Blood, Francis, 400.
Bloxham, —, 127, 191.
Blunden, Humfrey, 283 n.

Bodge, Rev. George Madison, copy of
his Soldiers in King Philip's War pre-
sented to this Society, 72.

128.

Boggess,
Bollan, Frances (Shirley), wife of Wil-
liam, 344; memorials to, 344 n.

Frances Shirley, daughter of Wil-
liam. See Western.

William, 344; letter of F. Dana
regarding the settlement of his estate,
345, 346; claim of his estate for ser-
vices as agent, 346 n.
BOLTON, CHARLES KNOWLES, A.B., xv,
8 n; his paper on Circulating Libra-
ries in Boston (1765-1865), 196-207;
discussion of the paper, 208.

Thomas, his Oration delivered
March 15, 1775, quoted, 29; cited,
29 n.

Bombay, an English frigate, 233.

India, 228.

Bonner, Edmund, Bishop of London,
319.

John, 259. See also Bonner-Price
map of Boston.

Bonner-Price map of Boston, men-
tioned, 252, 259.

Bordley, John Beale, his Summary View
of the Courses of Crops, etc., 139,
139 n, 144, 147.
Boston, Eng., 376.

Boston, Mass., St. Patrick's Day dinner

in (1767), 4 n; Memorial History of,
cited, 4 n, 306 n, 309 n; mentioned,
251, 252; provisions collected in
Windsor, Conn., for the poor of, 5 n;
town meeting of November 20, 1772,
in, 24, 24 n; some events leading to
the tea-party in, 32, 33; town meet-
ings in (1774), 34; vote of, regard-
ing J. Mein, 199, 200; importation of
books suspended in, 199; paper on
Circulating Libraries in (1765–1865),
by C. K. Bolton, 196-207; discussion

BOSTON (continued).

of the paper, 208; Burgis-Price View
of, paper on, by J. H. Edmonds, 245-
262; earliest known view of, 245;
subscriptions asked for view of, 246,
247; the view made, 247, 248; its
harbor, 248; its wharves, 248; its
houses, 248; its shipping, 248; copy
of Burgis-Price View of, presented to
the city, 249; probably unique im-
pression of the original plate now ex-
isting, 249, 250; photographs of,
250; five known copies of the second
edition of, 250, 251; Bonner-Price
map of, 252, 259; W. Burgis's Boston
N. Eng. Planted A.D. MDCXXX,
owners of copies of, 252; reproduc-
tions of this view, 252; first settle-
ment of, 295, 296, 304, 305, 306, 326,
327; springs of, 297, 298, 299, 304,
305, 307, 308, 309, 312, 315, 321, 324,
325, 326, 327; difficulties about drain-
age in (1638), 299, 300; Antinomian
heresy in, 300, 301, 302, 303, 309;
early cove and dock in, 304, 305, 311,
315, 327; change in configuration of,
305; dispersal of early settlers of,
308; first water-works in, 310, 311,
312, 313, 315; over-supply of water
in, 311, 312, 315; fire of 1679 in, 311,
311 n; second and third conduit built
in, 312, 313; provision for fire pro-
tection in, 313, 314, 321; great fire of
1653 in, 314; project for another
water-supply in, 314, 315; land given
by, in return for maintenance of high-
way, 315; fire of 1711 in, 322, 323;
signs of old water-courses in, 324.

Adams Square, 305, 309, 311.
- Albion Building, 326.

American Coffee House. See below,
British Coffee House.

- Anchor Tavern, 301, 314.

-Ann Street, 30.

Blackstone Street, 305.
Blue Anchor Tavern, 301.
Bowdoin Street, 237,
237 n.

Bowen's Columbian Museum, 205.
Boylston Library, 206.
Brazer Building, 307.

Breck Agricultural Warehouse, 313.
British Coffee House, 7; location
of, 5 n; 196, 196 n, 197 n.

Bromfield's Lane, 196 n.
Butler's Wharf, 254.

BOSTON (continued).

Cambridge Street, 206, 237 n.
Carney Building, 326.

Carter Building.
throp Building.

See below, Win-

Castle Tavern. See below, George
Tavern.

