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EARLY TIMELINE
Contributing to American Seapower for over 275 Years
1742
Fellowship Club Founded with Captain John Snow as First Member.
1752
A Petition to Incorporate was submitted to the House of Representatives.
1754
Fellowship Club Transitions to the Marine Society at Boston in New England with Royal Governor Charter.
1760
1773
King George III ascends to the throne of England.
Boston Tea Party
1784
The Treaty of Paris ends the American Revolutionary War.
1791
Board of Trustees of the Society are authorized by the Commonwealth to appoint Commissioner who in turn appoint Boston Harbor Pilots.
1809
1812-15
War of 1812
An Act of Incorporation assumes the new name of Boston Marine Society
1867
An Act in Relation to the Boston Marine Society's ability to recieve and purchase real & personal estate.
1861-65
American Civil War
1944
WWII
2009
Richard Phillips leads Maersk Alabama through violent pirate attack off Solalia.
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