Volume of records relating to the early history of Boston : containing minutes of the selectmen's meetings, 1799 to, and including, 1810, Part 42

Author: Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Municipal Print. Off.
Number of Pages: 522


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insurance company, 430). land proprietors, 431. Massachusetts bank, 99.


Meebanie Assocl- ation, 166. mill corporation, 438. musical association,


Old South Church, 64, 215.


of arrangements in honor of the late Gen. Hamilton, 233.


artillery company, 35, 191. Brattle street eburch, 121, 15%, 296, 357. conference, 67, 71, 114.


exchange coffee house, application of, 440. fire wards, 449. general court, 92, 216, 233, 362.


grand lodge, 48. India wharf association, 445. Long wharff proprietors, 123, 299. mechanic fire society, 250. New North church. 133, 175, 200. 201, 222, 237. overseers, 402, 410.


Committees :


of proprietors of Broad street, 267. 268, 270. of proprietors of Long wharf, 416. proprietors of sewer in Summer street, ete., 3:9. society on Friend street, 273. West Boston society, 202, 211, 215, 223. wood wharfingers, 248. young men, 342.


on alterations of Popier


street, 333. appplieation of direc- tors of Charles river bridge, 379. Mr. Frothingham,


402. Mr. Godfrey, 225. to Legislature, 428. widen Green street, 314. of Wm. Minott, 380. David West, 57,58. balance due Mr. Amory and Mr. Lowell, 55, 56. buildings in Myrtle street, 419. by-laws, 224, 225, 228, 330. chimney sweeping, 460. elaims to old town- house, 137. elaims against Thos. Boylston, 373.


claims against W. N. Boylston, 442. communication from Norfolk, Va., 342.


common, 6, 10, 20, 23, 32, 54, 57, 97, 99, 139, 162, 195, 183, 271, 369, 404. county and town gov. ernment, 220). digging away Beaeon Hill, 7. dock, 7, 42, 47, 158. 169, 201, 205, 206, 226, 232, 233. drains, 97, 98, 180, 181, 1-2, 214, 216, 224, 261 in Cooper street, 351. Sister street, 427, 451. Short strcet, 360. no drains entering sewer in Centre street, 380.


Exchange lane, 425. fire-engines, 8, 90, 114, 116, 150, 156, 170. fire in Fish street, 128. forming streets around Fort Hill, 436. July 4, celebration, 341, 374. lamps, 281. land in Middleeot street, 7.


lease for Winnisimet ferry, 68, 208. licenses, 247. lists of voters, 137, 138. market, 78, 170, 181, 363, 369, 373. Mr. Skinner's claim, 449. Mill pond, 247, 387, 461. laying out streets on, 382.


486


CITY DOCUMENT No. 93.


Committees :


on districts, 432. Nassau street, 237, 238. new buildings in mar- ket, 76. new gun-house, 444.


Neck, 369, 404, 432.


northern district, 344.


petition of Cotton, Low- ell & Jack- sou, 314. Mr. Knapp, 297.


police, 345. Poplar street, 338.


pumps, 86, 131, 171.


raising Milk street, 11.


reception of Governor- elect, 64. regulations for carriages,


125, 411. carts and horses, 418.


right to build shop, 5. Round lane, 356.


salary of funeral por- ters, 170, 171. Sea street, 431.


site for engine house, 463.


State street, 313.


South Russell street, 384.


suit against town, 401.


town's claims upon Wm. Boylston, 281. Town House, 398.


town drain, between Pleasant and Carver streets, 347.


town property on Bea. con Hill, 433, 462.


town's lands, 10, 44, 181, 185, 198, 235, 259. watch, 84, 134, 135, 140. wells, in Belknap street, 152.


to investigate loss of water of, 308. widening Doane street, 304. Essex street, 457. report of,


459. Fish street, 374. relative to aqueduct corpora- tion, 11, 75, 79, 100, 101.


building arches under Beacon street, 240. building bake- house, 170, 171, 203, 219. building bridge, 234, 235, 236. building stalle in Sudbury street, 204. burying grounds, 58, 201, 202.


designating bounds of the new wards, 292.


funeral of George Washington, 46, 48. filling up Mill pond, 216. funeral of Sam- uel Adams, 204.


