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pronounced by the Rev. Mr. Fay, of Charlestown ; the Dedica- tory Address by Rev. Dr. Codman ; the Dedicatory Prayer, by Rev. Dr. Holmes; the Installation Sermon by Rev. Dr. Wood ; the Installation Prayer by Rev. Mr. Greenough ; the Right Hand of Fellowship, by Rev. Dr. Beecher ; the address to the Church and People by Rev. Mr. Wisner ; and the concluding Prayer by Rev. Mr. Green, of Boston.
§ 24. The dedication of the Unitarian Meeting-house, in Purchase-street, took place on Thursday, August 24th. Rev. E. S. Gannett preached the sermon from Galatians, iv. 18. Rev. Messrs. Pierpont, Greenwood and Barrett, also took part in the exercises of the day. The pulpit was supplied by Rev. George Ripley, who became the pastor of the church, by or- dination, on the 8th of November, 1826. Rev. Mr. Young made the introductory prayer and read portions of Scripture. President Kirkland preached from Ist Thess. ii. 4. The or- daining prayer was made by Rev. Dr. Lowell, charge given by Professor Ware, fellowship by Mr. Gannett, and concluding prayer by Rev. Mr. Ripley, of Waltham. A church had been gathered previously to the ordination.
§ 25. The vacancy in St. Paul's Church is supplied by the institution of Rev. Alonzo Potter, as Rector. This took place, Angust 29, 1826. Bishop Hobart, of New York delivered a discourse on the occasion, which gave great satisfaction by the candor and catholicism, which it is said to have manifested. Bishop Griswold and Dr. Gardiner of Trinity Church also officiated on the occasion.
§ 26. Rev. Mr. Dwight having resigned the pastoral office in Park-street Church during the Spring of 1826, that church called and settled in the office Mr. Edward Beecher, son of the Rev. Dr. Beecher, of Hanover Church. His ordination took place, December 27th. The introductory prayer on the oc- casion was made by the Rev. Brown Emerson ; sermon by Dr. Beecher ; consecrating prayer by Dr. Woods ; charge by Dr. Codman ; fellowship by Mr. Green, of Union Church ; address to church and people by Mr. Fay ; concluding prayer by Mr. Gile.
§ 27. Rev. Mr. Wayland, of the first Baptist Church, re- signed his office on the first of August, and was dismissed from his pastoral charge on the 10th of September, 1826. He had been invited to a professorship in Union College, upon the duties of which he had scarcely entered when he was offered and accepted the Presidency of Brown University. His suc- cessor in the pulpit of the first Baptist Church is the Rev. Cyrus Pitt Grosvenor, who was installed on the 24th of Janu- ary, 1827. The services on this occasion, were an introduc- tory prayer by Rev. Mr. Sharp ; sermon by President Wayland ;
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address by the Rev. Mr. Grafton, of Newton ; fellowship by Rev. Mr. Knowles, of 2nd Baptist Church ; prayer by Rev. Mr. Jacobs, of Cambridge, together with appropriate anthems and hymns.
§ 28. The corner stone of a new Trinitarian Church was laid on the morning of Wednesday, June 20, 1827, The site of the house is on the east side of Washington-street, di- rectly opposite Warren-street. This event took place pre- cisely two years after the corner stone of the Hanover Church was laid. Rev. Dr. Jenks introduced the services by a few remarks, followed by a prayer by Rev. Mr. Wisner ; Dr. Bee- cher made an address on the occasion. The following is a part of the inscription on the plate deposited under the stone : " The corner stone of this building, to be erected for the Wor- ship of Almighty God, was laid with religious ceremonies, the 20th day of June, A. D. 1827, and year of Independence fifty first, Building committee-William Ropes, Charles Tap- pan, Hiram Bosworth, Isaiah Waterman, Hardy Ropes. Isaiah Rogers, Architect." A church was constituted of 45 members to occupy this church, on Saturday, Sept. 1, by an ecclesias- tical council, representing the Trinitarian-congregational Churches in Boston (except South Boston, which was then destitute*) Dr. Holmes', from Cambridge, Dr. Codman's from Dorchester, and Mr. Fay's from Charlestown, and was publicly recognized in Park-street Church, on the sabbath following.
