr. Hill, corner Beacon and Tremont streets, Jan. 14, 1877
Boiler explosion at East Boston, 2 men killed, Mar. 23, 1877
Staging in Blackstone square fell, many persons injured, Sep. 17, 1877
At Wollaston, Old Colony R. R., 5 killed, many injured, Oct. 8, 1878
Sloop capsized in the harbor, 5 persons drowned, June 8, 1879
Several lives lost in
. 16, 1846
Alfred T. Turner, appointed, May 16, 1853
Charles Harris, appointed, Dec. 19, 1864
Signs, ordered removed to within one foot of building, Apr. 16, 1874
Strike
of shoemakers at Lynn; Boston police called, Jan. 24, 1860
Of the Boston printers, began, Aug. 11, 1864
Of workmen, at Boston Water Works, at Newton, Apr. 21, 1876
Of engineers; trouble at Boston and Maine Railroad depot, Feb. 12, 1877
Great railroad engineer's, South and West, July, 1877
At Fall River, began, June 26, 1879
Submarine race
Long Wharf to East Boston, July 4, 1868
Sub-Treasury
removed to Merchants' Exchange, Jan. 30, 1868
Sunderland, Leroy
Physiological lecturer, at Miller Temple, Nov. 18, 1843
Swearing
and Pow-wowing fined ten shillings, 1646
Imprisonment, if not paid, 1880
Swimming Match
Webb and Boynton, at Nantasket, Sep. 5, 1879
Capt. Webb's last swim at Niagara Falls, July 24, 1883
Swine
running at large, to be yoked and rung,
built, 1854
Fitchburg R. R., over Charles river, built, 1848
Bridges
Maine R. R., over Charles river, built, 1845
Lowell R. R., over Charles river, bui, appointed, Jan. 1, 1852
Abel Cushing, resigned, Oct. 15, 1858
Sebeus C. Maine, appointed, Nov. 5, 1858
Thomas Russell, resigned, May 12, 1859
George D.nment, Apr. 19, 1852
Law prohibiting the sale, took effect, July 22, 1852
Maine Law, took effect in Massachusetts, May 2, 1855
Prosecutions fail with juriesrk once in three days, 1814
Goes from Boston to New York once a day, 1880
Maine District
purchased slily by Massachusetts, May 12, 1680
Became a State by7, 1838
Eastern cars come in at Causeway street, Apr. 10, 1854
Boston and Maine opened from Haymarket square, July 4, 1845
Old Colony opened for travel, Nov
Of Henry Poore, in State street, $4,000, July 12, 1870
Of Berwick Bank, in Maine, Dec. 16, 1870
Of Mr. Breed, on Broad street, $8,000, Oct. 5, 1877
Of Nor
ief of Police, Feb. 11, 1861
Chosen Chief of Police, Apr. 4, 1870
Appointed Probation Officer for Suffolk Co., Oct. 21, 1878
Savannah sufferers
Great relief meeting at Faneuil Hall, Jan. 9, 1865
Scales
large, first in use at the Market, 1782
Scandals
An unwritten sensation in high life, caused by a kiss, Oct., 1788
Carpenter and apprentice girl, at South Boston, Sep., 1821
A constable and Archer's ring, Aug., 1836
Rev. Joy H. Fairchild's, began, June, 1844
Dalton and Coburn, began, Oct., 1855
Hancock School, began, Nov., 1856
Rev. Isaac H. Kalloch's, began, Jan., 1857
Officer Prescott sensation, Aug., 1858
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher sensation, June, 1875
Scavengers
Had six carts in service, 1800
Carts ordered to have tail-boards, 1809
Employ 150 horses, 1880
Schools
established by law, Oct., 1647
For writing, established, 1696
Provided for colored persons, 1728
Children in the town, 1,334, July, 1799
Celebration
ia
A prison carriage from police stations to the tombs, Sep. 24, 1854
Blockade
of Boston Harbor by British men-of-war, May 10, 1774
Embargo closed the harbor to shipping, Jan. 23, 1809
On Commonwealth avenue, evening, July 5, 1869
Fleet
French, Marquis DeJoinville, in Boston harbor, Aug. 27, 1788
English, reported being off the harbor, Apr. 10, 1814
Russian, Mahomed Pascha, in Boston harbor, May 18, 1858
Flour Mills
at East Boston, built, 1849
At Eastern avenue, built, 1846
Flower Show
a tent and fine display on the Common, June 13, 1873
Flyingbber Merchants
are guests at Boston, June 8, 1877
Russian Embassy's
fleet arrive in Boston harbor, May 22, 1864
S.
Sabbath Breakers
fined and imprisoned, 1727
Safe Blowing
by of Rights, Oct. 25, 1780
English Emancipation Anniversary, July 15, 1813
Excitement in Boston harbor (slave-catchers), Aug. 1, 1836
Catchers, Hughes and Knights in limbo, Oct. 16, 1850
Sh
Completed a translation of the Bible in Indian language, 1663
Emancipation
proclaimed by President Lincoln, Jan. 1, 1863
Statue given by Moses Kimball, placed in Park square, Dec. 6, 1879
Emerson, Nath'l
ex-Police Captain, died at Medford, aged 62, Aug. 5, 1879
Envelopes
for letters, came in use, 1840
Express
Harnden's, first ran to New York, 1839
Adams, established in Boston, 1840
Ellsler, Fanny
dancing at Tremont Theatre, July 31, 1838
Everett, Edward
ng raised, Dec., 1866
Upper reservoir, Chestnut Hill, dedicated, Oct. 26, 1868
Lower reservoir, the water let in, Oct. 25, 1870
Great pains taken to suppress waste, Jan., 1871
Pumping machinery and stand-pipe built at Roxbury, 1869
Mystic water introduced at East Boston, Jan. 1, 1870
Reservoir on Parker Hill, built, 1874
Rights to Sudbury River secured, Jan., 1875
Register. J. Avery Richards, appointed, Jan. 4, 1849
William F. Davis, appointed Oct. 13, 1856
Wax Figu
eighty, from forty to one hundred tons each, 1666
Fifteen French vessels arrive in the harbor, June 8, 1711
Fifty building at the wharves, July, 1741
All the British driven from the harbor, June 14, 1776
Fifty-two clear from the Custom-House, July 13, 1844
One hundred and twenty-nine arrived to-day, May 14, 1846
The Franklin wrecked at Wellfleet, Mar. 1, 1849
Steam. The North America arrived from St. Johns, Nov. 21, 1839
Ships
Steam. The Lexington burned on Long Island Sound; 150 lives lost, Jan. 13, 1840
The Unicorn, first of the Cunard line, arrived in Boston, June 4, 1840
Fever, raging with emigrants at Deer Island, June, 1847
Shot
Richard Ames, on the Common, for desertion, Nov. 3, 1768
A boy in Dock square, by a revenue informer, Feb. 11, 1770
Valentine Ducat, on the Common, for desertion, Sep. 1, 1774
William Ferguson, on the Common, for desertion, Dec. 24, 1774
Elijah Woodard, on the Common, for desertion, Oct. 5, 1777
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