An appeal to the good sense of the legislature and the community in favor of a new bridge to South Boston / by A citizen.

Author/creator Citizen
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBoston : Printed by True and Greene, 1825.
Description22 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentGale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
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SeriesSabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Local noteEarly Republic.
Local note2010A877400.
General noteThe bridge, first proposed in 1805, was constructed in 1826-28 and known as the Boston Free Bridge (or North Free Bridge). Several times reconstructed during the 19th century, it was renamed in 1857 the Federal Street Bridge and later the Dorchester Avenue Bridge.
General noteSee Toomey and Rankin, History of South Boston (1901) p. 113-119 and 281-282, [I.S. Homans] History of Boston, from 1630 to 1856 (1856) p. 133, and N.B. Shurtleff, Topographical and Historical Description of Boston (1871) p. 425-426.
General noteReproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
General noteSabin no. 6597.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2010. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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