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1. Admiral Vernon Tavern (5, 27, 28) Built in 1743

2. Alms House (22, 27, 21)
3. Anabaptists Meeting Hall (31, 21, 22)
4. Apothecary (27, 21)
5. Benjamin Ede's House (27, 21)
6. Birthplace of Samuel Adams (27, 21)
7. Black Horse Tavern (5) Built in 1700, hiding place for deserters from
Burgoyne's Army when it was stationed at Cambridge
8. Blue Anchor Tavern (5)
9. Blue Anchor Tavern (5)
10. Blue Anchor Tavern (5, 31) (5) only gives Brattles Street as a location,
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Boston's situation in 1775

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11. Blue Bell Tavern (5, 27)

12. Boudoin House (Gen'l Burgoyne) (21) For James Bowdoin
13. Brazier Inn (5, 27)
14. Bridewell (27, 21, 29)
15. British Coffee House (5, 28) Name Changed to the "American Coffee
House" in 1776
16. Bull Tavern (19)
17. Bullshead Tavern (5, 27)
18. Bunch of Grapes Tavern (5, 4, 28) Built prior to 1712, the "Chosen
resort of patriot leaders" (4)
19. Capen's Dry Goods (4)
20. Charles Paxton's House (27, 29, 21)
21. Clark-Frankland Mansion (5, 27, 27) Built in 1712 or 1713
22. Cockrel Church (27) Also called "New Brick Church" Built in 1721,
rebuilt in 1845, page 155, Had a big rooster for a vane
23. Col. John Trumbull's House (27, 21)
24. Col.John Crane's House (27, 21)
25. Concert Hall (5, 27, 21)
26. Cotton Residence (27, 31) John Cotton
27. Cromwell's Head Tavern (5) Built in 1751. LTC Geo. Washington
slept here while visiting Gov. Shirley in 1756. The sign depicting Cromwell
was hung so low that passersby were forced to pay reverence.
28. Cross Tavern (5, 27)
29. Crown Coffee House (4, 5, 27)
30. Custom House (32, 27, 5) Shown as "Butcher's Hall" in Henry
Pelham's/Paul Revere's engraving of the Boston Massacre. [5] says on
southeast side of King
31. Deacon John Phillips' House (27, 21) Large stone house that dates back
to the 1600s and may have served as the first Gaol. It was torn down in
1868
32. Dr. Mather Byles House (27, 21) Dr. Byles was the preacher at Hollis
St. Meeting House-[53]
33. Ede's and Gill's Print Shop (27) Had a "Long Room" over the print shop
that was used for private patriot gatherings
34. Faneuil Bros. Warehouses (28) Owned by Peter, Andrew, and
Benjamin Faneuil
35. Faneuil House (27, 21) Not sure about the exact, but Drake (27)
indicates it's around here
36. Fanueil Hall (21, 22)
37. Flower de Luce Tavern (5) Built in 1687
38. Franklin's Birthplace (27, 21) One of two sites to claim the distinction of
being the birthplace of Benjamin Franklin, the other at or near the
Chandlery at Union and Hanover; burned in 1810
39. Franklin's Chandlery Shop (27, 20, 21) Partially burned in 1858 and the
city took it to widen Hanover St. in the same year
40. French Meetinghouse (31, 27, 21)
41. Gen'l Howe's Quarters (27, 21)
42. Gen'l Warren's House (27, 5, 21) General Joseph Warren, killed at the
Battle of Bunker (Breeds) Hill, was one of the patriot leaders along with
Gray, Adams, and Hancock
43. Golden Bull Tavern (5)
44. Gov. Winthrop's House (27, 29) Demolished for firewood by the
British in 1775/6
45. Green Barracks (27, 31) Housed 14th Regiment
46. Green Dragon Inn (27, [5]) Also called "Freemason's Arms" In (5), it's
claimed the building is close to Washington St. Perhaps at the other end of
Union St.
47. Gun House (27, 21) Contained the two brass cannons belonging to the
patriots.. After being hidden in the next-door school house these were
smuggled out of town. Today, these cannons are at the top of the Bunker
Hill Monument
48. Half Moon Inn (5)
49. Hancock's Row (27, 21) 3 or 4 houses built (funded) by John Hancock as
a public works project giving needed work to artisans and craftsmen, and
giving Hancock some popular support
50. Hancock's Store (4, 21) Store No 4. at the east end of Faneuil Hall
Market (27)
51. Hellaway's Shipyard (31)
52. Hewe's Butcher Shop (27, 21) Butcher-Master-General during Howe's
occupation
53. Hollis Street Meeting House (21, 31) Also called Byles Meeting House
(31)
54. Hutchison Mansion (5, 27, 27) Built in 1710
55. Indian Queen Tavern (27, 21) First place of this name, not to be
confused with later place by Bromfield and Washington Streets
