Report of the commissioners appointed under the order of the City Council, August 26, 1844 : to report the best mode and expense of bringing the water of Long Pond into the city of Boston.
| Author/creator | Boston (Mass.). |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Boston : John. H. Eastburn, city printer, 1844. |
| Description | 30 p., [1] fold. leaf of plates : 1 map ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Jackson, P. T. (Patrick Tracy), 1780-1847. |
| Included Work | Hale, Nathan, 1784-1863. Proceedings before a joint special commitee of the Massachusetts Legislature upon the petition of the city of Boston for leave to introduce a supply of pure water into that city from Long Pond. |
| Included Work | Channing, Walter, 1786-1876. Parliamentary sketches and water statistics. |
| Included Work | Rogers, Henry B. (Henry Bromfield), 1802-1887. Remarks on the present project of the city government for supplying the inhabitants of Boston with pure soft water. |
| Included Work | Silliman, Benjamin, 1816-1885. Report on the chemical examination of several waters for the city of Boston. |
| Other author/creator | Spot Pond Aqueduct Company. |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 City document ; no. 24 City document ; no. 25 City document ; no. 26 City document ; no. 27 City document ; no. 41 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Local note | Library's copy (and related documents) with binder's title: Boston water supply. |
| General note | Signed on p. [2]: P.T. Jackson [and two others], commissioners. |
| General note | Sabin no. 6785. |
| With note | Bound with: Thoughts on water -- City of Boston. Pure water. City document no. 25. In Common Council, Nov. 14, 1844, read and ordered to be printed. [Boston, 1844] -- City of Boston. Pure water. City document no. 26. In City Council, December 19, 1844 ... . Report -- Hints to the honest taxpayers of the city of Boston -- Spot Pond Aqueduct Company -- Proceedings before a joint special committee of the Massachusetts Legislature upon the petition of the city of Boston for leave to introduce a supply of pure water into that city from Long Pond, February and March 1845 / reported for the city government by Nathan Hale, Jr. Boston : John H. Eastburn, city printer, 1845 -- Senate ... no. 92, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In Senate, March 13, 1845 ... . Report [Boston, Pure water, March, 1845] -- Fellow citizens. An act to incorporate the Spot Pond Aqueduct Company -- Arguments and statements addressed to the members of the Legislature in relation to the petition of the city of Boston for power to bring into the city the water of Long Pond / by a remonstrant. Boston : Printed by Freeman and Bolles, 1845 -- Parliamentary sketches and water statistics / Walter Channing. Boston : B. H. Greene, 1845 -- Remarks on the present project of the city government for supplying the inhabitants of Boston with pure soft water / Henry B. Rogers. Boston : S.N. Dickinson & Co., printers, 1845. |
| With note | (continued) -- Letter from Lemuel Shattuck in answer to interrogatories of J. Preston in relation to the introduction of water into the city of Boston. Boston : Samuel N. Dickinson, printer, 1845 -- Inquiry into the best mode of supplying the city of Boston with water for domestic purposes, in reply to the pamphlets of Mr. Wilkins and Mr. Shattuck and also to some of the representations to the committee of the Legislature on the hearing of the petition of the city / a member of the late Board of Water Commissioners. Boston : Eastburn, 1845 -- Address of the Faneuil Hall Committee on the project of a supply of pure water for the city of Boston, May 5, 1845. Boston : W.W. Clapp & Son, [1845] -- How shall we vote on the water act? -- City document, no. 27. Petition of the stockholders of Spot Pond Aqueduct Company, August 18, 1845 -- Report on the chemical examination of several waters for the city of Boston / B. Sillman, Jr. Boston : J.H. Eastburn, printer, 1845 -- City document, no. 41. Report of the commissioners appointed by authority of the City Council to examine the sources from which a supply of pure water may be obtained for the city of Boston. Boston : J.H. Eastburn, city printer, 1845. |
| References | RLIN, CTRG04-B1050 |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Other title | Thoughts on water. |
| Other title | Pure water. |
| Other title | Hints to the honest taxpayers of the city of Boston. |
| Other title | Spot Pond Aqueduct Company. |
| Other title | Fellow citizens. |
| Other title | Act to incorporate the Spot Pond Aqueduct Company. |
| Other title | Arguments and statements addressed to the members of the Legislature in relation to the petition of the city of Boston for power to bring into the city the water of Long Pond. |
| Other title | Letter from Lemuel Shattuck in answer to interrogatories of J. Preston in relation to the introduction of water into the city of Boston. |
| Other title | Inquiry into the best mode of supplying the city of Boston with water for domestic purposes. |
| Other title | Address of the Faneuil Hall Committee on the project of a supply of pure water for the city of Boston. |
| Other title | How shall we vote on the water act? |
| Other title | Petition of the stockholders of Spot Pond Aqueduct Company. |
| Other title | Report of the commissioners appointed by authority of the City Council to examine the sources from which a supply of pure water may be obtained for the city of Boston. |
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