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The Province House and its Occupants

Description

Throughout the years, many people occupied the Province House in Boston. Walter Kendall Watkins traces the owners, from the burned property of Thomas Millard to Dr. J.P. Ordway made the house into an amusement hall in 1851.

Details

Additional Identification Number

Article ID 195

Collection Code

SC001

Collection Name

Old-Time New England

Reference Code

SC001.1972.062.228.004

Abstract

Throughout the years, many people occupied the Province House in Boston. Walter Kendall Watkins traces the owners, from the burned property of Thomas Millard to Dr. J.P. Ordway made the house into an amusement hall in 1851.

Date Notes

Volume 62, Number 228 (Spring, 1972)

Full Article

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Record Details

Originator

Walter Kendall Watkins (Author)

Publications Referencing This Collection

(1972). Old Time New England. Boston, Mass.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.

Description Level

Item

Place of Publication

Boston, Mass.

Publisher

Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities

Publisher Series

Old Time New England

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