Devonshire street; a collection of facts and incidents together with reproductions of illustrations pertaining to an Old Boston street . off, and six marbleIonic pilasters in front decorated its entrance on Congress contained two hundred and ten rooms, had Masonic meeting-rooms in the upper story, and a Merchants Exchange, or GreatMeeting Room, on the ground floor. It was the terminus of thestage routes, the resort of most of the men of the town, and thepride of Boston. Here, during the War of 1812, Captain Hull,the commander of the Constitution, put up; and here, too,stayed Captain
Devonshire street; a collection of facts and incidents together with reproductions of illustrations pertaining to an Old Boston street . off, and six marbleIonic pilasters in front decorated its entrance on Congress contained two hundred and ten rooms, had Masonic meeting-rooms in the upper story, and a Merchants Exchange, or GreatMeeting Room, on the ground floor. It was the terminus of thestage routes, the resort of most of the men of the town, and thepride of Boston. Here, during the War of 1812, Captain Hull,the commander of the Constitution, put up; and here, too,stayed Captain Dacres, who became Hulls prisoner after thecapture of the Guerriere by the Constitution. Dacres, my dear fellow, Im glad to see you, said Hull toDacres as the latter came aboard the Constitution after theengagement. Damn it, I suppose you are, replied Dacres. President Monroe was entertained here in 1817 at an elaboratedinner on the Fourth of July, at which were present many of thecelebrities of the town and nation, including ex-President JohnAdams, Governor Brooks, Justices Parker and Story, CommodoresPerry, Bainbridge, and CORNER OF FRANKLIN AND DEVONSHIRE STREETSBefore tlie lire of 187-2
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