The story of New England, illustrated, being a narrative of the principal events from the arrival of the Pilgrims in 1620 and of the Puritans in 1624 to the present time . First House in Boston. THE STORY OF BOSTON BOSTON, the oldest city in the new world, what a historyit has, and with what interest it is read the world influence and that of its institutions have spreadthroughout this country; yes, even across the seas, and in theold world the standards it has raised have served for thefoundation there of republics and institutions. Its original name was Shawmut, signifying a peninsu
The story of New England, illustrated, being a narrative of the principal events from the arrival of the Pilgrims in 1620 and of the Puritans in 1624 to the present time . First House in Boston. THE STORY OF BOSTON BOSTON, the oldest city in the new world, what a historyit has, and with what interest it is read the world influence and that of its institutions have spreadthroughout this country; yes, even across the seas, and in theold world the standards it has raised have served for thefoundation there of republics and institutions. Its original name was Shawmut, signifying a the old planters, who first occupied Charlestown, it wascalled Tremont, from its three hills, which to them appearedin a range. They were the three cones on what is now knownas Beacon Hill, but which has been since then leveled morethan one-half its original height. The rise of this hill beganat a point on the north side where Hanover street now inter-sects with Washington street, on the west at about Cambridgestreet, on the east at Washington and School streets, thenceforming an inverted circle around the westerly side of theCommon; on the south it extended to the water (a creek,p
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