An historic guide to Cambridge . ords ofmoney paid for the removal of stones from a vessel from Quebec. The cor-ner-stone bore a Latin inscription, and Sir Francis Bernard, then governor ofthe Province of Massachusetts Bay, was present at the laying of it, and un-doubtedly a stately ceremony was made of the event. A fine organ was secured for the church, built by an eminent Londonbuilder, and also a bell, the gift of Captain Edward Cahill, of London, wasreceived. Other gifts were forthcoming. Mrs. Grizzell Apthorp, mother ofthe rector, gave a large christening basin of solid silver, finely cha
An historic guide to Cambridge . ords ofmoney paid for the removal of stones from a vessel from Quebec. The cor-ner-stone bore a Latin inscription, and Sir Francis Bernard, then governor ofthe Province of Massachusetts Bay, was present at the laying of it, and un-doubtedly a stately ceremony was made of the event. A fine organ was secured for the church, built by an eminent Londonbuilder, and also a bell, the gift of Captain Edward Cahill, of London, wasreceived. Other gifts were forthcoming. Mrs. Grizzell Apthorp, mother ofthe rector, gave a large christening basin of solid silver, finely chased andmoulded. Mrs. Mary Faneuil gave a Bible, and Thomas Lechmere two largeprayer books, which are still in good condition. It would not be difficult to reconstruct the appearance of church and con-gregation in those early years before the Revolution—the old-fashioned squarepews with their decorous occupants in laced coats, white silk stockings andsmall clothes, the eager young rector in the great wine-glass shaped pulpit at. HISTORIC GUIDE TO CAMBRIDGE 131 the head of the main aisle overshadowed by a carved sounding board; outsidethe bare expanse of the common, with its straggling roads leading to Men-otomy and Watertown, the burying ground close at hand, with the littlegroup of college buildings beyond. Most of the proprietors of the churchlived on Brattle street, then known as Church Row, from the creed of itsdwellers, and later as Tory Row, from their hated loyalty. FIRS,T RECTOR OF CHRIST CHURCH. The rector built for himself a house which perhaps more than anythingelse brought the suspicion and antagonism of the Puritan population upon thelittle congregation. It was a little to the south of the college buildings, andstands today a noble specimen of colonial architecture, even though thevicissitudes of its life have done much to deface it. It was dubbed, half infear and half in ridicule, the Bishops Palace, which name clung to it formany years. One cannot be surprised a
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