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Tomorrow being Saturday , which is a busy day , I suppose , to gentlemen down town , Sunday intervening , I would endeavor to get ready by Wednesday evening , but I would prefer a longer time . In making this suggestion , I am bound to ...
Tomorrow being Saturday , which is a busy day , I suppose , to gentlemen down town , Sunday intervening , I would endeavor to get ready by Wednesday evening , but I would prefer a longer time . In making this suggestion , I am bound to ...
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David A. Wells ' report upon taxation to the legislature of New York , $ 6,000,000 in 1870 ; and a large proportion of that was gained in towns in the immediate neighborhood . Six million of dollars is a considerable sum for any ...
David A. Wells ' report upon taxation to the legislature of New York , $ 6,000,000 in 1870 ; and a large proportion of that was gained in towns in the immediate neighborhood . Six million of dollars is a considerable sum for any ...
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... burdens are imposed , of necessity , by legislation upon cities and towns , like the maintenance of highways , I believe it has never been suggested , heretofore , that a municipal corporation should run a line of steamers free .
... burdens are imposed , of necessity , by legislation upon cities and towns , like the maintenance of highways , I believe it has never been suggested , heretofore , that a municipal corporation should run a line of steamers free .
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A. I should say that the real estate in any of the towns east of Malden , and possibly Malden , would be greatly benefited by removing the tolls from the ferries . Q. Do you include Chelsea in that ? A. I do . I think it would increase ...
A. I should say that the real estate in any of the towns east of Malden , and possibly Malden , would be greatly benefited by removing the tolls from the ferries . Q. Do you include Chelsea in that ? A. I do . I think it would increase ...
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... if they could be carried over the ferries free ; and in that way , through the Lynn and Boston , the Chelsea and all the horse railroads in that direction , the towns below Boston on the east would be benefited .
... if they could be carried over the ferries free ; and in that way , through the Lynn and Boston , the Chelsea and all the horse railroads in that direction , the towns below Boston on the east would be benefited .
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| Title | Documents of the City of Boston, Volume 2 |
| Author | Boston (Mass.). City Council |
| Published | 1872 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Oct 2011 |
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