Castle William, view of, probably
by W. Burgis, 253.

'Change Avenue, 5 n, 306.

Christ Church, 255, 256, 257, 258.
Circulating Library, 200.
City Hall, cave-in at, 324, 325.
City Surveyor's Report, 252.
Columbian Library, 206 n.
Commercial Street, 32 n.
Committee of Correspondence, 45;
formation of, 31; motion for censur-
ing and annihilating, defeated, 34.
- Concert Hall, 30.

- Conduit Street, 310, 311.
Congregational Building, 325.
Corn Court, 5 n.

Cornhill 201, 202, 203, 204, 206,
206 n. 207; new London Book Store
opened in, 6 n; tax levied for repairs
of town pump in, 259.

- Cotton Hill, 370; spring on, 297,
298, 308, 327.

Court Avenue, 260.
-Court Street, 206.

Crown Coffee House, 246, 251, 254,
255, 256, 257.

Devonshire Building, 307.
Dispensary, 356.

-Dock Square, originally occupied
by a cove or creek and landing place,
304, 305, 311, 315.

Easton Building, 307.
-Elm Street, 30, 31.

BOSTON (continued).

Franklin Library, 206, 206 n.
Franklin Street, 206.

George Tavern, 31 n, 311 n, 312.
Globe Building, 301, 301 n, 302.
Governor's Green, 299, 303, 311;
made over to S. Winthrop, 315, 316;
sold by him and his widow, 318.

Governor's Spring, 298, 299, 315;
land about, probably unoccupied be-
fore 1634, 303; order for fencing, 319;
recent schemes regarding, 326, 327.
Green Dragon Tavern, 32, 34.
Half-way Rock, Boston Harbor,
236, 236 n.

Hamilton Place, 28 n.

Hancock Tavern, 5 n.
Hanover Street, 30, 207.

Heart and Crown, Cornhill, 411 n.
India Building, 307.

Kimball Building, 326.

King Street, 33; British Coffee
House in, 5 n, 6 n; J. Mein's book-
store and circulating library in, 196,
197 n. See also State Street.

King Street Pier. See below, Long
Wharf.

BOSTON (continued).

- Marlboro' Street, 196 n.
Mason's Hall, 196 n.
Massachusetts Bank, 4 n, 5 n.
- Massachusetts Building, 5 n.
Massacre, T. Young's oration on
the first anniversary of, 28, 28 n, 29.
Merchants' Row, 5 n.

Middle Street. See above, Han-
over Street.

Middlecot Street, 237, 237 n.
Milk Street, 205.

Mill Creek, 305, 309, 311.

New Algonquin Club, 330.
Newbury Street, 6 n, 203, 205.
New North Church, Records of,
cited, 34 n.

New South Church, Registers of,
cited, 6 n, 202 n.

North End Caucus, 32, 34.
North Street, 306, 310.

Old Brick Meeting House, earliest
view of, 253; no known copy of this
view, 253.

Old City Hall, copy of Burgis-
Price View of Boston in, 249.

Old South Building, 325.

Old South Church, 356; tea meet-
ing in, 33; Burnham's bookshop in
basement of, 207; land bought for,
316, 318.

Old South Corporation, 356.
Overseers of the Poor, 4 n; Man-
ual for the Use of, cited, 5 n.

Paddy's Alley, 30.

Parker House, 207.
Pavilion Building, 326.
Pemberton Square, 297, 370.
Pierce's Alley. See above, 'Change

Alley.

Port Bill, town meeting in regard

to, 34.

Post Office, spring encountered in
building, 321, 324.

Post Office Square, 320.
Provident Association, 356.

Public Library, 202 n, 310 n, 356;
its copy of the second edition of the
Burgis-Price View of Boston, 251;
Prince Collection in, 407; copy of
Rev. I. Wiswall's poem owned by,
407.

Quaker Lane, 199 n.
Quincy House, 305.

