Pictorial guide to Boston and the country around .. . 07, l)oth governors of Con- OLD BOSTON. 69 nccticut; Governor JohnEndicott, 1665; GovernorJohn Leverctt, 1679; Gov-ernor WilHam Shirley,1771; Go^ ernor JohnWinslow, 1674; Mary Chil-ton, 1670, a passenger inthe Mayflower and thewife of Governor Wins-low; Lady Andre)s, 1688;Rev. John Cotton, 1652;Rev. John Davenport,1670; Professor John Win-throp, 1776; Wait StillWinthrop, 1717; AdamWinthrop, 1743; Briga-dier-General John Wins-low, Revolutionary army;Colonel William Dawes,who rode over the Neck-to Lexington and Concordto alarm the patriots th
Pictorial guide to Boston and the country around .. . 07, l)oth governors of Con- OLD BOSTON. 69 nccticut; Governor JohnEndicott, 1665; GovernorJohn Leverctt, 1679; Gov-ernor WilHam Shirley,1771; Go^ ernor JohnWinslow, 1674; Mary Chil-ton, 1670, a passenger inthe Mayflower and thewife of Governor Wins-low; Lady Andre)s, 1688;Rev. John Cotton, 1652;Rev. John Davenport,1670; Professor John Win-throp, 1776; Wait StillWinthrop, 1717; AdamWinthrop, 1743; Briga-dier-General John Wins-low, Revolutionary army;Colonel William Dawes,who rode over the Neck-to Lexington and Concordto alarm the patriots thenight before the battle atLexington; Oliver Wen-dell, 1818, and CharlesBulfinch, 1844. There aremany quaint old grave-stones in the yard. Some of these have been moved fromoriginal positions and set up as edgestones to paths. Othese stones has an interesting history. At some time thewas taken from the grave it marked and was lost. Li 1830,excavations were being made near the Old State House, ifound several feet below the surface of State Street. It. KINGS CHAPEL,Tremont and School Streets. theirne ofstonewdient wasis in- scribed: HERE : LYETH THE : BODY : OF : MR. WILLIAM : PADDY : AGED 5S YEARS : DEPARTED THIS : LIFE : AUGUST : THE [28] 1658. 70 GUIDE TO BOSTON. On the reverse is this singular stanza of poetry:Hear . Sleaps . thatBlesed . One . Whoes . LiefGod . Help . Vs . All . to . Livethat . So . When . Tiem . Shall . Bethat . We . This . World . ^lust . LineWe . Ever . May . Be . Happywith . Blesed . William . Paddy. As we pass north on Treniont Street, on our right is the Bos-ton Museum, dear to those who recall the time when it was quiteimpossible to attend the theatre, but when there was nothing ob-jectionable in a )iiiiscitiii. This fastidiousness of the good peoplecaused their critics to dub it the Orthodox Theatre, and thename clung to it for many years. At Scollay Square we pausefor a moment to note the statue of John Winthrop, by RichardGreenough, a duplicate of
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