§ 29. On the morning of the fourth of July, at 6 o'clock, the corner stone of the First [second] Presbyterian Church on Cedar and Piedmont-streets, was laid by the Rev. James Sa- bine, pastor of the church. The order was as follows : Mr. S. A. Bumstead read the act of incorporation with a brief minute of the progress of the Society. Rev. Mr. Sharp, pas- tor of the 3d Baptist church, offered prayers, and an address was delivered by Mr. Sabine, upon laying the stone. A silver plate, with inscriptions was deposited, with a copy of the New Testament and some other articles. Mr. Sabine's address
commenced with the following statement of the doctrines in- tended to be promulgated. " This stone is laid at the corner of this rising building, in the name of God Almighty the Fa- ther, the Son and the Holy Ghost : that name in which as christians we have been baptized ; the Temple to be erected on this foundation is sacred to the worship of JEHOVAH." He then mentioned, in passing, the troubles of the church, without entering into detail, and made a happy allusion to the vale of Piedmont, so celebrated in church history, and with which it
* Rev. Mr. Hawes having relinquished bis office in the Congregational Church at South Boston, the Rev. Joy H. Fairchild, was installed there, on Thursday, Nov. 22. 1827.
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needed no great effort of the imagination to associate the band now collected on a spot that bears the same name.
§ 30. ON Tuesday, July 17th, the ceremony of laying the corner stone of the Trinitarian church, at the corner of Salem and North Bennet-streets, took place. Rev. Mr. Wisner prayed on the occasion. Col. Joseph Jenkins laid the corner
stone, and made the usual deposits under it. Rev. Mr. Green prayed, and Rev. Edward Beecher addressed the assembly. The following is the inscription on the plate. "The corner stone of this edifice was laid, with religious ceremonies, July 17th, in the year of our Lord 1827, on which is erecting a Temple for the worship of Jehovah, Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Building Committee, John C. Proctor, Joseph Jenk- ins, Alfred Richardson, Daniel Safford, and L. P. Grosvenor ; George E. Head, Secretary, Joseph Jenkins, Architect." Ninety-seven persons were formed into a church for this house, at the same time with the South Trinitarian Church.
§ 31. ON the following day, July 18, the Federal-street Baptist Meeting-house, was opened for religious worship. It is a neat and spacious edifice, built of brick, 74 feet wide and 86 feet long, including the porch. It has a basement story, containing a large and convenient vestry, two rooms for candi- dates to prepare for baptism, and three other large rooms. In front of the pulpit is a font or baptistery for the immersion of persons becoming members of the church. There are 117 pews on the lower floor and 34 in the gallery. The house has a cupola, and a bell weighing 1635 pounds. The corner stone was laid Sept. 25, 1826. The land, on which the building stands, formed part of the estate of the late Hon. R. T. Paine. March 22, 1827, steps were taken preparatory to the formation of a church, and 65 persons, the principal part being members of the Baptist churches in the city, were organized and publicly recognized, on the day of the dedication. On that occasion the introductory prayer was made by the Rev. Joseph Grafton, dedicatory prayer by Rev. Mr. Grosvenor, sermon by Rev. Mr. Sharp, from Eccl. v. 1. Rev. Dr. Bolles prayed, Rev. Mr. Jacobs read portions of scripture, and Mr. Knowles addressed the church.
§ 32. ON Tuesday, August 7th, the corner stone of a new Unitarian church, on the east side of Washington, near Castle- street, was laid with the usual religious services. The pur- pose for which the proprietors had associated was first briefly stated by Mr. Charles Sprague, who then read the inscriptions on the plate, which, with various publications of the day was placed in a leaden box, to be deposited under the corner stone. Rev. Mr. Barrett offered prayers, and Rev. Mr. Pierpont made an address. The inscription was as follows. "The
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Lord our God is one Lord. South Congregational Society. This stone laid on the 7th day of August, A. D. 1827. Build- ing Committee, Ephraim Marsh, Thomas Brewer, Walton Cornell, Joseph D. Emery, Josiah F. Flagg, Henry H. Fuller, Henry Hatch, Thomas Hunting, Benjamin Stevens. Treasu- rer, Elisha Copeland, Jr. Secretary, Robert T. Paine. Ar- chitect, Thomas W. Sumner. John Quincy Adams, Presi- dent of the United States. Levi Lincoln, Governor of Mas- sachusetts. Josiah Quincy, Mayor of Boston."
