Boston illustrated; . the sidewalkin front of the Old Granary Burying-grouud. They were imported from Eng-land, and after having been for a time in a nursery at Milton, were set outhere by Captain Adino Paddock, from whom the mall took its name, in orabout 1762, Paddock was a loyalist, and a leader of the party in left town with the British troops in 1776, removed to Halifax, and thencewent to England ; but upon receiving a government appointment in the Islandof Jersey he removed thither, and lived there until his death, in 1804. Hewas a carriage-builder, and his shop stood opposite
Boston illustrated; . the sidewalkin front of the Old Granary Burying-grouud. They were imported from Eng-land, and after having been for a time in a nursery at Milton, were set outhere by Captain Adino Paddock, from whom the mall took its name, in orabout 1762, Paddock was a loyalist, and a leader of the party in left town with the British troops in 1776, removed to Halifax, and thencewent to England ; but upon receiving a government appointment in the Islandof Jersey he removed thither, and lived there until his death, in 1804. Hewas a carriage-builder, and his shop stood opposite the row of trees which heplanted and cared for. The elms were carefully protected during the occupa-tion of the towni by the British. Until 1873 their right to cast a grateful shadeupon the throng of pedestrians constantly passing and repassing on TremontStreet was respected. But in spite of very strong remonstrances they werein that year cut down. The Park Street church which stands between the Granary Burying-grouud. 38 BOSTON ILLUSTRATED. and the Common is one of the
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