Excerpt from A Municipal History of the Town and City of Boston, During Two Centuries: From September 17, 1630, to September 17, 1830 These views were intimated in an address to the Board of Aldermen, on taking final leave Of the Office Of Mayor, on the third Of January, 1829; and on the Sixth, on his petition, the succeeding City Council having granted liberty Of access to the City Records, this History was commenced. The completion Of it was unavoidably postponed by the acceptance Of the Presidency Of Harvard University, an appointment made and confirmed by the Corporation and Overseers Of that Seminary, on the fifteenth and twenty ninth Of the same month, and by the, Official duties assumed and discharged until August, 1845. After the lapse Of twenty years, at the urgency Of friends who had a right to influence, the work was resumed and, being finished, is now, at the close Of the author's eightieth year, Offered to his fellow-citizens, with his best wishes for their long enjoyment Of an efficient municipal government, and for the uninterrupted prosperity Of the city Of Boston. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.