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THE
BOSTON DIRECTORY:
CONTAINING
THE CITYEYOR RECORD,
A
&BOSTON GENERAL DIRECTORY OF THE CITIZENS,
AND A
a
SPECIAL DIRECTORY OF TRADES, PROFESSIONS, &c.
1848-9.
BY GEORGE ADAMS, OFFICE .... No. 953 WASHINGTON STREET.
BOSTON:
BLOG
PUBLISHED BY JAMES FRENCH, 78 WASHINGTON STREET, AND CHARLES STIMPSON, 106 WASHINGTON STREET. 1848.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1848, by GEORGE ADAMS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
PRINTED BY DAMRELL & MOORE, DEVONSHIRE STREET.
ADVERTISEMENT.
IN presenting this our third number of the New Directory of Boston, we can- not withhold an expression of thanks to the community for their liberal patron- age and their kind indulgence towards this undertaking. Fully appreciating their favor and co-operation we have been stimulated to surmount the obstacles in our path, and to encounter the labors and difficulties of the work, with a fixed and settled determinaton to make the BOSTON DIRECTORY unequalled by any thing of a similar character. Experience has taught us that this cannot be ac- complished in a single year, but improvement and progress shall distinctly mark every number, until the highest degree of perfection is attained which the na- ture of the work will admit. This year we have made some advance, especially in the most important part, the General Directory. A large number of names has been added, and it is presumed that it will be found generally correct. Much valuable information is embodied in the Miscellaneous part, especially in regard to Railroads. The Directory to the Attractive Places of Resort in the vicinity of Boston, will be found interesting and useful for reference. Other im- provements are in contemplation, which we shall introduce in succeeding numbers.
Any errors which may be discovered in this work will be carefully corrected on giving notice at the Directory Office, No. 95 1-2 Washington street. July, 1848. GEORGE ADAMS.
CONTENTS.
Page.
Page.
Page.
Advertisement
2
Distances & Fares over Rail-
Packets 39
Attractive places of resort ... 4
roads .40-48
People of Color 279
Banks in Boston ... 23 Expresses 38 Police . 19
Boundaries of Wards 14
Fire Department 20
Post Office. 30
Business Key .283
Halls, Public Buildings, &c .. 16
Rechabite Directory 35
Census 48
Ice Company . 48
Railroads 40-48
Schools 21
Societies 32
City Laws and Regulations ..
Sons of Temperance.
35
Commissioners 28 Consuls, &c. 29
Newspapers in Boston 35
Streets, C'rts, Places, Blocks,
Courts.
27
Odd Fellows ... 34
&c ... 9
Custom House .. 22
Newspaper Agency. 37
Ward Rooms 16
Distances from the old State
Water Works 29
House . 48
Additions, Removals, & Cor- rections 3
Wharves
14
East Boston Co. 48
Omnibuses 29
25
City Government 17 19
Magnetic Telegraph
48
Names, Occupations, &c., of the Inhabitants 57
Steamships . 30
Churches & Minis'rs in Boston 31
Insurance Companies.
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. [NOTE .- See last part of the book. ]
[ The attention of the public is respectfully solicited to the Advertising Department of the Directory. It may assist them in their purchases, and serve as a guide to the many kinds of business, presented. By reference to this Index the numbers of the pages will be found, giving the names, business, and places of business, of the respective advertisers.]
Abdominal Supporters. . 31, 38 | Fancy Goods .24
Agricultural ·2,19
.4
Balances and Scales
14, 22, 29
Bathing.
-6
Gold Pens
24
Paper Hangings .
27,29
Patent Medicines .17
Hair Cutter, &c.
27,31
Plumbers
· 12, 24, 42
Hardware
3
Books. . 20,29
Boots and Shoes 7, 17, 27, 38
Britannia Ware· .16
Brushes See cover.
Carpenters
38
Isinglass
.44
Safes-
· cover
Carpeting
21
Carvers
9 9
Clocks .
Clothing.
· 6, 7, 15, 16, 19, 20
43, 46, 25, 39
Coal
Crockery, China, &c. 8, 22, 29
Cutlery .
22
Daguerreotypes
11, 27
Dentists . 44 Millinery .35 Upholsterers .28
Drugs and Medicines .
4, 14, 47, 26
Mineral Teeth .
.20
Watches
.5
Dry Goods.
39
Naturalization Office
.34
Wigs and Curls.
