. Boston, a guide book . streets full ofold-time suggestions. Barges or a steam ferry may be taken here toMarblehead Neck, the site of a summer hotel and of the clubhousesof the Eastern and Corinthian Yacht Clubs. At the north end of thetown is Fort Sewall, and various islands are in sight, notably Misery island, which is devoted by a club to sports and merriment. Featureswithin easy walks are the old Town Hall with memories of the Revolu-tion ; the birthplace of Elbridge Gerry; remnant of the historic Jere-miah Lee mansion; the home and the tomb of General John Glover,whose statue is in Bosto
. Boston, a guide book . streets full ofold-time suggestions. Barges or a steam ferry may be taken here toMarblehead Neck, the site of a summer hotel and of the clubhousesof the Eastern and Corinthian Yacht Clubs. At the north end of thetown is Fort Sewall, and various islands are in sight, notably Misery island, which is devoted by a club to sports and merriment. Featureswithin easy walks are the old Town Hall with memories of the Revolu-tion ; the birthplace of Elbridge Gerry; remnant of the historic Jere-miah Lee mansion; the home and the tomb of General John Glover,whose statue is in Boston (see page 78); St. Michaels, the oldest Epis-copal church now standing in New England; the Old Floyd Ireson house; birthplace of Moll Pitcher, the fortune teller of Lynn ;and the well of the Fountain Inn, the old tavern where began theromance of Agnes Surriage. From Marblehead we may go by electriccar or by steam railroad — or one might have gone directly from Bos-ton by the Boston & Maine (North Station) — to. Salem Salem, once the chief port of New England. Here are many stately,reposeful old houses: the Custom House, in which Hawthorne wasemployed; the County Jail and Court House, in which many relics ofthe witchcraft persecution are preserved; Gallows Hill, where thecondemned were hung; the Roger Williams house; the house on TOWNS NEAR SALEM l6l Federal Street in which Lafayette was entertained in 1784 andWashington in 1789; Hawthornes birthplace on Union Street, andvarious Hawthorne homes and landmarks; and the Pickering mansion,built in 1649. Here also are the Essex Institute and the PeabodyAcademy of Science, with their interesting collections of documents,relics, and curiosities, many of them redolent of the sea and foreigncommerce. Near-by towns are Peabody, named for George Peabody, the London-American banker,with the Peabody Institute, containing, besides many relics, a portraitof Queen Victoria, given by her to Mr. Peabody; and Danvers, the home of General Isr
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