A Chronological History of the Boston Watch and Police, From 1631 to 1865

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Excerpt from A Chronological History of the Boston Watch and Police, From 1631 to 1865: Together With the Recollections of a Boston Police Officer, or Boston by Daylight and Gaslight, From the Diary of an Officer Fifteen Years in the ServiceThe Author Of this volume has been in the service of the Government of Boston as a Police Officer for the last fifteen years, and has many good reasons for feeling a deep inter est in the history and welfare Of his adopted city. Under this in¿uence, and with opportunities Offered through the courtesy of numerous friends, the writer has devoted much of his leisure time for some years past, in collecting mate rial for a Chronological History of the Town and City of Boston, and although the collection is yet incomplete, it would now fill a large volume.From these records have been borrowed the materials that compose the Chronological History Of the Boston Watch and Police. The work has been prepared with no little labor and care, and it is hoped will prove of interest and value.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.