Literary landmarks of Boston : a visitor's guide to points of literary interest in and about Boston . t only for certain important historical landmarks,but for impressions of several interesting quarters wherelive al fresco fashion, but enterprising and industrious,various nationalities, particularly(Ttalians^ Portuguese,and Hebrews. Only a few spots remain which illustrateour specific purpose. Though leaving the visitor to ancient cemeteries largely to hisown devices, it is impossible not to call attention to the fact that inthe Copps Hill Burial Ground, reached by going up Hull Street,which
Literary landmarks of Boston : a visitor's guide to points of literary interest in and about Boston . t only for certain important historical landmarks,but for impressions of several interesting quarters wherelive al fresco fashion, but enterprising and industrious,various nationalities, particularly(Ttalians^ Portuguese,and Hebrews. Only a few spots remain which illustrateour specific purpose. Though leaving the visitor to ancient cemeteries largely to hisown devices, it is impossible not to call attention to the fact that inthe Copps Hill Burial Ground, reached by going up Hull Street,which leads directly to it from the old Christ Church on SalemStreet, is the tomb, one among many of exceeding interest, whichcontains the remains of Increase (1639-1723), Cotton (1663-1728)and Samuel (i706-1785) Mather. We may not even hint at anenumeration of the nearly five hundred published works of the first WASHINGTON STREET DISTRICT IQ two of these worthies. But, not without learning, force, and influ-ence in their day, these sober productions are all forgotten, saveonly Cotton Mathers Magnalia,. COPPS HILL BURIAL GROUND On the northeast corner of Union and Marshall streets, builtabout the middle of the eighteenth century, is a building where wasonce the shop of one Hopestill Capen. To him was apprenticedin 176Q Benjamin Thompson, later Count Rimiford, after a threeyears service in Salem. See also Salem. WASHINGTON STREET DISTRICT FROM BOWDOIN SQUARE TO COMMON STREET Through the central part of the city, starting from thefoot of the northern side of Beacon Hill and turninggradually east and south, we come across a number of theolder literary houses that, as in the South End, cannotwell be grouped by streets. No. 34 Cambridge Street. In the sixties, Harriet Prescott Spof-ford. Later home Newburyport. No. 42 Green Street, near Bowdoin Square. Harriet Beecher 20 WASHINGTON STREET DISTRICT Stowe (i8ii-i8q6). From 1826 to 1832, twenty years before shewrote Uncle Toms Cabin, and som
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