Volume of records relating to the early history of Boston : containing minutes of the Selectmen's meetings, from September 1, 1818, to April 24, 1822, Part 25

Author: Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: Boston : City of Boston Printing Dept.
Number of Pages: 312


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of Sessions, eitation from, 18.


of Sessions, committee from, petition of, to confer relative to purchase of site of Old Court House, 205.


of Sessions, communication from justices of, relative to new street from Merri- mack to Leverett, 149.


of Sessions, communication to, relative to auctioneers' licenses in Merchants row, 98.


of Sessions, petition to, for auctioneers' lieense, 96, 107.


of Sessions, petition to, for auctioneers' lieense, copy of vote of Board relative to, sent to court, 107.


of Sessions, return to, against persons not renewing licenses, 227.


of Sessions, seleetmen to confer with justices of, relative to erection of new prison, 70, 71.


of Sessions, special jury ealled by, to settle land claims in Blossom street, 171.


Supreme, at Dedham, suit against town nonsuited in, 49, 50. Supreme Judicial, 22.


Supreme Judicial, commissioners ap- pointed by, to select site for burial ground in South Boston, 37.


Supreme Judicial, communication to, relative to site for burial ground in South Boston, 36, 37.


Supreme Judicial, communication to, relative to site for burial ground in South Boston, reply to, 37, 38.


Supreme Judicial, jurors drawn for, 17, 39, 44, 112, 118, 128, 176, 186, 220, 226, 231, 235, 239.


United States Cireuit, jurors drawn for, 7. 64, 105, 190, 252.


United States Distriet, jurors drawn for, 18 50, 70, 98, 115, 128, 169, 178, 227. Coverly, Mr., 216.


Cowley, Caleb C., 168.


Crane, Abijah, 162, 163. Larra, 74.


Crehore, Thomas, 223.


Crier, appointment of, 156. Crocker, Samuel S., 190.


Cross street, encroachment at bottom of, 175.


street, petition to pave, 195.


street, repairs to, 215.


street, to remove obstructions in, 202. 203. Cunningham, Joseph L., 85. Robert, 86.


Curtis, Neddy, 181, 209. Samuel, 163. Cushing, Henry, 183. John, 137, 140, 149, 152. Levi L, 190. -, Mr., 197. -


Custom House street, 2. House street, stand for trucks in, 77. Cutler, Pliny, 248.


266


CITY DOCUMENT NO. 61.


D.


Daily Mercantile Advertiser, advertise- ment in, 138.


Dall, William, 63, 249.


Dam, lower part of Beacon street, com- mittee to consider filling up of, 69. west side of Neck, 77.


Darling, Benjamin, Capt., 251. Leonard, 190.


Darrow, Aaron A., 167. Aaron L., 228.


David, John, 140, 153.


Davis, Aaron, Capt., 222 Adison, 190. Amasa, 63.


Charles, 213, 230.


Henry, 86, 100.


Isaac V., 48.


James, 249. John, 15. Joseph, 167.


Joshua, 108.


J. P., 9, 14, 15, 32. -, Gen., 173. -, Judge, 16, 17. -, Mr., 110, 218.


Dawes. Thomas, 183, 200, 205, 209, 213. T., 15


Deaf and dumb persons, certificate for education of, 76, 83, 87, 90, 92, 93, 108. and dumb persons, certificate for educa- tion of, petition for, 83.


and dumb persons, certificate for educa- tion of, petition for, refused, 91.


Dean, Thomas, 72. , Rev., 137, 144, 150.


Dearborn, Edward, 161. Henry A. S., 161. John M., 66, 87.


Deblois, Mrs., 106.


Declaration of American Independence, celebration of, choice of orator for, 75. of American Independence, celebration of, printing of oration, 73.


of American Independence, celebration of, music for, 72.


of Independence, painting of, request to exhibit in Faneuil Hall, granted, 15, 16, 17.


Deeds for upper story of South School- house sent to Register of Deeds, 89. of land for Elm street, 156.


of land for market place at South Boston, 89.


Register of, plan of burial ground in South Boston, recorded at, 38.


