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King's Chapel Burying-Ground, 32, 35 ; legends of, 36 ; interments cease in, 36, 37, 204, 205, 206 ; Gov- ernor Winthrop buried in, 226, 228 ; filled with bodies, 298 ; tombs erected in, 298, 323.
King's Head Tavern, site of, 168.
King Street, 55, 60 ; Andrew Faneuil's warehouse, 64; changed to State, 89; called Congre s, 89; full of dwellings, 98; lower end in 1708, 108 ; great tide of 1723, 109 ; Gov- ernor Shirley resident in, 239.
Kinnison, David, 283. Kirk, Edward N., 50.
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Kirk, Thomas, 170.
Kirkland, John T., 38, 100 ; residence, 381.
Kirkland, Samuel, 381.
Knapp, Josiah, dwelling of, 419.
Kneeland, Samuel, printing-office of, 79 ; prints Boston Gazette, 79, 80. Kneeland Street occupied by a wharf, 419.
Knight, Sarah, 162.
Knox, General Henry, shop of, 85 ; anecdotes of, 85, 86 ; portrait, 141, 158 ; marries, 271 ; estate at Thomas- ton, 272, 281, 315 ; occupies Copley's house, 336.
Kupfer, Charles F., 408.
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Laboratory, British, on Griffin's Wharf, 284; American, 322; an- other, 322.
Labouchière visits Boston, 341, 367.
Lafayette, G. W., resides in Boston, 278.
Lafayette Hotel, 398.
Lafayette, Marquis de, 45 ; anecdote of, 97; in Boston, 105, 124; at Faneuil Hall, 138, 139 ; at Boston Theatre, 259, 265, 278; streets named for, 316, 341 ; reception in 1824, 345, 346 ; in 1825, 346 ; resi- dence in 1824, 352, 396 ; fire of 1787, 416 ; incidents of his recep- tion, 354, 355 ; anecdotes of, 355, 356, 357, 363, 364, 382. Lamb, Charles, 128.
Lambert, Captain, 190.
Lamb Tavern, site and history of, 392.
Lameth, Alexander de, 433. La Nymphe, British frigate, 191. La Rochelle, 54.
Lathrop, Rev. John, 160 ; residence, 168 ; buried, 296.
Latin School (South), 33, 44, 54, 56, 57, 72, 75, 136 ; Franklin goes to, 146.
Latin School Street, 56.
Laud, Archbishop, 50.
Lauzun, Duke de, cavalry of, descrip- tion of, 435 ; incident of his execu- tion, 436 ; legion of, 435. Lavoisier, 87. Lawrence, 121.
Lawrence, Abbott, 46, 120, 121, 322 ; residence, 357.
Lawrence, Amos, shop of, 120 ; resi- dence, 316.
Lawrence Scientific School, 121.
Laws, curious old, 12, 15.
Learned, Colonel Ebenezer, first to en- ter Boston after the evacuation, 432. Leather Street, 280.
Le Berceau, frigate, 196, 197.
Lechmere's Point, 25.
Lee, American schooner, 220.
Lee, Arthur, 252.
Lee, General Charles, 125, 425.
Lee, Joseph, 282.
Lee, Thomas, residence of, 173.
Lee, William, entertains Talleyrand, 141.
Le Kain, Mrs., residence of, 275. Le Mercier André, 64.
Leonard, Mr., opens National Theatre, 378.
Les Deux Anges, 196.
Levant, frigate, 186; captured, 191 ; flag of, 193. Levasseur, M., 356.
Leverett, Governor John, 82 ; resi- dence, 83, 102, 156, 174 ; portrait of, 346.
Leverett's Lane, 101 ; John F. Wil- liams resides in, 264. See Congress Street.
Leverett Street, 151; Almshouse re- moved to, 300, 370 ; jail in, 374.
Leverett Street Jail, debtors confined in, 375 ; executions in, 375.
Leverett, Elder Thomas, 101 ; owned site of exchange, 101. Lewis, Samuel S., 128.
Lexington, 44, 53 ; battle of, 137.
Lexington expedition planned, 242 ; thwarted, 243.
Ley, Lord, in Boston, 109. Liberty Hall, 397, 398.
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Liberty sloop (Hancock's), seizure of, 170.
Liberty Square, 109 ; made ground, 109; Stamp Office in, 110; named for and celebration of Civic Feast in, 110 ; burnt over, 272.
Liberty Tree planted, 331; arch erected on site of, 354 ; Stamp Act repeal, 359.
