A concise history of Massachusetts . , was this year fin-ished and dedicated. The Quincy rail-road was constructed for the transperia-tion of heavy granite stone for building purposes, more espe-cially for the erection of the Bunker-Hill monument. Thisrail-road is said to have been the first experiment of the kindin America, and is in length about 3 miles from the most dis-tant of the two quarries to the navigable waters of Neponsetriver, which empties into Boston bay about 8 miles south-easterly of the city. One horse on the railway draws a weightwhich on ordinary public roads requires 4 or 6
A concise history of Massachusetts . , was this year fin-ished and dedicated. The Quincy rail-road was constructed for the transperia-tion of heavy granite stone for building purposes, more espe-cially for the erection of the Bunker-Hill monument. Thisrail-road is said to have been the first experiment of the kindin America, and is in length about 3 miles from the most dis-tant of the two quarries to the navigable waters of Neponsetriver, which empties into Boston bay about 8 miles south-easterly of the city. One horse on the railway draws a weightwhich on ordinary public roads requires 4 or 6 horses, and,theground having a gradual descent most part of the vvay, im-mense blocks of beautiful Quincy granite are by means ofthis improvement conveyed to the landing-place, whencethey are taken by water to Boston and other places. Transporlntion, s. removal, conveyance, , s. a Stone miite, a place wheie labourers dig, blast, orsplit the granite or other kind of stone HISTORY OP MASSACHUSETTS. 139 Q,U1NCY Q,. What remarkable occurrence tookplace on the 4 of July, 1826 / A. The decease of the venerable JohnAdams, at his seat in Q,uincy, in the 91 yearof his age ; and of Thomas Jefferson, at Mon-ticello in Yirginia. in his 83 year. Both were in the foremost rank of statesmen and patriotswlio vindicated the rights of their country, and having lived toreceive the gratuiations of the 50 anniversary of her inde-pendence, both expired. Without the aid of panegyric, ofpaintingand of sculpture, their names will be preserved inthe Declaration of Independence, and interwoven with thenational history; their actions will present their truest portraitsto posterity, and the respect of the republic to their memorywill be their noblest monument. Q,. Who was the successor of GovernorEustis ? A. Ijevi Lincoln, who has been annually 140 CONVERSATIONS ON THE elected to the office of governor from the year Ij1825. « He was lieut. governor during the administration of Go
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