Committees :


relative to keeping of town's papers, &c., 5. location of fish- box, 173, 265. obtaining paving stones, 260.


openiug new streets, 5, 7, 9, 208, 209, 216, 224, 226, 236, 237, 251, 261,267,268,281, 286, 293, 300.


pipes for wells, 305. powder, 245, 246. rope-walk, 8, 60. state of market, 39, 40, town's land on Neck, 18, 20. voting, 243, 244. repairs on fences, 10, 158, 179. neck, 61, 64, 268. to schools, 76, 79, 84, 215, 261. on streets, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 21, 22, 28, 29, 30, 35, 36, 38, 40, 42, 63, 67, 68, 69, 71, 74, 76, 78, 80, 91, 95, 107, 115, 117, 118,


141, 151, 153, 156,


157, 159, 161, 163, 182, 186, 189, 190,


198, 200, 201, 230, 271, 282, 288.


on wall in Tremont street, 118. to watch house, 105, 106, 126. school, 61, 62, 88, 250.


to adopt measures for secu- rity of inhabitants of Ward VII. , 79, 80.


ascertain bounds of Cas- tle street, 149.


ascertain bounds of Sea street, 262, 263. ascertain street line of Old Brick church, 378. attend court, 451. referees, 392. arrauge plan of (Mill) Pond streets, 365.


choose referees, 459. collect subscription, 40.


confer with Mr. Cobband Mr. Harts- horne, 144. Mr. Curtis, 235. Mr. Good- win, 232. Judge Wen- dell, 142.


agents of


Broad street cor- poration, 261, 263.


insurance company, 424. council, 397. consider paviug Broad street, 332. taking of land to widen Doane street, 303. consult town attorney, 401,


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INDEX TO PLACES AND SUBJECTS.


Committees.


to contract for building front wall of Mr. Welch's store, 321. direct laving side stones before MMr. Darling's land, 313.


draw paper, 37. ăn subscription employ additional watch, 340%.


estimate valne of land, 3. 5, 144, 151, 198, 190, 382. examlue accounts, 125, 129, 216, 260.


examine accounts of agents, 325.


examine accounts of


fever. 1. Benj. Hall, cir- cumst ances of, 9, 10. bond and deed of land for new state House, 9, 18. deeds, 422. drain br sewer in Sister st., 426.


passageway from Orange street to the sea, 146. right of abut- tors, 125. into state of Town Watch, 361.


form foot path on Cross street, 12. lay out passageway. 114,259. new street, 444. make out correct list of all estat 's of town, €. meet claimants of land on Bearon street, 331. committee of General court. 362. 450. obtain list of polls. 330. open town meeting with praver - reqnest Rer. Mr. Baldwin, 94. 227, 264. Per. Mr.Channing, 245. Rev. Mr. Eckley, 84, 294. Dr. Eliot, 61, 260. Rev. Mr. Emmer- son. 100, 295. Per. Mr. Freeman, 227. Rer. Mr. Gardner, 161. Rer.Mr.Haskel, 139, Dr. Howard,51.172. Dr. Kirkland, 299. Rev. Mr. Murray, 144. Dr. Parker, 222. Rer. Mr. Popkin, 135. Dr. Stillman, 6, 15, 173. Dr. Thacher, 55. Dr. West, 4, 178. prepare accounts of ex- penseofsickness at Rainsford's Island, 2 -. advertisement to warn negroes to leave town, 17.


Committees :


prepare list of all estates of the town, 6. preveut eucroach- ment by Gov. Hancock's heirs, 350. procure buckets for eu- gines, 4. oil, 39, 156. eite for engine house, 4,8,23, 152, 155, 169, 175, 182, 200. for watch house, 169. timber for fencing town's land, 4. provide dinner, 108. regulate carts in Ann street, 427. Broad street, 340.


remove cellar door, 10. gun house, 442. request bells to be rung on the seventeeuth, 28. use of Faneuil Hall, 84. 96, 162, 177, 233, 244, 246. revise regulations of car- riages, &c., 56.


settle claims for land taken by town, 133. sign agreement of refer- ence, 163. sound well at West Boston, 304.


stake out slip from Lynn street to sea, 335. view Atkins street, 114. Beacon Hill, 127.


Beacon street, 445.


Belknap street, 138.


Board alley, 38.


Bromfield lane and Winter street, 344. cellar on Green street, 198.


cellar, corner Milk and Oliver street, 406.


Cooper street. 449. east end of Boylston street, 419.