Deer Island, building on, money advanced for, 18.


Island, building on, money advanced for repair of, 8, 9, 11.


Island, house on, to shingle kitchen of, 174.


Island, persons removing ballast from, to be prosecuted, 55, 56.


Island, repairs to barn on, 159.


Island, selectmen to visit, 6, 157, 206. Island, to build sea wall on, 8, 9.


Dehon, William, 85.


Dehor, William, 170.


Delanoe, Mr., 80.


Delger, Hannah, 90. Henry Augustus, 90.


Denton, James, 190.


Derne street, lamps in, 229.


street, land in petition for indemnity for, 218. street to be paved, 209.


Devonshire street, committee to view, rela- tive to widening, 18.


street, committee to view, relative to widening, report of, 18. street, lamps in, 229.


Dexter, Charles, 39, 85.


Dexter, Franklin, 63, 64, 75, 78, 79, 80, 88, 102, 103. Samuel, 80.


Dickson, James A., 105, 115, 174, 217. & Powell, 4.


Dinner for governor and lieutenant-gover- nor, 57. of selectmen, 144,150.


Dinsmore, William, 86, 162, 209.


Dirt on Common, carting of, forbidden, 75, 76. purchase of, 196.


Distillhouse square, lamps in, 229.


square, petition to repair streets in, 214. Doane street, 100.


street, new pump in, 207.


Dock, Rainsford's lane, proposal to fill, 173. Rainsford's lane, request for removal of, 171. square, 129.


square, auctioneers not allowed in, 84.


square, committee on market, to act, relative to pump and sidewalk in, 214. square, lamps in, 229.


square, petition for removal of scales from, 128.


square, police office to order removal of bench from, 63.


square, prosecution of person hiring stand in, not sustained, 87.


square, standing of carts in, 109.


square estate, remonstrance to Legisla- ture against incorporation of, 122.


town, from Lynn street to water, to be public highway, 53, 54.


town, lamps in, 229.


town, legal advice relative to, 244.


town, petition for fish boxes on, 175.


town, suit relative to, 101.


town, to ascertain town's right in, 3.


Dodd, T., 204.


Doe, Theophilus, 168.


Doggett, John, 244.


Donations, Mrs. Joanna Brooker, 194. Mrs. Joanna Brooker, interest on, 34, 119, 120.


Mrs. Brooker, etc., investment of, 235, 236, 237.


Franklin Fund, examination of accounts of, 47, 50, 110, 111, 216, 218.


Franklin Fund, loan from, 187.


Franklin Fund, loan from, petition for, 112. Franklin Fund, money of, deposited in Manufacturers and Mechanics Bank, 52.


Franklin Fund, prosecution of delin- quents of, suspended, 116.


Franklin Fund, treasurer to collect de- linquent bonds of, 220.


Abiel Smith, money from, to be invested in notes of Suffolk Bank, 50.


. Abiel Smith, money from, to be invested in United States stocks, 49.


Abiel Smith, money from, to be invested in United States stocks, purchase of, 50.


Abiel Smith, shares in Springfield Bridge Corporation left by, sold at auction, 48.


to Wm. W. Bass, 177.


to family of Samuel Champney, 148, 177.


to Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, 239, 240.


to Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, acknowledged, 240. Donnison. William, 102, 118, 120. -, Judge, 121.


Dorchester, act to set off part of, for burial ground, 36, 37.


bounds of, 223. perambulation of lines of, 219. street, 38.


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INDEX TO PLACES AND SUBJECTS.


Dorchester street, committee to consider extension of, 162.


street laid out, 224.


street to be completed as far as expedient, 67, 68.


street to be completed as far as ex- pedient, not expedient, 163.


street, owners of land on, refuse to give up title to, 69.


street, wall on, Eber. Clap ordered to remove, 65, 68, 69.


Dorr, Jonathan, 213, 230.


Samuel, 36, 37.


, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18, 22, 35, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 49,


52, 53, 57, 59, 62, 64, 65, 73, 74, 76, 78, 83, 89, 93, 95, 98, 99, 100, 103, 104, 105, 106, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 126, 127, 128, 129, 218.


