When news of the arrival of a shipment of sugar 2,400 lbs. of it, spread through the West End section of Boston it needed the police to keep order, where it was being sold, a small grocery store on Cotting St. The valuable packets were handed out to the customers by policemen inside the gates.

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Hum Images / Alamy Stock Photo

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3945 x 5466 px | 33.4 x 46.3 cm | 13.2 x 18.2 inches | 300dpi

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1900

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