Chapter VIII: The Dual Government. Town and City. 1784-1886

Town-Born _vs._ Interloper. -- First Phases of City Politics. --
First Charter. -- Description of the City. -- Municipal
Improvements. -- Fire Department. -- Adornment of the Green. --
Public Letters to the Presidents and Others. -- Downfall of
Federalism. -- Slavery and Abolition. -- Municipal Growth. --
Sects. -- Administrative Changes. -- Windfall from Washington. --
Liquor Traffic. -- Light in the Streets. -- High School. -- Era
of Railways. -- Needs of the Poor. -- The City Meeting. --
Charter of 1857. -- Town Officers. -- City Improvement. -- Police
and Fire Departments. -- In the Civil War. -- Recent Charters. --
Conservative Influences in the Community.