Sights in Boston and suburbs : or, guide to the stranger . On the west side of the wall a tombstone stands, beneathwhich sleeps the good old Edward Pursley, whose spirit,. FORT WINTHROP. 107 we trust, has spent nearly a century in heaven. There islikewise an ancient slab, small, of red sandstone, bearingthe name of Nathaniel Ely, but no date, and, stranger torelate, no epitaph! But turning the western flank of abattery that fronts on the channel towards the city, we be-hold a different monument, each of whose four faces bearsan inscription. Here, the name — an officer of U. Artillery;

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Sights in Boston and suburbs : or, guide to the stranger . On the west side of the wall a tombstone stands, beneathwhich sleeps the good old Edward Pursley, whose spirit,. FORT WINTHROP. 107 we trust, has spent nearly a century in heaven. There islikewise an ancient slab, small, of red sandstone, bearingthe name of Nathaniel Ely, but no date, and, stranger torelate, no epitaph! But turning the western flank of abattery that fronts on the channel towards the city, we be-hold a different monument, each of whose four faces bearsan inscription. Here, the name — an officer of U. Artillery; there, that the stone is erected by theofficers of his regiment; on the third side, that he fellnear the spot; and on the fourth, the distich from Collinssbeautiful ode: — Here Honor comes, a pilgrim gray,To deck the turf that wraps his clay. Here we may observe the wonderful beauty of the har-bor, with its cities on land, and its steeple-pointed ship-ping, in the midst of which sit so lovely the flocks ofgraceful and motionless islands. Governors Island lies about one mile north of CastleIsland, and was first called Conants Island. It was de-mised to Governor

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