Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . CHAPTER II. PANEUIL HALL. FANEUIL HALL MARKET. CUSTOM HOUSE. — EXCHANGE. — OLD STATE Faneuil Hall is ofteu by Bostonians and otliers styled ••The Cradle of American Liberty. Not to Bos- 7 8 BOSTON AND VICINITY. ton alone, but to the entire country, does it seem tobelong; for in the annals of America it holds a fore-most and most honorable position. Within its wallssome of the tinest speeiniens of American eloquence thathave been heard from the days of Washington to thoseof Webster were delivered. When despotism threatenedthe colo
Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . CHAPTER II. PANEUIL HALL. FANEUIL HALL MARKET. CUSTOM HOUSE. — EXCHANGE. — OLD STATE Faneuil Hall is ofteu by Bostonians and otliers styled ••The Cradle of American Liberty. Not to Bos- 7 8 BOSTON AND VICINITY. ton alone, but to the entire country, does it seem tobelong; for in the annals of America it holds a fore-most and most honorable position. Within its wallssome of the tinest speeiniens of American eloquence thathave been heard from the days of Washington to thoseof Webster were delivered. When despotism threatenedthe colonies of George the Third, the first tones of defi-ance were uttered in Paneuil Hall. Liberty held thereher high court, and from thence issued decrees a thousandtimes more potent than a kings proclamation or a czarsukase. What wonder, then, that from far and near comeadmiring visitors to it, or that Boston should be proud ofits possession ? Years ago there lived in Boston a merchant whosename was Peter Faneuil. He it was who immortalizedhis name by the gift of the building to the town of Bos-ton, for a town hall and market place. It was the
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