I. Topography of Boston. 13
The Peninsula.
Two Islands.
Anne Pollard.
Curious Descriptions.
The Mill Creek.
Great South Cove.
The North Cove.
Boston Common.
II. The Public Ferries. 27
The Great Ferry.
Order of Court, Nov. 1630.
Lease to Edward Converse.
Ferry to Winnisimmet;
Grant to Harvard College.
Bad "peag," money.
Wampompeague.
Judge Sewall over the Ice.
Charlestown mother of Boston.
Andros Revolution and Fires.
Portsmouth Stage.
Paul Revere crossing.
III. The Boston Cornfields. 37
Spragues at Charlestown;
Dividing the Land;
Corn from the Indians;
Fencing the Fields, &c.
The Cornfields and Pastures;
The Granary.
IV. Puritan Government. 45
Authority of the Company.
Ex post facto Laws.
Punished for a pun.
Fines and Ear-cropping.
Whipping through three towns.
Set in his own Stocks.
Regulating the Dress of Women.
The "Body of Liberties."
Ward on Kissing Women.
John Dunton on the Laws.
V. Narragansett Indians. 57
Murder of Mr. Oldham.
Visit of Miantonomo to Gov. Vane, Treaty, &c.
Narragansett Art.
Coining money.
Marriage of Children.
Egyptian Custom.
Marriage of Cleopatra.
VI. Names of Places, Streets, &c. 62
Curious Indian Names;
Names of Streets, Taverns, &c.;
Paddy Alley and William Paddy;
Dates of the Streets and Lanes;
Royal Names, Names of Patriots, Puritans and Union Names;
Names of Taverns and Shops;
Number of Streets and Wharves.
VII. Persecution of the Quakers. 74
Church Government and Civil Government.
Interference of the King.
Arrival of Quakers, 1656.
Execution of Quakers.
Order from the King, 1661.
Hutchinson's Opinion.
Triumph of the Quakers.
Their Meeting House.
Meetings discontinued.
VIII. First Newspaper in America. 87
First ever issued--in writing.
Gazette in Venice, 1583.
English Mercury, 1588.
"Publick Occurrences" 1690.
Legislative Interference.
To cure the 'Spirit of Lying.'
The Christian Indians.
Massacre of French Indians.
General character of the paper and its reading matter.
IX. Curious Boston Lectures. 98
History of Boston;
"Boston's Ebenezer;"
A Stone of Help;
Widows and Orphans;
Hope in God;
Appeal to the Public Officers;
Household Religion;
Fanaticism and Declamation.
X. Remarkable Proclamations. 1774-5. 104
_March 29_, War against France;
_October 18_, On account of a Riot;
_October 19_, War against Indians;
_October 20_, Thanksgiving Day;
_Nov. 2_, Rewards for Indian scalps;
1745, _March 25_, For a Fast Day;
" _July 8_, Thanksgiving Day;
" _Sept. 6_, For a Fast Day;
" _November 22_, Sailor's Riot;
" _November 25_, Thanksgiving.
XI. Popular Puritan Literature. 115
An Earthquake in Boston;
Deborah; a Bee;
Popish Invasion of England;
The Scotch Rebellion.
XII. Revolutionary Proclamations. 126
Gen. Gage's Administration;
Shutting up of Boston Harbor;
Election of delegates to Congress;
General Gage's Proclamation;
Against non-importation league.
Remarkable Proclamation for the promotion of Piety and Virtue.
Its Character and Observance.
XIII. Curiosities of the Market. 131
Supplies of Gov. Winthrop;
Bartering for Furs;
Scarcity of Provisions;
Hunting, Game, Fish, &c.;
Living in the Olden Time;
Supplies for a British fleet.