Advertisement : Ran away yesterday morning from the house of Mrs. Clough, at the North End, an Irish fellow named William Haly, and robb'd his bedfellow Thomas Tubbs ...

Advertisement. Stole or stray'd from the house of Mr. Thomas Larnard [as printed] of Watertown, on the 27th of November last, a large bay horse.
by: Learned, Thomas, 1682-1729
Published: (1722)

Advertisement. Stole or stray'd from the house of Mr. Thomas Larnard [as printed] of Watertown, on the 27th of November last, a large bay horse ...
by: Learned, Thomas, 1682-1729
Published: (1722)

By the Honourable William Dummer Esq; ... A proclamation : Whereas within some short time past many fires have broke out within the town of Boston, and divers buildings have been thereby consumed; which fires have been designedly and industriously kindled by some villanous & desperate Negroes, or other dissolute people ... Given at the Council chamber in Boston the fifteenth day of April, 1723. ...

A proclamation. By His Excellency the Honorable William Howe, major-general and commander in chief of all His Majesty's forces within the colonies laying on the Atlantic Ocean, from Nova-Scotia to West-Florida inclusive, &c. &c. &c : Whereas there is reason to believe, that many persons leaving this town by permission have, contrary to orders, conveyed away large sums in specie ...

By the Council of the state of Massachusetts-Bay. A proclamation : Whereas this Council have received information of a ... riot happening in this town ... This Council have thought fit to issue their proclamation, hereby requiring ... bringing to justice all such persons offending ... And we do also hereby promise a reward of three hundred dollars ... Given under our hand, at the council chamber, in Boston, this ninth day of September, A.D. 1778.

By His Excellency Jonathan Belcher, Esq; ... A proclamation : Whereas on the twenty-fifth day of March last ... the lieutenant governour ... issued a proclamation for discovering and apprehending the persons concerned in a dangerous and violent riot committed the night preceding, within the town of Boston ... Given at the Council chamber in Boston, the fourteenth day of April 1737. ...

A report of the labors of John Augustus, for the last ten years, in aid of the unfortunate : containing a description of his method of operations; striking incidents, and observations upon the improvement of some of our city institutions, with a view to the benefit of the prisoner and of society. Published by request.
by: Augustus, John, 1785-1859
Published: (1852)

Crime and criminal statistics in Boston.
by: Warner, Sam Bass, 1889-1979
Published: (1974)

Impenitent sinners warned of their misery and summoned to judgment : Delivered in two sermons: the former on the Sabbath, Nov. 6. the other on the lecture following, Nov. 10. 1698. : Occasioned by the amazing instance of a miserable creature, who stood condemned for murdering her infant begotten in whoredom. : To which are subjoyned the solemn words spoken to her, on those opportunities. : Published for the warning of others. /
by: Willard, Samuel, 1640-1707

The last speech and dying words of John Ormsby : who was appointed to be executed on Boston Neck, the 17th of October, 1734. Written with his own hand, the day before he was to suffer; and recommended to all people, for their serious perusal.
by: Ormsby, John, -1734

The last speech and dying words of John Ormsby : who was appointed to be executed on Boston Neck, the 17th of October, 1734. /
by: Ormsby, John, -1734

It started with the hats : the life experiences of Boston's founding street gang members /
by: Joyce, Paul F., 1957-
Published: (2024)

It started with the hats : the life experiences of Boston's founding street gang members /
by: Joyce, Paul F., 1957-
Published: (2024)

The divine compassions declar'd and magnified: to engage and encourage the greatest sinners unto a speedy and earnest repentance : A sermon, preach'd at the lecture in Boston, June 2. 1715. Upon the sorrowful occasion of a miserable woman present, under sentence of death for the murder of her spurious infant. By Benjamin Colman, A.M.
by: Colman, Benjamin, 1673-1747

The divine compassions declar'd and magnified: to engage and encourage the greatest sinners unto a speedy and earnest repentance : A sermon, preach'd at the lecture in Boston, June 2. 1715. Upon the sorrowful occasion of a miserable woman present, under sentence of death for the murder of her spurious infant. /
by: Colman, Benjamin, 1673-1747

By the Honourable Spencer Phips, Esq; ... A proclamation : Whereas upon Wednesday the twentieth of this instant November, at night, great disorders were committed within the town of Boston, by divers officers and seamen ... Given at the Council chamber in Boston the twenty-second day of November 1745. ...