Essex street, 416. flats and land south of Southbridge, 351. Fish street, 390. Frog lane, 181. ground under Fan- euil Hall, 22. house in Back street, 5. house in Fish street, 408.


house in Leverett street, 420. house in Lynn street, 330. land in Beach street, 18, 19, 20, 21. land in Governor's alley, 53. neck, 312. Myrtle street, 431. North street, 413. Oliver street, 309. Pleasant street, 54, 55. 98, 200, 205, 206, 337. cast end of Pleasant street, 368.


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CITY DOCUMENT No. 93.


Committees:


view Round lane, 350. scales, 89. site for Jas. Villas livery stable, 373. slip at bottom of Cross street, 141, 142. Snowhill street, 458. South Bennet street, 404. South Burial Ground, 319. stable in Sudbury street, 369. street on Fort Hill, 409. street in front of Old Briek chureb, 381. Town house, 407. Unity and Sheafe streets, 344. wall in Essex street, 225, 226. ware house in Market square, 205, 221.


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water course, 304. well, 58, 59.


wharff of Mr. Balch, 298. wharf, south part of town, 272. wait on Mr. Codman, 220,221. Governor, 341, 410, 439. report of com- mittee to, 440. Lieut.Gov. ernor, 54. Rev. Mr. Hunt. ington, 392. Dr. Lothrop, 399.


Common, 6, 8, 16, 20, 23, 31, 32, 35, 54, 57, 64, 72, 95, 96, 107, 139, 143, 145, 150, 151, 162, 165, 187, 188, 234, 297, 355, 359, 403, 445.


artillery to exereise on the, 145. eaution against firing guns on, 31.


eavalry on, 10. com. on repairs to, 432.


damage to, 377. dirt to deposit on, 8.


taking of earth from, 354. pound on, 54.


stage for fireworks, to erect, 271.


stands for fruit on, 16.


trees for, 97, 98, 99.


burying ground, 57, 58, 82. tombs in, 19, 38, 61. nuisances. 356. shore (see Drains). street, 145, 271, 376, 403.


Commonwealth, the, 84, 105, 138, 150, 161,


204, 223, 252, 255, 259, 288, 295, 341, 356, 361, 448, 462. statutes of, 453. eard from Secretary of, 410.


Community, 423. Company to visit sehools, 444. Complaints :


against carriage-driver, 338. driver of hackney carriage, 339.


Complaints : against Thos. Davidson, 348. at disturbanees at places of worship, 345. of residents of Distill-house square, 436.


Compromise, 330. proposal of, 429.


Concert Hall, 285, 353.


Confectionery, sale of, on Sabbath, 373.


Conference, with Board of Healthi Com- mittee, 448. mill corporation, 438.


Congress, 245. member of, 393. Representatives for, 315. in 451. Town meeting for choice of, 392. street, 47, 123, 198, 229, 345, 414, 440, 446, 450.


Constables ( see Watch).


Contraets for burying ground, 444. with Mr, Homer, 461. milf corporation, 437.


Cooper street, 387, 417. Copper street, 260, 347, 351, 377, 378, 413, 449.


Copps Hill, 28, 136, 205, 228, 306, 418, 442, 458. drain on, 306. expense of draining tombs on, 306.


Cordwainer, 399, 413. Corn court, 64.


imports of, 392. certifieates, to import, 392. street, 99. Cornbill, 105, 123, 185, 191, 192, 211, 232, 381, 397, 413, 418.


Coroner's account of County, 448. Corporations, Aqueduet, 75, 79, 88, 92, 99, 100, 101, 145. resolutions rel- ative to, 11, 12. Broad street, 261, 263, 267, 268, 269, 270. remonstranee against, 300. Front street, 262, 263, 264. Long wharf, 307. Mill pond, 345.


agent of, 373. Pond street, 375.


Correspondence, Committee of, 343.


from Wm. Stackpole, 396. Josiah Snelling, 313. Norfolk, Va., 343.


Counsel, 424, 453. employed by Board, 430. Letter from, to Mr. Leverett, 410. of Thomas Boylston, 330. W. HI. Boylston, 373. Country, articles from, 416. wood coming from, 425.


County land, 403. sheriff, 320. of Nantucket, 453. Norfolk, 446. Suffolk, 324, 326, 348, 397, 400, 408, 417, 430, 441, 453, 458, 463. Senators of, 302, 303.