56. John Copley's House (27, 31) Built in 1774. Base had seven-foot-thick
granite from Braintree. Copley was a painter/engraver
57. John Draper's House (27, 21)
58. John Wendell's House (27, 21) Was the location of the Custom House
in 1759. Washington stayed here in 1789.
59. Julien House (5)
60. King's Arms Tavern (5)
61. King's Chapel (21) The portico on Tremont St. was not added until 1789
when Washington visited, so it is not shown.
62. King's Chapel Rector's residence (page 37, of Drake) (27, 21)
63. King's Head and Looking Glass (31) Retail Store where maps could be
purchased, and where Price's map (29 and 31) was printed and sold
64. King's Head Tavern (5, 21) On the corner of modern North and Lewis
Sts.
65. Lamb Tavern (5, 27)
66. Latin School (27) Latin was taught here, Benjamin Franklin went here
in 1714 and John Hancock in 1742
67. Light House Tavern (5)
68. Lion Tavern (5, 21)
69. London Book Store (27, 21) Owned by Henry Knox
70. MacNeal's Rope Yard (21)
71. Major Thomas Melville's House (27, 21)
72. Manufactury House (27, 20) House and school of spinning cotton and
linen. Though by 1768 it was rented to Elisha Brown who refused to allow
the 14th Royal Regulars to occupy the building--the 14th gave up and moved
into Faneuil Hall
73. Marlboro Hotel (5) Built 1708
74. Murray Barracks (27, 21) Place where 29th Grenadiers were housed.
75. New South Meetinghouse (21)
76. North End Grammer School (27, 21)
77. North End Latin School (29, 27, 21)
78. Brattles Street Meeting House (31, 21, 27) Also called Brattle Street
Church
78. Northwest Water Mill (21, 10)
79. Old Corner Bookstore (27, 21)
80. Old Mansion House (5)
81. Old Meeting House (21)
82. Old North Church (Christ Church) (21)
83. Old North Meeting Hall (21)
84. Old South Meeting House (Riding House) (20) aka Presbyterian
Meeting House
85. Orange Tree Inn (5)
86. Parmen's Wharf (31)
87. Paul Revere's House (5, 28) Built just after 1676 (after the great fire)
88. Pound (27, 29, 21)
89. Powder House (31)
90. Prison (21, 31)
91. Province House (General Gage) (29) Also called Governor's house
92. Public Grainery (21, 29, 22)
93. Quaker Meeting House (22, 29)
94. Queen's Head Tavern (5)
95. Red Lion Inn (5, 21)
96. Roebuck Inn (5)
97. Royal Exchange Tavern (27, 32, 5) Also called "Vardy's (27)
98. Royal Regular's Barracks (27, 21)
99. Salutation Inn (5, 27) It became famous, later, when William Campbell
kept it in 1773, when it was a rallying-place for the patriots who gave rise to
the word "_Caucus_." The resolutions for the destruction of the tea in
Boston Harbor were drawn up there.
100. Samuel Adam's House (27, 21) Two-storey wooden house, disappeared
in the 1820s
101. Samuel Prescott's House (31, 20) Named in Price (31) as letter V
102. Samuel Stillman's House (27, 21) Stillman was the pastor at First
Baptist Church from 1765 to 1807, which is called the Anabaptist meeting
hall (3)
103. Seven Star Inn (5)
104. Shaw House (27, 28) Maj. Pitcairn stayed in this house (it was owned
by Robert B. Shaw)
105. Ship Tavern (27, 5, 21) Demolished in 1866
106. South Grammer School (31, 21, 27)
107. Stackpole House (27, 5, 21)
108. Stamp Office (28) Burned in 1765. This location is a rough guess all
that is known is that it was on what is now called Kilby Street
109. Star Inn (5)
110. State House (20, 22) Also called "Town House"
111. Sugar Houses (27, 29, 21)
112. Sun Tavern (5) Was a popular resort of the Sons of Liberty
113. Swan Tavern (5, 27)
114. Thomas Hancock's House (Gen'l Clinton) (21, 27) In 1775, John
Hancock, Thomas's Nephew lived here.
115. Thomas Russell's House (29, 27) General Heath stayed here during the
occupation
116. Trinity Church (21)
117. Watch House (31)
118. Water Mill (20)
119. West Meeting House (21, 29) (29) calls this the Lynd's Street Meeting
house. It was built in 1736 and the steeple was taken down in 1775 to
prevent the patriots from signalling to Cambridge
120. White Horse Tavern (27, 5, 21)
121. William Cooper's House (27, 21) Cooper was the Town Clerk of
Boston during the revolution. He was a whig
122. Work House (29, 22) Built in 1738, Gables were 120 feet high
123. Writing School (31, 21, 27) Only Price (31) names this building
124. Admiral Graves Quarters (21)
Map by: Charlie Frye, ESRI

