Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . u. — The Argus. WE have now brought the reader among the shipyards,which were in bygone days a principal feature of theNorth End. The first ship built in the vicinity of Boston wasthe Blessing of the Bay, at what is now Medford. It was abark of thirty tons ordered by Governor Winthrop, and waslaunched on the 4th of July, 1632 - 33 a shippe of a hundredtunnes was launched in the sametown, so that the Medford ship-wrights seem to bear off the palm inestablishing this industry in ourneighborhood. The first mention ofship-building in Boston
Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . u. — The Argus. WE have now brought the reader among the shipyards,which were in bygone days a principal feature of theNorth End. The first ship built in the vicinity of Boston wasthe Blessing of the Bay, at what is now Medford. It was abark of thirty tons ordered by Governor Winthrop, and waslaunched on the 4th of July, 1632 - 33 a shippe of a hundredtunnes was launched in the sametown, so that the Medford ship-wrights seem to bear off the palm inestablishing this industry in ourneighborhood. The first mention ofship-building in Boston occurs in1640, and a hundred years laterancient ship. there were on the stocks at the same time forty topsail vessels with seven thousand tons capacity. As early as 1645 Captain Thomas Hawkins built the Seafort,a fine ship of four hundred tons, at his yard at the foot ofClark Street; she was lost on the coast of Spain. John Rich-ards succeeded to the yard on the north of the Ship Tavern in1688. Clarks yard was the same in 1722. In 1708 Joshua. A VISIT TO THE OLD SHIPYARDS. 179 Gee had a shipyard at the foot of Copps Hill, and fourteenyears later there were no less than six yards lying around thebase of the hill, two below Fort Hill, and another beyond thecauseway at West Boston. In 1745 was built the Massachu-setts Frigate, which, under command of Captain Edward Tyng,accompanied Sir William PepperelTs expedition against Louis-burg, where she rendered efficient service, capturing the Vigi-lant, French man-of-war of sixty-four guns, — more than doubleher own force. According to Captain G. H. Prebles Notes onEarly Ship-Building, when it was designed to reduce Louis-burg, Governor Shirley directed Captain Tyng to procure thelargest ship in his power. He accordingly purchased one on thestocks nearly ready for launching, and made such improvementsupon her that she was able to carry twenty-four to twenty-sixguns. On her return to Boston this frigate brought GovernorShirley and la
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