Old Boston for young eyes .. . ^ remember in my childhood isthe funeral of Lav/rence. He was killed in anaval battle between the Shannon and Chefa-peake, in Salem harbor. The mournful pageantaffedled me ftrongly, and has left an indelibleimprellion. The tolling bells, the awe-ltruckpeople, the car with its gloomy trappings, themourning for this national forrow, I can neverforget. Sixty years after, I faw the monumenterected to this hero in Trinity Church-yard, inNew York. You may have read that he wasmortally wounded early in the encounter, andhis dying words as he was taken below were: Dont g
Old Boston for young eyes .. . ^ remember in my childhood isthe funeral of Lav/rence. He was killed in anaval battle between the Shannon and Chefa-peake, in Salem harbor. The mournful pageantaffedled me ftrongly, and has left an indelibleimprellion. The tolling bells, the awe-ltruckpeople, the car with its gloomy trappings, themourning for this national forrow, I can neverforget. Sixty years after, I faw the monumenterected to this hero in Trinity Church-yard, inNew York. You may have read that he wasmortally wounded early in the encounter, andhis dying words as he was taken below were: Dont give up the fhip. Now to return to the State Houfe. As youwent down Beacon Street, the firft houfe thatftruck 3^our attention was the Hancock Houfe,built of ftone, far back from the ftreet, with lilacbufhes in front, and a balcony over the front hall, built of wood, forty feet in length, wasat the back, for grand occalions. My little pic-turewill give you an idea of the front of From Governor Hancocks houfe, on BeaconStreet, as you defcend the hill, at the corner ofJoy Street, far back from the ftreet, flood the Joyhoufe, painted yellow, with terraces and high boxborders leading up to it. The Harrifon GrayOtis houfe ftill remains unchanged, onl}^ it had avery large garden extending through to ChellnutStreet, and a weeping willow could be feenon Cheftnut Street. This is now 45 BeaconStreet. I thinli I muft give you young people a peep atthe interior of fome of thefe houfes, and theirftately and gracious occupants. For where can 12 you now fee fuch courtly and lovely dames, andfuch noble and grand men, of what is called theold fchool ? They have come down to us in theportraits of Copley, Smibert, and Gilbert was much wealth and difplay. The richbrocade dreffes, the lilver and the glafs, the con-vex mirrors, and the carved fideboards are ftillour precious heirlooms. There was much eti-quette and decorum. I have heard from mymother that children were
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