Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . ajor of Marines Pitcairn, and LieutenantWragg of the same corps. Troops were scattered in detach-ments throughout the North End, a cordon extending from theworks on Copps HUl to the South Battery. Xorth Square wasthe rendez\ous for those nearest the battery, and Pitcairnappears to have been intrusted with the supervision of hisquarter. Young Shaw, who became a major in the Continental army,served in the Revolution from the beginning to its close, firstas a Heutenant in Knoxs artillery, rising by successive grades-to be a captain of artillery in
Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . ajor of Marines Pitcairn, and LieutenantWragg of the same corps. Troops were scattered in detach-ments throughout the North End, a cordon extending from theworks on Copps HUl to the South Battery. Xorth Square wasthe rendez\ous for those nearest the battery, and Pitcairnappears to have been intrusted with the supervision of hisquarter. Young Shaw, who became a major in the Continental army,served in the Revolution from the beginning to its close, firstas a Heutenant in Knoxs artillery, rising by successive grades-to be a captain of artillery in 1780. He was secretary of theofficers who formed the Society of the Cincinnati, major andaide-de-camp to General Knox, his old commander, at thepeace, and was appointed by him to a post in his bureau whensecretary-at-war. In 1794 Major Shaw received an appointmentas consul to China from Washington, and sailed for that countryin the first American ship that ever set sail for those this voyage he died, and his epitaph may be seen on the. FROM BOSTON STONE TO THE NORTH BATTERY. 159 family monunient in Cupps Hill. The company of artilleryattached to tlie Boston regiment gave to the Continental ser-vice upwards of forty young men, most of whom became dis-tinguished officers of that arm. A tradition is preserved tliat Wragg, the lieutenant of ma-rines, one day made some remark at the family board dispar-aging the rebels, whereupon he was challenged by youngSamuel Shaw. The interposition of Pitcairn, it is said, pre-vented a hostile meeting. Proceeding up tlie square, which still preserved its cobble-stone pavement, we first i)assed a ruinous wooden buildingsaid to have been once in the family of Commodore Downes,and come to another somewhat fresher specimen of the sameorder. This was the habitation of Paul Kevere, and his prob-able birthplace. From this house he gave the striking exhi-bition of transparencies on the evening of the anniversary ofthe Massacre. VYe have found
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