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may 13, 1630 - Boston is established

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As the population was becoming too large for Salem, Governor John Endecott and the Puritans searched for an area in the wilderness which they named Charlestown and later changed to Boston (Deputy Governer, Thomas Dudley's hometown).

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may 13, 1630
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~ 396 years ago

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