Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . ettlers brought from Holland ; thenew houses are built m the modern style. The only purpose of utility for which the Neck was formerlyused, except perhaps the grazing afforded by the marshes alongthe causeway, was for brick-making. There were brickyardsnorth of Dover Street, as well as south, before the gave employment to many poor people during the con-tinuance of the Port Act. In this connection Ave may mentionthe total absence of building-stone of any kind on the site oforiginal Boston. The principal elevations have been ei
Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . ettlers brought from Holland ; thenew houses are built m the modern style. The only purpose of utility for which the Neck was formerlyused, except perhaps the grazing afforded by the marshes alongthe causeway, was for brick-making. There were brickyardsnorth of Dover Street, as well as south, before the gave employment to many poor people during the con-tinuance of the Port Act. In this connection Ave may mentionthe total absence of building-stone of any kind on the site oforiginal Boston. The principal elevations have been eitherwholly or partially removed without encountering a ledge ofany description. In October, 1786, the State of ]\Iassachusetts, being greatlyin want of a specie currency, passed an act to establish a mint for the coinageof cojjper, silver,and gold. ThisA;as one of thepowers of sover-eignty which theStates continuedto exercise underthe old CENT OF i7.,7. ^j^g ^^ Confed- eration. Joshua Wetherle was appointed master of the mint. THE NECK AND THE FORTIFICATIONS. 428 in May, 1787, and authorized to erect the necessary works andmachinery. $70,000 in cents and half-cents were ordered tobe struck as soon as practicable. Wetherle established his works on the Neck, in the rear ofwhat is now Rollins Street, and at Dedham, the copper beingfirst carted to Dedham to be rolled, and then brought back toBoston to be coined. In July, 1787, the national governmentestabhshed the devices of its copper coin. Early in 1788 the copper coin ordered by the State began tobe issued, but only a few thousand dollars of the large amountordered were put in circulation before the work was su^spendedby the State in consequence of the adoption of the FederalConstitution, which reserved the right to coin money to thegeneral government. The emblems on the ]\lassachusetts centand half-cent were the same. One side Iwre the Americaneagle with a bundle of arrows in the right talon and an olive-bra
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