The Boston Board of Selectmen was the governing board for the town of Boston from the 17th century until 1822. Selectmen were elected to six-month terms...

The select board or board of selectmen is commonly the executive arm of the government of New England towns in the United States. The board typically consists...

unicameral body that is the modern Boston City Council. Prior to 1822, Boston was governed by the Boston Board of Selectmen. Boston voted in 1822 to incorporate...

political figure in Boston just as tensions with Great Britain were increasing. In March 1765, he was elected as one of Boston's five selectmen, an office previously...

churches in Boston, of which New North (built 1802–1804) is the last standing. Serving from 1791 to 1795 on Boston's board of selectmen, he resigned...

The current mayor of Boston is Michelle Wu. In Massachusetts, a town is typically governed by a town meeting, with a board of selectmen handling regular...

in honor of him and of his descendant John Winthrop, who briefly served as President of Harvard. He is also the namesake of squares in Boston (downtown...

formal school board. Records from between 1644 and 1689 indicate that, lacking an official school board, Boston had the Boston Board of Selectmen oversee school...

Charlestown, 1847-1873 and of the Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822: Also of Various Other Town and Municipal Officers. City of Boston Printing Department. 1909...

Sometime after moving to Boston, Coggeshall became an enthusiastic supporter of Anne Hutchinson, who was at the centre of the growing Antinomian Controversy...

selectman from 1635 to 1637, attending a selectmen's meeting for the last time in January 1638 as his tenure in Boston was coming to an end. Hutchinson's wife...

his collection of materials on the history of Massachusetts. As acting governor in 1770, he personally visited the aftermath of the Boston Massacre, an...

Englishman who emigrated to Boston with the Winthrop Fleet in 1630. He played an integral part in the early religious controversies of the Massachusetts Bay...

people, events, and daily life in Boston. He held various posts in Boston, including serving on the Boston Board of Selectmen. Rowe was evidently a very active...

precursor to the board of selectmen). In this role he participated in the division of community lands that included the establishment of Boston Common. Not...

Indian raids in 1643, he was hired by the New Netherland Board of Eight Selectmen to attack Lenape settlements. In February 1644, working for the Dutch...

of his lifetime and becoming the proprietor of his own mercantile firm. Born in Lexington, Massachusetts, Thomas Hancock became apprenticed to Boston...

17th-century Boston, Massachusetts. He co-founded the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts and served as speaker of the House of the Massachusetts...

deputy. Coddington was a member of the Boston church under the Reverend John Cotton, and was caught up in the events of the Antinomian Controversy from...

1822–present Boston Board of Selectmen, 1630s–1822 Boston City Hall, seat of municipal government 1969–present Old City Hall (Boston), seat of municipal...

Church in Boston, Lincolnshire. His father, Thomas Leverett, was a close associate of John Cotton, the church's Puritan pastor, and served as one of the church's...

in 1783. With the end of the American Revolutionary War and the securing of American independence, the Boston Board of Selectmen thought it was appropriate...

Boston Latin School. This school was open to all boys regardless of class, and served to educate and prepare the young men for university. The Boston...

2013. John Laidler (March 23, 2014). "Board of Selectmen race is lone contest on town election ballot". The Boston Globe. Retrieved June 3, 2014. Sample...

upon British supply ships and support General George Washington's siege of Boston, Massachusetts. This fleet, the first under Continental pay and control...

the municipal limits of the city of Boston. In 1636 the Boston Board of Selectmen ordered that two town residents be given land in current day Winthrop...

Charlestown, 1847-1873 and of the Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822: Also of Various Other Town and Municipal Officers. City of Boston Printing Department. 1909...

Charlestown, 1847-1873 and of the Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822: Also of Various Other Town and Municipal Officers. City of Boston Printing Department. 1909...

member for the 1st district of the New Hampshire Senate, and previously was a member of the Littleton Board of Selectmen. Gendreau graduated from Bob...

executive branch of town government is the Board of Selectmen, a popularly elected board made up of three members who are elected for terms of three years...