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130: 165: 179: 29: 576: 113:, in 1645 the path that later would become Hawley Street was "laid out through the gardens towards the south windmill, between the houses of Amos Richardson and John Palmer on Summer Street." In the 17th century people referred to it as 203:
lived on the corner of Hawley and Summer Streets. In December 1810, a fire began at Stephen Soper's livery stable, spreading from Hawley to Milk Street, and burning the former home of
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Loren K. Ruff. Joseph Harper and Boston's Board Alley Theatre, 1792-1793. Educational Theatre Journal, Vol. 26, No. 1 (Mar., 1974), pp. 45-52.
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lived in Boston in the 1870s, he served as an officer of the Spelling Reform Association, headquartered at 32 Hawley St.
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S. Arthur Bent. Damon and Pythias among our early journalists. New England Magazine, Aug. 1896; p.671.
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Shurtleff. A topographical and historical description of Boston, Part 1, 2nd ed. 1871; p.411.
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Thwing. Crooked & narrow streets of the town of Boston 1630-1822. 1920; p.186.
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After 1728, the lane was "a path through a pasture made by the worshippers of
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Drake. Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston, 5th ed. 1876; p.388.
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A record of the streets, alleys, places, etc. in the city of Boston
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In 1792, theatre enthusiasts organized an illegal theatre, the
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published by James H. Earle, 20 Hawley Street, 1875.
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Detail of 1723 map of Boston, showing Bishop's Alley
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Boston
Boston
Massachusetts
Financial District
Milk
Summer
Annie Haven Thwing

Trinity Church
King Street
Board Alley Theatre
John Hancock


D. Lothrop Co.
James Sullivan
William Gray
Benjamin Franklin
Melvil Dewey
A record of the streets, alleys, places, etc. in the city of Boston
American Apollo
Bulletin of the Spelling Reform Association
Bostonian Society
Archived
Wayback Machine
Lithograph
Photo
Photo
Corner of Franklin Street and Hawley Street

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