Book/Printed Material The burning of Chelsea,
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Image 5 of The burning of Chelsea, THE BURNING OF CHELSEA- Contributor: Pratt, Walter Merriam
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Image 9 of The burning of Chelsea, THE BURNING OF CHELSEA BY WALTER MERRIAM PRATT WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS FROM ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS BOSTON SAMPSON PUBLISHING COMPANY 1908- Contributor: Pratt, Walter Merriam
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Image 10 of The burning of Chelsea, r/ 0^ -vi -jLiiiKARY of OON.SrtESS iwo uuiiieii risMici-i* JUL 2 ^^08 i X 9 t 62- L cOH f a. Copyright, 1908, 6y Sampson Publishing Company First impression, June, 1908 Printed…- Contributor: Pratt, Walter Merriam
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Image 11 of The burning of Chelsea, The author dedicates this hook to Captain James H. Smyth, Lieutenant Olin D. Dickerman, Lieutenant Harry J. Kane^ and the enlisted men of the Eighth Com- pany, Coast Artillery Corps, with whom…- Contributor: Pratt, Walter Merriam
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Image 13 of The burning of Chelsea, PREFACE This book is intended by its author to be a story of The Burning of Chelsea as he saw it, a contribution to local history based on personal knowledge and observation.…- Contributor: Pratt, Walter Merriam
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Image 14 of The burning of Chelsea, PREFACE phases of the period immediately follow- ing the fire, for the information of those not familiar with the city, and also a chapter on the future of the city. The illustrations…- Contributor: Pratt, Walter Merriam
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Image 15 of The burning of Chelsea, CONTENTS Chapter I Historical Chelsea 15 Chapter II Statistics of the Fire 31 Chapter III The Start 39 Chapter IV Beyond Control 52 Chapter V Under Control 72 Chapter VI Night among…- Contributor: Pratt, Walter Merriam
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Image 16 of The burning of Chelsea, CONTENTS Chapter VIII The Firemen 87 Chapter IX The Militia 93 Chapter X Expressions of Sympathy 104 Chapter XI The Relief Work 109 Chapter XII Chelsea s Future 134- Contributor: Pratt, Walter Merriam
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Image 17 of The burning of Chelsea, ILLUSTRATIONS View of the Burning City from Powderhorn Yiiw Frontispiece Opp. Page The BelHngham-Cary House 16 The Pratt House, built about 1700 Broadway before the Fire, looking South from Bellingham Broadway, a…- Contributor: Pratt, Walter Merriam
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Image 18 of The burning of Chelsea, ILLUSTRATIONS Opp. Page The Fitz Public Library before and after the Fire 70 Where the Fire was stopped on Sixth Street 74 Ruins of the Central Congregational Church 78 A Vast Expanse…- Contributor: Pratt, Walter Merriam
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Image 19 of The burning of Chelsea, THE BURNING OF CHELSEA- Contributor: Pratt, Walter Merriam
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Image 21 of The burning of Chelsea, CHAPTER I HISTORICAL CHELSEA Before relating the story of The Burn- ing OF Chelsea it seems that a sUght sketch of the history of the city may be appropriate. Thousands of people…- Contributor: Pratt, Walter Merriam
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Image 22 of The burning of Chelsea, THE BURNING OF CHELSEA things than any other city of this State or continent. The first settler, Samuel Maverick, landed on the shore of what are now the United States Naval Hospital…- Contributor: Pratt, Walter Merriam
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Image 25 of The burning of Chelsea, THE BURNING OF CHELSEA In 1630 Noddle s Island, now East Boston, was sold to him. About 1632 Maverick sold Winnisimmet to Richard Bellingham, afterward governor, after whom Mount Bellingham was named.…- Contributor: Pratt, Walter Merriam
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Image 26 of The burning of Chelsea, THE BURNING OF CHELSEA what is now known as Chelsea, Revere, Winthrop, and Saugus was, in con- sideration that they had long since built a meeting-house and supported the same, set off…- Contributor: Pratt, Walter Merriam
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Image 29 of The burning of Chelsea, THE BURNING OF CHELSEA to the same family. It is the second oldest house in Chelsea to-day, having been built about 1700. It was in this house that Increase Mather (president of…- Contributor: Pratt, Walter Merriam
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Image 30 of The burning of Chelsea, THE BURNING OF CHELSEA time Chelsea should wish to be set off to another county, Boston has no power to appear in opposition. In 1831 Francis B. Fay and others, acting for…- Contributor: Pratt, Walter Merriam
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Image 31 of The burning of Chelsea, THE BURNING OF CHELSEA and Charles Hanscom, and the Ferry hands. The first postmaster was Rev. Hora- tio Alger, followed by Abel Bowen and then Benjamin Dodge. In 1835 the town house…- Contributor: Pratt, Walter Merriam
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Image 32 of The burning of Chelsea, THE BURNING OF CHELSEA Panhandle, was set off to the town of Saugus. On March 19, 1846, North Chelsea, now Revere and Winthrop, was set off, reducing the town to its present…- Contributor: Pratt, Walter Merriam
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Image 33 of The burning of Chelsea,- Contributor: Pratt, Walter Merriam
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Image 35 of The burning of Chelsea, THE BURNING OF CHELSEA road got a charter to run from Pratt- ville through Washington Avenue, Park and Winnisimmet streets, to and across the ferry. When the Civil War broke out Chel-…- Contributor: Pratt, Walter Merriam
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Image 36 of The burning of Chelsea, THE BURNING OF CHELSEA marie during the Civil War; Mellen Chamberlain, L.L.D. and L.L.B., law- yer, judge, statesman, and historian; Hon. Frank B. Fay, chief of the United States Sanitary Commission during…- Contributor: Pratt, Walter Merriam
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Image 39 of The burning of Chelsea, THE BURNING OF CHELSEA builder; Samuel Orcutt, inventor of the first rapid printing-press ever patented in the United States; Hon. Eustis C. Fitz, trustee of Brown and Wellesley colleges and ex-president of…- Contributor: Pratt, Walter Merriam
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Image 40 of The burning of Chelsea, THE BURNING OF CHELSEA Company; George D. Emery, the largest mahogany works in the United States, which maintains a Hne of steamers be- tween Chelsea and South American ports; The Revere Rubber…- Contributor: Pratt, Walter Merriam
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About this Item
Title
- The burning of Chelsea,
Names
- Pratt, Walter Merriam.
Created / Published
- Boston, Sampson publishing company, 1908.
Headings
- - Chelsea (Mass.)--Fire, 1908
Notes
- - Also available in digital form.
Medium
- 149 p. front., plates, map. 21 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- F74.C5 P9
Library of Congress Control Number
- 08019884
OCLC Number
- 9267267
Online Format
- image
- online text