The town of Roxbury: its memorable persons and places, its history and antiquities, with numerous illustrations of its old landmarks and noted personages . lo-& _ _^ well, Ilulton. Bureh, and Paxton discussedthe proposed altera-tions in the charter andthe bringing over ofBritish soldiers to over-awe the people. Hith-er Gov. Bernard sum-moned the council onaccount of the wonder-ful discovery of a tar-auchmuty house. barrel in the beacon on Beacon Hill, which it was understood was to he tired :issoon as the ships containing the British troops should maketheir appearance in the bay. kS Matters no


The town of Roxbury: its memorable persons and places, its history and antiquities, with numerous illustrations of its old landmarks and noted personages . lo-& _ _^ well, Ilulton. Bureh, and Paxton discussedthe proposed altera-tions in the charter andthe bringing over ofBritish soldiers to over-awe the people. Hith-er Gov. Bernard sum-moned the council onaccount of the wonder-ful discovery of a tar-auchmuty house. barrel in the beacon on Beacon Hill, which it was understood was to he tired :issoon as the ships containing the British troops should maketheir appearance in the bay. kS Matters now. so he wroteLord Hillsboro. the English Secretary of State, exceed allformer exceedings, and he construed this occurrence as agreat insult to himself. The tar-barrel question was debatedhere. k and, he continues, it was resolved that the select-men should be desired to take it down, but they would notdo it. It must be admitted that the selectmen of Bostonwere a contumacious set, and that in the matter of tar-barrelsand tea-chests they evinced an utter disregard of the gov-ernors feelings. During the siege the officers of Col. Learneds regiment. JUDGE AUCHMUTT. 353 were quartered here. A corn-house belonging to the estate,improved by some of that regiment as a shoemakers shop,was removed, and did dirt} at Lambs Dam Fort as a maga-zine. From the gambrel roof of the mansion, which is sur-mounted by a railing, the various encampments of the besieg-ing forces on Meeting-House Hill and the vicinity were infull view, and the magnificent but exasperating spectacle ofCharlestown in flames, on the day of Bunkers Hill, must havebeen distinctly visible. After the close of the siege the prop-erty was leased by the selectmen, who had charge of the con-fiscated estates, to Joseph Ruggles. The younger Robert Auchuiuty, a native of Boston, diedin London, an exile from his native land, in November, great natural parts and industry enabled him to dispensewith a college education, and h


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