. Boston, Mass. A brief description of ye ancient town, and also of the best way to get there. Together with an account of the foundation of the publick schools. Illustrated with artiftick engravings . ngs are the old State Houfe,now converted into offices, ftores, etc.; a courthoufe, a theatre, concert hall, Faneuil Hall, gaol,an almfhoufe, lately erected at the northweft partof the town, fpacious and commodious, and themoft elegant building of the kind in the UnitedStates. Franklin Place, adjoining Federal StreetTheatre, is a great ornament to the town; it con-tains a monument to Dr. Frankli
. Boston, Mass. A brief description of ye ancient town, and also of the best way to get there. Together with an account of the foundation of the publick schools. Illustrated with artiftick engravings . ngs are the old State Houfe,now converted into offices, ftores, etc.; a courthoufe, a theatre, concert hall, Faneuil Hall, gaol,an almfhoufe, lately erected at the northweft partof the town, fpacious and commodious, and themoft elegant building of the kind in the UnitedStates. Franklin Place, adjoining Federal StreetTheatre, is a great ornament to the town; it con-tains a monument to Dr. Franklin, from whom ittakes its name, and is encompaffed on two fideswith elegant buildings. Here are kept, in capa-cious rooms, given and fitted up for the purpofe,the Bofton Library, and the valuable collections ofthe Hiftorical Society. Moft of the public build-ings are handfome, and fome of them are elegant;particularly the new State Houfe, erected on thefouth fide of Beacon Hill, fronting the Mall, thecorner ftone of which was laid with great formalityand parade on the 4th of July, 1795. This build-ing overtops the monument on Beacon Hill, andis one of the moft elegant in the United [The. The dome, 50 feet diameter and 30 feet high, isterminated with an elegant circular lanthorn, fup-porting a gilt pine cone, an emblem of one of ourprincipal ftaples. The ftairs are fpacious, and two flights of themlead to the top of the outer dome, 170 fteps fromthe foundation. This flight affords an uninter-rupted view of one of the fineft fcenes in , the beauty and advantages of this fituationwhich induced the Legiflature to make choice of itfor the prefent building, are acknowledged by bothnatives and foreigners. It vies with the moft pic-turefque fcenes in Europe, and will bear compari-fon with the Caftle Hill of Edinburgh, the famousBay of Naples, or any other moft commandingprofpect. The neighboring towns and villages withtheir lofty fpires ; the diftant hills adorned
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