Scots Charitable Society is established.

It is founded by “Some Gentlemen Merchants and others of the Scots’ Nation residing in Boston, New England, from a compassionate concern & affection to their indigent Countrymen in these parts.” The oldest charitable organization in North America, it falls dormant until being reorganized in 1684 and is not incorporated until March 16, 1786. The organization locates its headquarters at 73 Concord Street in the mid-1800s and moves to 77 Camden Street in 1872.