27
Engine Hose, &c:
.27
Nature's Grand Restorative
.38
Water Cure
44
Expresses. 12, 13, 44 | Nautical Instruments .3
ADDITIONS, REMOVALS, CORRECTIONS, ETC.
Allen George, jr. teacher Hancock School, Rich- | Pearson Edward A. boards U. S. Hotel mond place
Allen J. M. auctioneer, 36 Milk
Baker (Cushing) & May (Silas), commission mer- chants, 66 Útica
Ball Stephen, physician, 5 Bumstead place
Burt Charles A. ale, 64 Commercial
Clarke John Louis, 159 Tremont
Dearborn Nathaniel, engraver, boards Washing- ton Coffee House
Degen Henry V. Rev. house Broadway, near B
Dehon Wm. 18 Temple place
Dillingham James S. commission merchant, 33 Commercial, house at Chelsea
Dorr Alfred C. agent N. Y. R. R. & Steamboat line, via. Fall River, house at Dorchester Edmands B. F. house 50 West Cedar
Fairfield John, merchant, 17 India, h. 53 Bowdoin French Arthur Mrs. house 6 Hancock avenue Holbrook G. C. physician, 655 Washington Leach (Eliab) & Atwood (Samuel), bootmakers, Devonshire, near Milk
Mabriand Alex. P. boarding, 17 Fleet Mallon Kendall, coach builder, rear 715 Wash. Munroe J. H. 49 Federal, boards U. S. Hotel
Reedy Maurice O'K. physician, 60 Atkinson
GROCERS' BANK.
No. - STATE STREET. CAPITAL $250,000.
Samuel G. Reed, President. Wm. H. Foster, Cashier. Winslow Whittemore, Ephraim Lom- bard, Sylvester Bowman, Joseph M. Whittier, Jo- seph P. Ellicott, Edward R. Secomb, Ebenezer H. Balch, Leonard Fuller, Directors.
UNITED STATES HEALTH INSUR- ANCE COMPANY.
No. 17 STATE STREET. CAPITAL $50,000 James Clark, Pres. Samuel H. Jenks, Sec. Samuel Aspinwall, Lemuel M. Barker, John Big- elow, Jonas Chickering, George Darracott, Joseph Eustis, Benjamin Lawson, Joseph Lewis, Elijah Mears, Silas P. Meriam, Joseph B. Prince, Noah Sturtevant, Simeon P. Taylor, Charles H. White, Dexter W. Wiswell, Daniel Leverett, Charlestown, and Joseph L. Lord, New York, Directors.
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Files. .33 Paints, Oils, and Dye Stuffs. .27
Forwarding Office. .14 Paper Manufacturers 23, 42
Furniture.
18, 28, 29, 32
Bedding, &c.
1
Bell Hanger. 14
Botanic Medicines 22
Porter & Ale.
.42
Printers.
·10, 19, 24, 43
Razor Strops.
13
Restorators. .
.23
Saddles, Harnesses, &c. .43, 27
Kitchen Furniture.
·3, 33
Saws.
10,19
Jewelry .
,5
Sculptors
.27
Lamps. .
.8
Shirt Depot
35
Lead Pipe .39 Stoves. 2, 3, 15, 42, 48
16
Locks, Knobs, &c.
Leather. .39 Soap Stone. .9 Springs (Carriage)
35
Thomsonian Medicine
22 .3
Matches.
- 38
Tobacco, Snuff, &c ..
Mason .16 Trusses & Supporters. 31, 38
Morocco and Kid Skins .39 Umbrellas. . . 24,35
Counsellor
29
31
Machinists
35, 36, 41, 45
Hemp
Insurance Companies 34,35
-20
Iron Foundries
1, 30, 48, 37
Painter
42
Guns and Sporting apparatus. .27
Hats, Caps, & Furs 20, 38, 44
Newspaper (Path Finder). 40
Apothecaries
06
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ATTRACTIVE PLACES OF RESORT.
ATTRACTIVE
PLACES OF
RESORT
IN THE
OF
VICINITY
BOSTON.
In the vicinity of Boston are several very celebrated and fashionable places of resort; and which especially in the Summer season, are visited by thousands of citizens and strangers. For recreation, exercise, pure air, beauty of scenery, and as a means of promoting health, these places it is believed are nowhere excelled. First among the celebrated watering places is
NAHANT.
North-easterly from Boston about thirteen miles by water and fourteen by land. It possesses sev- eral natural curiosities, among which may be named the Spouting Horn; a basin in the rocks a little to the east of the village, where at certain times of the tide the spray is thrown many feet into the air. The Swallows' Cave, near the landing, is a singular opening in the rocks ; its length is nearly sev- enty feet and its greatest height about twenty. The Grotto is another cavern in the rocks.
