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al light in belfry, Apr. 18, 1775
Belfry, Gen. Howe's headquarters, June 17, 1775
Closed, being a Tory Church, 1776
Reopened for services, 1783
Steeple blown down in a storm, Oct. 10, 1804
Scene of a society disturbance, July 20, 1856
Cockerel, Hanover st., new brick house, Middle street, dedicated, May 10, 1721
Brick, rebuilt and dedicated, 1844
Sold to a Methodist Society, Aug. 3, 1849
Rebuilt and remodeled, 1873
Columbus Ave., Dr. Miner's Church dedicated, Dec. 2, 1872
Columbus ave. and Berkeley, Methodist, cornerstone laid, May 28, 1877
Columbus ave. and Newton street, Union, cornerstone laid, 1869
Church street, Methodist, first service, July 4, 1834
Churches
Essex street, Congregational, cornerstone laid, June 26, 1816
Endicott st., Catholic, completed and consecrated, Nov. 6, 1836
A new Church built, 1877
Federal street Society meet in a barn, May, 1729
Barn converted into a Church, Sept., 1729
A new house completed a
P. Bigelow, 5394; for Amory, 1146; Goodrich, 1126, Dec. 9, 1850
For Benj'n Seaver, 3990; for Smith, 2736; Thaxter, 1024, Dec. 14, 1851
Election
City. For Mayor, Benjamin Seaver, 6,018; for Smith, 5,021; for Smith, 899, Dec. 13, 1852
No Mayor chosen in December this year , 1853
For J. V. C. Smith, 6,045; for John A. Wilkins, 3,171, Jan. 9, 1854
For J. V. C. Smith, 6,429; for George B. Upton, 4,405, Dec. 13, 1854
For Alex. H. Rice, 7,404; for Nath. B. Shurtleff, 539, Dec. 10, 1855
For Alex. H. Rice, 8,714; for Jona.
Preston, 2,025, Dec. 8, 1856
For Fred.
W Lincoln, Jr., 8,110; for Charles B. Hall, 4,193, Dec. 14, 1857
For Fred. W. Lincoln, Jr., 6,279; for Moses Kimball, 4,449, Dec. 13, 1858
For Fred. W. Lincoln, Jr., 5,932; for Joseph M. Wightman, 4,208, Dec. 12, 1859
For Joseph M. Wightman, 8,934; for Moses Kimball, 5,074, Dec. 13, 1860
For Joseph M. Wightman, 6,765; for Edward S. Tobey, 5,795, Dec. 9, 1861
For Fred. W. Lincoln, Jr., 5,932;
m A. Green, appointed, Jan., 1873
Fireworks
on Copp's Hill in the evening, July 4, 1800
On the Common, spoiled by the rain, July 4, 1835
In the evening, on east side of Common, last time, July 4, 1844
First time on the Common parade ground, July 4, 1845
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
Flying Machine
on exhibition on the Common, July 4, 1878
Folsom, Abby
and Silas Lamson), make a sensation in Boston, 1841
Died in New Hampshire, aged 75, Aug. 5, 1867
Fort Hill
first called Cornhill, 80 feet high, 1633
Iron fence built around Washington square, 1838
Improvement; digging down commenced, Sep. 4, 186
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New Jerusalem, dedicated, June 11, 1845
Brattle street, built of wood, iron window-frames, 1699
Rebuilt on Brattle street, brick, 1772
Given a bell by John Hancock, Sep. 17, 1774
Struck by a cannon ball from the Americans, March, 1776
Robbed of silver communion service, May 10, 1781
Removed for building stores, 1872
On Commonwealth ave., built of stone, 1871
Broadway, St. Matthew's Episcopal, consecrated June 24, 1818
St. Peter's and St. Paul's dedicated, Nov. 24, 1855
Bromfield square, Methodist, corner-stone laid, Apr. 15, 1806
Bromfield st., a love feast broken up by rowdies, Dec. 31, 1832
Brookline st. and Warren av., corner-stone laid, Feb. 28, 1869
Churches
Bulfinch st., Congregational, cornerstone laid, Oct. 17, 1822
Canton street, W., and Warren ave., completed, Oct. 21, 1866
Little Mabel Young murdered there, May 23, 1875
Castle street and Washington, corner-stone laid, Oct. 7, 1827
Sold to a Catholic Society, Oct.
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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, Aug. 23, 1861
18th.
Went South, through Boston, to the war, Aug. 25, 1862
Arrived at Boston from the war Feb. 27, 1864
19th.
Went South, through Boston, to the war, Aug. 28, 1861
Arrived at Boston from the war, Feb. 8, 1864
20th.
Went South, through Boston, to the war, Sep. 4, 1861
22d.
Went South, through Boston, to the war, Oct. 8, 1861
23d.
Went South, through B
se, Apr. 22, 1856
Registrar, Samuel H. Hewes, chosen, May 1, 1822
Francis L. Lincoln, chosen, May 17, 1845
Artemus Simonds, chosen, Mar. 24, 1851
Nicholas A. Appolonio, chosen, Feb. 13, 1854
Solicitor, Charles P. Curtis, chosen, May 18, 1827
Welch and Curtis, chosen, Feb. 18, 1828
John Pickering, chosen, June 9, 1831
Peleg W. Chandler, chosen May 4, 1846
George S. Hillard, chosen, Dec. 5, 1853
Ambrose A. Ranney, chosen, Aug. 6, 1855
John P. Healey, chosen, June 3Being built on the Mill Pond lands, Aug., 1826
Being built on South Cove lands, May, 1846
Several on Back Bay lands, completed, Nov., 1857
Commissioners, three men appointed, May 1, 1873
Superintendents, Enoch Patterson, appointed, May 18, 1827
Zepheniah Sampson, appointed, May 1, 1832
Thomas Harding, appointed, Feb. 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
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 the Old Elm, June 28, 1837
Removed to the big hill on the Common, Oct., 1848
Removed to the little hill on the Common, Dec. 6, 1866
One raised in Central square, East Boston, Aug. 14, 1851
One raised on Telegraph Hill, South Boston, June 17, 1860
One raised in Chest
on, 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, Aug. 23, 1861
18th.
Went South, through Boston, to the war, Aug. 25, 1862
Arrived at Boston from the war Feb. 27, 1864
19th.
Went South, through Boston, to the war, Aug. 28, 1861
Arrived at Boston from the war, Feb. 8, 1864
20th.
Went South, through Boston, to the war, Sep. 4, 1861
22d.
Went South, through Boston, to the war, Oct. 8, 1861
23d.
Went South, through Boston, to the war, Nov. 11, 1861
Arrived at Boston from the war, Oct. 6, 1864
24th.
Went South, through Boston, to the war, Feb. 26, 1864
25th.
Went South, through Boston, to the war, Jan. 17, 1864
26th.
Went South, through Boston, to the war, Apr. 2, 1864
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