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Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Settled in 1624 as Winnisimmet, it was renamed in 1739 for Chelsea, London. The city suffered massive fires in 1908 and 1973. britannica.com
Chelsea includes: Bellingham, Powder Horn Hill and Prattville.
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1624 - Chelsea is settled
originally called Winnisimmet
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1739 - Chelsea is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1839 - Chelsea
Chelsea, Massachusetts
Suffolk county. This town was formerly a ward of Boston. Incorporated, 1738. Population, 1837, 1,659. The centre of the town... Read MORE...
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1845 - CHELSEA. [Population, 2,390. Incorporated, 1738.]
Chelsea (numbered 4) was formerly a part of Boston, and was called Romney's Marsh. Its Indian name was Winnesimet.
The inhabitants were... Read MORE...
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1854 - Chelsea
Chelsea, a post-township of Suffolk county, Massachusetts, 5 miles N. E. of Boston. The United States marine hospital in this township has a... Read MORE...
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1857 - Chelsea is incorporated as a city
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
1857 - DISASTROUS CONFLAGRATION IN CHELSEA - LOSS $50,000.
From the Boston Traveller.
Thursday night, the city of Chelsea was visited by one of the most destructive fires which has ever taken place there,... Read MORE...
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1859
CHELSEA, a township in Suffolk co., in Massachusetts, 4 m. NE of Boston. Pop. 2,290.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
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Chelsea Massachusetts, 1890
CHELSEA is a beautiful and growing city in the northern part of Suffolk County, inhabited largely by people whose daily business is in Boston, — from ... Read MORE...
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1895 - Chelsea
Chelsea, a city of Suffolk co., Mass, is a northeastern suburb of Boston, and is about 3 miles from the state-house, on the Eastern Railroad. It is... Read MORE...
1908 - BIG FIRE IN CHELSEA CHELSEA, MASS. SWEPT BY A GREAT CONFLAGRATION MANY HAVE TO FLEE FOR LIFE
Petroleum, Tarred Paper, Old Rags and a Gale Add Fury th(sic) Disaster - Ten Thousand Homeless.
Boston, April 13. - The greatest fire that has... Read MORE...
1908 - WALL KILLS EIGHT. COLLAPSES, CRUSHING WORKMEN, AT CHELSEA, MASS. - 20 MORE INJURED.
Chelsea, Mass., Aug. 25. - A brick wall forty-five feet high collapsed today in Chelsea Square, burying beneath it some thirty workmen. Eight were... Read MORE...
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1916
Chelsea, a city of Suffolk CO., Mass., is a northeastern Suburb of Boston and is about 3 miles from the state-house, on the Boston and Maine R. It is ... Read MORE...
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