The history and antiquities of Boston .. . ; by deed 26 (6) 1648 ; A., N. P. —Thos. Clark, merch. gr. R. B. i a. in the Mill-field, the farm and barnyard of sd. Richd. NE, the St. SE, Wm. Phillip SW and NW, by deed 12 (1) 1650 ; A., N. P. Straine, Richard. — Val. Hill gr. R. S. abt. 1 a., Mr. Nathl. Eldred, Mr. Jno. Oliver and theHigh-w. SW, Arthur Perry NW and NE, the great Cove SE ; by deed 27 Aug. 1648. Mr. Hill bf. Wm. Aspinwall, 25 (7) 1648. Wits. Henry Shrimpton, Thos. Bomsted. MiCHELL, George. —Joseph Phippeni gr. G. M. house and lot, Capt. Thomas Hawkins N,
The history and antiquities of Boston .. . ; by deed 26 (6) 1648 ; A., N. P. —Thos. Clark, merch. gr. R. B. i a. in the Mill-field, the farm and barnyard of sd. Richd. NE, the St. SE, Wm. Phillip SW and NW, by deed 12 (1) 1650 ; A., N. P. Straine, Richard. — Val. Hill gr. R. S. abt. 1 a., Mr. Nathl. Eldred, Mr. Jno. Oliver and theHigh-w. SW, Arthur Perry NW and NE, the great Cove SE ; by deed 27 Aug. 1648. Mr. Hill bf. Wm. Aspinwall, 25 (7) 1648. Wits. Henry Shrimpton, Thos. Bomsted. MiCHELL, George. —Joseph Phippeni gr. G. M. house and lot, Capt. Thomas Hawkins N, S, the Bay E, Wm. Phillips W ; deed 10 (8) 1648 ; bef. W. A., N, P. Langdon, Johx. —Nathl. Woodward, Jr., gr. J. L. his dwell-h. and garden, Richd. Waito S,Edwd. Fletcher N, Nathl. Bishop E, the High-st. W ; deed 16 (8) 1648 ; bef. Wm. A. andRobert Button. Rice, Joanes. — Robert Burnam gr. Jones Rice a house-lot, Robt. Burnam S, old Rawlins N,the Highw. E, Wm. PhiUips W ; by deed 27 (9) 1648 ; bef. Wm. Aspinwall, Not. APPENDIX NO. OBJECTS AND LOCALITIES. To do full justice to this department of the History and Antiquities of Boston wouldrequire a volume of considerable magnitude, at the present time, and one of far greater com-prehensiveness, at the end of fifty years from now, provided the spirit or organ of destructive-ness should gather strength in time to come, as it has for some fifty years past, among thosewho have the power to exercise it. I refer to the continual changes of the names of Streets,Lanes, Alleys, &c. Not but what changes are sometimes necessary and highly proper. Butreference is here made to those changes of names having no other foundation than a whim, forwhich no good reason has been or ever can be assigned. For example ; what possible advan-tage could be expected from changing Pudding-lane to Devonshire-street ? There should bea statute imposing a penalty for every such unreasonable proposal. It would be my decision,in the
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