STEAMBOAT.
The favorite and fast running steamboat Nahanteu, Capt. B. F. BETTS, plies between Boston and Nahant through the Summer ; leaving Liverpool Wharf and making two trips a day each way. The passage in the boat is one of the most delightful in the world ; affording an excellent prospect of the numerous islands and fortifications of the harbor, and a fine maritime view of the city. The fare is twenty-five cents each way ; time, about one hour.
PUBLIC HOUSES.
The Nahant Hotel is a pleasant public house near the landing, and is much resorted to by fashion- able company. It is kept by Mr. PHINEAS DREW. All the comforts and luxuries of a well conducted ho- tel can be had here. The house is situated on elevated ground, and the most beautiful scenery can be enjoyed from its rooms. Good boats and fishing apparatus are furnished ; and a large stable is con- nected with the house, where the best horses and carriages can be had.
Another agreeable and commodious house is kept here by Mr. JESSE RICE, for the reception of visi- tors ; it is a popular retreat, and has received the patronage of thousands. It is eligibly situated about half a mile from the landing, and affords delightful views of the ocean, the rock-bound coast, and the neighboring country. Mr. Rice is a popular and agreeable landlord, and a visit to his house is always pleasant.
The land route to Nahant is by the Eastern Railroad to Lynn, thence by omnibus four miles to Nahant. The fare this way is fifty cents.
PHILLIPS' BEACH,
Located twelve miles north-easterly from Boston by land and about 14 by water, is another favorite retreat in warm weather. The Ocean House, kept by Mr. ALKER is a large and popular house situated on high ground within a few rods of the ocean. It has excellent advantages for sea bathing, fishing, and sailing. The views of the ocean and surrounding country from this house are not surpassed. The house is within two or three minutes' walk of the Swampscot station of the Eastern Railroad. Coaches run to the house from the Lynn Depot on the arrival of every train ; fare from Boston fifty cents.
LYNN.
The pleasant and flourishing town of Lynn is situated on Massachusetts Bay nine miles north- easterly from Boston. It is distinguished for its beautiful hills, its fine large ponds, and for the beauty and neat appearance of the dwellings of its inhabitants. About forty rods from the principal depot is a large and pleasant public house kept by Mr. BRADFORD WILLIAMS. Connected with the house is a good livery stable, where the very best of horses and every variety of carriages can be had. The roads of Lynn and its vicinity are very good, affording agreeable and pleasant rides. The distance to Nahant is only four miles over a hard, smooth, beach two miles long ; a good gravelled road has just been completed over this beach above high water mark.
CHELSEA BEACH.
Another delightful place of resort in Summer is found at Chelsea Beach. The Neptune House kept by Mr. GEO. R. FIELD is an excellent house for permanent residents or transient visitors. It is well supplied with all the means for sailing, fishing, sporting, &c. Its situation in the lower harbor renders it a very delightful retreat during the heat of summer. The distance from Chelsea Ferry is three miles. It is about a mile from the Eastern Railroad station in North Chelsea. A good stable is at_ tached to the house, bathing houses, life boats, bowling alleys, &c. Fare to North Chelsea ten cents.
POINT SHIRLEY
Is another fine place in hot weather. It is a point of land extending into Boston harbor, and belongs to Chelsea. It is an excellent place for fishing. It is four miles and a half by water. The steamer Nahanteu stops to land and receive passengers ; fare in the boat twenty-five cents. The distance by
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land from East Boston Ferry, over a good carriage road, is five miles. A good house for the reception of visitors and sportsmen is kept by Mr. P. F. Dascomb. It is within a few rods of the main ship channel, and extends about 2 miles farther into the ocean than Nahant. Prices very low ; good boats and fishing apparatus are furnished.
CAMBRIDGE.
Three miles westerly from Boston, is the pleasant City of Cambridge. It is the seat of Harvard University, the first literary institution in the United States. The city is rapidly increasing in busi- ness and population. About a mile north of the university is Porter's Hotel (a well known house), where the very best of fare can always be had. A good stable is attached to the house, where the best horses and carriages are kept. The cars of the Fitchburg Railroad stop within a few rods of the house ; fare ten cents.
