The town of Roxbury: its memorable persons and places, its history and antiquities, with numerous illustrations of its old landmarks and noted personages . , Commodore Joshua Loring. It is said to have beenframed in England, and occupies the site of a dwelling pur-chased of Loring by Mr. Pemberton, who gave it to the THE LORIXG HOUSE. 415 parish for a parsonage, and who removed it to the spot whereDr. Weld resided, near the Unitarian Church. The estate,formerly John Pollers, was bought by Loring, in 17->2. of the heirs of Joshua Cheever, of Charlestown. In May, , thehouse was the headq
The town of Roxbury: its memorable persons and places, its history and antiquities, with numerous illustrations of its old landmarks and noted personages . , Commodore Joshua Loring. It is said to have beenframed in England, and occupies the site of a dwelling pur-chased of Loring by Mr. Pemberton, who gave it to the THE LORIXG HOUSE. 415 parish for a parsonage, and who removed it to the spot whereDr. Weld resided, near the Unitarian Church. The estate,formerly John Pollers, was bought by Loring, in 17->2. of the heirs of Joshua Cheever, of Charlestown. In May, , thehouse was the headquarters of Gen. Nathaniel Greene. InJune it was occupied for a short time by Capt. Ponds com-pany from AVrentham, but was soon converted into a hospitalfor the Roxbury camp. After the siege it was leased by theselectmen to Hon. William Phillips. Just back of the house. THE LORING nOfSE. a number of American soldiers who died of disease wereburied. Their remains were in 18G7 removed to the cemeteryin the westerly part of the town. In accordance with the act of the General Court of April30. 1770. to confiscate the estates of notorious Lorings •• large mansion house, convenient out-houses,gardens planted with fruit trees, together with about sixty-five acres of mowing land. were sold at the Bunch of GrapesTavern, in King Street, in June, the purchaser being thenoted Col. Isaac Sears. From Sears it passed to the WidowAnn Doane, who in 17-S-t married David Stoddard Green-ough, son of Thomas Greenough, a member of the Revolu-tionary Committee of Correspondence, whose sessions had at 41G COM. LORING. one time been held in the Loring house. It is still ownedand occupied oy the Greenough family, and taken in connec-tion with its surroundings, is, in spite of its age, hardly sur-passed by any of its more modern neighbors. Col. DavidHenle}-
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