Downing, Oliver, 86. -, 105. & Barton, 106. Dowran, Edward, education of, 87. Lawrence, 87.


Drains. (See sewers.)


from Gooch to Merrimac street, laying of, 157.


in Gooch street, petition to complete, 136.


in Gooch street, petition to complete, report on, 140.


new, in Belknap, Walnut and Beacon streets to Frog Pond, 104.


new, in Belknap, Walnut and Beacon streets to Frog Pond, expense of, 104. Draper, Abijah, 223. Jeremiah, 85, 88. & Hudson, 169, 170.


Drayton, John, 86.


Drew, Job, 86, 162, 209.


Dupee, James, 206.


Dutton, Warren, 249.


Dyer, John D., 247.


E.


Eaton, Asa, Rev., 248. David M., 14. Ebenezer, 167. & Adams, 135.


Eckley, - , Mr., 226, 232.


, Mr., communication from, 231, 232. Education of Edward Dowran, 87.


of daughter of John Proctor, certificate for, refused, 91. Edwards, Richard, 85, 120.


Eliot (Elliot), Ephraim, 246. Samuel, 140, 152.


William Havard, agreement with, for widening of Union street, 221, 222.


, Mr., 226.


Mr., communication from, 231, 232. street, lamps in, 228.


Ellis, Jabez, 189, 250.


Luther, 89, 90, 91, 93, 134, 139, 146, 151, 152, 159, 171. Elm street, 129.


street, lamps in, 229. street, land for, 131.


street, land for, compensation for, 93, 95, 101, 104, 105, 114, 115.


street, land for, deed of, 156.


street, land for, demand for payment of, 87, 89, 91. street, land for, offer of, 143.


street, land for, proposal for, rejected, 146. street, land for, protest relative to, 72.


street, land for, referees to settle claims for, 106, 107, 108.


street, land for, refcrees to settle claims for, report of, 111.


street, land for, report on claims for pay- ment of, 70, 71.


Elm street, land for, terms of settlement offered for, 101, 114.


street, land for, terms of settlement offered for, refused, 104, 105.


street, land for, terms of settlement offered for, accepted, 115.


street, land for town to take possession of, 139, 140.


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street, town land in survey of, 152, 153. street, widening of, not expedient, 133. Emery, John, 56.


-, 64. Emmes, Nathl., 86.


Nathaniel, Jr., settlement of account of, for cleaning arms, 163.


Emmons, Nathl., 177.


Saml., & Son, 48.


Encroachments, Brighton street, by build- ing in, 73.


Brighton strect, by building in, removed, 74.


Common street, 219, 220.


Cross street, bottom of, 175.


Kingston street, 176.


Kingston street, legal advice on, 177.


Mill Pond street, 87, 89, 91, 93.


Prince street, report of committee on, 107.


Snow Hill street, 114, 115.


Williams street, 221.


Williams street, removal of, 223.


on flats at bottom of Common by Ben- jamin Joy, 67, 68.


on flats at bottom of Common by Ben- jamin Joy, report on, 68, 69.


on town slip in Lynn strect, warning against, 53, 54, 63.


Engine No. 12, society of, petition to rein- state, 43.


new, committee on, 207.


new, proposals for, 224, 225.


house, Ann street, repairs to, 115.


house, School street, complaint against chimney of, 13.


House No. 13, land for, 141.


House No. 13, new location for, 153.


House No. 13, site of, sold, 153. house, committee to hire or build, 235.


English, Thomas, 44, 85.


Estates, Dock square, incorporation of, protest against, 122.


Dock square, incorporation of, protest against, copy of remonstrances against, 123, 124.


Franklin place, to enclose land in front of, during repairs, 232.


Job Prince, 11.


Merchants Hall, owners of, to pay ex- pense of changing course of sewer under, 104, 162.


near Market, incorporation of, objection to, 125.


real and personal, town meeting to con- sider change in time of valuing, 180. Este, Mr., 72.


Estimates of new vegetable market, 197.


to convey water underground in Walnut and Belknap streets, 94.


Etmand, Augustus, indenture of, 235.


