Historic shrines of America; being the story of one hundred and twenty historic buildings and the pioneers who made them notable . BEN.\KTT-B(JAKDMA.\ IluLSK, SAL(JLS, MASS. Photo by HaliiiUiy lU^U/ric Photograph Company See page 69. Photo Furnished by Rev. A. McDonald, Newburyport, Mass. LD SOUTH CHURCH, NEWBURYPORT, MASS. See page 75 IN THE LAND OF THE PILGRIMS 71 Essex, and in four towns, Boston, Lynn, Chelsea, andSaugus. That it was once in Boston was due to the narrowstrip of the territory of the city that stretched far outin the country, somewhat after the manner of a portionof a modern
Historic shrines of America; being the story of one hundred and twenty historic buildings and the pioneers who made them notable . BEN.\KTT-B(JAKDMA.\ IluLSK, SAL(JLS, MASS. Photo by HaliiiUiy lU^U/ric Photograph Company See page 69. Photo Furnished by Rev. A. McDonald, Newburyport, Mass. LD SOUTH CHURCH, NEWBURYPORT, MASS. See page 75 IN THE LAND OF THE PILGRIMS 71 Essex, and in four towns, Boston, Lynn, Chelsea, andSaugus. That it was once in Boston was due to the narrowstrip of the territory of the city that stretched far outin the country, somewhat after the manner of a portionof a modern gerrymandered legislative district. Whenthe district was set off as Chelsea and Lynn, in responseto a petition of citizens who were inconvenienced bytheir distance from town meetings, the boundaries be-tween Chelsea and Lynn were carelessly marked; oneline ran directly through the front door and the chim-ney of the Bennet house. This mistake, which causedannoyance and expense to those who occupied the house,was not corrected for more than one hundred Abijah Boardman asked that he be relievedof his double liability to Lynn and Chelsea, and in1803, by Act of the General Court, the petition wasgranted. Bennet, the
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