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Index to the city documents, 1834 to 1909, with an appendix containing a list of city publications not included among the numbered documents

...embraces all the regular Boston city documents which have been numbered and bound together at the end of each year, from 1834 through 1908; they are arranged by subject in alphabetical and then chronological order; the preface contains some information on the history of Boston's document publishing; the appendix contains chronological lists of documents arranged under the following headings: 1) Orations and Memorials (p. 125-133) 2) Fourth of July Orations (p. 133-142) 3) Ordinances and other Documents Relating to the Laws and Legal Proceedings (p. 142-148) 4) Standing Rules of the Board of Aldermen (p. 148-150) 5) Documents Relating Especially to the City Council or Either Branch (p. 150-154) 6) Miscellaneous Publications Printed by Order of the City Council, with other Quasi-Official Documents (p. 154-161) 7) Orations on the Boston massacre (p. 161-163) 8) Fourth of July Orations Delivered Before the Town (p. 164-167) 9) Publications of the Town of Boston (p. 168-171); the copy is partially annotated with call numbers and also includes bibliographic information on some documents of the period covered by the index found since its publication

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