Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . e, according to tradition, no onecould take her picture. Previous to her marriage, Lafayette,who admired her, said to her lover, Were I not a marriedman, I d try to cut you out. 5 g 98 LANDMARKS OF BOSTON. At the time of the Massacre the Custom House was ina building used as a dwelling by Bartholomew Green andfamily King Street was then full of dwellings, the occupantsusing the lower floor for their business. This Green a printerby profession, had, according to Thomas, the peculiar faculty otrecognizing at sight any vessel belonging to the port
Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . e, according to tradition, no onecould take her picture. Previous to her marriage, Lafayette,who admired her, said to her lover, Were I not a marriedman, I d try to cut you out. 5 g 98 LANDMARKS OF BOSTON. At the time of the Massacre the Custom House was ina building used as a dwelling by Bartholomew Green andfamily King Street was then full of dwellings, the occupantsusing the lower floor for their business. This Green a printerby profession, had, according to Thomas, the peculiar faculty otrecognizing at sight any vessel belonging to the port of BostonPerpetually on the watch, as soon as a vessel could be discoveredwith a spy-glass he knew its name, and gave information to theowner. He had some small office in the Custom House at one tX He who stood on the balcony of the Old State House in1770 might count five taverns of repute in King Street lheBunch of Grapes was the best punch-house, but Yardy s, thenearest, was probably most frequented by the barristers andofficers of the EXCHANGE COFFEE HOUSE. From our stand-point, at the lower end of the Old StateHouse, Devonshire Street opens at our right hand. The Pud-ding Lane of yore is suggestive of good living. Accordinglywe find the well-remembered Exchange Coffee-House was situ-ated in Congress Square, once known by the singular title ofHalf-Square Court. The name of this house owes its origin tothe fact that the principal floor was intended to be used by the FROM THE OLD STATE HOUSE TO BOSTON PIER. 99 merchants as an Exchange. It was a mammoth affair of sevenstories, for in advance of the wants of its day, and was com-pleted in 1808, having occupied two years and a half in build-ing ; it cost half a million. An unsuccessful speculation, it wasthe means of ruining many of the mechanics who were em-ployed in building it. Destroyed by fire November 3, 1818, itwas rebuilt in a less expensive manner, and occupied as a tavernuntil 1853, when it was demolished, givi
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