Authentic and comprehensive guide and history of Boston .. . eet, which enters into Cambridgestreet, turn to the left and drive along past harvard university,which will be seen on the right, and University Square onthe left, at which place you will observe a handsomeSoldiers Monument, by Millmore. Historical attraction of no mean character is attached toCambridge. It was here that the first college in Americawas established. In the Presidents house the first printingpress in the country was put up in 1639, under whose im-mediate supervision the press remained for many years. It:is said that th
Authentic and comprehensive guide and history of Boston .. . eet, which enters into Cambridgestreet, turn to the left and drive along past harvard university,which will be seen on the right, and University Square onthe left, at which place you will observe a handsomeSoldiers Monument, by Millmore. Historical attraction of no mean character is attached toCambridge. It was here that the first college in Americawas established. In the Presidents house the first printingpress in the country was put up in 1639, under whose im-mediate supervision the press remained for many years. It:is said that the first thing printed upon it was the Free-mans Oath, following by an Almanack for New Englandand the Psalms newly turned into meter. The collegelibrary possesses a part of the last named work. A little fur-ther on from the square you will come to an old and verylarge elm tree, the sole remaining scion of an ancient forestthat originally covered all this part of Cambridge. Uponthe 3d of July, in the memorable year A. D. 1775, Wash- IN 93 i< » c *! 4W H. P3B 3 H-1 as OB M 9 2 ®g 5S II 53 —J* H a 5 9 d £ p < re E. & ^ . C to » on 5 Bt* w j^k •3 erf re r- P 3 re a b23 § S § &/S. ~ vI o am r a coo -< re ac —<i Ore „2 Wg H ^£= rec S*-re _ c E £ re s» 2 q ^ P re -* o2~S a ffgM sis 8*s p«§ St** -p^ws5B re S S gf^o re . •^ W^-b o » s re m H*8«£3 go g ^5,h<seg gB H SB £•£* — H3 C B9 h3 ^-. Jl , < —I 5- !=» 1-3 hrjS m fed GO re^ O Pre re 96
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