A sorrowful spectacle : In two sermons, occasioned by a just sentence of death, on a miserable woman, for the murder of a spurious offspring. The one declaring, the evil of an heart hardened, under and against all means of good. The other describing, the fearful case of such as in a suffering time, and much more such as in a dying hour, are found without the fear of God. With some remarkable things, relating to the criminal; proper for all to be informed of. By Cotton Mather, D.D. and F.R.S. [One line from Acts].
by: Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728

The prayer and plea of David, to be delivered from blood-guiltiness : improved in a sermon at the ancient Thursday-lecture in Boston, May 16th 1751. Before the execution of a young Negro servant, for poisoning an infant. /
by: Byles, Mather, 1707-1788

A sorrowful spectacle : In two sermons, occasioned by a just sentence of death, on a miserable woman, for the murder of a spurious offspring. : The one declaring, the evil of an heart hardened, under and against all means of good. : The other describing, the fearful case of such as in a suffering time, and much more such as in a dying hour, are found without the fear of God. : With some remarkable things, relating to the criminal; proper for all to be informed of. /
by: Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728

The Wages of sin; or, Robbery justly rewarded : a poem; occasioned by the untimely death of Richard Wilson, who was executed on Boston Neck, for burglary, on Thursday the 19th of October, 1732.

The folly of sinning, opened & applyed : in two sermons, occasioned by the condemnation of one that was executed at Boston in New-England, on November 17th. 1698. /
by: Mather, Increase, 1639-1723

Life, last words and dying confession of John Bailey : A black man, who was executed at Boston this day, being Thursday, October 14, 1790, for burglary.
by: Bailey, John, 1771-1790

The public schools of colonial Boston, 1635-1775.
by: Seybolt, Robert Francis, 1888-1951
Published: (1969)

The sanitary condition of Boston /
Published: (1977)

The life, last words, and dying speech of Cassumo Garcelli : who was this day (Thursday, January 15, 1784,) executed, for the willful, cruel and inhuman murder of Mr. John Johnson on the evening of the sixth November, 1783 ... Boston, January 15, 1784.
by: Garcelli, Cassumo, 1760-1784

The declaration & confession of Matthew Cushing : a young man aged about twenty two years, who was try'd for burglary at the Superiour Court held at Boston in August last, and had sentence of death pass'd upon him for the same; which he deliver'd to us on Tuesday Sept. 24 and confirm'd the same before credible witnesses the day of his execution, to be published for the benefit of mankind.
by: Cushing, Matthew, 1712-1734

A Mournful poem on the death of John Ormsby and Matthew Cushing : who were appointed to be executed on Boston Neck, the 17th of October, 1734.
Published: (1734)

An address delivered before the Association of Delegates from the Benevolent Societies of Boston, at their meeting October 10, 1843 /
by: Thwing, Thomas, 1792-1867
Published: (1843)

The private schools of colonial Boston.
by: Seybolt, Robert Francis, 1888-1951
Published: (1970)

Imported and sold by Moses Grant, no. 6, Union-Street, a general assortment of upholstery, English goods, Lisbon, waterfowl & geese feathers : Said Grant carries on the paper-staining business, where may be had a great variety of paper-hanging.-- Each piece is warranted to contain twelve yards.
by: Grant, Moses, 1744-1817
Published: (1789)

By-law relative to bulls and cows : It is hereby ordered, that the selectmen shall cause two or more good bulls to be provided, which shall be placed, and be permitted to go at large upon the common, from the first day of April to the first day of November, and one or more from the first day of November to the first day of April, yearly and every year. ...
Published: (1796)

Recommendations to the schoolmasters, by the committee appointed to carry into execution the system of public education, adopted by the town of Boston, the 15th of October 1789.
Published: (1789)

Selections from the court reports originally published in the Boston Morning Post, from 1834 to 1837 /
by: Gill, Thomas
Published: (1837)

Tremenda : The dreadful sound with which the wicked are to be thunderstruck. In a sermon delivered unto a great assembly, in which was present, a miserable African, just going to be executed for a most inhumane and uncommon murder. At Boston, May 25th. 1721. To which is added, a conference between a minister and the prisoner, on the day before his execution. [One line from Deuteronomy].
by: Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728

Lessons of caution to young sinners : A sermon preach'd on Lord's-Day Sept. 23. 1733. Upon the affecting occasion of an unhappy young woman present in the assembly under sentence of death. /
by: Foxcroft, Thomas, 1697-1769

Tremenda : The dreadful sound with which the wicked are to be thunderstruck. : In a sermon delivered unto a great assembly, in which was present, a miserable African, just going to be executed for a most inhumane and uncommon murder. At Boston, May 25th. 1721. : To which is added, a conference between a minister and the prisoner, on the day before his execution. : [One line from Deuteronomy].
by: Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728