. Antique views of ye towne of Boston . THE FIRST KINGS CHAPEL. Beacon Hill with the beacon on top of it. There were no pewsin the church up to 1693. In that year the officers of Sir FrancisWheelers fleet, which put into Boston to recruit, made up a dona-tion for the church amounting to lifty-six pounds. The next year. ANTIQUE VIEWS OF BOSTON. the pews were built at an expense of eighty-five pounds. In 1689it was provided with a bell. Between 1710 and 1713 the oldchurch was rebuilt and enlarged to twice its original size. Brattle gave an organ when it was finished. This, nodoubt, was
. Antique views of ye towne of Boston . THE FIRST KINGS CHAPEL. Beacon Hill with the beacon on top of it. There were no pewsin the church up to 1693. In that year the officers of Sir FrancisWheelers fleet, which put into Boston to recruit, made up a dona-tion for the church amounting to lifty-six pounds. The next year. ANTIQUE VIEWS OF BOSTON. the pews were built at an expense of eighty-five pounds. In 1689it was provided with a bell. Between 1710 and 1713 the oldchurch was rebuilt and enlarged to twice its original size. Brattle gave an organ when it was finished. This, nodoubt, was the first organ in Boston. A clock was given in account of the dedication of the first church has been found,but the first meeting in it is fixed upon June 50, 1687. TheThe second building stood until April 2, 1753, when it was takendown, and the corner stone of the present building was laid byGovernor Shirley. The building was completed and opened fordivine service August 21, 1754. It cost to build £7405 has not since undergone any essential alteration in its exteriorappearance. Our engraving of it is as it appears at the time ofwriting, 1882. At the time of the Revolutionary war, in 1776, the society wasbroken up; many of its important supporters were loyalists, whofled from Boston, and
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