CollectionsMassachusetts Historical Society., 1810 - Massachusetts For the statement above quoted, also for full bibliographical information regarding this publication, and for the contents of the volumes [1st ser.] v. 1- 7th series, v. 5, cf. Griffin, Bibl. of Amer. hist. society. 2d edition, 1907, p. 346-360. |
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Page 244
... erected on it till the American war . It was on this hill , the inhabitants in 1765 , first demonstrated their resentment against oppressive acts of Parliament , by consuming in a bonfire on it the effigies , & c . of the promoters of ...
... erected on it till the American war . It was on this hill , the inhabitants in 1765 , first demonstrated their resentment against oppressive acts of Parliament , by consuming in a bonfire on it the effigies , & c . of the promoters of ...
Page 298
... erected small huts in , and near Boston harbour , for the relief of shipwrecked seamen , viz . 1 Two on Lovell's Island ; one of them on the N. E. side , on a rising ground , about sixty rods from the shore ; the other on the S. E. ...
... erected small huts in , and near Boston harbour , for the relief of shipwrecked seamen , viz . 1 Two on Lovell's Island ; one of them on the N. E. side , on a rising ground , about sixty rods from the shore ; the other on the S. E. ...
Page 299
... erected on it for the reception of convicts , whose crimes deserve the gallows , but by the lenity of the government have their punishment changed into hard labour , and a temporary con- finement for a longer or shorter time , according ...
... erected on it for the reception of convicts , whose crimes deserve the gallows , but by the lenity of the government have their punishment changed into hard labour , and a temporary con- finement for a longer or shorter time , according ...
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SITUATION of Boston latitude and longitude | 2 |
Extent of the town | 14 |
Column on Beacon Hill | 22 |
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