§ 33. WE cannot dismiss the subject of ecclesiastical af- fairs, after having detailed the proceedings of so many various sects, without noticing a meeting held in Concert-Hall, Sept. 12, in which they all were invited to unite, for the purpose of aiding the French Protestants, in New Orleans, in the erection of a house of Worship. The meeting was addressed by Rev Mr. De Fernex, a self-devoted missionary from Geneva, who had spent some time in that city and gathered a small church, in whose behalf he very eloquently called on all protestant chris- tians to contribute. The meeting unanimously responded to his wishes, not with the harmony of horrid silence, but with the full out-pourings of sympathy ; in the language of the heart, gentlemen, whose opinions on controverted points are diametri- cally opposed, came forward and advocated the cause. The result was a subscription, which it is hoped will forward the undertaking.
§ 34. IN addition to the Schools in operation, as stated in chapter 59, the plan of establishing a High School for Girls, was matured in the year 1825, having been first introduced in committee, May 10th, considered and approved by the city council, Aug. 22, and finally adopted by the School Commit- tee, Oct. 26. Mr. Ebenezer Bailey, was elected Master.
The establishment of this School was considered an exper- iment. It proved so successful and so popular, that at the close of the first year the committee found themselves compelled to adopt one of three alternatives, either Ist. To recommend the discontinuance of the School ; or, 2d, To recommend the es- tablishment of another similar one ; or, 3d, To increase the qualifications necessary for admission and lessen the term of time for each scholar to remain. They adopted the last of the alternatives, and resolved (Nov. 17, 1826,) that candidates in future must be at least 14 years of age, and not over 16, and bear a satisfactory examination in reading, writing, all modern geography, Colburn's first lessons in Arithmetic, and parse English prose and verse fluently and correctly. This school is conducted on the general plan of monitorial or mutual in- struction, but no prescribed system has been followed. A cir- cumstantial account of the institution has been published by the master, to which we refer for more complete information:
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§ 85. DURING the summer and autumn which have just closed, the aggregate amount of business transacted in Boston is stated on good authority to have been greater than that of any preceding year. The coasting trade is calculated to have nearly doubled within a few years, and the opinion that our for- eign commerce has comparatively declined, is thought to rest on very uncertain information. A line of packets has recently been established to run at regular periods, between this port and Liverpool, of which the first sailed from Boston on the first of Nov. 1827. The want of such a line has been considered a great disadvantage, notwithstanding the fact that extensive intercourse has been kept up between that great Anglo-Ameri- can depot and this city, by constant traders, not confined to any stated periods of sailing. Fifteen such arrived here in the last half of the month of July. The Marine Railway, (which has been in successful operation since November 22, 1826,) affords facilities for the repair of large vessels, from which those interested in navigation will experience considerable saving and accommodation.
The increased attention to the business of manufactures has been evident, and the alacrity with which capitalists are em- barked in these concerns, manifests the probability there is, that they will prove ultimately profitable. The New England Society, for the promotion of manufactures and the mechanic arts, has obtained an act of incorporation, in which it is au- thorized to hold public exhibitions and sales at auction, of all articles of the growth or manufacture of the United States, twice in a year, free from the auction tax, and the city govern- ment has granted the use of the Hall over the New Market for these purposes. Three such exhibitions have been held, and have attracted the attention of numerous purchasers, from all parts of the country.
To conclude, by appropriating the ideas of another, there is no doubt that as much trade and commerce has been carried on by our citizens as is safe and consistent with a steady and sure progress to prosperity. After all the croakings of the discontented, and the frightful prognostications of the unfortu- nate, we believe it is susceptible of proof, that as much busi- ness is done in Boston, in proportion to its number of inhabit- ants, as in any other of our cities. But, in the present condi- tion of the European world, it is on the gradual progress, and ultimate permanent establishment of the New-England Manu- factures, that we must rely for a continuance of these encour- aging prospects, and for confirmed commercial prosperity wealth and power.
