The history and antiquities of Boston .. . Mather, of the Old North, preached sermons on theoccasion, which were printed. At first preaching was obtained by aCommittee, who were authorized to pay twenty shillings for each ser-mon preached. There were in the mean time several candidates forsettlement. The choice fell on Mr. Samuel Checkley, September thetwenty-fourth, 1718, who was ordained on the fifteenth of April of thefollowing year. On the same day these persons signed the ChurchCovenant, namely:—Henry Hill, Thomas Peck,John Clough, Thomas Salter, Samuel Adams,Samuel Bridgham, Benjamin Whi
The history and antiquities of Boston .. . Mather, of the Old North, preached sermons on theoccasion, which were printed. At first preaching was obtained by aCommittee, who were authorized to pay twenty shillings for each ser-mon preached. There were in the mean time several candidates forsettlement. The choice fell on Mr. Samuel Checkley, September thetwenty-fourth, 1718, who was ordained on the fifteenth of April of thefollowing year. On the same day these persons signed the ChurchCovenant, namely:—Henry Hill, Thomas Peck,John Clough, Thomas Salter, Samuel Adams,Samuel Bridgham, Benjamin White, and ThomasDoane.* The New South Meeting-house occupies oneof the most beautiful locations in Boston. Thehouse as it appeared after it was rebuilt in 1814,and as it now appears, is represented in the^ margin, from a view taken at the foot of Sum-mer-street, near the site of the ancient Tavern,where its design originated. It is built ofCheknsford granite, under the architectural di-NEw SOUTH CHURCH. rectlou of Charlcs Bulfinch, * The succession of Pastors in the NewSouth Church : — Samuel Checkley, ord. 15 April, 1719, died1 Dec. 1769. Penuel Bowen, ord. colleague, 30 April,1766, dismd. 12 May, 1772. Joseph Howe, ord. 19 May, 1773, died 25Aug. 1775. Oliver Everett, ord. 2 Jan. 1782, dismd. 27May, 1792. John Thornton Kirkland, ord. 5 Feb. 1794,dismd. 4 Nov. 1810. Samuel Cooper Thacher, ord. 15 May, 1811,died 2 Jan. 1818. Francis William Pitt Greenwood, ord. 21Oct. 1818, dismd. 24 Jan. 1821. Alexander Young, ord. 19 Jan. 1825, died16 Mar. 1854. f The Building Committee consisted of Jona-than Hunnewell, George G. Lee, John Dorr,Stephen Higginson, and John Cotton, body of the building is octagonal, formedin a square of 76 feet diameter ; four sidesbeing 47 feet, and four smaller sides, 20 feeteach. The height from the ground is 34 porch is of equal extent with one of thesides, and projects 16 feet, in front of whichis a portico of four fluted Grecian
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