Boston

Subject

Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

Scope Note: Coordinates: Lat: 42 21 00 N degrees minutes Lat: 42.3500 decimal degrees Long: 071 03 00 W degrees minutes Long: -71.0500 decimal degrees

Note: Located on Charles river; site of key pre-Revolutionary War events, Boston Massacre 1770 & Boston Tea Party 1773; expanded with textile mills, shipbuilding & trade 18th-19th cen.; noted for Faneuil Hall (1742-1805) & Paul Revere House (1680).