Public Program
Begin at the Beginning: Boston’s Founding Documents
Neil Wright
Saturday, September 19, 2015, 1:00PM - 3:00PM
Registration required; no fee
What’s in a name? From Boston, Lincolnshire, to Boston, Massachusetts
Partnership of Historic Bostons discussion group
On September 7, 1630, the Massachusetts Bay Company declared the names of three new towns: Dorchester, Watertown – and Boston. Why Boston? Why not London, or Lincoln, or any of the other English Puritan centers? Find out at this illustrated presentation and discussion of readings, led by independent scholar and author Neil Wright, of Lincolnshire, England, a member of the Partnership of Historic Bostons.