A guide-book of Boston for physicians . FRANKLIN S PRESS GUIDE TO BOSTON 31. FANEUIL HALL First Baptist So-ciety, at the cor-ner of Common-wealth Avenueand ClarendonStreet. Adams Square,in WashingtonSt. at the footof Cornhill andBrattle Street, isdecorated by abronze statue ofSamuel Adams,by Anne Whit-ney. It repre-sents him as heis supposed tohave appearedas chairman of the committee of the town meeting the dayof the Boston Massacre, when before Lieutenant-GovernorHutchinson and the Council in the Council Chamber of theOld State House, near at hand. The easterly part of Adams Square merges in
A guide-book of Boston for physicians . FRANKLIN S PRESS GUIDE TO BOSTON 31. FANEUIL HALL First Baptist So-ciety, at the cor-ner of Common-wealth Avenueand ClarendonStreet. Adams Square,in WashingtonSt. at the footof Cornhill andBrattle Street, isdecorated by abronze statue ofSamuel Adams,by Anne Whit-ney. It repre-sents him as heis supposed tohave appearedas chairman of the committee of the town meeting the dayof the Boston Massacre, when before Lieutenant-GovernorHutchinson and the Council in the Council Chamber of theOld State House, near at hand. The easterly part of Adams Square merges into Dock Square,which was at the head of the old Town Dock. Faneuil Hall(1763), the Cradle of Liberty, is on made land at the mar-gin of the dock. The Adams Square station of the Subway isnot far off, and many cars pass at frequent intervals downWashington Street The original building was given to the town of Boston as amarket house by Peter Faneuil (pronounced fan el) (1700-1743), whose mansion was on Tremont Street opposite KingsChapel Burying-Ground. The building was of
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