FRESH POND
Is another very attractive place. It is in Cambridge, about a mile and a half westerly from the colleges, and from four to five from Boston. Fresh Pond Hotel, recently kept by MR. WILLARD, now by W. D. CALLAHAN, is an excellent house, and has long been a favorite resort. It affords good opportunities for sailing, fishing, swinging, and other amusements. You can go there by the Water- town Branch Railroad for 123 cents. The Mount Auburn omnibuses stop within a short distance of the house every fifteen minutes. The place is much visited in winter to witness the operation of cutting ice.
MOUNT AUBURN.
About five miles westerly from Boston, and one and a quarter from the colleges in Cambridge, is Mount Auburn. This beautiful and hallowed place contains 110 acres of ground well laid out in lots, walks, avenues, and paths. The surface is undulating, and highly adorned with trees, shrubbery, and flowers. It should be visited by every one. Opposite the cemetery, is an excellent house for enter- tainment, kept by MR. JOHN WYETH, where all the refreshments and luxuries of the season can be had. Omnibuses for Mount Auburn leave Brattle street every fifteen minutes ; fare 20 cents, or six tickets for $1.00. The cars on the Watertown Branch Railroad stop within a few rods of the cemetery, four times a day, each way ; fare 15 cents.
SPY POND HOUSE.
This house, kept by MR. T. W. SEAVER, is situated in West Cambridge, about six miles from Boston. It is new and well furnished throughout, and is located in a pleasant grove on the borders of the beautiful Spy Pond. The grove is well supplied with comfortable seats, and several excellent swings have lately been erected ; good bowling alleys have just been completed. The pond abounds in excellent fish; good boats and fishing apparatus are furnished. A fine prospect of the neighboring country, its cities, towns, and villages, can be had from the observatory at the top of the house. This house is not surpassed by any in the vicinity of Boston, and is a good place for companies and dinner parties to visit. The cars on the Lexington and West Cambridge Railroad stop about a quarter of a mile from the house ; fare 13 cents.
NEWTON.
This town, distinguished for its rural beauty and the fertility of its soil, is westerly from Boston about seven miles. The Nonantum House, at Newton Corner, six and a half miles from the city, is a large and pleasantly situated hotel for the reception of transient visitors, families, or permanent boarders. It is about ten rods from the Worcester Railroad, and thirty from the depot, and" affords a good prospect of the cars each way. It is well furnished with the means of recreation and amusement, and, in summer, is much patronized by fashionable company. The roads in the vicinity are good, and the scenery beautiful ; horses and carriages can be obtained at the house.
ROXBURY.
Adjoining Boston on the south, is the flourishing City of Roxbury. The Mansion House, near the head of Warren street, kept by COL. J. B. TOWLE, is a quiet and agreeable place, well supplied with the dainties and luxuries of the season. Attached to the house is a fine garden containing upwards of one hundred varieties of trees, shrubs, and flowers. It is a cool, shady place, an inviting retreat in warm weather, where recreation and amusement can be had. A good livery stable, connected with the house, furnishes horses and carriages. The Roxbury Omnibuses leave Cornhill every fifteen minutes.
SQUANTUM.
About eight miles (by way of Roxbury) from the city, in a south-easterly direction, is Squantum, another sea-side retreat, and a place much frequented by the lovers of sporting, fishing, &c. Sailing and fishing parties go out from this place every day during the hot weather, and its facilities for such amusements are nowhere excelled. The Squantum House, kept by MR. JAMES CRIGHTON, JR., is a very good house, where visitors and parties are served with the very best luxuries of the market. It is about two miles north-easterly from Neponset. It has an elevated rock-bound coast, and affords fine views of Boston harbor and the surrounding country. The cars on the Old Colony Railroad run within about two miles of the place.
The NEW SQUANTUM HOUSE, kept by Mr. W. R. BELSER, for six years proprietor of the Squan- tum House, is a new and well furnished house just opened, where sailing, fishing, and dinner parties, will find good accommodations. It is only seven miles from Boston, and one and a half from Neponset. A fine hard beach, more than a mile in length, extending nearly to Commercial Point, offers an agreeable ride. The house is well calculated for the reception of engine, military, and other companies. Fare to Neponset, by railway, 122 cents.
ROCKLAND HOUSE,
NANTASKET BEACH.
This new hotel is located at the head of Nantasket Beach, distant from the City of Boston seventeen miles. The steamer MAY FLOWER runs three times daily, from Boston to Hingham, making her passage in one hour ; coaches in attendance will take persons from the boat to the hotel n about twenty minutes. This establishment has excellent advantages for sea bathing, fishing, and
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pleasant rides over a beautiful beach five miles in extent, rendering it a most desirable place of resort for families, and parties of pleasure, during the summer months. A good livery stable is connected with this establishment, and kept by N. RIPLEY, JR.
