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Boston, Massachusetts, City of
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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Capital of Massachusetts. Few of the early Irish emigrants to Boston were Catholics, as they were unwilling to settle in a Puritan colony. Traces of the Catholic Church are found as early as September 1646, when a ship was in port having two priests on board, who were the guests of the governor. Father Druillettes visited Boston, 1650, to discuss with General Gibbons details of a trading pact and alliance with the Canadian French against the Iroquois; it is surmised that he said Mass at the governor's home. The "Weekly Rehearsal," March 20, 1732, announces:
"We hear that Mass has been performed in town this winter by an Irish priest among some Catholics of his own nation, of whom it is not doubted we have a considerable number among us."
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Entry for 'Boston, Massachusetts, City of'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/b/boston-massachusetts-city-of.html. 1910.
Entry for 'Boston, Massachusetts, City of'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/b/boston-massachusetts-city-of.html. 1910.
