Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . cul-tural Hall in 1841, and in 1846 where it now stands. At the corner of Court and Tremont Streets was the resi-dence of John Wendell, an old Boston merchant of the timeof Governor Shirley. He married a daughter of Judge EdmundQuincy, and was the nephew of Hon. Jacob Wendell, a leadingBostonian in the troublous Eevolutionary times. The Eoyal Custom House was located in Wendells house in1759, at which time George Cradock, Esq., a near neighbor ofWendells, was collector. The old building now standing on this corner is the one inwhich Washington
Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . cul-tural Hall in 1841, and in 1846 where it now stands. At the corner of Court and Tremont Streets was the resi-dence of John Wendell, an old Boston merchant of the timeof Governor Shirley. He married a daughter of Judge EdmundQuincy, and was the nephew of Hon. Jacob Wendell, a leadingBostonian in the troublous Eevolutionary times. The Eoyal Custom House was located in Wendells house in1759, at which time George Cradock, Esq., a near neighbor ofWendells, was collector. The old building now standing on this corner is the one inwhich Washington lodged during his memorable visit in 1789.^^r ^^zzh=- ==-- Thus much you may read jS=g, on the small tablet placedin the Court Street the time Washingtonoccupied it, it was kept byJoseph Ingersoll as a board-ing-house. The coming ofWashington to the town hehad delivered in 1776 wasmarred by an act of officialpunctilio on the j^art of Gov-ernor Hancock, which causedthe greatest mortificationalike to the people and theillustrious WASHINGTON S LODGINGS. kings chapel and the neighborhood. 43 On the arrival of the general on the Neck, he was met bythe suite of the governor, but not by the governor, whose viewsof State sovereignty would not admit of his acknowledging asuperior personage within his official jurisdiction. The daywas cold and raw, and Washington, chagrined at the absenceof the governor, was about to turn his horses head to depart,when he was prevailed upon by the authorities of the town toenter it. A long delay had occurred at the Neck, and many peoplecaught Avh«t was called the Washington cold. The generalwore his old continental uniform, and rode on horseback withhis head uncovered, but did not salute the throngs that linedhis way. On arriving at the Old State House, Washingtonwould not ascend to the balcony prepared for him at the westend, until assured that the governor was not there ; and afterthe passage of the procession before him, retired to
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