A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing the Boston Town Records 1758 to 1769

<p>The present the Sixteenth Report of the Record Commissioners contains the proceedings of the Town of Boston from A.D. 1758 through 1769. Of the special topics considered during that period in town meetings we may note the following: Schools Inns Faneuil-Hall Market the Fire of 1760 Inoculation Long Wharf and Beacon Hill. A project to establish Hancock's Hospital and another to prepare a list of great benefactors of the town were approved but came to naught. The great feature of these meetings-one which will make this volume of lasting value-is the political action of the town during this exciting period when its representatives were Otis Cushing Hancock and Adams. The votes of the town were public matters whose influence reached throughout the Colonies. Herein will be seen the beginnings of the Revolution and the steps by which our ancestors arrived at political freedom. -William H. Whitmore for the Record Commissioners Dec. 31 1886.</p><p>The pages of this chronologically-arranged volume contain a treasure trove of full names. An index to surnames and an index to subjects complete this work.</p><p></p><p></p>