The gray record

Claims

Attested assertions. Who says so, since when, on what evidence — never adjudicated.

15 records

Allston — nicknamed “Allston Rock City” — An attested claim that Allston is nicknamed “Allston Rock City”. From the neighborhood's music scene. Attested by the English Wikipedia article on Allston. The archive records the attestation; it does not rule on it.
Bay Village — formerly “the Church Street District” — An attested claim that Bay Village was formerly named “the Church Street District”. An earlier name for the same blocks. Attested by the English Wikipedia article on Bay Village, Boston. The archive records the attestation; it does not rule on it.
Boston Common is called the Common — Diudap relates that Copley's death was thought to have been hastened by the following circumstance : — " Some American speculator who was acquainted with the superb situation of Copley's house in Boston, overlooking the beautiful green and parade called the Common, made an offer to the painter for the purchase, which, in comparison to the value of property m former days ia Boston, seemed enormous.
Boston is nicknamed the Hub — " Cold roast Boston," it was named by " Tom " Appleton, celebrated as a wit of the Hub.
Boston is nicknamed the Hub — " This expression thus applied only to the State House, but since modified into the " Hub of the Universe," is now gener- ally used in connection Avith Boston itseK, until the Bostonian abroad has become famihar and even content with hearing his native or adopted city styled the " Hub " from Maine to CaHfornia.
Boston was formerly named Shawmut — " Boston was called Shawmut, meaning "The Place Where Boats Go," by the Indians ; TriMontaine, by the early English settlers at Charles- town, from the three bold peaks of Beacon Hill ; and, finally, Boston, WASHINGTON STREET IN HORSE-CAR DAYS OF 1885.
Boston was formerly named Shawmut — Blaxton, touched by the distress among the settlers, invited them to remove to the three-hilled peninsula (called Shawmut and Tri-mountain), where there was fresh vv^ater in abundance and other advan- tages.
Boston was formerly named Trimountain — On the 7th of September, 1630 (old style), at a court held in Charlestown, it was ordered that Trimountain be called Boston.
Boston was formerly named Trimountain — It was contained in the letters written to his wife, who had remained behind in England, while his whole journal record of the eighty-two days which intervened between his going to " Mattachusetts to find out a place for our sitting down," on the ITth of June, and the 7th of September, when the order was passed that '' Trimountain shall be called Boston," fills but thirty- six printed lines, and nearly all of the memoranda contained even in those lines were made at a subse- quent time.
Brighton — formerly “Little Cambridge” — An attested claim that Brighton was formerly named “Little Cambridge”. Brighton's name before its 1807 separation from Cambridge. Attested by the English Wikipedia article on Brighton, Boston. The archive records the attestation; it does not rule on it.
East Boston — called “Eastie” — An attested claim that East Boston is called “Eastie”. Formed on the same pattern as Southie. Attested by the English Wikipedia article on East Boston. The archive records the attestation; it does not rule on it.
Fenway — called “the Fenway” — An attested claim that Fenway is called “the Fenway”. Definite article in local use. Attested by the English Wikipedia article on Fenway–Kenmore. The archive records the attestation; it does not rule on it.
Roxbury was formerly named Rocksbury — It was called Rocksbury or Rocksborough, from the great ledge of rocks running through it, the so-called Roxbury pudding-stone.
South Boston — called “Southie” — An attested claim that South Boston is called “Southie”. The best-known Boston vernacular name; used by residents and press alike. Attested by the English Wikipedia article on South Boston. The archive records the attestation; it does not rule on it.
West End — called “the West End” — An attested claim that West End is called “the West End”. A neighborhood largely demolished in 1958 whose name survives its fabric. Attested by the English Wikipedia article on West End, Boston. The archive records the attestation; it does not rule on it.

Held — contested, and kept

8 records whose evidence raises a name and does not settle one. The archive keeps them and does not assert them: they are out of its composed answers, out of the corpus its retrieval surface draws on, and their structured data carries no assertion at all. They are listed here because contested knowledge the reader cannot find has been expelled in everything but name.