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Before the lectures, an afternoon tea party, courtesy of the Dunbar House Tea Room, will take place. ... Join the South Dennis Free Public Library for a Boston Tea Party party at 10 a.m. on Dec ...
The Boston Public Library is a municipal public library system in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1848. [4]
Richard Clarke (May 1, 1711 – February 27, 1795) was a prominent Boston merchant and Loyalist in the late eighteenth century. His company, Richard Clarke & Sons, was chosen as factors for the British East India Company and were among the consignees of the tea which was thrown into Boston Harbor on December 16, 1773 as part of the Boston Tea Party.
the Boston Public Library, McKim Building, a branch of the Boston Public Library; Boston Athenaeum, one of the oldest independent proprietary libraries in the United States; Boston Library Society (1792-1939) Boston Medical Library, the largest academic medical library in the world. Combined with Harvard's medical collections, it is also known ...
After the Boston Massacre in 1770, yearly anniversary meetings were held at the church until 1775, featuring speakers such as John Hancock and Dr. Joseph Warren. In 1773, 5,000 people met in the Meeting House to debate British taxation and, after the meeting, a group raided three tea ships anchored nearby in what became known as the Boston Tea ...
Jul. 25—There's a buzz around the Manchester City Library this month, and it's not from the arrival of a blockbuster bestseller or one of the downtown institution's many summer events.
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Boston Public Library was founded in 1852. The first Boston Public Library location opened in 1854 in two rooms in the Adams School on Mason Street. Because the Mason Street space was small and poorly lit, a new building opened at 55 Boylston Street in 1858. It cost $365,000 to build and held 70,000 volumes.