. Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston. whole amount authorizedwas only £500, and speci-mens are very rare. The cutsgiven here are exact fac-similesof the originals now in thepossession of the AntiquarianSociety. A very full accountof early Massachusetts cur-rency may be found in theProceedings of that society for186G, from the pen of Nathaniel Paine, Esq. In the first yearsof the settlement wampum, brass farthings, and even musket-bullets, supplied a circulating medium. AViUiam Burnet was born in 1688, at the Hague. ThePrince of Orange, afterwards King William of England
. Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston. whole amount authorizedwas only £500, and speci-mens are very rare. The cutsgiven here are exact fac-similesof the originals now in thepossession of the AntiquarianSociety. A very full accountof early Massachusetts cur-rency may be found in theProceedings of that society for186G, from the pen of Nathaniel Paine, Esq. In the first yearsof the settlement wampum, brass farthings, and even musket-bullets, supplied a circulating medium. AViUiam Burnet was born in 1688, at the Hague. ThePrince of Orange, afterwards King William of England, stoodgodfather for him at the baptismal font. His fatlier wasthe celebrated Bishop Burnet, author of the History of thelieformation in England. The elder Burnet, ftiUing under the displeasure of King James, re-tired to the Continent, enteredthe service of tlie Prince ofOrange, and accomi)ariied himto England when AVilliam ob-tained the throne of his father-in-law, the Hying James. Hewas rewarded witli the bishop-ric of Salisbury, while the son. ^t-r^ tUCaSD Pence. ]3xo^incc ofim si)affacl)u 1722 ^: ^ ^ rt 238 LANDMARKS OF BOSTON. received subsequently from the House of Hanover the gov-ernment of New York, and afterwards that of MassachusettsColony. The new governor was received with enthusiasm on hisarrival. He was met at the George Tavern, on the Neck, bythe lieutenant-governor, members of the Council, and ColonelDudleys regiment. Under this escort, and followed by a vastconcourse of gentlemen on horseback, in coaches and chaises,he proceeded to the Court House, where his commission wasread. Shouts of joy and salvos of artillery from the forts andCastle welcomed him to Boston. Mather Byles was ready witha laudatory composition : — While rising Shouts a general Joy proclaim,And evry Tongue, 0 Burnet ! lisps thy name ;To view thy face while crowding Armies run,Wliose waving Banners blaze against the Sun,And deep-mouthd Cannon, with a thundring roar,Sound thy comm
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