Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . Ticsthat boldly speaks of in-. FEAXKLIN S BIRTHPLACE. dependence and union. Tlien join hand in hand, brave Americans all;By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall ;In so righteous a cause let us hope to succeed,For Heaven approves of each generous deed. Our purses are ready, — Steady, friends, steady, — Not as slaves, but as freemen, our money well give. The old house here rej^resented is a quaint specimen of theold order of buildings. It was burnt December 29, 1810,shortly after a drawing had been secured. Old Josiah Frank-lin, the father of Be
Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . Ticsthat boldly speaks of in-. FEAXKLIN S BIRTHPLACE. dependence and union. Tlien join hand in hand, brave Americans all;By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall ;In so righteous a cause let us hope to succeed,For Heaven approves of each generous deed. Our purses are ready, — Steady, friends, steady, — Not as slaves, but as freemen, our money well give. The old house here rej^resented is a quaint specimen of theold order of buildings. It was burnt December 29, 1810,shortly after a drawing had been secured. Old Josiah Frank-lin, the father of Benjamin, was a native of England, and bytrade a silk-dyer; he became a respectable soap-boiler andtallow-chandler in Boston. Benjamin was born on the 6thof January, 1706, and is upon the church records as havingreceived baptism the same day. Upon this is founded theclaim of the old house to be the place of his nativity. Thesign of the statue of Faust, displayed by former occupantsof the Birthplace of Franklin, was the same used by Thomas FROM THE OLD SOUTH ROUND FORT HILL.
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