Author: Jenkins, J. H.; et al
Title: The City of Boston Appropriating Private Land, in Order to Widen Broad Street
Description: Boston, Board of Street Commissioners, 1873. Small broadside; 10 x 8; cream stock, printed in black and illustrated with the Seal of Boston; two faint horisontal crease lines with short closed cuts to edges; in very good condition. Following the growth of the City of Boston and the establishment of its waterfront as an atractive business venture several notable citizens of the city became involved in the development of Broad Street in 1803. The thoroughfare would see the infamous Broad Street Riot in 1837 - a major brawl between 800+ Irish-Americans and Yankee firefighters, which would ultimately lead to the founding of Boston's police and fire departments. By 1873, the Board of Street Commissioners had decided that Broad Street needed to be widened from Atlantic Avenue to Summer Street for the safety and convenience of its inhabitants. Thus, the land needed for the expansion would have to be appropriated from properties along the street and the current circular listed the names of these properties' owners, both private citizens and commercial establishments, including the proprietors of Foster's Wharf and Liverpool Wharf, the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad Company, etc. The broadside also stipulated that people and parties owning estates, which would benefit from the proposed widening without parting with their land, would have to cover instead part of the expenses of the project. Very good .

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