The town of Roxbury: its memorable persons and places, its history and antiquities, with numerous illustrations of its old landmarks and noted personages . ohn Williamss. Two of the original ;* Bartlett pear-trees, imported byCapt. Brewer, are still in bearing here. This pear, whose^ize. beautv. and excellence entitle it to the hi<z;h estimationin which it is everywhere held, originated about 1770 inEngland, where it was known as ? Williamss imported its name was lost, and having been cultivatedand disseminated by Mr. Bartlett, became so universallyknown as the Bartlett pea
The town of Roxbury: its memorable persons and places, its history and antiquities, with numerous illustrations of its old landmarks and noted personages . ohn Williamss. Two of the original ;* Bartlett pear-trees, imported byCapt. Brewer, are still in bearing here. This pear, whose^ize. beautv. and excellence entitle it to the hi<z;h estimationin which it is everywhere held, originated about 1770 inEngland, where it was known as ? Williamss imported its name was lost, and having been cultivatedand disseminated by Mr. Bartlett, became so universallyknown as the Bartlett pear that it was found impossible torestore its old name Mi. Bartlett, who was a Boston merchant, laid the founda- 120 EUSTIS HOUSE. tion of his fortune bv bringing to the United States a cargoof English goods iust when the breaking out of the war be-tween the United States and England had greatly enhancedthe price of imported commodities. He took great interestin agriculture, and was vice-president of the MassachusettsAgricultural Society. Perez Swells old house stands on the opposite side ofEustis Street, at some distance from it. This, with ET7STIS HOUSE. Whites, Dr. Williamss. Stephen Williamss, and the Eustishouse, were all the houses between the burying-ground andDorchester at the beginning of the century. Ewell marrieda daughter of Stephen Williams, the tanner, who lived in theold farm-house, since the residence of Samuel Walker. Esq. On Shirley Street, some twenty-five rods north of EustisStreet, is the house built by Gov. Shirley about the middleof the last century, its oaken frame and other materials, eventhe bricks, which were of three different sizes, having, it issaid, been brought from England at a vast expense. ShirleyPlace, for so the governor styled it. is a large, square, two- EUSTIS HOUSE. 121 story, hip-roofed structure, with a stone basement, having apiazza at each end, and is surmounted by an observatoryenclosed with a railing. This is the most elabor
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