Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . ly youth was passed here is certain. Here he practised theart of making tallow candles for his father, and employed hisleisure in throwing rubbish into the neighboring Mill here he wended his way through Hanover and CourtStreets to the Latin School, and, after his fathers businessbecame distasteful to him, to his brothers printing-office inQueen Street. The sign of Josias Franklin, father of Benjamin, was a Blue Ball, suspended by aniron rod from the front** -^-^--s^ of his shop, which stoodat the southeast cornerof Hanover and UnionS
Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . ly youth was passed here is certain. Here he practised theart of making tallow candles for his father, and employed hisleisure in throwing rubbish into the neighboring Mill here he wended his way through Hanover and CourtStreets to the Latin School, and, after his fathers businessbecame distasteful to him, to his brothers printing-office inQueen Street. The sign of Josias Franklin, father of Benjamin, was a Blue Ball, suspended by aniron rod from the front** -^-^--s^ of his shop, which stoodat the southeast cornerof Hanover and UnionStreets. Before the streetswere numbered, and whilethe buildings were scat-tered, it was the universalcustom among the inhab-the blue ball. itants to designate their shops by some emblem. Thus we find the Heart and Crown, Three Nuns and a Comb, and Brazen Head in Cornhill, Three Doves in Marlborough Street, Tun and Bacchus and Three Sugar Loaves and Canister in King Street. Thislast was thus distinguished from the Two Sugar Loavesin Cornhill: —. FROM BOSTON STONE TO THE NOHTH BATTERY. 147
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