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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... town seem to have been of a pacifick disposition ; but mention is made of for- tifications erected in different parts of the town , in 1689 and 1704 , rather , it should seem , to guard against distant tribes , than through fear of the ...
... town seem to have been of a pacifick disposition ; but mention is made of for- tifications erected in different parts of the town , in 1689 and 1704 , rather , it should seem , to guard against distant tribes , than through fear of the ...
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... town , and one at Lewis's bay . There is no account to be found of the first settlement made in this town . Probably there was none made much before its incorporation , which was September 3d , 1639 ; but two persons are named in the ...
... town , and one at Lewis's bay . There is no account to be found of the first settlement made in this town . Probably there was none made much before its incorporation , which was September 3d , 1639 ; but two persons are named in the ...
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... town has suffered greatly by fires at different peri- ods . During the last century , the most remarkable are the following , viz . In 1653 was the first fire in Boston , of which I find any record . Neither the month , nor the part of ...
... town has suffered greatly by fires at different peri- ods . During the last century , the most remarkable are the following , viz . In 1653 was the first fire in Boston , of which I find any record . Neither the month , nor the part of ...
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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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