The history and antiquities of Boston .. . such. This letter wasdated on the twenty-fourth of July. It hadsome effect on the Rulers; but they had becomeso accustomed to what they called interferencefrom England, and at the same time so success-ful in evading it, that to stop now seemed, tothe majority of the people, as well as Rulers,not only cowardly, but an unworthy relinquish-ment of privileges which they had always en-joyed, and which they were at all times readyto assert were guaranteed to them in theirCharter. To assert the latter was a A^ery easyit was a very hard thing, as they very we
The history and antiquities of Boston .. . such. This letter wasdated on the twenty-fourth of July. It hadsome effect on the Rulers; but they had becomeso accustomed to what they called interferencefrom England, and at the same time so success-ful in evading it, that to stop now seemed, tothe majority of the people, as well as Rulers,not only cowardly, but an unworthy relinquish-ment of privileges which they had always en-joyed, and which they were at all times readyto assert were guaranteed to them in theirCharter. To assert the latter was a A^ery easyit was a very hard thing, as they very well knew, forthose opposed to their assumptions in England to settle any matterto be contested by the Charter, as all former experience proved. How-ever, there was a point beyond which even Bostonians could not II. sat quietly on the English throne, and doubtless knewlittle about New England, and cared less, until moved by those whocould gain access to the destructive fire of 1679, the Town took great pains to prevent. FmST BAPTIST CHUECH.* thing, while * This view of the First Baptist Church rep-resents the edifice as it appeared when it wasused by that Society in its last years. Its site,being valuable for stores, was sold in 1853,andthe old building is now (1854) being turnedinto places of trade, while the proceeds of itssale have enabled the Society to rear the mostconspicuous spire in the city upon the eastpoint of Beacon Hill, where it affords a viewof the city and surrounding country, not sur-passed, if equalled, by any other. To such aneminence has that Church attained, whose foun-dation was obliged to be clandestinely laid by itsoriginal founders. The present grand and loftysteeple will, it is hoped, long stand, not only anornament to the city, but as a beacon for theintolerant. It should be stated that the firsthouse was of wood, and stood very near wherethose which have succeeded it stood, now thecorner of Hanover and Union streets. In 1771,the So
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