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Green Dragon
Tavern bad the picture of a dragon on a crane, 1680
Estate sold to the
Free Masons, 1764
Headquarters (virtually,) of the Boston Tea party, 1773
The last vestige (in Union street) removed, 1854
Gunpowder
The sale regulated by law, 1731
Boats for storage provided in the harbor, 1833
Gun-house
built on the Common, 1765
Removed to near Park square, 1843
On
Copp's hill removed to Cooper street, Oct., 1827
Cooper street attacked by a mob in a riot, July 14, 1863
H.
suspended in military arrests, Sep. 24, 1862
one of the
Selectmen of
Boston, 1765
Chosen Representative by the Sons of Liberty, May 6, 1766
Was
Captain of the Cadets, 1772
His Military Commission revoked by
Gen. Gage, Aug. 18, 1774
President of the Continental Congress, July 4, 1776
Elected the first
Governor of the
State, 1780
Died at
Boston, aged 55 years, Oct. 8, 1793
Likeness placed in Faneuil Hall, Apr. 19, 1830
Handcarts
no longer allowed to stand in State st., Oct. 4, 1809
Hanged
William S. Schouler, for murder, Sep. 28, 1637
Dorothy Talbe, an insane woman, Dec. 10, 1638
James Britton and
Mary Latham, for murder, Mar. 21, 1643
William Franklin, for murder, Apr. 8, 1644
Margaret Jones, for witchcraft, June 15, 1648
Anna Hibbins, for witchcraft, March, 1656
Robinson and
Stephenson, Antimonians, Oct. 20, 1659
William Ledro, for being a Quaker, Mar. 16, 1659