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Academy, american, 355 Accounts, anditor of, 398 Adams, saml. 254. 282, 323, 404
-, john, 250, 266, 284, 297, 337, death, 402 , J. Q. 337, 378, 403 Agamenticus, named B. 15 African chhs. 342, 417
Albany settled, 14
Adermen chosen, 369, 371, 374, 398, 407
Alligator show, 89
Almis house, 136, 324
Amusements introduced, 333, suspended, 275 Ammunition smuggled, 299
Andros, gov. 184, prisoner, 189, order respecting north school, 349
* Annan, david (robert) 221 Appeal to arms, 266, 272
Apprentices' library, 359
Aqueduct, 386, new proposed, 400
Arbella johnson, lady, 26. dies, 36
Arsenal, u. s. at watertown, 387
Artillery, ancient and hon. 84, 105
Assistance, writs of, 244, 258
Association of mechanics, S01. Mass. ch. 359 Asylumns, 360
Atheneum, 357
Banks, 375. U. S. ib, stock, ib.
Battery, north, 126. south, 155
Beacon hill, 65, 111, 314
Bell, nine o'clock, 91. eleven, 155
Bernard, gov. 245, 268
i Blackstone win. 31, 50 Boston ( E.) 13, 34
B. harbour explored, 18, named, 32 Botolph, saint, 34
Bowdoin, family, 200. jas. 283, 313, 315
Boylston hall, 332. school, 35S
Bradstreet, simon, 22. 145, 189
Į Braintree, 20, 93, 393
Bridewell, 324 Bridges, 316, 320, free s. b. 408 Brigliton, 387
Broad street, 327
Brookline, 46, 205, 386
§ Brown [elisha] john 285
Bunker hill, 305, battle, 307, mon. 381, bank, 388 Burial ground, first, 57, common, 61
Burial, episcopal, 191
Bye-laws first printed, 204
Cambridge, 46, 81, 387
Canal, roxbury, 319
Castle, 128 Censuş, 378, 398 Central whf. 327
Charter, city, 3€6, amendments, 373, 395, 397
Charter, colony granted, 22. vacated, 172. new, 197. subverted, 296
Charlestown settled, 23. burnt 308, described, 388. chh. formed, 42 Charles river, 113
Chelsea set off, 228. tax, 365, 388
Chicatabut, 35, 63, 389
Children baptised, 63
Chronological items, 39, 62
Church, dr. benja. 236, 298
Church, first, 30, 91, 211-old north 129, 131,510, 338-1 baptist, 149, 310, 420,-old south, 152, 337-chapel, 190, 538-quaker, 197, 245, 385- french, 200-brattle st. 202,310-new north,211, 393 -- new south, 213-new brick, 214-christ ( hh. 219-moorhead's, 221, 339-hollis st. 223, 310-trinity, 224-lynde st.jf 226. 310-sam'l. inather's, 229, 339-2 baptist, 250, 418-cros- well's, 231-sandeman, 256-1 universalist, 338 federal st. 339-1 roman, 310, 418-1 metlio-
dist, 340-christian, 341, 418 -- african-baptist, 342-2 methodi-t, 342-3 baptist, 343-park :t. 343, 420-2 universalist,344-st. matthew's, 3 15 ## new jerusa.em, 345-presbyterian, mr. sa- bine's, 346, 421-2 roman, 340-st. paul's, 316, 420-mission house, 347-3 universal, 382- -- union, 382-3. bo-ton evangelical, 383, 421 -- chambers st. 383->. boston methodist, 384 hanover, 384, 419-purchase t. 384, 420-1 af- rican methodist, 417 -2 af. ind. meth. ib. notc .-- green st. 419-south trinitarian, 421 -- salem, 422 4 baptist, 422 -- south unitarian, 422
Circular line, 160
City, project for (1651) 137, (1708); 207: (1762) 252 (1781) 363. (1792, 1804, 1815) 364. (1822) 363
Clap, roger, 25, 38, 188 Clerk, city, 370
- of writs, 168
Cobler, simple, 141, 337
Coffin, sir 1. 403
Collector of customs, 169
College, 81, 275, 387
Colommade row, 329
Columbus discovers A. 14
Commencement , first at college, 387, city, 354 Commissioners of B. 138, king's, 146
Committee of convention, 273, inspection, 278, correspondence, 268, safety, 299, school, 351
Common, 61, 37S
Concord light, 303
Congress, stamp act, 258, continental, 297, pro- vincial, 298
Constitution, plymouth, 16, massa. 312, U. S. A. 313
Cooke, eli-ha, 196
Copp's hill, 18, 105
Correction, house of, 376
Cotton, john, rev. 33, 53, 136 -role-on-god, 157, mary, 256
Counties formed, 98
Court of high commission, 12; of assistants, 32; first general, 34; police, 370
Court house, old, 376, new, 331
Coves, 110
Crantes, 124
Cradle of liberty, 235, 380
Creeks, 107, 108, 109, 111, 121, 123, 124 Cromwell, oliver, 144
Customs, board of, 269
Custom house, 329 Davenport, john, rev. 77, 152, 158
De berdt, demmys, 274
Dedications, date of, 385
Dispensary, medical. 360
Donation, franklin',, 351, 359
Dorchester, settled, 25, heights, 311, town, 386 Dudley, thos. dep. gov. 24 - jos. col. president, 172, in prison, 189
Dunton's account of B. 174
Elections comtested, 401, 410
Elizabeth Q. 11, death, 19
I. hu tice, neighbour hood, 258, on comnon, 324
Endicott, at salem, 23, at B. 148
Engine, fire, first, and company, 165
Environs, 44, 386
Estates made fees simple, 59
Enlogy ou faneuil, 235
Evacuation of B. 311 Exchange coffee house, 329
Fanenil, peter, build, hall, 233, his picture, 231, die., 255, his arms, ih.
