Towns of New England and old England, Ireland and Scotland .. connecting links between cities and towns of New England and those of the same name in England, Ireland and Scotland; containing narratives, descriptions, and many views, some done from old prints; also much matter pertaining to the founders and settlers of New England and to their memorials on both sides of the Atlantic; . a minute. At the leftas one enters the door of Church there is aheavy oak chest, iron-bound andwith a heavy padlock attached,which is filled every Saturdaynight with four-pound quar-tern loaves purcha
Towns of New England and old England, Ireland and Scotland .. connecting links between cities and towns of New England and those of the same name in England, Ireland and Scotland; containing narratives, descriptions, and many views, some done from old prints; also much matter pertaining to the founders and settlers of New England and to their memorials on both sides of the Atlantic; . a minute. At the leftas one enters the door of Church there is aheavy oak chest, iron-bound andwith a heavy padlock attached,which is filled every Saturdaynight with four-pound quar-tern loaves purchased out ofthe income derived from legaciesleft by different benefactors whomade the bequests between theyears 1600 and 1755 and onSunday, at the close of morningservice, the loaves are distributedto a number of deserving chest was discovered in thebelfry of the church by Everett while he wasMinister to England on a tripmade to Boston, during whichhe ascended the Stump, ortower of the church, and espiedthe chest from his high Vicar was much surprisedto hear of his discovery andimmediately had it broughtdown, thoroughly overhauledand put to its present use. Boston is about four milesfrom the sea and a lantern in thetop of the tower formerly actedas a guide to mariners. It wasthis lamp in the old tower that ishome for the wilderness of New. From a photograph Kindness Fred H. Kimhall, Esq. STATUE OF ANNE HUTCHINSON IN THE STATEHOUSE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Anne Hutchinson, who was Anne Marbury before her mar-riage, was the daughter of a minister at Alford in was the first woman to be conspicuously connected withpublic life and the placing of her statue recently in the StateCapitol in a sense marks the advent of woman suffrage inMassachusetts. While in our Boston, her opinions seem tohave been favored by Rev. John Cotton. said to have ceased to burn when Cotton left hisEngland. Old Boston was once a large seaport
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