An address delivered by Josiah Quincy, great-grandson of Josiah Quincy III (who also served as mayor of Boston in his day). This address was delivered on the 75th Anniversary of the organization of the city government of Boston.

Excerpt from An Address Commemorative of the Organization of City Government in Boston, May 1, 1822: Delivered at the Request of the City Council, on September 17, 1897 In accordance with the foregoing votes a meeting was held in the common-council Chamber on Friday, Sept. 17, 1897, at four o'clock. Of the former mayors present were, the Hon. Frederic W. Lin coln, the senior, who served the city in 1858, 1859, 1860, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, seven years in all; the Hon. Samuel A. Green, 1882, who was the presiding officer of the day; the Hon Thomas N. Hart, 1889 and 1890, who entered the chamber with Mayor Quincy, and was accompanied by Alderman William F. Donovan of the committee of arrangements, and Alderman David F. Barry, all of whom had seats on the President's platform. In their immediate front, for whom seats were reserved, were the following. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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