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

Police

Gilbert Nourse, appointed, July 17, 1852

Robert Taylor, appointed, May 8, 1854

Daniel J. Coburn, appointed, Apr. 19, 1856

Josiah L. C. Amee, appointed, Feb. 11, 1861

John Kurtz, appointed, Feb. 17, 1863

Edward H. Savage, appointed, Apr. 4, 1870

Name of the office changed to Superintendent, Oct. 21, 1878

Captains. Station 1. Edw. H. Savage, appoint'd, May 26, 1854

James B. Weeks, appointed, Feb. 11, 1861

Nathaniel G. Davis, appointed, Apr. 6, 1863

Henry J. V. Myers, appointed, Aug. 3, 1864

Nathaniel Emerson, appointed, August, 1868

William A. Ham, appointed, July, 1877

John W. Chase, appointed, Oct. 21, 1878

Station 2. Asa Morrill, appointed, May 26, 1854

William K. Jones, appointed, May, 1856

Oliver Whitcomb, appointed, March, 1861

Paul J. Vinal, appointed, April, 1868

William A. Ham, appointed, Oct. 21, 1878

Station 3. Samuel G. Adams, 1st, appointed, May 26, 1854

Asa Morrill, appointed, Feb., 1860

Thomas P. Pierce, appointed, June, 1870

Horace M. Ford, appointed, May, 1872

Station 4. William D. Eaton, appointed, May 26, 1854

George Churchill, appointed, Feb., 1860

John R. Mullin, appointed, Feb., 1861

George Churchill, again appointed, Jan., 1863

Samuel G. Adams, 2d, appointed, May, 1867

Henry J. V. Myers, appointed, April, 1868