Eustis, William, 68, 70, 72.


-, Mr., 70.


Evans & Colron, 183.


Everett, Edward, 134, 135, 147. Rev. Mr., 135.


Exchange Building, auction of cable used in razing walls of, 19.


Coffee House Corporation, purchase of land from, to widen Congress street, 127, 128.


street, 129. street, auctioneers' office in, 44.


street, incumbrance of, 228. street, lamps in, 229.


Execution, communication relative to, place for, 34, 35, 36.


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CITY DOCUMENT No. 61.


Expense for land for Engine House No. 13, 153.


for pump, head of Doane street, 231, 232. for repair of buildings on Deer Island, 8, 9, 11.


for repair of streets, south part of town, 219.


of change in course of sewer under Mer- chants Hall, to be paid by estate owners, 104, 162.


of enlarging Hook & Ladder house, 245. of new road in So. Boston, 140.


of paving, 203.


of prosecution of member of Engine No. 12, 42, 43.


of selectmen, committee to advise, rcla- tive to, 65.


of selectmen, estimate of, 196.


of sewer in Bangs alley, to be paid by abutters, 104.


of sewers in Belknap, Walnut and Beacon streets, 104.


Beacon street, petition for allowance for, 147.


Fleet street, improving of, 227.


Hanover street, widening of, 240.


Leverett street, of lowering and repairing, report on, 90.


Nassau street, of sidewalk, to be borne by town, 6.


Northampton street, of completing, 100. Northampton street, of opening, 230.


Summer street, of widening, 219.


F.


F street, 38. street, opening of, 209, 210. Fairbanks, Stephen, 140, 153.


Col., 218.


Fales, Samuel, 108.


Faneuil Hall, 2.


Hall, benches to be procured for, 71.


Hall, board invited to collation at, 158.


Hall, collation at, July 5, invitation to, declined, 75, 76.


Hall, collation to West Point Cadets in, 212.


Hall, committee to improve, 218.


Hall, exhibit of painting of Declaration


of Independence in, 15, 16, 17, 150, 162, 163.


Hall, inauguration of mayor in, 252.


Hall, lamp fixtures and ladders stored in, 133, 145.


Hall, painting of, 205.


Hall, painting of, advertise proposals for, 219.


Hall, painting of, proposals for, 206, 207, 220.


Hall, petition for portico at east end of, 132, 145.


Hall, petition for use of, 73, 130, 136, 137, 143, 148, 177, 185, 200, 240.


Hall, repairs to, 220.


Hall, trucks at east end of, petition to stand at, 106.


Hall, trucks at east end of, petition to stand at, removal of, 116, 117.


Hall, trucks at east end of, petition to stand at, for, 77.


Hall, use of, granted to Mass. Charitable Mec. Assoc., 218.


Hall Market, forcstalling forbidden in, 19. Hall Market, removal of lcases in, 109. Farnam, Henry, 164, 169, 174, 189, 191. , 3, 9, 11, 17, 18, 22, 35, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44. Farnham, William, 167.


Farrar, James, 86. Farwell, Luther, 6.


Faxon, W., 163. --- , Deacon, 70. Fay, Winsor, 187.


Federal citizens, petition of, for use of Faneuil Hall, 143.


court, sewer in, 138, 151.


street, fence, enclosing land in, to remain, 115.


street, lamps in, 229.


street, sewer in, 138, 151.


street sewer, petition for repair of, 164.


street sewer, petition for repair of, com- mittee on, 165.


street theatre, license for, 105, 217.


Fees, exorbitant, charged by town crier, 56. Fences in Beacon and Somerset streets, 98, 99, 100.


in Federal street, allowed to remain, 115. near ropewalks, petition for, 157.


new, on Common, 68, 137, 139, 140, 149, 152.


on estate of Job Prince, 11.


reward for detection of person damaging, 173.


to build around Mill Pond lots, 218.


to build on Summer street, 159.


on Neck, erected without authority from Board, 56, 57.


on Neck, to repair, 56.


Fennelly, Robert, 129, 142, 185, 223, 243. , Dr., 157.


