In and about historic Boston . OLD POWDER HOUSE. interesting Colonial relic, erected in 1704. It stands in Nathan Tufts on September 1. 1774. General Gage seized two hundred and fifty half-barrelsof gunpowder belonging to the Provincials. This was the first openly hostile actof the British, provoking a great assembly on Cambridge Common, which met inprotest. The tower was afterward the magazine of the American Army besiegingBoston. WASHINGTON ELM. standing at the junction of Mason and Garden Streets. A tablet bearsLongfellows simple inscription. Under th
In and about historic Boston . OLD POWDER HOUSE. interesting Colonial relic, erected in 1704. It stands in Nathan Tufts on September 1. 1774. General Gage seized two hundred and fifty half-barrelsof gunpowder belonging to the Provincials. This was the first openly hostile actof the British, provoking a great assembly on Cambridge Common, which met inprotest. The tower was afterward the magazine of the American Army besiegingBoston. WASHINGTON ELM. standing at the junction of Mason and Garden Streets. A tablet bearsLongfellows simple inscription. Under this tree Washington took command ofthe American Army. July 3d. 1775. venerable tree was well advanced inyears when the event took place which made it famous. It is now beginning toexhibit signs of decay and will probably not survive another century. I. HISTORIC was settled in 1629. and was a part of Salem until 1649. Tuckers Wharf has been a landing place since 1642. Old Fort Sewall. built by theBritish in 1742. was used for a defense against them in 1812. The well of the Old Fountain Inn is where Sir Henry Frankland first met Agnes Surriage. a beautifulhand-maiden. He became infatuated, educated her, and afterward made her Lady Frankland. The Old Town House, built 1727. has resounded to the eloquence offamous men. Moll Pitcher, of Revolutionary fame, served a cannon at the battle of Monmouth in place of her husband who had been killed. She was commissioneda sergeant by Washington. I
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