Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . irst settlers brought from Holland ; thenew houses are built in the modern style. - The only purpose of utility for which the Neck was formerlyused, except perhaps the grazing afforded by the marshes alongthe causeway, was for brick-making. There were brickyardsnorth of Dover Street, as well as south, before the gave employment to many poor people during the con-tinuance of the Port Act. In this connection we may mentionthe total absence of building-stone of any kind on the site oforiginal Boston. The principal elevations have
Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . irst settlers brought from Holland ; thenew houses are built in the modern style. - The only purpose of utility for which the Neck was formerlyused, except perhaps the grazing afforded by the marshes alongthe causeway, was for brick-making. There were brickyardsnorth of Dover Street, as well as south, before the gave employment to many poor people during the con-tinuance of the Port Act. In this connection we may mentionthe total absence of building-stone of any kind on the site oforiginal Boston. The principal elevations have been eitherwholly or partially removed without encountering a ledge ofany description. In October, 1786, the State of Massachusetts, being greatlyin want of a specie currency, passed an act to establish a mint for the coinageof copper, silver,and gold. Thiswas one of thepowers of sover-eignty which theStates continuedto exercise underthe old Arti- MA3SACHTISETTS CENT OF 17S7. ^ Qf Confed_ eration. Joshua Wetherle was appointed master of the mint. THE NECK AND THE FORTIFICATIONS. 423 in May, 1787, and authorized to erect the necessary works andmachinery. $70,000 in cents and half-cents were ordered tobe struck as soon as practicable. Wetherle established his works on the Neck, in the rear ofwhat is now Eollins Street, and at Dedham, the copper beingfirst carted to Dedham to be rolled, and then brought back toBoston to be coined. In July, 1787, the national governmentestablished the devices of its copper coin. Early in 1788 the copper coin ordered by the State began tobe issued, but only a few thousand dollars of the large amountordered were put in circulation before the work was suspendedby the State in consequence of the adoption, of the FederalConstitution, which reserved the right to coin money to thegeneral government. The emblems on the Massachusetts centand half-cent were the same. One side bore the Americaneagle with a bundle of arrows in the right talon and an olive-bran
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