The two toll bridges between Boston and Cambridge in Massachusetts are made free from this date

Both bridges between Boston and Cambridge had their tolls removed, effective on this day. The Charles River Bridge had been built in 1786 and the West Boston Bridge in 1793. (By John Osborne)
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The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year 1859 (Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Company, 1859), 367.
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