A Topographical and Historical Description of Boston, Volume 1

Nathaniel Bradstreet Shurtleff

order of the Common Council, 1891 - Boston (Mass.) - 720 pages

Contents

• PORTRAIT OF DR SHURTLEFF: lvi
• HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION: 3
• TOPOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION: 23
• EARLY DESCRIPTIONS OF BOSTON: 38
• ANCIENT DESCRIPTIONS BY ENGLISH WRITERS: 53
• MAP OF BOSTON 1711: 60
• DESCRIPTIONS BY FRENCH WRITERS: 67
• DESCRIPTIONS BY FRENCH WRITERS: 77
• MAPS AND PLANS: 91
• POINTS COVES CREEK OLD BRIDGES AND BATTERIES: 105
• DIVISIONS OF THE TOWN: 124
• DIVISIONS OF THE TOWN AND RIVERS: 137
• THE THREE HILLS OF BOSTON: 158
• BEACON HILL AND ITS EMINENCES BEACON POLE AND MONU: 170
• CEMETERIES CHAPEL BURYINGGROUND: 182
• NORTH BURYINGGROUND: 197
• GRANARY BURYINGGROUND: 210
• QUAKER BURYINGGROUND: 227
• CENTRAL BURYINGGROUND: 235
• SOUTH BURYINGGROUND AND CEMETERIES: 243
• SOUTH BOSTON AND EAST BOSTON CEMETERIES: 252
• BURYINGGROUNDS IN BOSTON HIGHLANDS: 270
• DORCHESTER BURYINGGROUNDS: 280
• BOUNDARY EXTENT AND FENCES OF THE COMMON: 307
• MALLS PATHS AND WALKS OF THE COMMON: 320
• THE OLD ELM AND OTHER TREES ON THE COMMON: 329
• TOPOGRAPHY OF THE COMMON EXECUTIONS: 341
• PUBLIC GARDEN: 355
• PADDOCKS MALL: 368
• PUBLIC SQUARES: 378
• SPRINGS TOWN PUMPS AND RESERVOIRS: 388
• THE OLD CONDUIT: 398
• PONDS AND AQUEDUCTS: 406
• ENTRANCES TO BOSTON: 416
• GEORGES PETTICKS AND OTHER ISLANDS: 422
• BOSTON HARBOR AND ITS SURROUNDINGS AND ISLANDS: 431
• BIRD NODDLES HOG AND GOVERNORS ISLANDS: 442
• CATASTROPHE IN THE HARBOR APPLE AND SNAKE ISLANDS: 453
• DEER ISLAND: 462
• CHANNELS UPPER MIDDLE AND CASTLE ISLAND: 472
• CASTLE ISLAND AND FORT INDEPENDENCE: 484
• THOMPSONS MOON AND HALFMOON ISLANDS: 499
• THE BACK WAY AND SPECTACLE ISLAND: 508
• RAINSFORD ISLAND AND THE OLD QUARANTINE: 517
• LONG ISLAND: 528
• NIXS MATE THE NARROWS AND OTHER SHIP PASSAGES: 537
• GALLOPS AND LOVELLS ISLANDS: 545
• RECAPITULATORY DESCRIPTION OF THE HARBOR AND DISTANCES: 579
• ANCIENT STYLE OF BUILDING AND THE OLD LANDMARKS: 588
• THE GREEN DRAGON TAVERN: 605
• THE BIRTHPLACE OF FRANKLIN: 615
• MAP OF BOSTON BURGISSs 1728: 624
• THE BLUE BALL IN UNION STREET: 626
• THE OLD FEATHER STORE: 639
• THE JULIEN HOUSE IN MILK STREET: 649
• VIEW OF BOSTON COMMON AND SOUTH END 1764: 698
• THE OLD STONE HOUSE IN CROSS STREET: 712
• THE TRIANGULAR WAREHOUSE: 718

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Topographical and Historical Description of Boston, Volume 1; A Topographical and Historical Description of Boston, Nathaniel Bradstreet Shurtleff
• Author: Nathaniel Bradstreet Shurtleff
• Edition: 3
• Publisher: order of the Common Council, 1891
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: Oct 24, 2012
• Length: 720 pages