Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . ts ; it would look somewhat strangely in the columns of itsmodern namesake : — To be sold by the printer of this paper, the very best NegroWoman in this Town, who has had the Small-Pox and the measles ;is as hearty as a Horse, as brisk as a Bird, and will work like aBeaver. Aug. 23d. 1742. Having taken in the surroundings of the church to the north,we may now set our faces southward and visit in fancy theofficial residence of the royal deputies. THE OLD SOUTH AND PROVINCE HOUSE. 235 The Province House was one of the last relics of the col-ony t
Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . ts ; it would look somewhat strangely in the columns of itsmodern namesake : — To be sold by the printer of this paper, the very best NegroWoman in this Town, who has had the Small-Pox and the measles ;is as hearty as a Horse, as brisk as a Bird, and will work like aBeaver. Aug. 23d. 1742. Having taken in the surroundings of the church to the north,we may now set our faces southward and visit in fancy theofficial residence of the royal deputies. THE OLD SOUTH AND PROVINCE HOUSE. 235 The Province House was one of the last relics of the col-ony to disappear. It has formed the theme of some pleasantfictions by Hawthorne in Twice-Told Tales, as well as a briefsketch of the edifice not founded in fancy. The liquid whichmine host mixed for the novelist before he set about his re-searches has a smack of reality about it, and may have enlivenedhis picturesque description. This ancient abode of the royal governors was situated nearlyopposite the head of Milk Street. The place is now shut out. PROVINCE HOUSE. from the vision of the passer-by by a row of brick structuresstanding on Washington Street. Before the erection of anybuildings to screen it from view, the Province House stoodtwenty or thirty paces back from old Marlborough Street, witha handsome grass lawn in front, ornamented by two stately oak- 236 LANDMARKS OF BOSTON. trees, which reared their verdant tops on either side the gateseparating the grounds from the highway, and cast a gratefulshade over the approach to the mansion. At either end of thefence were -porters lodges, and the visitor passed over a pavedwalk to the building. Ample stables stood in the rear. The building itself was a three-story brick structure, sur-mounted by an octagonal cupola. Over all stood the bronzeeffigy of an Indian, — the chosen emblem of the colony. Thisfigure, which served the purpose of a vane, was of hammered cop-per ; it had glass eyes, and appeared in the act of fitting an arr
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