. The street railway review . where also dwelt,Iohn Norton and Samuel Willard. Winthrops house was iorndown for fuel, by the British garrison, in 1775. The Old Corner Book Store, at Washington and School streets,on the site of the house of the strong-minded heretic, Anne Hutcli-iuson (a relative of Dryden, the poet), was Ijuilt in 1712, anilcontained an apothecarys shop from 1712 to 179G, Thayers drygoods store from 1796 to 1816, and then a pharmacy run by JamesFreeman Clarkes father. Since 1828 it has been a book store,^^•here Ticknor & Fields held sway from 1,833 to 1865, wlien tiieplace was

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. The street railway review . where also dwelt,Iohn Norton and Samuel Willard. Winthrops house was iorndown for fuel, by the British garrison, in 1775. The Old Corner Book Store, at Washington and School streets,on the site of the house of the strong-minded heretic, Anne Hutcli-iuson (a relative of Dryden, the poet), was Ijuilt in 1712, anilcontained an apothecarys shop from 1712 to 179G, Thayers drygoods store from 1796 to 1816, and then a pharmacy run by JamesFreeman Clarkes father. Since 1828 it has been a book store,^^•here Ticknor & Fields held sway from 1,833 to 1865, wlien tiieplace was the favorite resort of Hawthorne, Hillard, , Sumner, Lowell, Longfellow, Whittier, Holmes, Whip-ple, Thoreau, Howells, and other literary men. Here Dickens andThackeray used to browse among books, when in Boston. OliverDitson began his career at a little music counter here in 1833. Theshop is still frequented by the local writers and readers. The birthplace of the Republican party in Massachusetts was i^. A ,^ fi El Hill

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