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Northeastern University history professor Chris Parsons digitizes historical records of the people and places in Boston, Massachusetts, before the Revolutionary War
The Birth of Boston project centers on an interactive map that combines resident data with a map created in 1648 by independent historian Samuel Clough. Courtesy graphic.

Northeastern University history professor Chris Parsons digitizes historical records of the people and places in Boston, Massachusetts, before the Revolutionary War

Through a project called The Birth of Boston, associate professor Chris Parsons shows there’s more to a city’s past than its battle sites.