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

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Funeral

honors in Boston for the death of President Lincoln, June 1, 1865

For the death of Hon. Mr. Peabody, Feb. 8, 1870

For the death of Hon. Anson Burlingame, Apr. 23, 1870

For the death of Admiral Farragut, Aug. 16, 1870

For the death of Hon. Charles Sumner, Mar. 16, 1874

For the death of Hon. Henry Wilson, Nov. 29, 1875

For the death of William Lloyd Garrison, May 28, 1879

Orations have taken the place of Processions, 1880

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Gage, Gen. Thomas

arrived in Boston; Military Rule, Oct. 15, 1768

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Gabriel, Angel

John S. Orr), with his horn, disturbs Boston, April, 1854

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Gallows

erected on Boston Common, Apr. 9, 1644

Ordered removed “to ye next knowle,” Mar. 31, 1656

Built on the Neck by Sheriff Greenleaf, 1769

Criminals sit on, with ropes about their necks, May, 1772

Counterfeiters placed on, with ropes about their necks, Sep. 10, 1780

Four men and five women are placed on, Sep. 16, 1793

Moved to South End (near Garland street), March, 1817

One on South Boston Heights, about the year 1812

In use on the Neck, up to the year Apr. 25, 1822

Erected in the jail-yard, Leverett street, Mar. 3, 1826

Erected within the jail, on Charles street, June 25, 1858

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Garroting

great excitement in and about Boston, Nov., 1865

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Gamblers

driven from the Common by constables, July 4, 1829

Marshall Tukey arrests 49 in Court and Sudbury streets, Mar. 20, 1849

Green lecturing, exposing the tricks of the trade, Feb. 8, 1850

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