Index to the city documents, 1834 to 1909, with an appendix containing a list of city publications not included among the numbered documents.

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...embraces all the regular Boston city documents which have been numbered and bound together at the end of each year, from 1834 through 1908; they are arranged by subject in alphabetical and then chronological order; the preface contains some information on the history of Boston's document publishing; the appendix contains chronological lists of documents arranged under the following headings: 1) Orations and Memorials (p. 125-133) 2) Fourth of July Orations (p. 133-142) 3) Ordinances and other Documents Relating to the Laws and Legal Proceedings (p. 142-148) 4) Standing Rules of the Board of Aldermen (p. 148-150) 5) Documents Relating Especially to the City Council or Either Branch (p. 150-154) 6) Miscellaneous Publications Printed by Order of the City Council, with other Quasi-Official Documents (p. 154-161) 7) Orations on the Boston massacre (p. 161-163) 8) Fourth of July Orations Delivered Before the Town (p. 164-167) 9) Publications of the Town of Boston (p. 168-171); the copy is partially annotated with call numbers and also includes bibliographic information on some documents of the period covered by the index found since its publication.

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