Streets

Aldens Alley (31)

Allen Lane (21)
Allen St. (21)
Ann St. (10)
Atkinson's St. (21)
Auchmutty St. (21)
Back St. (10)
Battery Alley (21)
Battery Marsh (20)
Beacon St. (29)
Beech St. (21)
Beer Lane (21)
Belcher's Lane (20)
Bell Alley (31)
Bennet St (19)
Bennett St. (21)
Berry Lane (21)
Bishop's Alley (20)
Blind Ln (29)
Board St. (20)
Boylston Alley (32) There was an Archway over
some portion of this alley
Brattles St. (20)
Bury St (31)
Button St (29)
Cambridge St. (21)
Cart Ln (21)
Castle St. (31)
Castle St. (31)
Center St. (29)
Centrey St. (29)
Chambers St. (21)
Charter St (10, [21])
Clough St. (31)
Cold Lane (10)
Common St. (21)
Cooks Court (21)
Cooper's Alley (29)
Corn Court (5) Depends on the location of the
Brazier Inn.
Cornhill St. (20)
Cow Lane (20)
Crab St. (20)
Creek Ln (27)
Crooked Alley (31) Bonner (29) is the only one to
name this street
Crooked Lane (20, 21, 29, [32]) Aka Silsby's Lane.
Later became Wilson Lane. Both of these names
were used in 1770 (32), making Crooked antiquated
even then.
Cross St. (20)
Ellis St (31)
Essex St. (21)
Exchange Lane (32) Inferred from 1813 map and
from an anonymous account of the Boston
Massacre of 1770
Farmer's St. (20)
Ferry Way (21)
Fish Market (31)
Fish St. (10)
Fleet St. (19)
Flounder Lane (20, [10]) Bonner Spells it Flownder
Fosters Lane (21)
Friends St. (29)
Frog Lane (31)
Gallop Alley (20)
Garden St (29)
Gardens Court (21)
George St. (29)
Gildrs's Ln (29) Name is very hard to read,
Bonner is the only map to name this street and only
the Gil and final s are definitely legible.
Gooch Lane (21)
Governor's Alley (21)
Gravel St. (21)
Gray's Lane (31) Bonner is the only one who names
the street
Green Lane (3)
Gridley's Ln (29) Bonner (29) is the only map
namming this street
Grove St. (29)
Hanover St. (10)
Harvard St. (21)
Hawkins St. (21)
Henchmen St. (29)
Hilliers Lane (21)
Hilliers Street (20)
Hills Lane (29)
Hog Alley (31)
Hollis St. (31)

This map was created using ArcGIS, a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software
package by ESRI. Each feature on the map was drawn similarly to how artists draw graphics,
but in this case, as each feature was also stored in the database along with other bits of
descriptive information. That information included notes about which sources were used to
determine whether that feature existed in 1775, the name of the feature, and anything else
interesting about that feature.

