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1 janv. 1634 - 1634 Boston Common Becomes First Public Park

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1634
The Town of Boston collects 6 shillings (or more) from each resident and buys 44 acres from William Blaxton for 30 pounds. Blaxton retains 6 acres in case he ever decides to move back to Boston.
Boston residents all have free access to the new land – Boston Common, which becomes the first public park in the United States.
Fifty years after the acquisition, several older residents recount “after which purchase the town laid out a trayning field; which ever since and now is used for that purpose, and for the feeding of cattell.”
Also in 1634, the Town of Boston issues the first license to operate a tavern to Samuel Cole.
More "Firsts": Schools, A College, Post Office, & (Almost) A Beer Riot

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1 janv. 1634
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