Politics & the Dorchester Bridge

(BOSTON BRIDGE.). Collection of Facts and Documents Relative to the Project of a Bridge from South Street in Boston to Dorchester Neck, and the Annexation of that Peninsula to the Town of Boston. Boston: 1805. 1st ed. 8vo. 62, [1] pp. Sewn & uncut as issued. Foxed, but a fine copy. $175.00

Rink 2618. S & S 8207. Begun as a commercial speculation, this bridge project, like others, became the center of an important political controversy, involving questions of governmental roles in commercial development and public protection and access.