Record Commissioners' Reports,

BOSTON (continued).

cited, 3 n, 6 n, 18 n, 24 n, 27 n, 29 n,
30 n, 31 n, 32 n, 34 n, 200 n, 201 n,
202 n, 262 n, 297 n, 300 n, 301 n, 302 n,
303 n, 304 n, 305 n, 306 n, 308 n, 309 n,
310 n,
311 n, 312 n, 313 n, 314 n, 315 n,
316 n, 319 n, 321 n, 322 n, 323 n,
324 n,
451 n; quoted, 299, 300.

Records of Deaths, cited, 40 n.

Revere House, 237 n.

Rogers Building, 302.

Russell's Wharf, 233 n.

Salutation Tavern, in Salutation
Alley, 32, 32 n.

School Street, 204, 206.

Scollay Square, well of old school
house in, 298.

Scott Alley, 309.
Scottow's Alley, 309.
Sears Building, 302.
Selby's Coffee House.
Crown Coffee House.

Seven Star Lane, 200.
Shakspeare Library, 206.
Ship Inn, 301, 303.

See above,

Siege, extract from T. Bolton's
Oration delivered before the, 29.

Sign of the Two Palaverers. See
above, Salutation Tavern.

Spring Lane, order for paving,
322; drains laid in, 323; repairs on
well and drains in, 323, 324; pump
in, 323, 324, 326. See also above,
Governor's Spring.

State House, well dug for, 325.
State Street, originally the Broad
street leading from the market-place
to the sea, 306, 308, 328; springs of,
307, 308.

States Arms. See above, King's
Arms Tavern.

Suffolk Bank, 5 n.

Suffolk Savings Bank, 356.
Summer Street, 200 n.
Symphony Hall, memorial service
for R. Wolcott at, 362.

Thompson's Spa, 202 n, 260.
-Town House, provided for in R.
Keayne's will, 308; library in, 313.
-Town pump, 307, 308. See also
Cornhill; Spring Lane.

Tremont Building, 326.

Trinity Church, 6 n; Registers of,
cited, 40 n; litigation between King's
Chapel and, 202 n; William Price

BOSTON (continued).

W.

his

Fund, 202 n, 261, 262, 262 n;
Price's part in erection of, 258;
burial in, 261; funeral of R. Wolcott
from, 361, 362.

Union Circulating Library, 204,
206 n.

Union Street, 32, 311.

Washington Street, 206, 206 n,
207; extension of, 31.

Water Street, 300, 322, 323.
West Boston Library, 206.
White Horse Tavern, 6 n.
Williams's Court, 6 n, 261, 301.
Wing's Lane, 30, 31, 52, 312.
Winthrop Building, quicksand en-
countered in building, 324, 325.
Worthington Building, 307.
Young's Hotel, 260.

Boston, frigate, 235, 235 n.
Boston and Albany Railroad, 356.
Boston Athenæum, v; Washington Col-
lection in, 125 n, 139 n; copy of W.
Lilly's Declaration of the several
Treasons owned by, 284 n; two copies
of Junius Junior's Spirit of Liberty
owned by, 294 n; copy of Constitu-
tional Courant owned by, 422 n, 434,

434 n,
452.

Boston Book Store, sold by E. Battelle
to B. Guild, 201; taken over by W.
P. Blake, 202; bought by W. An-
drews, 203.

Boston Chronicle, 6 n; started by J.
Mein, 198, 198 n; description of the
pope published in, 198 n.

Boston Evening Post, 417; items printed
in, regarding the Albany Congress,
413, 414; only newspaper mentioning
the Constitutional Courant, 435,435 n;
snake device used in, 435, 435 n;
facsimile of the device, facing 416.
Boston Gazette, items printed in, re-
garding the Albany Congress, 413,
415; snake device used by, 417, 440 n,
452; facsimile of, facing 416; re-
production of this device as that of
the Constitutional Courant, 440.
Boston News-Letter, snake device used
by, 417; facsimile of, facing 416.
Boston Post-Boy, 417, 427 n; account
of the Albany Congress in, 414.
Bostonian Society, 252; presents copy
of Vol. III of its Publications to this
Society, 72.

Brattle, Thomas, 312; property of W.
Tyng comes into possession of, 311.
Brattleboro, Vt., early postal service
of, 35 n.

Brazil, method of carrying on the slave-
trade to, 229, 230.