Faneuil hall, size of, 284, burnt, enlarged, 216 Fanenil hall market, 877
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Faneuil, andrew, 209, 235 Fencing school, 178 Ferry established, 40
Fives, 39, 40, 81, 139, 164, 165, 194, 204, 210, 241, 212, 243, 257, 276, 297, 305. 321, 322, 325, 326, 329, 374, 376, 395, 400
Fire department, 140, 165, 396. firewards, 211 Fire soc. mass. charitable, 358 Fort, indian, 19, on fort hill, 45, 63, 110, 187 Fort hill, 110, 328
Fortification gates, 210
Fox hill, 88, 113
Franklin, benja. 206, 219, 253, 322, 359
Freuch protestants, 200, 235, at n. orleans, 423 French visit B. before english, 15
Funerali, 170, 192, 279, 282
Gage, gen. 273, 296
Gager, dr. 38
George II. and III. 246 Gibb's house, 158, 184 T Godfrey, mr. 63, see Vesy Giorham, benja. 411
Granary, 136, 324 Graves, thos. at charlestown, 23
Gridley, jer. 250
Hancock, john, 266, 270, gov, $13
** Hanover st. laid out 120
Harvard college, 81, 387
Hayward, John, 168, postmaster, 210
Health departineut, 573, 406
Height of Copp's hill, 105, fort, 110, beacon, 112, hunker and breed's, 388, powder horn, 388
Ilen y, patrick, 258 Ileushaw, david, 411 Hibbins mrs. executed, 140
Ilistorical society, 355 Ilo .vard benevolent, 360
Hospital, marine, 388, gen. 361 Humane soc. 358
Humphrey, jolin, d. gov. 22, 24, dan'l. 257
Hunt, capt. kidnap; indians, 15
Hutchinson, ann, 69 --- thos. It. gov. 251, gov. 286, letters
289
Importers; 278, 284 Impressinent, 238, 271 Inauguration of mayor, 369, 399
Independence, 250, 270, 289, 312, (1826) 401
Indian king's wigwam, 19, customs, 181
Industry, house of, 376 Installations, date of 385
Inventories of ancient estates, 143
J .lands granted to B. 48, in B. harbour, 114 Jackson, andrew, 411
Jail, leverett st. 376, old, burnt, 275
Jamestown settled, 14 James k. dies, 21, II. 172 Jefferson thos. 402 Jolinson, isaac, 22, dies 36, 192 - hall, 37, 331 Jones, mrs. wich, 141 Josselyn's visits, 82, 158 Judges dress, 250 Julien's john b. restorator, 244
Juvenile offenders, 408
Jynks, Jos. 140 Keau, edmund, 412 Keayue, capt. robert, 85, 95, 136 Kennebeck settled, 14 Knowles' mob, 238 lafayette, gen. 379 Lands allotted, 56, 58 League and cov. solemi, 296 Lectures, thursday, 54, 312, unitarian, sabbath, 417 Lemercier, andrew, 202 Love, susanna, 350 Leverett, gov. funeral, 170 Lexington battle, 303 Library, boston, 356, columbian, ib.
