Dates

• Existence: 1812 - 1893

Biographical Note

Born in East Alstead, New Hampshire, in 1812, Salvage arrived in Boston in 1843, where he worked at his brother's grocery in the North End. He joined the police force in 1851, and when reorganization created the Boston Police Department in 1854, was promoted to Captain and was placed in charge of Station Number One on Hanover Street in Boston's North End. Savage was promoted to Deputy Chief in 1861 and to Chief of Police in 1870. On his retirement in 1878, he became Probation Officer of Suffolk County. Savage had a keen interest in Boston history and authored two books. The first, A Chronological History of the Boston Watch and Police, from 1631 to 1865; together with the Recollections of a Boston police officer, or, Boston by daylight and gaslight, from the diary of an officer fifteen years in the service, was published in 1865 and again in 1873. His second book, Boston Events; brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order, was published in 1884. Edward Hartwell Savage died in 1893.

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