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1767 |
Suffolk County House of Correction (third) is built. |
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1767 |
Town Jail (third) is built. |
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02/17/1769 |
Six “colored” men are publicly whipped for “drumming for the Yankees.” |
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1769 |
Town Gallows is erected on Boston Neck. |
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03/10/1772 |
Two thieves are punished at the gallows on Boston Neck. |
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10/09/1773 |
Two naval officers engage in a duel on Noddles Island. |
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10/21/1773 |
Levin Ames is hanged at the gallows on Boston Neck. |
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09/10/1780 |
Counterfeiters are hanged on Boston Common. |
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11/17/1784 |
Mr. Boynton notes that the town lacks stocks in which to punish drunkards. |
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03/14/1785 |
Massachusetts State Prison (first) opens. |
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