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1Title:  Forty of Boston's immortals: showing illustrations and giving a brief sketch of forty men of the past whose work would entitle them to a niche in a Boston hall of fame    
 Creator:  State Street Trust Company, Boston 
 Walton Advertising and Printing Company, Boston
 Publication:  Printed for the State Street Trust Company, Boston, Mass,[c1910] 
 Notes:  "Compiled, arranged and printed under the direction of th Walton Advertising and Printing Company, Boston, Mass. " 
 Call #:  P 9827 
 Extent:  [44] p. illus. (ports.) 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  Boston (Mass.) -- Biography
 
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2Title:  Boston of to-day: a glance at its history and characteristics. With biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men    
 Creator:  Herndon, Richard 
 Bacon, Edwin M. (Edwin Monroe), 1844-1916
 Publication:  Post Publishing Company, Boston,1892. 
 Call #:  F5Z H558 
 Extent:  vi, 461 p. illus., plates, ports. 29 cm. 
 Subjects:  Boston (Mass.) -- Description and travel | Boston (Mass.) -- Biography
 
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3Title:  Other merchants and sea captains of old Boston: being more information about the merchants and sea captains of old Boston who played such an important part in building up the commerce of New England, together with some quaint and curious stories of the sea    
 Creator:  State Street Trust Company, Boston 
 Walton Advertising and Printing Company, Boston
 Publication:  Printed for the State street trust company, Boston, Mass,[c1919] 
 Notes:  "Compiled, arranged and printed by direction of Walton advertising & printing co., Boston, Mass." 
 Call #:  HE767 B747S 
 Extent:  70 p. illus. 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  Shipping -- Massachusetts -- Boston | Boston (Mass.) -- Biography
 
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4Title:  Some merchants and sea captains of old Boston: being a collection of sketches of notable men and mercantile houses prominent during the early half of the nineteenth century in the commerce and shipping of Boston    
 Creator:  State Street Trust Company, Boston 
 Walton Advertising and Printing Company, Boston
 Publication:  State Street Trust Co, Boston,1918. 
 Notes:  "Compiled, arranged and printed by direction of Walton Advertising & Printing Co., Boston, Mass." 
 Call #:  F5ZK S797s 
 Extent:  vii, 53 p. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  Shipping -- Massachusetts -- Boston | Boston (Mass.) -- Biography
 
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5Title:  A list of Boston municipal orators    
 Creator:  Ernst, C. W. (Carl Wilhelm), 1845-1919 
 Publication:  [1890?] 
 Call #:  Pam. E105 
 Extent:  8 p. 
 Subjects:  Orators -- Massachusetts -- Boston | Boston (Mass.) -- Biography
 
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6Title:  Our first men: a calendar of wealth, fashion and gentility : containing a list of those persons taxed in the city of Boston, credibly reported to be worth one hundred thousand dollars, with biographical notices of the principal persons    
 Creator:  Hildreth, Richard, 1807-1865 
 Publication:  Published by all the booksellers, Boston,1846. 
 Notes:  Attributed to Richard Hildreth by New York Public Library. Cf. NUC pre-1956 imprints. 
 Call #:  Pam. O1106 
 Extent:  48 p. ; 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  Wealth -- Massachusetts -- Boston | Boston (Mass.) -- Biography
 
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7Title:  Mayors of Boston: an illustrated epitome of who the mayors have been and what they have done    
 Creator:  State Street Trust Company (Boston, Mass.) 
 Walton Advertising and Printing Company (Boston, Mass.)
 Publication:  Printed for the State Street Trust Co, Boston, Mass,c1914. 
 Notes:  "Compiled, arranged and printed under the direction of the Walton Advertising and Printing Company, Boston, Mass." 
 Call #:  Pam. S1343 
 Extent:  48 p. : ports. ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Mayors -- Massachusetts -- Boston | Boston (Mass.) -- Biography
 
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8Title:  Later years of the Saturday Club, 1870-1920    
 Creator:  Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1864-1960 
 Publication:  Houghton Mifflin, Boston,1927. 
 Call #:  F5ZSA S254H 
 Extent:  xvii, 427 p., [53] leaves of plates : ports. ; 25 cm. 
 Subjects:  Saturday Club (Boston, Mass.) | Authors, American | Boston (Mass.) -- Biography
 
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9Title:  Sketch of the life of the Honorable John Read, of Boston, 1722-1749    
 Creator:  Reed, George B. (George Bowlend), 1829- 
 Publication:   
 Notes:  "Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Bostonian Society for 1903." 
 Call #:  Reed family 
 Extent:  26 pages : facsimiles ; 23cm. 
 Subjects:  Reed family | Read, John, -- 1680-1749 | Boston (Mass.) -- Biography
 
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10Title:  Boston and some noted âemigrâes: a collection of facts and incidents, with appropriate illustrations, relating to some well-known citizens of France who found homes in Boston and New England, with which are included accounts of several visits made by one of the authors to La Rochelle and to the homes of the ancestors of Paul Revere    
 Creator:  Forbes, Allan, 1874-1955 
 Cadman, Paul Fletcher, 1889-1946
 State Street Trust Company (Boston)
 Publication:  Walton Advertising & Printing Co, Boston,1938. 
 Notes:  "A visit to the homes of Paul Revere's ancestors": p. 25-37. 
 Call #:  F5ZFA F8F69 
 Extent:  98, [1] p. : front., illus. (incl. ports.) ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Revere, Paul, -- 1735-1818 | French -- Massachusetts -- Boston | Huguenots -- United States | Boston (Mass.) -- Biography | La Rochelle (France) -- History
 