, 130, 133, 137, 138, 146, 149, 150, 156, 162, 163, 164, 165, 171, 174, 177,


178, 182, 183, 184, 195, 207, 208, 209, 210, 214, 215, 216, 217, 220, 226, 238, 239, 243, 244, 245, 247, 251.


Fessenden, Timothy, 190.


Field, Silas, 85, 96, 98, 106, 107, 111, 112, 113, 117, 120, 121,


Fines, account of, by Superintendent of Police, 33.


for violation of by-laws for regulation of carts and carriages, 154.


received by police officer, 120.


received by police officer, account of, 57.


Fire, orders for town watch in case of, 48. buckets for public schools, 131.


engine No. 2, petition to enlarge, 171.


engine No. 12, committee to secure new company for, 41.


engine No. 12, Fire Wards to repair, 237. engine No. 13, rules and regulations for, read, 128.


engine, new, report of committee on selection of, 231.


engine, new, to be No. 15, 239.


engine, petition for, north part of town, 196.


engine, petition for, in Lynn street, 183. engine, petition for, in So. Boston, 186. engine, petition to raise company for, 236.


engine company No. 12, difficulty be- tween and Firewards, 44, 45, 46, 47. engine company No. 12, report relative to reinstatement of, 44, 45, 46, 47. engine company No. 12, resignation of members of, accepted, 41.


engine house, committee to hire or build, 235.


engine house, new, committee to organ- ize company for, 238.


engine house, No. 13, to procure land for, 141.


Hook & Ladder Company, George G. Channing declines to command, 187. Hook & Ladder Company, premium for, 187, 189, 190.


Hook & Ladder house, petition to enlarge, granted, 245.


Hook & Ladders, firemen for, 190.


Hook & Ladders, master for, 190.


Firemen, applicants wanted for position of, 164.


company of, director of, 182.


company of, director of, petition to raisc, 136, 139, 149, 151.


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INDEX TO PLACES AND SUBJECTS.


Firemen, company of, director of, petition to form, 182.


for hooks & ladders, 190.


for new engine, present rules and regulations, 239.


to organize company for new engine house, 238.


to publish extract from law relative to, 164.


Firewards, choice of, 251.


choice of, votes for, 247.


difficulty between, and Engine Co. No. 12 ,44, 45, 46, 47. list of, 249, 250, 251.


petition for company of firemen, 136, 149.


petition for engine for north part of town, 196.


petition for land for use of firemen, 132, 144.


petition to enlarge Engine No. 2, 171.


petition, to enlarge Hook and Ladder house, granted, 245.


to attend funeral of Benjamin Austin, 136.


to repair engine No. 12, 237.


Fireworks on Common, July 4th, 158.


Fire & Marine Insurance Company, 187, 189, 190.


Fires, ladder for use at, 182.


First Baptist Church, petition of, for use of land, end of Charter street, 154.


street, repairs to, 67, 68.


street, wall on, to be repaired, 106.


Fish boxes, petition for, on town dock, 175. stalls, petition for, 54. stalls, petition for, granted, 55.


street, 100. street, lamps in, 229.


street, petition to pave, 156. street, to repair pump in, 169.


Fisher, Emeline, education of, 76. William, 76.


Fiske, William, 136, 148.


Fitch, Jeremiah, 129, 142, 161, 185, 243, 249. , 130, 132, 133, 134, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 143, 144, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 157, 159, 164, 165, 168, 170, 171, 173, 174, 175, 177, 178, 182, 186, 195, 197, 202, 207, 208, 210, 212, 214, 215, 216, 217, 220, 224, 226, 227, 233, 235, 238, 239, 243, 244, 247, 251.


Flats adjoining Boston & Roxbury Mill Dam, filling of, 191.


at bottom of common, building erected on, 67.


at bottom of common, building erected on, report relative to, 68, 69.


at bottom of common, building erected on, report relative to, action on post- poned, 70.


Fleet street, improvement of, 227. street, lamps in, 229. street, land to widen, 224. Foegt, Frederick, 229. Folsom, John W., 86.


Forsaith, David, 58, 59, 60. Josiah, 60. , Mr., 60, 61.


