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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 15, 1887

Page

11

Free Trade Principles in Early American Politics

The passage argues against tariffs and subsidies that shield domestic interests. It recalls the founders' preference for free trade, cites historical limits on colonial exploitation, and warns that modern policies favor protected monopolies. It urges a return to self-reliance and a republic unfettered by paternal government.

New England West South Congress South America Spain Cuba France Great Britain Atlantic Pennsylvania New York Patrick Henry Republic

Architecture in Boston a Hundred Years Ago Recalled

Robert S. Peabody surveys Boston’s 18th century streetscapes and houses, noting shifts from Tremont to State streets and the loss of many mansions. He describes gambrel roofs, interior staircases, and classical detailing, tracing influences from Palladio through English architects and the spread of architectural books and orders.

Boston Robert S. Peabody King Street State Street Duke of Marlborough Washington Street Tremont Street Howard Park Street Theodore Lyman Gardiner Green Peter Faneuil Governor Phillips John Vassall Samuel Eliot Parker House Jacob Wendell Dr. Warren School Street General Warren Hanover Street Beacon Street Hancock North Square Fort and Copp’s Batterymarch Street Old State House Old South Church Old North Church King’s Chapel Portsmouth Salem Cambridge Hingham Plymouth Holmes Copley and Stuart Paul Revere Winslow Winthrop England Italy Palladio Inigo Jones Wren Gibbs Hawksmore William Chambers Adam Athenæum William Layburn Lord Strozzi Florence New Hampshire Chippendale J. & J. Taylor High Holborn B. Franklin Ll.d Batty Langley

Town Meetings in Boston 1787 and the Adams era

In 1787 Boston's local government mirrored the state system with town meetings acting as sovereign yet limited bodies. Samuel Adams led these gatherings at Faneuil Hall as March and April business months. Bowdoin and Hancock vied for Governor. Bowdoin 724 votes Hancock 775. Cambridge and Roxbury also favored Hancock per the Massachusetts Gazette.

Old Boston Salem Newport Nantucket Province House Old State House Faneuil Hall Winslow House Plymouth Samuel Adams James Bowdoin John Hancock Bowdoin Hancock Massachusetts Gazette Bostonians Charlestown Cambridge Roxbury

Boston Town Officers and 1787 Ratification in 1787

The piece recalls Boston's 1787 town government, noting nine selectmen and 120 officers, including two deer informers and four hog reeves. It cites town debts, Old Continental money value, and annual expenses, plus a Lord’s Day observance walk. It ends with Boston’s December 1787 vote selecting leaders to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

John Hancock Portland Bowdoin Gazette Boston Shires Esther George III Green Dragon Philadelphia Southern Mail Massachusetts Centinel Amertigan Dar James Bowdoin Samuel Adams William Phillips Caleb Davis Charles Jarvis John ©. Jones John Winthrop Thomas Dawes Samuel Stillman Thomas Russell Christopher Gore

Honors row fuels outrage over Burma campaign awards

The London Truth reports a short honors list for Burma service drawn up by the Horse Guards. It accuses Lord Wolseley of jealousy and favouritism, praising Sir Frederick Roberts while attacking the adjutant general as a puffed up rival. Sir Edward Hamley is said to be retired for political reasons.

London Frederick Roberts Horse Guards Lord Wolseley Egypt Burmah Warner Sir Edward Hamley Soudan

Memoir of Ralph Waldo Emerson Featured in New Biography

The long awaited Memoir of Ralph Waldo Emerson by James Elliot Cabot, to be published by Houghton Mifflin, spans two volumes. It covers Emerson's Boston origins, education at Boston Latin and Harvard, early ministry years, Europe travels, friendships with Carlyle and Wordsworth, his role in transcendental circles, and final decades in Concord with reflective wisdom.

Ralph Waldo Emerson James Elliot Cabot Houghton, Mifflin & Co Emerson William Emerson Old First Boston Summer Street Windmill Point South End Scott and Campbell Atlantic William Ralph Edward Charles Boston Latin School Benjamin Apthorp Gould Furness Mx Webb Webb Enius Waldo Warsaw Concord Harvard College Chaucer Montaigne Plutarch Plato Otway Massinger Mt. Auburn Monroe Ennut Aristides Daniel Webster Sullivan Prescott America Athens Rome Divinity School Cambridge Waltham Northampton New Bedford Henry Ware, Jr Charles Lowell Chandler Robbins Second Church William Hague First Baptist Church Hanover Street Old North Emierson Europe Tie London Coleridge Dr. Bowring Bentham John Stuart Mill Carlyle Edinburgh Ireland Unitarian Highlands Dumfries Craigenputtock England Burke Liverpool Rydal Mount Wordsworth Holmes de Candolle Sprengel Cuvier Sir Everard Boston Society of Natural History Mechanics’ Institute Natural History Society Lydia Jackson Plymouth Mr. Cabot Old Plymouth Winslow House Jackson New England Margaret Fuller Miss Fuller Providence Young Men’s Association Frederic A. Farley Brown University Farley Fusley Greenwood Alleghany Ridge Aubrey Shelley Lidian Porphyry Due_ de Waterville Berlin Dresden

Literary Philistines and the Relaxation of Lazy Readers

A critic debates the literature of laziness and argues for reading that challenges the mind. He contrasts cheap sensational fiction with high quality works by Scott, Eliot, Thackeray, Dickens, Hawthorne, Howells, James, Stevenson, and Meredith. The piece notes Stevenson’s fragile health and mentions his visit to New York, with reflections on readers who avoid intellectual novels.

New York Sreeran Thackeray Scott George Eliot Dickens Hawthorne Mr. Howells James Mr. Stevenson Meredith Actu Emerson Rhodora Professor Baird Robert Louis Stevenson London Ludgate Hills Atlantic Ludgate Hill Rome Victoria Hotel Richard Mansfield Mr. T. Russell Sullivan Mr. Hyde Mr. Mansfeld Madion Square Theatre

Leasing School Rooms for Parochial Use Opinion

Thomas Savage city solicitor of Malden states towns may lease unused public school rooms for non school purposes, including parochial use, for adequate compensation and a term not exceeding period needed for common schools, noting tax funding for sectarian facilities is illegal.

Thomas Savage Malden Supreme Judicial Court

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