Boston illustrated; . until the 16th of De-cember, and having failed to compel the consignees to send the cargoes back toEno-land, the people were holding a meeting on the subject on the afternoon ofthe 16th, when a formal refusal by the Governor of a permit for the vessels topass the castle without a regidar custom-house clearance was received. Themeeting broke up, and the whole assembly followed a party of thirty personsdisguised as Indians to Griffins (now Liverpool) Wharf, where the chests werebroken open and their contents emptied into the dock. It has been claimed,though on very doubtful
Boston illustrated; . until the 16th of De-cember, and having failed to compel the consignees to send the cargoes back toEno-land, the people were holding a meeting on the subject on the afternoon ofthe 16th, when a formal refusal by the Governor of a permit for the vessels topass the castle without a regidar custom-house clearance was received. Themeeting broke up, and the whole assembly followed a party of thirty personsdisguised as Indians to Griffins (now Liverpool) Wharf, where the chests werebroken open and their contents emptied into the dock. It has been claimed,though on very doubtful authority, that the plot was concocted in the . _ old building that stood until 1860on the corner ofDock Square andNorth (formerlyAnn) Street. Thisbuilding was con-structed of rough-cast in the year1680, after thegreat fire of was occupied byshopkeepers, andduring the latteryears of its exist-ence was knownas the old feath-er store. A cutof the building ishere given. The people ofthe town took as. Old House in Dock Square. BOSTON ILLUSTRATED. prominent a part in the war when it broke out as they had taken in thepreceding events. Tliey suffered in their commerce and in their property bythe enforcement of the Boston Port Act, and by the occupation of the town byBritish soldiers. Their churches and burial-grounds were desecrated by theEnglish troops, and annoyances without number were put upon them, but theyremained steadfast through all. General Wasliingion took command of theAmerican army July 3, 1775, in Cambridge, but for many months there wasno favorable opportunity for making an attack on Boston. During the winterthat followed, the people of Boston endi;red many hardships, but their deliver-ance was near at hand. By a skilful piece of strategy Washington took pos-session of Dorchester Heights during the night of the 4th of March, 1776,where earthworks were immediately thrown up, and in the morning the Britishfound their enemy snugly ensconced in a stron
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