Fort Hill, lamps on, 229. Hill, petition to repair, 188. Foster, John, 236.


street, lamps in, 228. , Foster's Lane, 35.


difficulty of police officer in removing incumbrances from, 64. 65.


difficulty of police officer in removing incumbrances from, removal of, 105. Lane to be a public highway, 53, 54. Fowle, Henry, 35.


Fox Island, petition to obtain gravel from, 156. Francis, Thomas, 161.


Franklin avenue, lamps in, 229. Fund. (See donations.)


Fund, committee to examine accounts of, 47, 108, 216.


Fund, meeting of committee on, post- poned, 49.


Fund, to collect delinquent bonds of, 220.


Hall taken from Hollis street society for writing school, 59, 63.


place, petition to close arch in, 159.


place, repairs to, 232.


School, repairs to, 203.


street, lamps in, 229.


street, sewer in, 138, 151.


street, to widen sidewalk in, 208.


Freeman, Nehemiah, 59.


Watson, 218.


Freemasons, injury to office in Old State House by, 237.


proposal of, to lease Old State House, 127, 128, 174, 175.


proposal of, to lease Old State House, com- mittee to complete contract with, 15S. French, B . V., 188, 191.


Jonathan, 168.


William, 182.


Friend street, complaint against stable in, 73. street, lamps in, 229.


Frog Pond, drains from Belknap, Walnut and Beacon streets to run into, 104.


Pond, estimates to convey water under- ground to, 94. Front street, lamps in, 228.


street, paving of, 203.


street, paving of, committee to report on, 202.


street, paving of, petition for, 188.


street, repaving of, 115, 165. street wharf, repairs to, 226.


Frothingham, Nathaniel, Jr., 44.


Fullerton, Alexander, 93. Jannett, 92, 93.


Fullick, James, 220.


Fulton, Samuel B., 167.


G.


Garden street, lamps in, 229. street, sewer in, repair of, 188.


Gardner (Gardiner), Henry, 223. Isaac S., 37, 38. Capt., 33. -, Mr., 19, 42.


Garrad, William, 167.


Garraux, Francis, 86.


Gates, new, for common, 206.


Gay, Ebenezer, 37, 38.


General court, communication from com- mittee of, relative to incorporation of estate near market, 125.


Court, remonstrance to, agains petition for new market, 72.


Court, representatives to, meeting for choice of, 65, 195.


George street, 6. street, lamps in, 229.


Gerry, Reuben W., 85.


Geyer, Joseph W., 85, 100.


Gibson, John, 86. Stephen, 12, 85. Glover, Elisha V., 86, 162, 209.


Nathaniel, 233. William, 233. Goddard, Joseph, 168. Nathaniel, 176. Goff, Phincas, 168.


Gooch (Gouch) street, 157. strect, drain in, 148. street, drain in, Mill Pond Corporation to complete, 136, 140.


street, drain in, petition of Board of Health relative to, 136. street, lamps in, 229. street, paving of, 7.


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CITY DOCUMENT No. 61.


Goodnow, Elisha, 190. Gordon, John, 209. Gore, Saml., 187. Gould, Abraham, 37. John R., 86, 126. -, Mr., 22, 62.


Government, new city, town meeting to discuss, 240.


new form of, to petition Legislature for bill relative to, 235. Governor, choice of, 186, 244.


dinner for, 57.


invitation from, to join in celebration of American Independence, 74, 75.


invitation to, to attend oration, 75. list of voters for, 43. Lieutenant, choice of, 244. Lieutenant, dinner for. 57.


Gowan, Nancy, 90.


Grafton, Joseph, 195. , 207.


Gragg, Oliver, 73, 74.


Grand Jury, communication from, relative to removal of constables, 233.


Grant, Moses, 165.


M., 163.


Gravel, contract for, 198.


Common, from Sumner street to be deposited on, 134.


for Common, price of, limited, 175.


for Common, from new street to be used, 146. for Neck, 140, 157, 200.


offer of, to town for grading Northamp- ton street, 230.


petition to buy, 156.


purchase of, 196.


removal of, from Cambridge street, 191. to advertise for, 153, 196.


