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Excerpt from The Financial History of Boston: From May 1, 1822, to January 31, 1909 Throughout the work, the author has had the invaluable guid ance of his teacher, Professor Charles J. Bullock. For his help in the preparation of this book and in many other ways, as well, his student is deeply grateful. Information has generously been given by Hon. John A. Sullivan, corporation counsel; Dr. E. M. Hartwell, secretary of the statistics department; Mr. R. M. Hull, assistant secretary of the finance commission of 1907; and Mr. H. G. Ide of the treasury department. The task of the author has been lightened by the assistance of his good friends, Drs. Augustus Locke and F. A. Golder. To his wife, who in many ways has aided him, he is under the greatest obligations. 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.