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Annexation and Perambulation (episode 141)
Annexation and Perambulation (episode 141)
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55 minutes
Released:
Jul 14, 2019
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This week’s show revisits two classic HUB History episodes that are all about the boundaries of the city of Boston. First, we’ll go back to a show that originally aired last January to learn why independent towns like Roxbury, Dorchester, and Charlestown were eager to be annexed into the city of Boston in the mid- to late-19th century, and we’ll examine why Boston hasn’t annexed any other municipalities since Hyde Park in 1912. Of course, once you make the boundaries of the city bigger by annexing your neighbors, you have to keep track of those new boundaries. So our second clip will be from a show that aired way back in September of 2017, about the ancient practice of perambulating the bounds. Since the 1650s, Massachusetts law has required towns to clearly mark their boundaries with other towns, and to send somebody out to walk the line and examine the markers every five years.
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Show notes: http://HUBhistory.com/141
Support us: http://patreon.com/HUBhistory
Released:
Jul 14, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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