Talk:Roxbury, Massachusetts

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Roxburgh? IP Address 13:17, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Which defunct category?

Was Roxbury really a "city" when it was annexed to Boston? Or should it be moved from being the only entry in Category:Defunct cities in Massachusetts to join others in Category:Defunct towns in Massachusetts? Lupinelawyer 18:54, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

<a href="http://www.discoverroxbury.org/TheHistoryofRoxbury/tabid/54/Default.aspx">This page</a>, linked in the article, says Roxbury inc'd as a city in 1846. Incidentally, <a href="http://www.charlestownbusiness.com/history.html">this site</a> says Charlestown (also now a neighborhood of Boston) incorporated as a city in 1847, which would seem to suggest that it should be in this category, not in Defunct Towns (I don't have documentary evidence for either of these two claims, so I won't make the change). Still, I'm not sure we need a category with only two entries; why not put all disincorporated cities and towns in "Category: Defunct municipalities in Massachusetts" instead? Wiki Wistah 04:12, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rev. John Eliot

This page needs a reference to John Eliot. The Eliot church still stands - at least it was there the last time I drove through - and he was a very important figure in the colonial era. He ministered to native Americans and African-Americans, and gave land for the Eliot school in what is now Jamaica Plain.

And yes, Roxbury was in independent city before annexation.

MarkinBoston 18:24, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Citation requests

I removed some citation requests from the text. The statements referenced are not controversial. Any map of colonial Boston shows that Roxbury was at the mainland connnection to Boston. I'll try to put a few more references into the article when I get a chance MarkinBoston 20:10, 12 August 2007 (UTC)