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Date | Event | Has photo | Has address |
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| 1741 | Mob loots the Town Granary. | |||
| 1746 | Town budget is strained by the demands of the poor. | |||
| 1748 | Town Workhouse (second) is built. | |||
| 1755 | Boston’s property taxes have unintended consequences. | |||
| 1759 | Poor Widows’ Fund is established. | |||
| 1772 | Public Welfare Department is chartered. | |||
| 01/18/1778 | Tuckerman (Joseph) is born in Boston. | |||
| 05/18/1802 | House of Industry (third) opens. | |||
| 1820 | Josiah Quincy III is named to a legislative committee to study treatment of the poor. | |||
| 1826 | House of Industry (fourth) is built. | 0 selected |