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.