" ==- apprentices' 359, town, 136 Liberty asserted, 73. 100, 168, 171 --- trec, 258, 266, in england, 259 bons DI, 264 sloop seized, 270
Light house, 212 Lillie, importer, 278 Long wharf, 208 Lost town, B. so called, 82 Lovell, master, eulogy, 235 --- mr. james, oration, 286
ff Lynde street church, 226 It Makepeace family, 119 . Malls, 159. 323, 328 372 Manufactory hall, 285 Market, first, 54, 117. 225 - boylston, parkman, and city, S32 new faneuil hall, 378, open, 404, report, 405, street, 327
Marriages, 192 Massachusetts bay, smith discovers, 15
name, 18, colony, 29
Massacre, 5th Ma. cli, 279
Mather, increase, 175, 195 ---- , cotton, 175
Mayor chosen, 368, 371, 374, 397, 408
Medals, f school, 354
Memorial against paxton, 248
Military inuster, 88
[1] Miller's, di. death, 253
Millpond, 111, 125, 325
Mill dama, bo-ton and roxbury, 320
Ministers in boston, 885
Monroe, president's visit, 379
Mortality, hills of, 406
Morton of meny mt. 21
Maddy river, 48
Hud-wall houses, 83, 121
Museums, 355
Mutiny act, 258
Nahanı, 47 Nantasket settled, 20
§§ New brick, seventh chh. 214, 217
Newfoundland settled, 14 ; fire at, 346
Newspapers, 204, 218, 219, 220
Noah mordecai manuel, 412
Non-consumption agreement, 270
Non-importation, 272, 296 North end settled, 129
Northwest passage, 88
Norton, rev. john, 101, 145
Officers, town, (1651) 137, (1821) 365
Oliver, stamp officer, 258, 265
----- 's dock, 108 Orations, 5th march, 286
Otis, james, 249, vindication, 253, rights, 256, as- saulted, 277, deatlı, 287
Ox roasted, 264
Packets, liverpool llue, 424
Party, anti-charter, 197, 247
Paskalos, essays of, 268
Patent, mass, and patentees, 22
Paxton, chias. 249
Peace, (1783) S1S
Pequod war, 84
Peter, hugh, 67, 71, 97
Philip, king, war, 162
Phillips, john, first mayor, 369, 371
Phips, sir w. 197
Pig, capt. keayne's, 95
Plymouth, landing at, 16 Polls, rateable, (1827) 411 Ponds 111, 113, 323, 387
Pope day, 263
Population, 218, 254, 378, 398
Port bill, 295, relief, 297. squadron routed, 311 Post office, 204, 210
Powder blown up, 81, seized by gage, 297, by americans at portsin. 299
Preston, capt. account of massacre, 280, trial, 284 Prison, state, 388
Province house, 245 IIII Purion; widow, 81. note
Quarantine, 406 Quarters refused to troops, 275
Quitclaim, indian, 49, 380, blackstone's, 50 ,Quincy family, 94, josiah, jr. 294, josiah, mayer, 371 Railway, marine, 424
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Randolph, edward, 168, 349 Rebellion declared, 301 Records, town oldest, 55 Refuge, peniten: females, 361 Representatives, first chosen, 42, instructed, 148, 254, 289, number of, (1827) 411
Residents in B. 1645, 116
Revolt in B. [1689] 186
Revolution commencing, 247
Richardson, eben. informer, 278, 282 Ropewalks, 322, 372 Rough cast buildings, 167 Rows, west, north, sou li, &c .. 325, 375
Roxbury, 45, 350
Salem settled, 23, resistance to col. leslie, 300 Savings bank, 360
Savin hill, 386
Schools, 174, 348, latin, 349, free writing, ih. che- nev's, inspectors, 350, committee, expenses, 351, 354, primary, 352, eng. high, mutual instruction, new houses, 353, examinations, number of chol- ars, 354, carter's, 328, [1826] 403, girls' high school, 423
Sea, border, 106, wall, 159
Selectmen, first, 56, instructed, 138
Senate, origin of, 96
Ship, first built, 40
Shop, fust, 51, 117
Sickness, first severe, 36
Senators suffolk [1827] 411
Weymonth, 44
Whaley and Goffe, 158
Wharves, 124, out, 159, long, 208, india and cem tral, 327
Wheelwright, john, rev. 69
Whitfield's visit, 228
William k. proclaimed, 185
Tt Wilson, Win. 119
Will, of Keayne and others, 136
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Squantum, 17, 886
Stagg, captain, 99
Wola-ton, capt. at mt. 20
Stamp act, 255, 267 State house, old, 241, 250, new, 523
Streets, original course, 119
Suffolk resolves, 298, senators, 411
Synod, 76, [of 1648]' 100 Tar and fe ducis, 284, 501
Tax, colony, 34, county,365, town, 351, school,354
Tea proscribed, 225, 283, destroyed, 290
Tnacher, oxenbridge, jr. 249, 254, 258
Thanksgiving feast, 41
Theatres, 333, 412, tremont, 416
Tide great, 220 Tomine, 321 Town Dock, 106
Town house erected, 143, 159, burnt 211
Trade [1650] 121, 157, 424
Trea.on ! treason ! 146, 253
T iangular warehouse, 107
Trimountain, 33, 46, 112
Tuckc. man, jos. 417
Underhill, capt. 56, 79
Undertakers mass, company, 24
Vane, sir henry, 66,-75
Veils condemned, 55
1 Very m. 63
Virginia colony, 14, resolves, 258, 289
Waid, rev. nad'l. simple, cobler, 150
Waren, jos. dr. 275, gen. 308
* Warren, james, 313.