Court, 375, 397, 410, 453. eircuit, 40, 140, 227, 242, 300, 351, 356, 387, 393, 394, 417, 423. common pleas, 7, 47, 106, 119, 126, 140, 159, 161, 168, 174, 188, 202, 211, 242, 244, 259, 261, 263, 296, 298, 303, 314, 322, 324, 331, 339,


489


INDEX TO PLACES AND SUBJECTS.


Court, common pleas. 351. 368, 374, 386, 396, 402. 403, 409, 416, 418, 422, 423, 430, 437, 438, 442, 447, 448, 462. application to, 441. justice of, 415. notice from, 451. clerk of, 462. renire from, 331. 366. verdict in case of James Har- rison, 462. district, 106, 118. 159, 287, 304, 357, 374. 409, 419. 437, 460, 462, 463. General, 1, 11, 12, 44, 47. 49, SS, 92, 93. 132. 139, 216, 220, 223, 289, 2.2.293.


examination of street grant across Mill Pond by, 309. municipal, 98, 134, 273.


communication from Judge of, 409. of Sessions, 9, 30, 33. 74. 112, 143. 153, 186, 277, 250, 320, 330. 346. clerk of, 380. justices of, 403.


probate, 288, 291, 331. judge of, 9, 10, 14. 42, 62. 112, 113 117, 149, 164, 169, 205, 206, 208, 213, 219. 239, 250, 262, 269, 2.2. 277, 282, 289, 303, 345, 356. 403, 408. precept from, 355, 39;, 430. 441, 452. application to 311.


Supreme Judical, 2. 36. 3., 46, 47,


46, 61, 76, 92, 112, 137, 219, 265, 286, 2-5, 233, 314, 320. 321, 323, 324, 356, 357, 374, 393, 400, 419, 425, 427,430, 452, 453, 457, 463. clerk of, 325. judge of, instruc. tions from, 430. request to, for gnar. dian, 411.


house, 315. new, committee on site for, 403. martlal, usc of reading school for, 315.


sqnarc, 440, 445, 446.


street, 103, 11:, 123. 132, 133, 192, 220. 311, 326, 353, 357, 372, 373, 380, 381, 415.


Cow-tax. collector of, 60, 67, 71, 99, 100, 114. 143, 150, 160, 230, 260.


Creek lane, 114.


taking of mud from, 326.


Cross street, 12, 75, 77, 137. 141, 142, 145, 158, 169, 1-2, 290, 353, 405, 445. Custom-house street, 445.


D street, 257. Dalton street, 47. Dam on neck, widening of, 345. Damages, by proposed new street, 411. laying out Broad street, 426. New street, 440. for land taken to widen Han- over street, 399. in building almshouse, 453. widening state street, 416. Orange street, 424. Exchange lane, 441.


Damages to building in Exchange laue, 443. Poplar street, 342. property of heirs, 389. store, 320. Death of George Washington, measures taken on, 46.


Debts, mode of collecting, of Mr. Tyson, 396. Dedham, 36. Deeds, 207.


application for, 350. for shares of Leverett heirs, 452, 455. of mlll corporation, 417. water course in Water street, 367. Register of, 258.


relating to drain in Prince street, 441. signing of, 304. of land for engine house, 320. mill pond, 392. of almshouse, 429. near Old Brick church, 381. near hay scales, 422. to Edward How, 96. town, 18, 113. of three lots on Fort Hill, 276. Deer Island, 22, 27, 32, 37, 49, 67, 68, 71, 75, 1., 89, 90, 99, 117, 400, 401. ballast taken from, 31, 32, 37, 43, 67, 71, 90. 99. no morc ballast to be taken from, 37, 90. paring etones taken from, 71, 89. repairs at, 37, 67, 68, 77, 99. to plant trees on, 99. visitation. 22, 27, 75, 117. ( See, also, Islands.)


Demarara, 331. Derne strect, 304, 461.


Devonshire street, 336, 446.


Dike on the neck, 32, 189, 349.


Dinner, public (see Entertainment).


Directors of Exchange building, 442. Exchange Coffee house, 444, 445. mill corporation, 417. West Boston bridge, 346.


Discases, expense of late fever, 1. Disorderly persons, 79, 80, 113, 183.


Distilleries, 205, 200, 349, 352. distill house, wall dangerons, 263, 264. 266. DIstill Hill square, 437. Honse square, 436, 437, 438.


District, Congressional, 392.


Doane street, 303, 304, 354. widening of, 303, 305.


