. American cookery . signees who fell into disgrace at thetime the tea was all pitched intoBoston Harbor. In the old two-storyhouse that formerly stood here he paintedsome of his finest works, probably theportraits of Hancock and Adams. Whileliving in London, he was offered by aspeculator what seemed a fabulous sumfor the place, but he learned after hehad sold it that it was worth twenty timesthe amount he received for it, and it issaid this hastened his death. The first house built of brick, and alsounder the Copley title, was that of JohnPhillips, who was afterwards the firstMayor of Boston;
. American cookery . signees who fell into disgrace at thetime the tea was all pitched intoBoston Harbor. In the old two-storyhouse that formerly stood here he paintedsome of his finest works, probably theportraits of Hancock and Adams. Whileliving in London, he was offered by aspeculator what seemed a fabulous sumfor the place, but he learned after hehad sold it that it was worth twenty timesthe amount he received for it, and it issaid this hastened his death. The first house built of brick, and alsounder the Copley title, was that of JohnPhillips, who was afterwards the firstMayor of Boston; this was built in did much to improve a large por-tion of the Hill at the commencement ofthe nineteenth century. His distinguishedson, Wendell Phillips, was born in thishouse in 1811, and lived there until hisfathers death in 1823. After the housewas sold, Thomas Winthrop, LieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts, resided here,but his family increased so rapidly thathe was enforced to enlarge his residence,. No. 56 BEACON STREET and changed the location of the frontdoor from Beacon to Walnut prominent landmark is still foundon Beacon Hill. Near the State House, which was builtby Bulfinch, lived Dr. Joy, who didmuch to build up that part of the wife was much averse to living sofar out of town; as theirs was but thefourth house at the time, she exacted apromise from the Doctor to return to theresidential section at no distant day. Many of these old-time houses stoodclose to the sidewalk, while others were setback from the street, and were approachedby a flight of steps. Such was the man-sion of the Colonel Lieutenant GovernorPhillips, whose estate was one of the mostpopular, during the time of his was shaded by magnificent trees,which were cut down by the British andused as fuel. In the early days this was a favoriteresort for the citizens, as the view wasconsidered equal to anything foundacross the seas. These same sights arevisible to
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