QUINCY.
Adjoining Dorchester on the south-east, and about eight miles from Boston, is the town of Quincy. This town is celebrated for its extensive quarries of granite, its pleasant scenery, and for being the birth-place and residence of two Presidents of the United States.
The Hancock House, kept by MR. FRENCH, is a well conducted hotel, pleasantly situated in Quincy Village, about ten rods from the depot of the Old Colony Railroad. It is just far enough from the city to afford a pleasant ride. It is much visited in summer by parties, companies, and strangers. A good Livery Stable is connected with the house, where excellent horses and carriages can be had.
HINGHAM.
South-easterly from Boston, twelve miles by water and fourteen by land, is the quiet and pleasant town of Hingham.
The Old Colony House, kept by MR. D. LOCKE, is a highly popular watering place, and much visited in summer. The house has an elevated situation, and, for beauty of scenery, combined with a pure and healthful air, is excelled by none. Swings, bowling alleys, &c., afford amusement and recreation to the visitors ; and within a few rods is a beautiful grove, a favorite place in summer for pic-nics, celebrations, &c. Good horses and carriages, of every variety, can be had at the Livery Stable attached to the house. Excellent opportunities for bathing are afforded here. The steamer MAY FLOWER runs to Hingham three times a day through the summer.
PLYMOUTH.
Plymouth, the landing place of the PILGRIMS, and the first settled town in New England, is thirty seven miles from Boston, in a south-easterly direction. The historical associations connected with this town are of the most deeply interesting character. It is a place that should be visited by all.
The Samoset House, kept by Messrs. PARKER & TRIBON, is a large and highly popular hotel, situated near the rock on which the Pilgrims landed, and near Pilgrim Hall, which contains many curiosities and valuable historical relics ; and near the Court House where the first records of the infant colony may be seen, and the autographs of many of the first colonists. A beautiful beach, three miles long, numerous ponds and streams which abound in fish, and the pleasant rides through the woods, will afford amusement both to gentlemen and ladies. A good Livery Stable is connected with the house, where horses and carriages of all kinds can be had. A large Bowling Saloon affords exercise and recreation, and is so conducted as to be pleasant and agreeable to ladies. The cars between Boston and Plymouth pass each way three times a day ; fare $1.00.
BOSTON.
BENJAMIN F. MAHAN, No. 50 LONG WHARF.
Sailing parties, fishing parties, dinner parties, pic-nics, companies, or individuals, who wish to visit any, or all the above named sea-side retreats, will find sail-boats of any description or variety, with careful and experienced boatmen, by calling on Benjamin F. Mahan, at No. 50 Long Wharf. Boats capable of carrying any number of persons, from three to seventy-five, can be obtained at all times.
GROVES. [See Old Colony House, Hingham.]
A little to the south of Harrison Square Depot in Dorchester is the beautiful Tenean Grove, owned by MR. LUTHER SPEAR. It contains about six acres, and is accessible both by land and water, as it borders on Neponset River, where steamboats can land passengers at all hours. This is a very attractive place for celebrations, schools, and pic-nics. Within the grove is a well, eighteen feet deep, which affords an abundance of cold and most excellent water. It is a cool, shady place, well furnished with seats, occupies an elevated position, and presents a fine prospect of Boston harbor, and the sur- rounding country.
GARDENS AND NURSERIES.
In the vicinity of Boston are several extensive Gardens and Nurseries, where trees, shrubs, plants, and flowers, of every variety, congenial to this climate, are cultivated and kept for sale. Purchasers, and dealers in this line, should, by all means, visit either or both of the following places. Those who wish to decorate halls, public buildings, tables, &c. for celebrations or pic-nics, can here be supplied with flowers, plants, evergreens, &c. Bouquets of any size, variety, or color, may also be obtained.
On the western declivity of Nonantum Hill, in Newton, about six and a half miles from Boston, and half a mile from the depot at Newton Corner, are the extensive gardens of MR. JOHN A. KENRICK, containing fifteen acres. Fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, and flowering plants of every variety, are here cultivated and for sale. Many choice and rare varieties can be found here ; numerous visitors are attracted to the grounds in summer. The scenery from this hill is of the most beautiful descrip- tion, and is said to bear a strong resemblance to that of England.
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