Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . SUMMEn EtM. There wa? once a powrlor niMprnzino near this tree, onthe little hill at wImvc font it stands. Tliis hill. also, diir-,n?r f!u ••io!?(> of l^oston. wms the site of a British fortifica-tion, bombarded by Washington. BOSTON AND VICINITY, 77 III the war of 1812 its existence was endangered by theeneampmenl around it of American troops, destined toprotect tlie town. It lias often been exposed to injury bytlie custom of hanging and burning elfigics upon its giantbranches; and many lurbuh-nt occasions, on Election andIndependenc
Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . SUMMEn EtM. There wa? once a powrlor niMprnzino near this tree, onthe little hill at wImvc font it stands. Tliis hill. also, diir-,n?r f!u ••io!?(> of l^oston. wms the site of a British fortifica-tion, bombarded by Washington. BOSTON AND VICINITY, 77 III the war of 1812 its existence was endangered by theeneampmenl around it of American troops, destined toprotect tlie town. It lias often been exposed to injury bytlie custom of hanging and burning elfigics upon its giantbranches; and many lurbuh-nt occasions, on Election andIndependence days, liave exposed the tree to WINTER ELM. Severe tempests have at times threatened to annihilatethis tree; and in 1831 or 1832 a violent storm separatedfour .of its large limbs, and so far detached them that theyrested partially upon the ground. They were raised andbolted tngpthrr; tho bolts are still visible, and the branches,7* tH BOSTON AND VICINITV. at the end of t\vt,iit\-livc years, appear to be perfectlyunited. In l<SoJ a large branch was blown off. For many }ears the interior of the trunk was rotten,and mueli of it had disappeared, from neglect; but finallythe spirit of improvement, which came ui)on the Common,extended to tiie great tree, and the edges of the aperturewere prolcctcil, and the exterior coveicd l»y canvas. The}iarts Iiavc tiuis l)een regeneialcd, and the 0])ening fdledand oliUteratcd. Notwitiistanding the years that have rolled over theveteran colo-su-;, it still j)i-esents an aspect of grandeurwhicli will ever be the adiniiation of the beholder. \ arieii remark^, in his book upon the
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