Bowen's picture of Boston, or the citizens and stranger's guide to the metropolis of Massachusetts, and its environs To which is affixed the Annals of Boston . being ornamental tothe city, the concentration of so many important offices underone roof, renders the City Hall an object of peculiar interest. On the 21st of November, 1832, about five oclock in themorning, this ancient building, the scene of so many interest-ing events, again took fire from an opposite building, underthe stool of one of the Lutheran windows, which soon com-municated with the under side of the roof, and had it notbeen
Bowen's picture of Boston, or the citizens and stranger's guide to the metropolis of Massachusetts, and its environs To which is affixed the Annals of Boston . being ornamental tothe city, the concentration of so many important offices underone roof, renders the City Hall an object of peculiar interest. On the 21st of November, 1832, about five oclock in themorning, this ancient building, the scene of so many interest-ing events, again took fire from an opposite building, underthe stool of one of the Lutheran windows, which soon com-municated with the under side of the roof, and had it notbeen for the uncommon exertions of the fire department, itmust have been completely prostrated in a little time. As itwas, however, the damages were easily repaired. Theappropriation of the Council for the purpose was $ papers of importance were lost, and the curious recordsof the city, from its first settlement, for a third time, weresafely rescued from a devouring element. In Haless Survey of Boston and Vicinity, the measures ofdistances are reckoned from this building. topliffs reading establishment, which is kept in the east end of the. (SHOTS SL&SE 0 IfASIlWIIlti aL&SSio
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