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10/03/1783 |
Reception is held for officers from the recently arrived French fleet. |
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02/17/1785 |
Polygamy punishment is established. |
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01/02/1788 |
Boston society is described by John Quincy Adams. |
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10/29/1788 |
John Hancock hosts a ball for the visiting French officers. |
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1788 |
Boston women are described by Brissot de Warville. |
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09/30/1797 |
Rebecca Russell Lowell marries Samuel Pickering Gardner. |
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04/23/1800 |
Boston “Beaux”” are described by the Columbian Centinel.” |
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06/30/1801 |
Duel is fought on Dorchester Neck. |
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1810 |
Society balls are banned in Boston. |
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1817 |
Beacon Hill Red Light district is described. |
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