Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . down to theperiod of the 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 for18G6, from the pen of Nathaniel Paine, Esq. In the first yearsof the settlement wampum, brass farthings, and even musket-bullets, supplied a circulating medium. William Burnet was born in 1688, at the Hague. ThePrince of Orange, after
Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . down to theperiod of the 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 for18G6, from the pen of Nathaniel Paine, Esq. In the first yearsof the settlement wampum, brass farthings, and even musket-bullets, supplied a circulating medium. William Burnet was born in 1688, at the Hague. ThePrince of Orange, afterwards King William of England, stoodgodfather for him at the baptismal font. His father wasthe celebrated Bishop Burnet, author of the History of the The elder Burnet, falling under thedispleasure of King James, re-tired to the Continent, enteredthe service of the Prince ofOrange, and accompanied himto England when William ob-tained the throne of his father-in-law, the flying James. Hewas rewarded with the bishop-ric of Salisbury, while the son. &$¥% Reformation in England. r %m. Pence. 19rotrince ofHot st3affacl)u fettg. June 1722 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,Whose waving Banners blaze against the Sun,And deep-mouthd Cannon, with a thundring roar,
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