Brenton, Jahleel, son of Gov. William,
342 n; his complaint against Sir W.
Phips, 342.

William, Governor of Rhode Island,
342 n.

Brewer, Elizabeth, 31 n.
BREWSTER, FRANK, A.M., xiv.
Bridge, Benjamin, 255.

Matthew, 226.
Bridgeman, Sir Orlando, 288, 288 n.
Bridges, Francis, 272.
Bridgham, Henry (d. 1671), 320.

Henry (d. 1720), son of Joseph
(d. 1709), 323.

BRIDGHAM (continued).

Joseph (d. 1709), son of Henry
(d. 1671), use of water from the
Governor's Spring allowed to, 321.
Brief Discourse, A, of the Troubles be-
gun at Frankfurt in the year 1554,
about the Book of Common Prayer
and Ceremonies, copy of, exhibited,
54, 54 n.

Briggs, Jedediah, 346 n, 347.
Brinsmead, Rev. William, 408.
Bristol County, R. I., Deeds, cited,
346 n.

British Museum, copy of Burgis-Price
View of Boston in, 249; description of
this copy, 250; photographs of, 250;
copy of second impression of W. Bur-
gis's South Prospect of New York
in, 251; copy of the Constitutional
Courant in, 433 n, 434 n.
256.

Britton, Mrs.

Brooking, John, 32 n.

Brooks, Capt.

226.

JAMES WILLSON, A.M., xv.
Rev. Thomas, 338, 341.

Broom, Capt. —, 212, 214.

Broom & Livingstone, 225.

Brown, Capt. ——, 229.

BURGIS (continued).

William, his plan for taking a
View of Boston, 246, 251; the plan
carried out, 247, 248, 249; second
edition of the View, 250; first men-
tion of, 251; his South Prospect of
New York, 251, 253, 259; his Pros-
pect of the Colledges in Cambridge,
252; his Boston N. Eng. Planted
A.D. MDCXXX, 252; his View of the
New Dutch Church, 252; of Boston
Light, 253.

Burlington, N. J., the Constitutional
Courant may have been printed at,
434 n, 437, 438; two works issued
from J. Parker's press at, 443, 444,
444 n.

Burnet, William, Governor of Massachu-
setts, W. Burgis's Boston N. Eng.,
dedicated to, 252.

Burnham, Thomas, his circulating li-
brary, Boston, 206.

Thomas Oliver Hazard Perry, son
of Thomas, his library and bookshop,
Boston, 207.

Burt, Jotham, 346.

Boston (1771), 28 n.

Sarah. See Young.

William, 346 n, 347.

Browne, Robert, 368.

Samuel, 272, 272 n, 273 n.

William, Governor of Bermuda,

212, 212 n.

Corwin &, 309.

Brut, the, of Geoffrey of Monmouth, 102.
Bryan, George, his opposition to J.
Adams's plan favoring government in
three branches, 42; his part in framing
the Pennsylvania Constitution, 43.
Buckingham, Duke of. See Villiers.

-Joseph Tinker, 293; his Specimens
of Newspaper Literature, cited, 6n,
293 n, 438 n, 440 n; his account of
the Constitutional Courant, 438; his
incorrect reproduction of the Cour-

ant's device, 440.

Buckminster, Rev. Joseph, 390, 390 n.
Bunker Hill, battle of, 209.

Bunt, nautical word, 211, 211 n.

Burbeck, Thomas, 217.

Parish Register of, 97 n.

Butler, Benjamin Franklin, Governor
of Massachusetts, 356.

James, one of Washington's over-
seers, 132, 133, 134, 136, 137, 139, 140,
141, 145, 148, 155, 165, 166, 172, 179,
182, 182 n.

James, sailor, 215, 216.

Kezia, her circulating library, Bos-
ton, 205, 206.

Peter, land leased to T. Selby by,
254, 255.

Pierce (1744-1822), 140, 140 n.
Thaddeus, 399.

Byng family, barony of Raby passes to,
65.

CABOT, John (d. 1742), letter to T.
Savage from, 98-101.
LOUIS, A.B., xiv.

Cahart, Capt.

115.

William, 251, 257.

Callender, Charles, 206.