The Story of Boston: A Study of Independency (Great Cities of the Republic)

viii, 507 pp. 3 fold-out maps, 1 fold-out engraved view. CONTENTS: A Declaration of Independence; Winthrop and His Companions; Getting Ready for a Voyage; The Founding of Boston; Margaret Winthrop Comes Over; The Lay of the Land; Sundry Troubles; The Government Becomes More Popular; Welcome and Unwelcome Visitors; The Charter is Attacked; The Times of the Mathers; The Charter is Lost; An American Despotism; The King's Governors Begin to Rule; The Governors and the Boston People; Strained Relations; Is it Lawful to Resist?; Tested and Not Found Wanting; A Maltster Enters Politics; Boston Opposes a Tax; In the Grip of the Army; Blood is Spilled; Stirring up a Continent; War; Boston Besieged; Independence Declared and Won; The Old Order Changeth; The Town Becomes a City; The Second Mayer; The New Order Established; Changing Boundary Lines; Individualism and Other Isms; Modern Boston; Index.