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Division of land.

The stinted commons.

Rangeways.

Early roads.

Life in the colonial period.

Somerville's connection with the Revolution, including:—

Capture of powder from the old mill.
(Legend of the mill.)

Paul Revere's ride.

Battle of Lexington and Concord.
(Route through Somerville.)
(Fighting on Somerville soil.)

Battle of Bunker Hill.

Siege of Boston.
(General plan of fortification.)
(Somerville's fortifications.)
(Memorial battery on Central Hill.)
(Raising of first flag of Continental army.)
(Quartering of Burgoyne's captured troops.)
(Residences of generals, and other houses of note.)

Growth of this portion of Charlestown.

Prominent persons.
Industrial and commercial life. (Middlesex Canal.)
(Railroads, steam and street.)
(Manufacturing enterprises.)
Separation from Charlestown.

Reasons.
Date.
Name and why selected. Somerville in the Civil War.
Change from town government to city.

Date, charters, seal. Mayors and a few other prominent officials.
To this should be added a sketch of the educational history of the city, with a brief history of the particular school which the child attends, together with a brief account of the man whose

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