Hull St. (21)

Hull St. (29)
Hutchinson's St. (21)
Jollifs (31)
Kilby Street (31, [21]) Nothing is shown here on
either of Page's Maps (20 or 21)
King St. (10) Became State Street
Kneeland St. (21)
Leyerets St. (21)
Leyerts Lane (20) Became Congress Street
Lime Alley (31)
Lindal's Lane (20)
Link Alley (29)
Long Lane (20)
Love Lane (21) Later Tileston St.
Lynd St. (21)
Lynn St. (10)
Mackerel Lane (20, [31]) Many other sources call
this Kilby
Margrate St (20)
Marleboro St. (21)
May St. (29)
Merchant's Market (21)
Middle St. (10)
Middlecot St. (29)
Milk St. (21)
Mill Alley (29)
Moon St (29)
Moon St (29, [21])
Newbury St. (21)
North St (10)
Oliver's St. (21)
Orange St. (21)
Paddey's Alley (31)
Pierins Alley (31) the 2nd i looks like an l (L).
Could also be Pierces Alley as shown in 1813.
Pitts Lane (21)
Pleasant St. (31)
Pond St. (21)
Princes St (10)
Pudding Lane (21)
Purchase Street (29)
Queen St. (20) Became Court Street
Ransford Lane (29, [21]) Page (21) Calls this
Bansford
Rawson's Lane (21) Later became Broomfield St.
Robinson Lane (31)
Round Ln. (29)
Salem St. (19)
Salutation Alley (21)
Savages Court (31)
School Alley (21)
School St. (21)
Scottows Alley (31)
Sea St (10) Page calls this area Wheeler's Port
Shease St. (21)
Sheass Lane (31)
Ship St. (10)
Short Rd (29)
Short St. (21)
Shrimpton's Lane (20) Became Exchange St.
Oddly by 1770 most residents called it so (32), so
why it was not so on the maps is curious.
Sister St. (21)
Sliding Alley (31) Later called Foster St
Snow St. (10)
South St (21)
Southack St. (29)
Southacks St. (21)
Spring Lane (31) A spring creek originally ran
from here down to Oliver's Dock
Spring St. (21)
Staniford St. (21)
Std Alley (31)
Sudbury St. (10)
Summer St. (20)
Sun Court (29, [21])
Temple St. (29)
Tilley's Alley (31)
Tremont St. (31)
Union St. (10,31) Later the Northern fork meeting
Hanover St became Marshall St.
Water St. (21)
West St. (21)
White Bread Alley (21) Later called Harris St.
Wiltshire St. (21)
Wings Ln (20) Drake says this became Elm St.
Winter St. (21)
Wood St. (21)

This map wasnt created overnight; it was begun as a research project about the Battle of
Bunker (Breeds) Hill nearly four years ago. The database was expanded to include all of
Boston, and the surrounding coastline (the entire area is shown in the overview map at the
bottom of the poster). Somewhere between 400-500 hours of GIS work researching, drawing,
and creating data were completed over the four-year period. Today Boston's topography is a
very different than what existed in 1775. Soundings and the heights and shapes of hills
shown on maps made of the area between 1775 and 1777 were used to create a digital elevation
model for this area.
The GIS database for this map contains even more information than what is shown on the
map. For instance the buildings data layer contains information about the purpose of the
building, allowing for spatial analysis of settlement and land use. The database is also
intended to be a model or template that can be used for other historical GIS projects. The
manner that the sources are referenced to the features on the map, in particular is an example
of a new method for using GIS for historical research.
No maps of the period showed detailed locations for the houses of significant persons, the
inns, taverns, barracks, etc. All of these locations were interpreted from books and
manuscripts written and published in the late 19th and early 20th century. These sources
were published prior to the modern age of skyscrapers and such, as guides to the historical
places for persons walking around Boston. The audience for these books would have been
well educated, civically minded area residents and tourists; and historical societies.

Citations for Names and Places

Nearly Every place and name on this map is shown based on it appearing in a document
published prior to 1784. The keys to the names and places contain their sources as a list of
numbers in parentheses. Sometimes sources disagreed, which was certainly possible given
that some maps were actually engraved in England, far removed from the time and place
shown on the map; these sources are shown within [brackets]. Additionally, notes for places
may be included after the citations. The spellings are those found on primary source maps
and may differ from todays accepted spellings.

