Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . er of Essexand Columbia Streets, an old wooden house, to which is ascribedthe honor of being the residence for a time of the ubiquitousEarl Percy. It stood at a little distance back from EssexStreet, on which it fronted. Built of wood, with gambrel roof,it belonged, at an earlier date, to Thomas Child the distillerpreviously mentioned. According to Mr. Sabine, this was the residence of , whose son, Eoger Hale, became the protege of Percy,who took a great liking to him while lodging with his motherin this house. Under the protection
Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . er of Essexand Columbia Streets, an old wooden house, to which is ascribedthe honor of being the residence for a time of the ubiquitousEarl Percy. It stood at a little distance back from EssexStreet, on which it fronted. Built of wood, with gambrel roof,it belonged, at an earlier date, to Thomas Child the distillerpreviously mentioned. According to Mr. Sabine, this was the residence of , whose son, Eoger Hale, became the protege of Percy,who took a great liking to him while lodging with his motherin this house. Under the protection of the Earl the youngEostonian advanced to the rank of lieutenant-general in the]5ritish army, and became a baronet. His principal militaryservice seems to have been in Canada, though it was his wishnot to have been employed against his native country. Hetook command at Queenstown after the fall of General Brock,and defended Little York (Toronto) from the attack of ourforces under General Dearborn. He was also in the attack on i^k- ti^!~> BMk. LIBERTY TREE AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 411 Copenhagen under kelson in 1801, and saw service in Koger made several visits to his native town, and is repre-sented as a man of generous impulses, high-minded, and wellworthy the interest of his noble friend and patron. was a daughter of Thomas Child. The lower part of Essex Street brings us to the limit of theSouth Cove improvement in tliis diiection, by which the an-cient sea-border was obliterated, and a territory nearly twice aslarge as the Common added to the area of Boston. CharlesEwer has been named as the projector of this enterprise, which,reclaimed from tide-water that part of the South Cove fromEssex Street to South Boston Bridge, and lying east of HarrisonAvenue. Work was begun in 1833, a bonus of $ 75,000 beingpaid to the Boston and Worcester Eailroad Company to locateits depot witliin the cove forever. The railway purchased138,000 feet of land for its purpo
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