. Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston. n ; and the fortified campwhich held the beleaguered town in subjection. It is associated with the deep horrors of Quaker executions ;with the eloquence of Whitefield, which paved the way formany eminent divines after him to address the people underthe Cathedral trees. It has in all times been a place forpubhc rejoicings, for the celebration of our republican calendardays, or for martial displays. The repeal of the Stamp Act was celebrated in Boston on the lOtli May, 1766, as no event was ever observed before. Daybreak was ushered in with musi
. Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston. n ; and the fortified campwhich held the beleaguered town in subjection. It is associated with the deep horrors of Quaker executions ;with the eloquence of Whitefield, which paved the way formany eminent divines after him to address the people underthe Cathedral trees. It has in all times been a place forpubhc rejoicings, for the celebration of our republican calendardays, or for martial displays. The repeal of the Stamp Act was celebrated in Boston on the lOtli May, 1766, as no event was ever observed before. Daybreak was ushered in with music, the beating of drums, and firing of small-arms. The guns of the Castle proclaimed the joyful intelligence, which was taken up and echoed by the town batteries. In the evening an obelisk, which had been erected on the Common, was illuminated with two hundred and eighty lamps. REPEAL OBELISK. Thcrc was a general illumination. Hancocks mansion was brilliant with lights, and in front of the house a stage was built from which fireworks were exliib-. A TUUU KOUND THE COMMON. 359 ited. The Sons of Liberty had erected a similar stage in frontof the AYorkliouse, from whicli they answered the display atthe Hancock House. Under this hospitable roof were enter-tained the genteel part of the Town, while the crowd outsidewere treated with a pipe of wine. The obelisk was intended to be placed under Liberty Tree,but was con- ^,^ ^^^_
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