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11Title:  Valentine Hill--sparkplug of early New England    
 Creator:  Sargent, Jean A. 
 Publication:  J.A. Sargent, Laurel, Md. (12217 Shadetree La., Laurel 20708),1981. 
 Notes:  Includes bibliographical references and index. 
 Call #:  F3Y D743S2 
 Extent:  vi, 71, [76] leaves : ill. ; 29 cm. 
 Subjects:  Hill, Valentine, -- 1611-1661 | Pioneers -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography | Pioneers -- New Hampshire -- Dover Region -- Biography | Boston (Mass.) -- Biography | Dover Region (N.H.) -- Biography
 
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12Title:  Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Boston and eastern Massachusetts    
 Creator:  Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918 
 Publication:  Clearfield Co, Baltimore, Md,1995. 
 Notes:  Paged continuously. Includes index. "Originally published New York, 1908"--T.p. verso. 
 Call #:  F5F C991 1995 
 Extent:  4 v. : fronts., illus., plates, ports. ; 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  Massachusetts -- Genealogy | Boston (Mass.) -- Genealogy | Massachusetts -- Biography | Boston (Mass.) -- Biography
 
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13Title:  Faneuil Hall and Faneuil Hall market; or, Peter Faneuil and his gift    
 Creator:  Brown, A. E. (Abram English), 1849- 
 Publication:  Lee and Shepard, Boston,1900. 
 Notes:  Part 2. The merchants of Faneuil Hall market. 
 Call #:  F5ZJG B877 
 Extent:  x, 218, [3]-671 p. illus., front. (port.) plates, ports. 25 cm. 
 Subjects:  Faneuil, Peter, -- 1700-1743 | Faneuil Hall (Boston, Mass.) | Faneuil Hall Market (Boston, Mass.) | Merchants -- Massachusetts -- Boston | Boston (Mass.) -- Biography
 
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14Title:  Extracts from the diary and correspondence of the late Amos Lawrence: with a brief account of some incidents in his life    
 Creator:  Lawrence, Amos, 1786-1852 
 Lawrence, William Richards, 1812-1855
 Publication:  Gould and Lincoln, Sheldon, Lamport & Blakeman [etc.,etc.], Boston, New York,1855. 
 Call #:  F5HA L419L4 1855 
 Extent:  viii, [3], [ix]-xiv, 15-369 p. pl., 2 port. (incl. front.) 25 cm. 
 Subjects:  Lawrence, Amos, -- 1786-1852 -- Diaries | Lawrence, Amos, -- 1786-1852 -- Correspondence | Merchants -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography | Philanthropists -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography | Boston (Mass.) -- Biography
 
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15Title:  The hundred Boston orators appointed by the municipal authorities and other public bodies, from 1770-1852: comprising historical gleanings illustrating the principles and progress of our republican institutions    
 Creator:  Loring, James Spear, 1799-1884 
 Publication:  J. P. Jewett and Co, Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, Boston, Cleveland,1854. 
 Notes:  Includes index. 
 Call #:  F5ZHA L873 
 Extent:  viii, 727 p. ; 25 cm. 
 Subjects:  Orators -- United States | Boston (Mass.) -- Biography | United States -- Biography | United States -- History | Cleveland imprints 1854
 
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16Title:  Preachers, patriots & plain folks: Boston's burying ground guide to King's Chapel, Granary, Central    
 Creator:  Wells, Charles Chauncey. 
 Wells, Suzanne Austin.
 Publication:  Chauncey Park Press, Oak Park, Ill,c2004. 
 Notes:  One folded map in pocket. Includes gravestone inventories. Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-284) and indexes. 
 Call #:  F5ZF W453 2004 
 Extent:  288 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  King's Chapel Burying Ground (Boston, Mass.) | Granary Burying Ground (Boston, Mass.) | Central burying ground (Boston, Mass.) | Sepulchral monuments -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Guidebooks | Inscriptions -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Guidebooks | Cemeteries -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Guidebooks | Registers of births, etc. -- Massachusetts -- Boston | Boston (Mass.) -- Biography | Boston (Mass.) -- Genealogy
 
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17Title:  The Gardiners of Massachusetts: provincial ambition and the British-American career    
 Creator:  Milford, T. A., 1970- 
 Publication:   
 Notes:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-298) and index. 
 Call #:  Gardiner family 
 Extent:  xi, 306 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  Gardiner, Silvester, -- 1708-1786 | Gardiner, John, -- 1737-1793 | Gardiner, John Sylvester John, -- 1765-1830 | Gardner family | British Americans -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography | Colonists -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography | Ambition -- Case studies | Boston (Mass.) -- Biography | Boston (Mass.) -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865 | Boston (Mass.) -- Social conditions | Boston (Mass.) -- Intellectual life
 
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