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- America's First Newspaper - Historical overview of the Boston News-Letter, which published its first issue on April 24, 1704.
www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/firsts/newspaper/index.html
- Boston Historic Population Trends - Population figures for Boston since 1620.
www.iboston.org/mcp.php?pid=popFig&laf=rg
- Boston Police Strike 1919 - 1919: The Boston Police Strike in the Context of American Labor (introductory chapter of unpublished thesis).
www.columbia.edu/~zms2/unpublished/thesis/chap1.html
- Caution Colored People of Boston - Abolitionist poster trying to prevent the recapture of escaped slaves in the North.
education.ucdavis.edu/NEW/STC/lesson/socstud/railroad/images/caution.gif
- Colonial Boston Unearthed - Artifacts which surfaced during the Big Dig.
www.archaeology.org/online/features/boston/index.html
- Dorchester History - Regular column in the neighborhood newspaper, the Dorchester Reporter.
www.dotnews.com/history.html
- Gallop's Island During the Civil War - Provides island tour, civil war model, and regimental histories.
www.bu.edu/history/courses/hi457/gallops-civw
- History of Castle Island - Description of the heritage of Castle Island and Fort Independence, along with vintage and contemporary photos.
nine3.com/MDC/history.html
- Hosea's Page - Honors Massachusetts Civil War soldier Hosea Orcutt Barnes and others, of Scituate, Hingham, Pembroke and Boston; photos of veterans' graves in Pinegrove Cemetery, East Pembroke.
home.earthlink.net/~mmp2000/index.htm
- Naval Historical Center Detachment Boston - Gives a history of the USS Consitution, as well as the naval history of Boston.
www.history.navy.mil/constitution
- Operation Phips : Archaeological Rescue - Detail of the Sir William Phips expedition to Quebec, the shipwreck and discovery of the remains after 300 years.
www.mcc.gouv.qc.ca/pamu/champs/archeo/epaphips/wreck01.htm
- When Christmas Was Banned in Boston - Tells about the Puritans' decision to outlaw Christmas celebrations in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
masstraveljournal.com/features/1101chrisban.html
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