Boston illustrated; . il, years later the first great NewEngland journalist, and afterwards a philosopher, statesman, and diplomatist. Birthplace of Benjamin Franklin. was born in a little house that stood near the head of Milk Street, and that i&still remembered by some of the oldest citizens of Boston. It was destroyedby fire at the close of the year 1811, after having stood almost a hundred andtwenty years. The office of the Boston Post now covers the spot. The liistory of the thirty years preceding the Revolution is full of incidentsshowing the independent spirit of the inhabitant
Boston illustrated; . il, years later the first great NewEngland journalist, and afterwards a philosopher, statesman, and diplomatist. Birthplace of Benjamin Franklin. was born in a little house that stood near the head of Milk Street, and that i&still remembered by some of the oldest citizens of Boston. It was destroyedby fire at the close of the year 1811, after having stood almost a hundred andtwenty years. The office of the Boston Post now covers the spot. The liistory of the thirty years preceding the Revolution is full of incidentsshowing the independent spirit of the inhabitants of Boston, their determinationnot to submit to the unwarrantable interference of the British government intheir affairs and particularly to the unjust taxation imposed upon the Colonies,and their willingness to incur any risks rather than yield to oppression. Asearly as 1747 there was a riot in Boston, caused by the aggression of Britishnaval officers. Commodore Knowles, being short of men, had impressed sailora. BOSTON II^USTRATED. ill the streets of Boston. The people made reprisals by seizing some British offi-cers, and holding them as hostages for the return of their fellow-citizens. Theexcitement was great, but the affair terminated by the release of the impressedmen and the naval officers, the first victory registered to the account of theresisting colonists. Twenty years later the town was greatly agitated over theStamp Act; and hardly had the excitement died away when, on March 5, 1770,the famous Boston Massacre took place. The story is familiar to every school-boy. The affair originated without any special grievance on either side, butthe whole population took the part of the mob against the soldiers, showingwhat a deep-seated feeling of hostility existed even then. The scene of thismassacre was the head of King, now State Street, east side of the Old StateHouse. This building was erected in1748, on the site occupied by the TownHouse destioyed by fire the year previ-
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