Doanes wharf, 303. Dock, the, 47, 77, 93, 108, 117, 127, 142, 158, 163, 201, 205, 206, 209, 221, 226, 232, 233, 296, 297. drain on, 14. filling up, 7, 14, 40.


wooden head to be built to the, 30. Olivers, 30, 42, 59, 94, 95, 97, 102. square, 23, 100, 120, 123, 166, 312, 368, 415, 418, 439, 441. care of, 415. no stands in, 166. tavern In, 23.


Doggets alley, 67. lane, 15, 19.


Donations, Mr. Bookers, 258, 332, 398. Thomas Boylston, 42, 43, 76, 280. Franklin, meeting of trustees, 4.


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CITY DOCUMENT No. 93.


Donations, Franklin, loan of, 308. report of secretary and treasurer, 430. Dorchester, 224, 225, 255, 287, 293. Act to annex, 255, point, 215, 216. street, 255, 256, 257, 441. Dorsets (Dorsetts), alley, 296, 357, 394, 406. Drains, 8, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 33, 38, 42, 46, 49, 50, 55, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 75, 76, 77, 80, 84, 85, 86, 88, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 105, 108, 109, 117, 119, 123, 141, 145, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 169, 172, 174, 175, 178, 179, 180, 183, 184, 185, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 199, 206, 207, 209, 212, 224, 227, 229, 230, 233, 239, 249, 260, 261, 263, 265, 269, 273, 278, 280, 281, 282, 283, 285, 290, 304, 306, 316, 317, 334, 347, 366, 380, 391, 416, 418, 420, 426, 436, 437. application for, 351, 370, 376. assessments for, 26, 34, 50, 51, 65, 66, 69, 70, 88, 103, 104, 109, 110, 123, 146, 154, 155, 163, 165, 167, 172, 176, 178, 183, 184, 189, 191, 192, 194, 195, 196, 197, 207, 211, 212, 213, 217, 218, 240, 249, 274, 278, 284, 291, 316, 317, 378, 395, 405, 415, 422, 425. 427, 450, 456. bursting of, in Cambridge street, 449.


cleaning of, 376. on Cross street, 448. Market square, 10. Prince street, 447. expense of, in Jarvisrow, 398. committee to find conditions of, 368.


damage to, into Mill Pond, 437. laid by Mr. Mackay, 350. compensation for, 352. objection to opening, 27. paying for, 340, 364, 428.


proprietor of, in Prince street, 448.


repairing of, 316, 317, 389, 419, 447, 449. account of, to exam- ine, 29. expense of, 25, 33, 46, 50, 65, 66, 69, 80, 88, 93, 102, 109, 110, 123, 146, 153, 162, 163, 164, 165, 167, 172, 175, 178, 183, 184, 192, 193, 194, 196, 207, 212, 217, 240, 248, 274, 278, 283, 290, 347, 363, 366, 383, 384, 385, 394, 422. report for, 316.


stoppage of, 438. common sewer, 318, 330, 363. from Brattle to Elm street, expense of, 312, 405. in Ann street, expense of, 412, 413. Bulfinch street, 383. Buttolph street, 395. compensation of undertak- ers of, 395. Cooper street, 378. Leverett street, 413. Nassau street, 340. expense of, 379.


Drains, common sewer, Short street, 360. Dr. Channings meeting house, 285. Dr. Eliots meeting house, 164.


Dr. Lothrops meeting house, 93, 164. Dr. Stillmans meeting house, 182.


E street, 257. East Indians forbidden to reside in State, 82, 85, 93.


Eaton street, 250. Eighth street, east, 256. west, 256. Elections, 393, 452. general, 337. incorrect return of, 302. of electors of President, reso- lutions for, 243, 244, 245. of Governor, Lieut .- Governor and six Senators, 6, 55, 97, 138, 139, 173, 222, 259, 295. law regulating, 130. Elector, choice of, 245, 246.


Eliot street, 9, 68, 69, 86, 98, 341, 396, 412.


Elm street, 64, 67, 107, 120, 142, 163, 190, 230, 311, 322, 387, 388, 389, 405.


Embargo, 361. Eugine, hay, 2.


Engines (see Fire Engines).


England, 344.


Entertainment, proposed, 423.


public dinner at Faneuil Hall, 302.


