A history of the United States for schools . BOSTON IN I for example, the streets were unpaved, and the side-walks unfla£:s:ed. The better houses were usu-? ally built of brick, with little flower gardens infront, or lawns dotted with shrubbery. The furniture,silver, and china in them were mostly imported from 1 Facsimile of a print in the Massachusetts Magazine, November, point of view is in Governor Hancocks grounds ; the common, withthe great elm, is in the middle distance, the south part of the town, withthe Neck, is beyond, and in the further parts are Dorchester Heights. § I03-
A history of the United States for schools . BOSTON IN I for example, the streets were unpaved, and the side-walks unfla£:s:ed. The better houses were usu-? ally built of brick, with little flower gardens infront, or lawns dotted with shrubbery. The furniture,silver, and china in them were mostly imported from 1 Facsimile of a print in the Massachusetts Magazine, November, point of view is in Governor Hancocks grounds ; the common, withthe great elm, is in the middle distance, the south part of the town, withthe Neck, is beyond, and in the further parts are Dorchester Heights. § I03- THE PERIOD OF _-« ess.*. 263. HANCOCK England, but some fine pieces of furniture were madeat Dedham near by. There was no heating by fur-naces or steam pipes, but there were large fireplaceswith brass andirons holding stout logs of wood. A tallclock usually stood in the corner, and fairly good pic-tures, including portraits by Copley and historic scenesby Trumbull, hung upon the walls. Of books therewere very few by American authors. Milton and Bun-yan, Pope and Young, the Spectator, the Letters ofJunius, and Rollins Ancient History were the booksoftenest seen lying about. The people who lived in 1 This noble stone house, on Beacon Hill, was built in 1737, by ThomasHancock, upon whose death, in 1764, it became the property of hisnephew, John Hancock. In 1859, the Legislature of Massachusetts wasurged to buy and preserve it. This attempt failed, and, in 1863, theestate was sold by the heirs, and the house was presently pulled down, 264 THE FEDERAL UNION, Ch. XIII
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