The First Remodeling of the Province House, 1728

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  • Books and periodicals

Date

1972

GUSN

GUSN-169813

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Description

In 1728, the Province House was remodeled, achieving the form familiar to us from surviving views. Fiske Kimball looks at the documents that reveal the date of these renovations, published by the Massachusetts Historical Society and two volumes of the "Journal of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts.

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Additional Identification Number

Article ID 194

Collection Code

SC001

Collection Name

Old-Time New England

Reference Code

SC001.1972.062.228.003

Abstract

In 1728, the Province House was remodeled, achieving the form familiar to us from surviving views. Fiske Kimball looks at the documents that reveal the date of these renovations, published by the Massachusetts Historical Society and two volumes of the "Journal of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts.

Date Notes

Volume 62, Number 228 (Spring, 1972)

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Originator

Fiske Kimball (Author)

Publications Referencing This Collection

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

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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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