. Old Copp's Hill and Burial Ground : with historical sketches. charter from theGrand Lodge of Scotland they began regular meetings April13th, 1764, which were continued until 1818. This estate hasalways remained the property of St. Andrews Lodge. It wasa two-story brick building, with a pitched roof. It was herethe Committee of Safety met, and from which the famous TeaParty started. It was used as a hospital during the Eevolu-tion. Over the door of No. 84 Union Street may now be seena large brown stone tablet, on which is carved a large original Dragon is said to have rested on an
. Old Copp's Hill and Burial Ground : with historical sketches. charter from theGrand Lodge of Scotland they began regular meetings April13th, 1764, which were continued until 1818. This estate hasalways remained the property of St. Andrews Lodge. It wasa two-story brick building, with a pitched roof. It was herethe Committee of Safety met, and from which the famous TeaParty started. It was used as a hospital during the Eevolu-tion. Over the door of No. 84 Union Street may now be seena large brown stone tablet, on which is carved a large original Dragon is said to have rested on an iron barover the door. Pine Tree Shilling. John Hull, mint-master, is said to have coined the firstNew England shilling at his house on Sheafe Street, in 1652, using the samedie thirty the marriageof his daughter,Hannah, to Jus-tice Sewall, sheis said to have re-ceived, as a mar-riage portion, her weight in silver shilling pieces, struck from the New Englanddie. Justice Sewall and John Hull are entombed in theGranary Burial Ground, on Tremont The Old North Meeting-House, the second church built inBoston, was erected in North Square in 1650; destroyed in Second Baptist Society held their first services in the houseof James Bownd, on Sheafe Street. In 1743, the first servicesby the Methodist Society in Boston were held in a hired roomon the same street. The descendants of many of the old families are yet livingon old Copps Hill. Among them are the Dodds, Goddards,Dillaways, Pitmans, Sargents, and Adamses. Old Copps Hill and Burial Ground. 23
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