Old Boston for young eyes .. . idea of this pear-fhapedpeninfula. There were three hills upon it, and itwas fometimes called Trimountain. Thofe hillswere Copps Hill, where ftill an old graveyardmay be feen; Fort Hill, now almoft entirelylevelled; and Beacon Hill. Copps Hill isalmoft oppofite Charleftown. The remains ofmany fine houfes are here, for it was once afafhionable part of the town. In Salem Streetftands Chrift Church, the oldeft church in Bofton,built in 1723. In the fteeple of this church thelanterns were hung to give warning to PaulRevere that the Britiih were about to marchto Lexin
Old Boston for young eyes .. . idea of this pear-fhapedpeninfula. There were three hills upon it, and itwas fometimes called Trimountain. Thofe hillswere Copps Hill, where ftill an old graveyardmay be feen; Fort Hill, now almoft entirelylevelled; and Beacon Hill. Copps Hill isalmoft oppofite Charleftown. The remains ofmany fine houfes are here, for it was once afafhionable part of the town. In Salem Streetftands Chrift Church, the oldeft church in Bofton,built in 1723. In the fteeple of this church thelanterns were hung to give warning to PaulRevere that the Britiih were about to marchto Lexington and Concord. He was bootedand fpurred, and immediately mounted his goodHeed, and took the famous ride of which youhave read, to roufe the country people and givewarning of the approach of the troops. Thetown was fettled principally by Englifh people,and they called it from St. Botolphs town inLincolnfhire. That got corrupted to Bofton,jull as in my youth they would call the nameCrowninfhield, Groundfel. John Winthrop was. Tac Se*\vW/<i ^i .<vLtn^ Co ^Ji fre-zite^if**;--- 5 the firft governor of this new little will fee a ftatue of him in Court firft colonial governors lived in theProvince Houfe. This was on WalhingtonStreet, oppolite the Old South, far back from theftreet, a balcony over the front door, from whichproclamations were read, and two large oak-treesin front of it. Spacious ftables reached intoSchool Street, and the name of Province HoufeCourt is ftill retained there. Kings Chapel alforecalls colonial times, and the days when CourtStreet and State Street were Queen Street andKing Street. Fanueil Hall (now altered) andthe Old State Houfe and the Old South Churchare all memorials of thofe days before theRevolution, — older than the memory of livingpeople. On Beacon Hill, where the refervoir forwater now ftands, there was a tall maft placedon crofs timbers with a ftone foundation. It wasafcended by tree-nails, and fixty-five feet fromt
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