Request of Sept. 16, 1788 for special town meeting to consider slaught...
Request of Sept. 16, 1788 for special town meeting to consider slaughter house at the North Bridge, leading to Wapping Street. Signed by Samuel Henley and 18 other objectors, including Amos Tufts, John and Davi... More
Kettell house - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Kettell house. Built in 1790, by Thomas Russell on property bought in 1790 from Samuel Dowse. The building was intended to be an academy, and for many years was used by the Russell Academy of Charlestown. About... More
Bunker and Breed's Hills from the Navy Yard, about 1823
Bunker and Breed's Hills from the Navy Yard, about 1823. In the foreground, the commandant's house of brick with two bold swells toward the garden and the harbor, was built in 1809 and to this day has been cont... More
Request that Shippie Street be renamed Townsend Street, March 14,1831
Request that Shippie Street be renamed Townsend Street, March 14,1831. Signed by Caleb Pierce, Sam Devens, Nathan Pratt, James K. Frothingham and others. Townsend Street has now become the lower end of Chestnut... More
Remonstrance of April 2, 1832 - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Remonstrance of April 2, 1832 against setting the gun house on the training field. "To the Gentlemen, composing the committee chosen at the town meeting on Monday, 5th Inst to report to the town on the subject ... More
National House - Charleston, Boston Mass.
National House. Oliver C. Cutter and James Walker, Prop. Corner of Chelsea and Joiner Streets. This hotel is still listed in the Boston street directory of 1923 as standing on the east side of Chelsea Street. C... More
Rydal Mt. Ladies Boarding School - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Rydal Mt. Ladies Boarding School. The home of the Nathan Tufts, who died in 1835, was occupied by his widow until 1843 when it became the Rydal Mount Ladies Boarding School for a number of years. The house stoo... More
Front of Kettell house on Chestnut Street with tramp resting under tre...
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Charles River Avenue - Charleston, Boston Mass.
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Parlor of George F. Chapin, looking toward front windows, 32 Chestnut ...
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Kettell house parlor - Charleston, Boston Mass.
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Doorway of Dr. Lambert's house, formerly Rydal Mount Ladies Boarding S...
Doorway of Dr. Lambert's house, formerly Rydel Mount Ladies Boarding School. Reverend Thomas R. Lambert, D.D., was chaplain in the Navy Yard for almost 22 years before he served as rector of St. John's Church, ... More
Interior of John Boyle O'Reilly home - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Interior of John Boyle O'Reilly home, at 34 Winthrop Street. He owned other houses in Charlestown, notably the Sargent-Hills house on the northwest corner of High and School Sts., and the Buddington house next ... More
Three brick mansions at head of Winthrop Street - Charleston, Boston M...
Three brick mansions at head of Winthrop Street. They fill the short block between Wallace Court at the left and Adams Street at the right. Note the strongly built guards around each young tree -- they suggest ... More
Parlor of George F. Chapin looking toward the dining room, 32 Chestnut...
Parlor of George F. Chapin looking toward the dining room, 32 Chestnut Street. His father, Nahum Chapin, lived at 30 Chestnut Street, and had from 1840 to 1860 run the provision store, corner of Chestnut and Ch... More
Hallway of Kettell house - Charleston, Boston Mass.
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Remonstrance of April 2, 1832 - Charleston, Boston Mass.
Remonstrance of April 2, 1832 against setting the gun house on the training field. "To the Gentlemen, composing the committee chosen at the town meeting on Monday, 5th Inst to report to the town on the subject ... More