The story of New England, illustrated, being a narrative of the principal events from the arrival of the Pilgrims in 1620 and of the Puritans in 1624 to the present time . Thomas W. Lawson. Directly in front of this build-ing is that historic spot where occurred, on March, 1770,what is known as the Boston massacre; the exact locationwhere the first blood of the American Revolution wasshed is marked by the paving stones being arranged ina circle. 137 Devonshire street, corner of Milk, now occupied by the post-office, was the site of the hrst Roman Catholic cathedralin New England, erected in 18
The story of New England, illustrated, being a narrative of the principal events from the arrival of the Pilgrims in 1620 and of the Puritans in 1624 to the present time . Thomas W. Lawson. Directly in front of this build-ing is that historic spot where occurred, on March, 1770,what is known as the Boston massacre; the exact locationwhere the first blood of the American Revolution wasshed is marked by the paving stones being arranged ina circle. 137 Devonshire street, corner of Milk, now occupied by the post-office, was the site of the hrst Roman Catholic cathedralin New England, erected in 1803. It also marks the spotwhere the great fire of 1872 was stopped. Winter street, corner Winter place, stood the home of SamuelAdams; he died here in 1802. Dorchester, Edward Everett Square, stood the mansion ofRobert Oliver in 1745, and in it Edward Everett was bornApril nth, 1794. Dorchester. There are numerous places of great historicalinterest where tablets have been placed, reciting the eventswith which they have been connected, and the same is trueof South Boston, Roxbury, and Charlestown. Any of thenumerous street guides of Boston will give their UINUTB-MAJf 138 BOSTON TO DAY It is a great manufacturing, commercial, and financial 1908 its total assessed valuation was one billion and ahalf dollars. Its twenty national banks have a capital ofnearly thirty million of dollars, and about two hundredmillion of dollars on deposit. Its bank clearings reachten billion of dollars annually. Its Stock Exchange clear-ances are over thirty million shares annually. It has over three thousand manufacturing establishments witha capital of one hundred and forty million of dollars;seventy-five thousand employees, who earn in wages eachyear forty-five million of dollars; and has total products of two hundred million dollars yearly. It is the largest shoe, leather, and hide center in the world. It is the greatest wool market in the United States. It is t
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