Hingham : a story of its early settlement and life, its ancient landmarks, its historic sites and buildings . smight be free and that the Great Republic might survive, a beaconlight to all the peoples of the earth. Walter L. Bouv^. During the War of 1812 the countryside was frequentlythrown into a panic by the approach of British warships. Itwas on one such occasion that two young girls at Scituate actuallyfrightened away a hostile vessel by parading up and down thebeach with fife and drum. Hidden from view, their shrill clamorled the captain to believe that a force was gathering against him ;
Hingham : a story of its early settlement and life, its ancient landmarks, its historic sites and buildings . smight be free and that the Great Republic might survive, a beaconlight to all the peoples of the earth. Walter L. Bouv^. During the War of 1812 the countryside was frequentlythrown into a panic by the approach of British warships. Itwas on one such occasion that two young girls at Scituate actuallyfrightened away a hostile vessel by parading up and down thebeach with fife and drum. Hidden from view, their shrill clamorled the captain to believe that a force was gathering against him ;and, hoisting sail, he departed. At another time the women andchildren of Hingham were alarmed by the appearance of a strangeship in the harbor. Rumors of bombardment drove them to theirhomes. One energetic woman, however, rang the bell of theOld Church until she had succeeded in calling the scattered mentogether to defend the town. The tradition stops here, althoughher sons, well known afterward as the firm of R. & C. Lane,doubtless remembered their mothers exploit with pride. THE OLD T OLD MEETING-HOUSE. ^HE Old Meeting-house was built in1681. It was the second house forpublic worship in the town. The first meet-ino--house was built soon after the gatheringof the church in 1635, and was on themain street, on a hill in front of the presentsite of the Derby Academy. For forty-fiveyears after the settlement of the town itwas the only house for public the town grew in numbers, it was foundnecessary to build a larger one to accom-modate its inhabitants. After a contro-versy of more than a year, in which the governor and magistratestook part, the location of the new house was settled; and onJuly 8, 1681, Captain Joshua Hobart conveyed to the townby deed of gift the site for the meeting-house, which wasthe one upon which it now stands. The frame was raised on the26th, 27th, and 28th of July, 1681; and it was opened forpublic worship Jan. 8, 1681-82. It cos
Size: 1385px × 1803px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidhinghamstory, bookyear1911
