Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . OLD TRINITY CHURCH. FROM CHURCH GREEN TO LIBERTY TREE. 387 to the bottom of the east end of the church, containing theDecalogue, the Lords Prayer, and the Apostles Creed. ButGovernor Shirley, who had so liberally aided the Chapel, gaveTrinity a service for communion, table-cloths, and books. PeterFaneuil had in 1741 offered <£ 100 towards an organ, but onewas not procured until 1744. When General Washington was in Boston in 1789 he passedthe Sabbath here, and went to hearDr. (afterwards Bishop) Parker in theforenoon, and to Brattle Street in
Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . OLD TRINITY CHURCH. FROM CHURCH GREEN TO LIBERTY TREE. 387 to the bottom of the east end of the church, containing theDecalogue, the Lords Prayer, and the Apostles Creed. ButGovernor Shirley, who had so liberally aided the Chapel, gaveTrinity a service for communion, table-cloths, and books. PeterFaneuil had in 1741 offered <£ 100 towards an organ, but onewas not procured until 1744. When General Washington was in Boston in 1789 he passedthe Sabbath here, and went to hearDr. (afterwards Bishop) Parker in theforenoon, and to Brattle Street in theafternoon, where he-sat in GovernorBowdoins pew. Curiously enough, Trinity Churchoccupies the site of the old Pleiades or Seven Star Inn, from which Sum-mer Street took its ancient name ofSeven Star Lane. There was anothersign of the same name displayed byWilliam Whitwell, a tradesman near the drawbridge, in 1763. Peter Paneuil occupied pew jSTo. 40 in Old Trinity. Wemay easily picture him descending from his chariot on a Sun-. TRIKITY CHURCH IN 1872.
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