Washington, 310, 379
Watertown, 32, 387
Webster, danl orator, 381, 403
Weston's plantation, 20
Signatures, winthrop and dudley, 44, cotton, 136, wilson, 156, randolpli, 173
Sloop, mass. case of, 252, liberty seized, 271
Small pox, 218, 254, 310 Smith, capt. john, visits B. 15
Snider, boy, killed, 278, inscriptions on his coffin, Societies, literary and charitable, 355-362
[5] Soldier,, british, removed to castle, 232 Spy, newspaper, 287
Wilson, rev. john, 30, 156
[] Winthrop, john, gov. 24, his birth 102, death, 104
Wood's n. e. prospect, 44 T| Worcester, sam'l: 345 Workhouse, 324
NOTES TO THE INDEX.
* Fleet's Register, for 1783, gives the name of Robert Annan, as pastor of the Berry st. Presbyterian Church. Later authors have always given the name of David ; this last was a brother to Robert, and we no where find any authentic proof that he ever held the pastoral office in Boston.
Mr. Blackstone's heach is incidentally mentioned in a later part of the ancient records of the town, than that referred to, p. 51. His marriage also to Widow Sarah Stevenson, July 4, 1659, is recorded in its proper place. Gov. Endicott officiated on the occasion.
# For more precise information relative to the part of Braintree, or Quincy, which Weston's party occupied, the reader is referred to the History of Quincy, recently published. The consent of Boston to the separation, was given January 27th, (not 17th) 1640.
§ We found the name of John Brown in the accounts of the day, from which we took the story in the note, p. 285. A more authentic memorial, his tomb-stone, in the Granary burial-ground, rectifies the mistake, and gives us the proper name, Elisha : Detur digniori.
** We have not discovered any thing to corroborate the conjecture, on p. 120, respecting the lay- ing-out of Ilanover street.
ft Lvude st. Church was formed January 3, 1736-7.
# We have said, like every body before us, that this colony consisted of 1500 persons. Mr. Sav- age, by a very accurate computation, reduces the number to ahout 840.
[1] Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Miller died Feb. 11, 1763, aged 62.
§§ The New Brick was the seventh congregational church, it having been united with the second in- to one, misled us in our enumeration. .
[] The birth of Gov. W. has been dated as we give it, ever since the days of the Magnalia. Mr. Savage, in his edition of the Governor's Journal, has corrected it to Jan. 12, 1587-8
Il !! Widow Elizabeth Purton held a lot on the south side of Summer, corner of Washington street.
[S] The proposition of col. Dalrymple was, to remove the 29th, but to retain the 14th regiment of the troops stationed in Boston at the time of the massacre.
TI The name of Vesy, was copied from the old edition of Gov. W's Journal; in the new it stands corrected, Mr. Godfrey.
TI* We have conjectured that Jaines Warren, Esq. resided at Milton.
Ti How the name of Makepeace got into our list of original families, on Court st. we do not remem- ber. A reference to our minutes, from the book of possessions, gives us in that place the name of Wil- liam Wilson.
Tif Mr. S. Worcester was not considered as the settled minister of the New Jerusalem Society. Mr. Thomas Worcester, at present, officiates with them. The original number of associates was twelve ; seven brethren and fire sisters.
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