- Timeline of Boston, 1830s
- 1836 Boston mayoral election
- 1837 Boston mayoral election
- 1838 Boston mayoral election
- 1844–45 Boston mayoral election
Notes
- ↑ Henry James (1930). Charles W. Eliot, President of Harvard University 1869-1909 . p. 27.
- 1 2 Henry James (1930). Charles W. Eliot, President of Harvard University 1869-1909 . p. 11.
- ↑ Edward H Cotton (1926). The Life Of Charles W. Eliot. p. 12 13.
- ↑ Henry James (1930). Charles W. Eliot, President of Harvard University 1869-1909 . p. 7.
- ↑ Mayors of Boston: An Illustrated Epitome of who the Mayors Have Been and What they Have Done, Boston, MA: State Street Trust Company, 1914, p. 15
- ↑ Henry James (1930). Charles W. Eliot, President of Harvard University 1869-1909 . p. 11.
- ↑ Henry James (1930). Charles W. Eliot, President of Harvard University 1869-1909 . p. 9.
- ↑ "Theodore Lyman, New England Historical Society". 22 May 2017.
- ↑ Edward H Cotton (1926). The Life Of Charles W. Eliot. p. 5.
- ↑ "Lyman Estate, Historic New England".
- ↑ Edward H Cotton (1926). The Life Of Charles W. Eliot. p. 7.
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References
- Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography . New York: D. Appleton.
- Image from Mayors of Boston: An Illustrated Epitome of who the Mayors Have Been and What they Have Done, Boston, MA: State Street Trust Company, Page 12, (1914).
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- United States Congress. "Samuel Atkins Eliot (id: E000105)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
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