Essex street, 42, 108, 118, 135, 152, 157, 160, 169, 174, 182, 203, 225, 226, 232, 416, 419, 421, 422, 425, 457, 450. to fix line of, 225, 226. Estate, administrator of, 330. Cooper, 433. James Thomp- son, 100. Mrs. Joanna Brookers, 47. bonds due on, 47. of Thomas Boylston, 330. D. D. Rogers, 354. Mrs. Deborah Rea, 425. Exchange building, land north of, 441. directors of, 442. Coffee House, 445, 451. directors of, 444, 445, 462. president of, 445, 462. Exchange lane, 59, 174, 282, 424, 425, 426, 432, 435, 438, 441, 443, 444, 447, 452. Exhibition, in hall over Woods Museum, 343.


F street, 257. Faneuil Hall, 12, 125, 138, 151, 186, 211, 223, 225, 234, 259, 294, 295, 422. application for use of, 328, 334, 367, 402. cellar, to dig, 22. under, 349. Peter Faneuil's picture, placed in, 325. repairs, 167, 174, 280. market, stalls under, 83,210, 211. leased, 302. reuted in,363. at west eud of, 129. use of, for armory, 148, 159, 191, 202, 203, 210, 297, 299. cancns, 84. a diuner, 87, 108, 151, 160, 177, 202. 210, 233, 802, 337, 342, 439.


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INDEX TO PLACES AND SUBJECTS.


Faneuil Hall, use of, for a dinner of An-


cieut and Honorable Artillery Company, 337. drill, 199. Mechauic Asso. ciation, 126, 200. meeting, 96, 142, 162, 166, 1:8, 244, 246, 260, 262, 296, 32 .. 366.399. 435. Philanthropic lottery, 53. school, 200. market (see Market).


Federal street, 119, 146. 174, 150, 1$2, 195, 1:5, 199, 234, 266, 310, 331, 332. 34 :. 3.3, 414, 417. church, 234. Ferries, Winnlsimet 16, 68, 127, 208, 333.


Fifth street, East, 256. West, 256. Fines. 06, 134. 22 ..


Fire Department, captains of. 321. engines, C-, 150. 17 , 200, 324. advertised for sale, 169. bucket=, 3. 4. captains of, 49. 82, 83, 86, $1 .. 13, 131.


companies, 344. application of, 35-, 359.


Cataract, 56, 90, 96, 202, 296, 320. bose for, 3, 24, 41, 131, 140, 167.260. 1,il for, 457. houses. 320, 35%. chimney for, 89, 130. ol jections to build- ing chimney, 23, 30. to enlarge, 23, 359. repaired, 116, 199, 310. to erert, 4, 114, 116. near o. bridge, 351. removal of. 310, 320. site for, 507. 463. Marlborough, 37. masters of, 1, 24, 32, 175, 176. men, 333.


exempt from jury duty, 49. number of, to each enrine, 49. to wear caps and badges at fires, 131. new, 24, 29. 156, 159, 169, 175, 176, 340, 449.


application for, near Wheel- er's Point and Pleasant street, referred to select- men, 430. No. 6. 3:3. repairs of, 393.


old, to be sold, 20. pipe and ladder for, 53, 171, 250. pumps for, 131, 170, 171. removal of, 64, 152, 155, 161, 174, 175, 182, 292. repairs, 8. to be numbered, 37.


methods to guard againet, 350. societies, provide ladders, 285. wards, 8, 24, 41, 53, 66. 96, 128, 131, 139, 140, 150, 156, 159, 167, 169, 170, 171, 175. 176, 240, 247, 260, 282, 321, 330, 344, 34%, 358, 393, 449, 457.


Fire wards, committee from, 324. report of, 393. Fireworks, use of, July 4, 305. Fires, 28, 125, 127, 136, 215. appointment of men at, 321. consuming 16 houses, 127. in Elm street and Hanover, 387. Fish street, 350, 351. measures to guard against, 125. widening streets after, 458.


First church, SS strect, East. 256. West, 256. Flsh box, to erect, 169, 173, 238, 265, 281, 418. remove, 277. inspector of, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 21, 45. 55. packer of, 75, 55, 101, 105. sale of, in streets, 410. stalls, 190, 203.


Fisherman, nuisance by, 368.


Fish street, 21, 29, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 133, 136, 13., 146, 148, 149, 156, 158, 164, 172, 1:0, 184, 189, 205, 216, 224, 225, 232, 239, 258, 260, 285, 348, 349, 350, 351, 362, 3t 5, 374, 390, 392, 408, 440, 452. Fitches alley, 105, 106. lane, 363. Flag, attack on, 343.


Fleet street, 282.


Flounder alley, 67.