Sources

1. Sir Thomas Hyde Page (Lieutenant), A plan of the action at Bunkers-Hill, on the 17th. of June, 1775,
between His Majesty's troops under the command of Major General Howe, and the rebel forces, by

Lieut. Page, of the Engineers, who acted as aide de camp to General Howe in that action. New York,
NY, 1845. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3764b.ar090900

2. Sir Thomas Hyde Page (Lieutenant), Boston, its environs and harbour, with the rebels works raised

against that town in 1775, from the observations of Lieut. Page of His Majesty's Corps of Engineers, and
from those of other gentlemen., 1775. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3764b.ct000070

3. Sir Thomas Hyde Page (Lieutenant), A plan of the town of Boston, with the intrenchments etc. of

His Majestys forces in 1775: From the observations of Lieut. Page of His Majesty's Corps of Engineers;
and from the plans of other gentlemen. London, England, 1777.

4. Bacon, Edwin M. , Rambles Around Old Boston Internet, 1921.

http://www.kellscraft.com/RamblesBoston/ramblesbostoncontent.html

5. Balfour, David M. , The Taverns of Boston in Ye Olden Time, "The Bay State Monthly", Volume
II. No. 2, November, 1884 Internet, 1884. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13741/13741-8.txt

6. Item 2 of 12, Peter Force Collection, Battle of Bunker Hill. , 1775.

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3764b.ar089700

7. Sir Thomas Hyde Page (Lieutenant) ? , Rough draft of Charlestown, in water colour. Boston, MBC,
1775. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3764b.ar092000

8. Edwards, Ben L., Walking Boston Map Boston, MA, 2004.

http://www.walkingboston.com/bostonmap.pdf

9. Ward, Christopher, The War of the Revolution New York, NY, 1952.
10. Aitken, Robert, A new and correct plan of the town of Boston Philadelphia, PA, 1775.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3764b.ar088900

11. Unknown, A Map of 100 miles round Boston. London, 1775.

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3764b.ar089100

12. Unknown, A Map of forty miles north, thirty miles west, and twentyfive miles south of Boston,

including an accurate draft of the harbour and town. , 1775. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3764b.ar090300

13. Beaurain, chevalier de, Carte du port et havre de Boston avec les ctes adjacentes, dans laquel on a
trace les camps et les retranchemens occup, tant par les Anglois que par les Amricains. Paris, 1776.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3764b.ar092300

14. Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, Plan de la ville et du port de Boston; capitale de la Nouvelle Angleterre
Paris, 1764. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3764b.ar088500

Historic Locations

Barton Point (22, 19, 21)

Beacon Hill (21, 12)
Boston Neck (19)
Boston Stone (27) Stone dated 1737
Brattle Square (27, 32)
Charlestown Ferrry (22, 12)
Clarke's Square (27)
Cornhill Square (27, 32)
Fox Hill (21, 12)
Hudson's Point (22, 12)
Liberty Tree (10, 5, [24]) Robson (24) mislabels

15. Unknown, Boston, S. West part. No. 25. , 1775.

16. De Costa, J., A plan of the town and harbour of Boston and the country adjacent with the road from
Boston to Concord, shewing the place of the late engagement London, 1775.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3764b.ar090000

"The Old Elm" as the Liberty Tree, as does

Hamilton (30)
Pemberton Hill (27, [21]) Originally called Cotton
Hill, named for Rev. John Cotton, Page calls this
Valley Acre
The Mall (29)
The Old Elm (27, 29) Reputed to pre-date Boston,
still standing in 1875
Town Pump (27, 32) Also called Philip's Corner
Windmill Point (22, 12)

17. Hills, John, Boston Harbour, with the surroundings, etc. , 177?.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3762b.ar094300

16. Jefferys, Thomas, A map of the most inhabited part of New England, containing the provinces of
Massachusets Bay and New Hampshire, with the colonies of Conecticut and Rhode Island, divided
London, 1771. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3720.ar080001

