Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . with due care for his beast, forcertain pounds, shillings, and pence. Bracketts, no doubt,commanded the patronage of his neighbors Ave haAe beennoting. Pare Ben Jonsons lines might haAe been a trumpet-call to his Aotaries, — Wine is the word that glads the heart of man,And mine s the house of wine. Sack says my bush,Be merry and drink sherry, that s my posie. 62 LANDMARKS OF BOSTON. But mine host of Cmiinvcirs Head had in 175G a more dis-tinguished guest, for in that year Lieutenant-Colonel Washing-ton visited Boston accompanied by Captain Geor
Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . with due care for his beast, forcertain pounds, shillings, and pence. Bracketts, no doubt,commanded the patronage of his neighbors Ave haAe beennoting. Pare Ben Jonsons lines might haAe been a trumpet-call to his Aotaries, — Wine is the word that glads the heart of man,And mine s the house of wine. Sack says my bush,Be merry and drink sherry, that s my posie. 62 LANDMARKS OF BOSTON. But mine host of Cmiinvcirs Head had in 175G a more dis-tinguished guest, for in that year Lieutenant-Colonel Washing-ton visited Boston accompanied by Captain George Mercer ofVirginia and Captain Stewart. He came to refer a question ofcommand to General Shirley Avho had succeeded Braddock inthe military control of the colonies. This was after the disas-trous campaign that ended in Braddocks defeat. Washingtonsnext visit was with the commission of the Continental Congressas commander-in-chief. The corner familiarly known as the Old Corner Book-Store, where have gathered the disciples of black-letter and. THE OLD CORNER BOOKSTORE. red-line for so many years, is probably the oldest lirick build-ing standing in Boston. It bears the date of 1712, and itserection is supposed to liave occurred soon after the great fireof 1711. It is one of the few old landmarks remaining, butaside from its literary associations the corner has only a singlehistorical incident worth noting. Anne Hutchinson, who fills a chapter in the history ofBoston commemorative of the ecclesiastical tyranny of its kings chapel and the neighboehood. 63 founders, lived here about IGS-i. Slie was the leader of thesect of Antinomians, and daughter of Eev. Francis Marbury ofLondon, — an ancedtor of (rovernor Thomas Hutchinson, andrector of several London jjarishes. Her mother was greataunt of John Dryden the poet. She was a woman of con-summate ability and address, for we learn that Eev. JohnCotton was ensnared by her, while Winthrop wavered. Thelatter, however, became her bitt
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