Francis Pettygrove
... that in choosing between the names Portland and Boston, Francis Pettygrove and Asa Lovejoy, the founders of Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon, settled the question by a coin toss?
... that in choosing between the names <i id="mwELc">Portland</i> and <i id="mwELg">Boston</i>, <b id="mwELk"><a href="./Francis_Pettygrove" id="mwELo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Francis Pettygrove">Francis Pettygrove</a></b> <i id="mwELs">(pictured)</i> and <a href="./Asa_Lovejoy" id="mwELw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Asa Lovejoy">Asa Lovejoy</a>, the founders of <a href="./Portland,_Oregon" id="mwEL0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland</a> in the U.S. state of <a href="./Oregon" id="mwEL4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Oregon">Oregon</a>, settled the question by a <a href="./Coin_flipping" id="mwEL8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Coin flipping">coin toss</a>?