Rand, McNally & co.'s handy guide to Boston and environs .. . with two broad avenues running throughthem. There are extensive parks for cannon and shot, a paradeground, marine barracks, store and ship houses, arsenal and maga-zine, a hammered granite dry dock, a long rope walk, a museum, alibrary, and the homes of the commandant and other officers. The yard is open daily to visitors. Passes can be obtained at themain gate at the junction of Wapping and Water streets. Anotherfeature of the district is the ancient burying ground on the west side(Phipps Street, off Main Street), in which are the
Rand, McNally & co.'s handy guide to Boston and environs .. . with two broad avenues running throughthem. There are extensive parks for cannon and shot, a paradeground, marine barracks, store and ship houses, arsenal and maga-zine, a hammered granite dry dock, a long rope walk, a museum, alibrary, and the homes of the commandant and other officers. The yard is open daily to visitors. Passes can be obtained at themain gate at the junction of Wapping and Water streets. Anotherfeature of the district is the ancient burying ground on the west side(Phipps Street, off Main Street), in which are the graves of Rev. JohnHarvard, the first benefactor of Harvard College ; of Thomas Beecher,the ancestor of the famous Beecher family in America, and of othersprominent among the early settlers. The monument in this grave-yard to the memory of Harvard, a simple granite shaft, was set up in1828. It bears the following inscription in Latin : That one who merits so much from our literary men should nolonger be without a monument, however humble, the g^raduates of. 3UNKER HILL MONUMENT — Monument Square, Charlestown District. (41)
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