19. Sir Thomas Hyde Page (Lieutenant), A plan of the town of Boston and its environs, with the lines,
batteries, and incampments of the British and American armies. , 1776.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3764b.ct000252

20. Sir Thomas Hyde Page (Lieutenant), A plan of the town of Boston with the intrenchments etc. of

Other Named Areas

Adam's Wharf (21)

Admiral Grave's Quarters (21)
Allen's Wharf (21)
Arbutknot's Wharf (None)
Armory's Wharf & Stillhouse (None)
Back St. (None)
Baker's Ship Yard (21)
Bass Wharf (None)
Bennet's Wharf (21)
Berry's Shipyard (21)
Bull's Wharf (21)
Burrel's Wharf (20)
Burrough's Wharf (21)
Burying Ground (28) This portion of Copp's Hill
Burying ground was reserved for slaves.
Butler's Wharf (21)
Byle's Wharf (21)
Charlestown Commons (22)
Church Square (31)
Clarke's Ship Yard (21)
Clarke's Wharf (20)
Clarke's/Hancock Wharf (21)
Coffin's Field (21)
Coffin's Wharf Stillhouse (21, None, None, [31])
Prices calls this W. Child's Wharf and Stillhouse
Common Burying Ground (27) Opened in 1756.
Those who died of their wounds taken in the Battle
of Bunker Hill were buried in a trench grave here.
Copps Hill Battery & Redoubt (21)
d'ACosta's Pasture (21) Franklin St. later ran
through the midst parallel to Milk & Summer.
Drake says the lower portion of this was a
quagmire.
Darby's (21)
Dock Square (10)
Faneuil Hall Sqaure (22)
Fort Hill (22)
Fox Hill Island (22)
Freeman's (21)
Gallops Wharf (20)
Gates Shiphyard (29)
Gibbon's Shipyard (21)
Gibb's Wharf (31, None, None, [21]) Page calls
this Wheelright's Wharf
Gilliam's Shipyard (31)
Governor Belcher's Wharf (20)
Governor's Green (4)
Granary Burying Ground (21)
Grant's and Greenwood's Ship Yard (21)
Gray's Wharf (21)
Greenough's Ship Yard (21)
Gree's Ship Yard (21)
Griffin's Wharf (21, 20, None, [29]) Site of the
Boston Tea Party. Price (29) shows this just to the
NW
Guard (21)
Halsey's Wharf (20)
Haywood's Wharf (20)
Hellaway's Shipyard (29)
Henshaw's Wharf and Stillhouse (21, None, None,
[31]) Price (31) shows nothing here
Hill's Wharf & Stillhouse (29)
Hubbard's Wharf (21)
Hunt's and White's Ship Yard (21)
Hunt's Wharf (21)
Hutchison's Wharf (21)
King's Chapel Burying Ground (27)
Kneeland's Wharf (21)
Lake's Wharf (20)
Lee's Ship Yard (20)
Long Warehouse (29) (29) shows a long pier, but
no other map does
Long Wharf (20) Had a row of warehouses on the
north side
MacNeals Rope Yard (21)
Maxswell's Wharf (31) <Null>

How This Map was Made

His Majesty's forces in 1775, from the observations of Lieut. Page of His Majesty's Corps of Engineers,
and from those of other gentlemen. , 1777. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3764b.ct000250

Mill Bridge (27) Wooden built in 1686, lasting

until 1793 when it was replaced with a stone bridge
North Battery (21)
North Square (27)
Oliver's Dock (29)
Oliver's Wharf (31)
Paddock's Mall (27) Noted for the stately English
Elms that Adino Paddock (a tory) planted in 1762,
these survived the winter of 1775/6; the solder's
repsected Paddock's confirmed Tory status.
Parmen's Wharf (29)
Pool's Wharf (29)
Quaker Burying Ground (27)
Rowe's Field (21)
Rowe's Wharf (21)
Ruck's Wharf (21)
Scarlet's Wharf (21)
Sear's Ship Yard (20)
South Battery (31)
Tea Wharf (20) Also called "T Wharf" or
"Minot's T" after the original owner
The Mall (27) Part of the Commons. The inner
row of trees was planted 1722-29 & outer row in
1734; many were cut down by British soldiers, even
some of the largest, out of spite, on the last day of
their occupation.
Thornton's Ship Yard (21)
Tileston's Wharf (21)
Town Dock (31)
Town Dock Bridge (31)
Verin's Wharf (21)
Waldo's Wharf (21)
Walner's Wharf and Stillhouse (31)
Wentworth's Wharf (20)
Wheelwright's Wharf (21)
Whitehorn's Wharf (21)
Wing's Shipyard (29)
Wood Yard (21)
Woodman's Wharf (20)

