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  • Apr 29 1780

    Lafayette arrives in Boston aboard the French frigate Hermione.

    April 29, 1780

    Returning after a year in France to resume his service in the Colonial army, Lafayette lands at Hancock’s Wharf, where […]

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  • Apr 29 1784

    Armstrong (Samuel T.) is born in Dorchester.

    April 29, 1784

    The son of John and Elizabeth (Williams), Samuel Armstrong, attends public schools, is orphaned at 13, and becomes a printer, […]

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  • Apr 29 1842

    More than two dozen people drown in Boston Harbor.

    April 29, 1842

    Twenty-three boys and two officials from the Boston Farm School drown when their boat, the Polka, capsizes while returning to […]

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  • Apr 29 1844

    Boston Jews petition for creation of a cemetery.

    April 29, 1844

    Members of Temple Ohabei Shalom petition the city to set aside a corner of an existing East Boston cemetery for […]

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  • Apr 29 1851

    Edward Everett describes the importance of immigrants to the U.S. economy.

    April 29, 1851

    In a letter, he writes: “They keep the price of labor within bounds. . . If our Southern people could […]

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