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Illustrated history of South Boston, issued in conjunction with and under auspices of the South Boston citizens' association

Charles Bancroft Gillespie · 1900 · Scanned text · Free in the US

105,159 words · about 7 h 22 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Free in the US: this text is in the public domain in the United States; it may still be in copyright elsewhere.

Licence: PD · Library of Congress states the book is in the public domain and free to use and reuse (https://data.labs.loc.gov/digitized-books/README.html); published 1900, public domain asserted for the US only · Library of Congress, Selected Digitized Books (https://www.loc.gov/item/01007128); text via the Common Pile (CC BY 4.0 compilation, per-document rights preserved)

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Author
Charles Bancroft Gillespie
Language
English
Published
1900
Length
105,159 words · about 7 h 22 min
Sections
3 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain in the United States

 

Contents (3)
  1. Contents about 20 min
  2. I . 'Zy^ about 6 h 57 min
  3. Index To Contents about 5 min
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Contents

Authentic Outline History; Early Scenes and Landmarks; Churches Schools; Institutions; Noted Early and Present Residents, with Portraits and Biographical Sketches ; Business and Professional Men; Manufacturing and Trade; South Boston in its Most Favora]5le Aspect at Beginning of Twentieth Century.

SOUTH BOSTON:

mC^UIRER PUBLISHING COMPANY

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