21. Sir Thomas Hyde Page (Lieutenant), A plan of the town of Boston with the intrenchments etc. of

His Majesty's forces in 1775, from the observations of Lieut. Page of His Majesty's Corps of Engineers,
and from those of other gentlemen. , 1777. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3764b.ar093400

22. Pelham, Henry, A plan of Boston in New England with its environs, including Milton, Dorchester,
Roxbury, Brooklin, Cambridge, Medford, Charlestown, parts of Malden and Chelsea with the military
works constructed in those places in the years 1775 and 1776 London, 1777.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3764b.ar093500

23. Williams, Richard, A plan of Boston, and its environs, shewing the true situation of His Majesty's
army, and also those of the rebels. Drawn by an engineer at Boston, Octr. 1775. The principal part of
this plan was survey'd by Richard Williams, Lieutenant at Boston London, 1776.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3764b.ar093200

24. Robson, T., Plan of the town with the attack on Bunkers-Hill in the peninsula of Charlestown, the
17th. of June 1775. Newcastle upon Tyne, England, 1778. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3764b.ar093600

25. Romans, Bernard, To the Hone. Jno. Hancock, Esqre. president of ye Continental Congress, this

map of the seat of civil war in America, is respectfully inscribed by his most obedient humble servant,
B. Romans. , 1775. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3760.ar088000

26. Unknown, Roxbury to Concord. Roads and distances, etc. , 1775.

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3764b.ar089300

27. Drake, Samuel Adams, Old Landmarks and Historic Personages of Boston Boston, 1875.
28. Bacon, Edward M., Rambles Around Old Boston Boston, 1914.
http://www.kellscraft.com/RamblesBoston

29. Price, William, A new plan of ye great town of Boston in New England in America, with the many
additionall buildings, and new streets, to the year 1769 Boston, 1769.

30. Hamilton, Archibald, Plan of Boston and Charlestown, from a drawing made in 1771 London, 1776.
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:678404?buttons=y

31. Price, William, A new plan of ye great town of Boston in New England in America, with the many
additionall buildings, and new streets, to the year 1769 , 1769. http://maps.bpl.org/id/06_01_001182/

32. Boston, the town ofA Short Narrative of the Horrid Massacre in Boston. Boston, 1770, and
republished in New York with notes and pictures in 1849 by John Doggett.
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1751-1775/bostonmassacre/anon.html

Wards

No. 1
No. 2
No. 4
No. 6

No. 7

No. 5

No. 8
No. 9

No. 11

No. 12

No. 10

No. 3

When Boston was occupied, beginning in 1768, by the British Army,

the commanders divided Boston into twelve wards. Some wards had
entire regiments (about 500 men) stationed within. Ostensibly the
troops were assigned to and responsible for maintaining the peace and
security of each ward. Reality was that the mere presence of the
troops raised tensions between themselves and the citizenry.
The troops were billited or had barracks in public buildings or
warehouses in their wards, but often the officers stayed in private
homes. Sometimes, as the case may have been with people who were
Tory's this would have been voluntary, or even prefered given the
protection the officers could provide. In other cases, like for people
who were whigs, the troops gave the occupants no choice--the King
had ordered the occupation and the people must comply and that
included housing the troops. In fact the governor's original plan was
that as many troops as possible were to be housed in private homes.
The public outcry was so great that the governor was forced to change
his orders.
This occupation infuriated the people, causing many of them who
were otherwise good British subjects to reconsider the Whig's point of
view. Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Paul Revere, and others use the
local media to play up the depradations of the British troops,
essentially winning the hearts and minds of many people in and
around Boston.
Two maps, #29 and #24 above showed the locations of these wards.
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