Flour, imports of, 392. shipping of, 290. Foot path on Court street, 353. Cross street, 12.


Footwalks in Summer street, 78. Fore street, §3.


Fort Hill, 14, 19, 65, 89, 99, 100, 101, 131, 135, 142, 179, 237, 276, 289, 297, 304, 406, 407, 409, 436, 444, 447, 448. breast works on, to level, allowance for, 14. fortificatious on, to level, 13. pump on, repaired, 131. sale of land on, 304.


Fosters lane, 335. wharff, 270, 340, 377, 406, 407.


Fourth street, East, 256. West, 256. Fourth of July, celebratiou, 341, 440. oration, 374, 436, 439. orator, 374. public dinner at Faneuil Hall, 302. religious services, 376, 440. ringing of bells on. 376. town meeting on, 305. use of fireworks on, 305.


Fox Hill, 368 Franklin Donation, meeting of trustees, 4. place, 3º, 101, 199. street, 25, 38, 56.


Frederick street, 332.


Freeholders, 462.


Frlend street, 273, 340, 388.


Frog lane, 181. 168, pond, 145, 359. Front street, 224, 235, 236, 237, 242, 247, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 268, 280, 286, 289, 293, 296, 320, 358. Funds, for sextons, 326. Funeral porters, 322, 329, 334, 347, 349. appointment of, 338. approved, 419. weekly returns by, 308. (See Burial Places.) Samuel Adams, 204. Gen. Hamilton, 238. Gov. Sullivan, 396, 397. Fusileers, 202, 203, 211, 355, 870. (See, also, Troops.)


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CITY DOCUMENT No. 93.


G strect, 257.


Gaming, in streets, 329. Garden street, 276, 278.


Gillam place, 424.


Gooch's (Gouch's) lane, 181, 199, 353, 387. Governor, 396, 410, 440.


choice of, 6, 55, 97, 138, 139, 173, 222, 259, 295, 324, 329, 402. committee to wait on, 341, 347, 374, 439. council of, 341, 396, 439, 440. election of, 302.


list of persons authorized to vote for, 324, 401.


receptiou to, 64.


Lieutenant, 54, 97, 267.


choice of, 6, 138, 139, 173, 222, 259, 295, 329, 368, 402, 429. election of, 302. Hancock, heirs of, 349, 350, 420, 431. conference with, 329. house, 445.


Sullivan, 440.


Governors alley, 53.


Granary, application to convert into stable, 165. burying ground, 21, 131, 167, 427. proposed meeting-house on, 403. sale of tomb in, 340.


Grand Lodge, 48. Grant, of town, 345. Gravel, account for, 390.


for repair of streets, 368. Beach street, 115. Broad street 370. Cambridge street, 72. Chambers street, 41.


Eliot street, 69. Essex street, 42. Flounder alley, 67. Hancock street, 115. High street, 202.


Mall, 78. Pleasant street, 115. Sca street, 115. Sister lanc, 21. Warren street. 186. Green street, 157, 181, 198, 314.


Green's wharff, 23, 201, 205, 206, 226, 233. Grenoch, 361.


Grove street, 45, 170, 289, 332, 431.


Gun-house, 68. to be built, 27, 28, 35. committee to remove, 442. new committee on, 444. Guns, caution against firing, 31. Guardians, application for, 403.


Richard S. Hill, 408. James New- man, 311. appointment of, for Elizabeth Allen, 326. Matthew Bayley, 417. William Boyls- ton, 411. Jos. N. Brad- ford, 397. Mrs. Frances Bruce, 441. Samucl Bul. finch, 452. Wm. Hinck- ling, 324. Elijah Me Kerson, 430.


Guardians, appointment of Robert Steelc, 303. Arnold Wells, Jr., 348.


11 street, 257. 1lacks, 414.


allowed to stand in Liberty and No. square mall, 316. complaint against, 338, 339. licenses, 319. restoration of, 339. suspension of, 338. number of, 322.


regulation of, 322. removal from Bowdoin square, 316.


Hall, Concert, ladder in, 330. over Woods Museum, 343.


Hancock street, 115, 152, 303, 304, 338, 461.


Hanover street, 22, 76, 78, 136, 144, 161, 182, 227, 375, 376, 385, 386, 387,388, 389, 391, 392.


Harbor, incumbering of, 426.


Harvard street, 62.


Hawkins street, 280, 281.


Hawley street, 45, 444.


Hay, 107.




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