What to see in America . ght the island from the Indians for a smallsum of money and two beaver hats. At one time the majorityof the inhabitants were Quakers. The place developed intothe chief whaling port of America, and its whaleships visitedall the waters of the globe. On one of the sand hills back ofthe town is an old windmill which was built in 1746 and usedtill 1892. A large and interesting neighboring island is MarthasVineyard, which is said to be the favorite coast resort forschool-teachers. One of the most important places adjacent to Boston isCambridge, where is located our countrys
What to see in America . ght the island from the Indians for a smallsum of money and two beaver hats. At one time the majorityof the inhabitants were Quakers. The place developed intothe chief whaling port of America, and its whaleships visitedall the waters of the globe. On one of the sand hills back ofthe town is an old windmill which was built in 1746 and usedtill 1892. A large and interesting neighboring island is MarthasVineyard, which is said to be the favorite coast resort forschool-teachers. One of the most important places adjacent to Boston isCambridge, where is located our countrys oldest college,established only six years after Boston was settled. Twoyears later a young clergyman, John Harvard, died, and lefthis books and half his estate to the college, which forth-with was called by his name. The university now has nearly1000 instructors and about 6000 students, and a librarythat numbers over 1,000,000 volumes. It was at Cam-bridge, on the 3d of July, 1775, that Washington, after Massachusetts 43. A Connecticut River Ferry-boat an eleven days journey on horseback from Philadelphia,assumed command of the American army. The day waswarm and he and his officers took part in the cere-mony sheltered from the sun by an elm which still stands,though much decayed and shattered. Washington had hisheadquarters at Cambridge in a large dignified mansion,which later became thehome of the poet, Long-fellow. A neighboringcolonial dwelling was thebirthplace and lifelonghome of James RussellLowell. Another Cam-bridge-born notable wasRichard Henry Dana,who, when a youth ofnineteen in 1834, under-took a voyage to the Pacific as a common sailor, andrecorded his experiences in that sea classic, Two YearsBefore the Mast. At the near-by town of Lexington was shed the first bloodof the Revolution, April 19, 1775. On the night before,Paul Revere, watching from Charlestown, had seen twosignal lanterns displayed in the belfry of Bostons Old NorthChurch, and had ridden away to rous
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