. Antique views of ye towne of Boston . ANTIQUE VIEWS OF BOSTON. 153 Our engraving of the hill is reproduced by the Photo-Electro-type process from a painting in the possession of Wm. H. Rich-ardson, made in 1830. Two hundred years had elapsed since itsfirst settlement, when it was divided up into four-acre home lots,and occupied by earnest, energetic settlers, that they might hereestablish a place for trade, and yet, after two hundred years, therewere but two houses on Savin Hill, one of which was RichardBakers, which can be seen on the right of the picture. The sur-roundings of the hill had
. Antique views of ye towne of Boston . ANTIQUE VIEWS OF BOSTON. 153 Our engraving of the hill is reproduced by the Photo-Electro-type process from a painting in the possession of Wm. H. Rich-ardson, made in 1830. Two hundred years had elapsed since itsfirst settlement, when it was divided up into four-acre home lots,and occupied by earnest, energetic settlers, that they might hereestablish a place for trade, and yet, after two hundred years, therewere but two houses on Savin Hill, one of which was RichardBakers, which can be seen on the right of the picture. The sur-roundings of the hill had relapsed into a state of nature again,and the forest had claimed its own once more. In this engravingSavin Hill probably appears about as it did to the first view is taken from the top of Meeting-house Hill, which isshown in the foreground ; between it and Savin Hill is the meadow,marsh and creek; on the extreme left is seen a part of the oldTuttlc house, in front of which, running towards the hill, can beseen Savin Hill A
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