Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . )rinting was undertakenin Boston before 1794. During the war of 1812 a number of field-pieces belonging tothe government were collected in this corner of the Common,and the city military took turns mounting guard over the Xew England Guards, which were organized in 1812, per-formed their share of this duty, and several of the members,among whom was Abbott Lawrence, got their one hundred andsixty acres of land from the general government in recjuital fora certain term of service here, at the Charlestown Xavy Yard,and at Xoddles Island.
Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . )rinting was undertakenin Boston before 1794. During the war of 1812 a number of field-pieces belonging tothe government were collected in this corner of the Common,and the city military took turns mounting guard over the Xew England Guards, which were organized in 1812, per-formed their share of this duty, and several of the members,among whom was Abbott Lawrence, got their one hundred andsixty acres of land from the general government in recjuital fora certain term of service here, at the Charlestown Xavy Yard,and at Xoddles Island. There were sixty-scA^en names on themuster-roll in 1814, and in 1859, after the lapse of nearly halfa centurj, forty-three of the sixty-seven were still living, ofwhom it is doubtful if any now OLD LOOM. A TOUR HOUND THE COMMON. 323 CHAPTEE XL A TOUR ROUND THE COMMON CONTINUED. Common Buryiug-Ground. — Joshua Bates. — Public Garden. — Ropewalks. — Topography of the Common. — British Troops on. — Descrijiition of tlieirCamps. — The Light Horse. — Powder House. — Old Elm. — Witchcraftand Quaker Kx:ecutions. — The Duel ui 1728. — Mill-Dam. — Me.\icanVolunteers. — Beacon Street. — Prescott. — Copley. — John Phillips. —Wendell Phillips. —Robert C. Winthrop. —Hancock Mansion. —GovernorHancock. — General Clinton. — State House. — Public Statues, etc. —The Beacon. — The Monument. — Lafayettes Residence. — George Ticknor. — Malbone. — Samuel Dexter. — Licidents of Lafayettes Visit in 1824. —Josiah Quincy, Jr. — Historical Resume. — Repeal of the Stamp Act. THE Coiniiiou Burying-Ground has but little antiquity com-pared with the Chapel, Hill, or Granary Cemeteries-It was opened after these in 1756, and has, acc
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