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photograph of Sylvester Baxter in 1893
Sylvester Baxter in 1893; photo by Elmer Chickering

Sylvester Baxter (February 6, 1850[1]–1927) was an American newspaper writer, poet, and urban planner in the Boston area. In 1893 he became the first secretary of the Massachusetts Metropolitan Park Commission and along with Charles Eliot was a chief force in the development of the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston.[2]

  1. '^ BAXTER, Sylvester in Who's Who in America (1926 edition); p. 241; via archive.org
  2. ^ "Division of Urban Parks and Recreation History". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 8 December 2009.

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Sylvester Baxter

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Rodney J. Baxter House, Barnstable, Massachusetts, NRHP-listed Capt. Sylvester Baxter House, Barnstable, Massachusetts, NRHP-listed Charles L. Baxter House...

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Assembly Square

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to the MBTA Orange Line and Haverhill Line tracks is the waterfront Sylvester Baxter Riverfront Park. This was redeveloped as part of Assembly Square construction...

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Arts and Crafts movement

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Ross, collectors, writers and MFA trustees; Ross Turner, painter; Sylvester Baxter, art critic for the Boston Transcript; Howard Baker, A.W. Longfellow...

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Looking Backward

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by future Bellamyites Cyrus Field Willard of the Boston Globe and Sylvester Baxter of the Boston Herald. Shortly after publication, Ticknor's publishing...

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Henry Ware Lawton

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Fellsmere Park Parkways

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of emergency. Later, following the advice of the noted journalist Sylvester Baxter, he donated the land for establishing a beautiful public park with...

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Matthew Sylvester

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from 1687, Sylvester's unpaid assistant. He valued Sylvester for his meekness, temper, sound principles, and great pastoral ability. Baxter's eloquence...

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Nationalist Clubs

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a permanent organization, including Boston Herald editorial writer Sylvester Baxter, Willard, Devereux, Bowers, and Christian socialist clergyman W.D.P...

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David Lowenthal

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31 October 2019. Quest for the Unity of Knowledge at Google Books. "Sylvester Baxter Lecture: David Lowenthal, 'Conservation Past and Present'", Events...

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Cyrus Field Willard

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existence. This idea was independently shared by another Boston journalist Sylvester Baxter, who similarly wrote to Bellamy with his concept. The pair were put...

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William Eleroy Curtis

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for cattle ranching, Cushing urged Curtis and Boston Herald reporter Sylvester Baxter to begin a press campaign on behalf of the Zuni land claim. This publicity...

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History of early and simple domes

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cultures long before domes were constructed with enduring materials. Sylvester Baxter wrote that domes were evidently of Persian origin, with those early...

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Frank Hamilton Cushing

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University of New Mexico Press, 1990, hardcover ISBN 0-8263-1172-5 Sylvester Baxter and Frank H. Cushing, My Adventurers in Zuni: Including Father of The...

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Devils of Darkness

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Sinistre pursues Baxter in an attempt to recover the talisman and murders Baxter's acquaintances along the way. William Sylvester as Paul Baxter Hubert Noël...

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1856 Massachusetts legislature

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matters. Elihu C. Baker David H. Bartlett John Batchelder Amos Bates Sylvester Baxter Almon Brainard William S. Brakenridge Benjamin H. Brown Hiram C. Brown...

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Richard Baxter

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Richard Baxter (12 November 1615 – 8 December 1691) was an English Nonconformist church leader and theologian from Rowton, Shropshire, who has been described...

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Charles Howard Walker

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Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Library of Congress Sylvester Baxter. Boston park guide: including the municipal and metropolitan systems...

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Hannah Sylvester

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Hannah Sylvester (January 19, 1903 – October 15, 1973) was an American blues singer who performed in the classic female blues style, which was popular...

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Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition

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Smithsonian Institution. Magill and Hodge fell in love and married in 1891. Sylvester Baxter, journalist and editor of the Boston Herald, served as the expedition's...

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Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston

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landscape architects Charles Eliot and Warren H. Manning, as well as Sylvester Baxter, a Boston newspaper writer and city planning enthusiast. Eliot and...

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Fatinitza

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Suppé, Franz von (1879). Fatinitza. Translated by Theo. T. Barker and Sylvester Baxter. New York (et al): Oliver Ditson. p. 3. Retrieved 2013-07-22. Suppé...

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1855 Massachusetts legislature

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Albee Erastus Andrews Elihu C. Baker Lemuel M. Barker John Batchelder Sylvester Baxter Henry W. Benchley James D. Black John A. Buttrick James E. Carpenter...

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Warren Earp

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Warren Baxter Earp (March 9, 1855 – July 6, 1900) was an American frontiersman and lawman. He was the youngest of Earp brothers, Wyatt, Morgan, Virgil...

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Family Ties

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parents, Steven and Elyse Keaton (portrayed by Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter). The show won multiple awards, including three consecutive Emmy Awards...

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