Gravelly Point, course of canal through town land at, 20.


Gray, Edward, 137, 149. John, 117. Samuel C., 213.


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Green, Samuel, Jr., 167. William, 233. & True, 238. Dragon lane, lamps in, 229.


street, lamps in, 229. street, land to widen, 7. street, to repave, 215.


Green's wharf, petition for removal of hand carts from sidewalks on, 190.


Greenleaf, Thomas, 37, 38.


Greenough, David, 4, 72, 122, 124, 227. , Mr., 1, 5. lane, lamps in, 228.


Greenwood, Rev., 49.


Gridley, William, Jr., 85.


Griffin's lane, widening of, 197, 203. Griggs, D. R., 213, 218.


J., 213, 218. Grove street, lamps in, 229. Grover, Daniel, 168.


Guardian for Lewis Bailey, 239. for Ruthy Boynton, 200.


for William Clough, 214.


for John Coates, 126. for John David, 140, 153.


for Sally Hall, 109. for John Hewitt, 187.


for John Hutchinson, 120.


for George S. Jackson, 225.


for Ruth Lambert, 68.


for Sarah Lillic, petition for, 42.


for - Nickerson, 1. for Elizabeth Ray, 178. for William Ray, 213. for James Ross, 83. for Daniel Scott, 209. for Charles B. Simpson, petition for, 164. for Edward Smith, 74. for Mary Trafrcy, 74. for William Trefry, 4, 5.


Guardian for William Turner, 231. for James Washburn, Jr., 178. for Samuel Waters, 228. for John White, 238. Guild, Charles, 241. Gun house, land not sufficient for accommo- dation of, 112.


Gurley, -, 140, 152.


Gutters to be placed on north and south sides of market, 92.


H.


Hacker, George, 168. Hackney carriages, 159, 160.


complaint against,


carriages, complaint against driver of, 73, 74, 92, 93, 94.


carriages in Hanover street referred to committee, 170.


carriages, police officer to enforce law relative to standing of, in streets, 169. carriages, prosecution against owners of, 183, 184.


carriages, renewal of licenses of, 155. Hadley, Moses, 234.


Hale, David, Jr., 85.


John G., 97.


, 245. Mr., 101.


Hall, Jacob, 173, 180, 206, 246. Joseph, 15, 159. William, Jr., 197.


Hamilton, Alexr, 168. place, lamps in, 229. street, lamps in, 229.


Hammatt, Charles, 203, 204, 205, 238.


Hammond, Samuel, 156.


Hancock, Gov., land claimed by heirs of, 218. Samuel, 167. street, 5. street, lamps in, 228.


wharf, to repair cap-sill of, 226.


Hand bills for apprehension of persons setting fire to ropewalks, 114.


carts, complaint against, 162, 163. Hanover, 129.


street, contract to rebuild front of house in, 251, 252.


street, lamps in, 229.


street, petition to widen, 240.


street, sewer in, meeting of proprietors of, 204. street, standing of hacks in, referred to committee, 170. street, to move house in, on line of street, 208. Harrington, Jos., 86. Harris, Benjamin, 90. Isaac, 238.


Leach, 250.


Samuel K., 203. Mr., 207.


Hart, William, 71. & Sargent, 70, 71, 104, 156, 158, 198. & Tuttle, 99, 156, 162, 175, 198.


Hartford, asylum in, for deaf and dumb persons, 87. 90. place, lamps in, 229.


Hartwell, William, 85, 106, 108, 115. Harvard strect, 7.


strect, lamps in, 228.


strect, widening of, land for, committee to consider taking of, 62, 63. street, widening of, land for, referecs to consider payment for, 70. street, widening of, land for, referces to consider payment for, meeting, 184. strect, widening of, land for, referccs to consider payment for, report of, 188, 189.


Haskin, Ralph, 70. Thomas, 59, 61


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INDEX TO PLACES AND SUBJECTS.


Haskin, -, Mr., 70. Hastings, Samuel, 86. Hathaway, Thomas, 111. Timothy, 85. -- , Mrs. 110.




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