Liberty Tree, site of, 396 ; planted, 397 ; cut down, 397 ; effigies hung on, 399 ; events under, 399, 400, 401 ; Liberty stump and pole, 398. Liberty Tree Tavern, 398.
Light Infantry Company, 294.
Lighthouse (tavern), The, 26.
Lighting the streets, 22. Lincoln, Abraham, 141.
Lincoln, Earl of, 35.
Lincoln, Enoch, 388.
Lincoln, General Benjamin, first United States Collector of Boston,
103, 105 ; expedition to Nantasket,
116 ; commands troops in Shays's Rebellion, 361.
Lincoln, Governor Levi, 346.
Lincoln, Levi, Sr., 388 ; Levi, the younger, 388.
Lincoln, Martha, incident of her de- cease, 388.
Lincolnshire, England, 6.
Lind, Jenny, 40, 293, 371, 394.
Lindall Street, 267.
Lindel's Row, Mrs. Pelham's shop, 372. L'Insurgente, frigate, 171.
Linzee, Captain, sword of, 40, 334.
Lion Tavern, site and history of, 394. Lion Theatre, opening and sketch of, 394.
Lisbon, earthquake at, 162, 163.
Little, Captain George, 196 ; court- martialled, 197. Little Wild Street, London, 58.
Little, William, residence of, 168.
Livingstone, Robert, assists in fitting out Captain Kidd, 77, 78. Livingstone, Robert, 193.
Liverpool Wharf, 230 ; the Tea Party, 281; barracks and laboratory on, 284.
Lloyd, Dr. James, residence of, 363. Lloyd, James, residence of, 363 ; en- tertains Lafayette, 363.
Lloyd, Mrs. James, residence of, 355.
London Bookstore, 107.
London Packet, 170. London Stone, 144.
Long Acre. See Tremont Street. Long Island, 116.
Long Island (New York,) search on, for Kidd's treasure, 78.
Long Wharf, incident of, 100, 112; history of, 114, 115; events con- nected with, 115, 116 ; embarkation of British troops from, 116, 117, 327 ; first locomotive landed from England, 411.
Lord Ashburton. See Alexander Bar- ing.
Lord, James, Collector of Boston, 142.
Loring, James S., 65, 314.
Loring, Matthew, 283.
Lothrop, Rev. Samuel K., 76, 123. Loudon, Lord, 310.
Louisburg, 115, 137.
Louisburg Square, statues in, 344.
Louis Philippe (Duc de Chartres), in Boston, 100, 101; residence of, in Boston, 145.
Louis XVI., 58, 110, 145 ; portrait by Stuart, 408.
Lovell, James, 65 ; Collector of Bos- ton, 142 ; residence of, 277, 373.
Lovell, Master John, 44, 57, 65 ; eulo- gy on Peter Faneuil, 136, 245. Love Lane. See Tileston Street, 218. Love, Susannah, 218.
Low, John, innkeeper, 287.
Lowell, Rev. Charles, 316.
Lowell, Francis Cabot, establishes cotton factories, 316 ; city of Lowell named for, 316.
Lowell Institute founded, 316.
Lowell, Judge John, 316.
Lowell, John, 32; residence of, 316 ; called " Boston Rebel," 317, 389.
Lowell, John, Jr., founds Lowell In- stitute, 316.
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Lucas, Sarah, 206.
Ludlow, Charles, 186.
Ludlow, Mr., 15.
Lyman, Theodore, Sr., 49, 196, 371, 389.
Lyman, General Theodore, 356.
Lynch, General, 433.
Lyndhurst, Lord, 52, 53; revisits Boston, 336.
Lynde Street, 370.
Lynn, 25; remains of Quakers re- moved to, 26S.
Lynn Street, 198; ancient arch in, 199, 200 ; origin of, 219.
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Macdonough, Thomas, 186.
Macedonian, frigate, 197.
Mackay, William, 269.
Mackerel Lane (Kilby Street), 105.
Mackintosh, Captain, 397, 399.
Macready, W. C., first appearance in Boston, 259, 394. Madison, James, 105.
Magaw, Robert, 373.
Magnalia, Mather's, 4.
Magnifique, French seventy-four, lost in Boston harbor, 180, 437.
Main-guard, British, 90.
Main Street, 22.
Malbone, Edward G., residence of, 353.
Malcom, Captain Daniel, 207.
Manley, Captain John, captures by, 220; dies, 220.
Mann, Horace, statue of, 345.
Manners and customs, 11, 12.
Manufactory House, 39; site, 301; description of, 302, 303, 304 ; excise laid on carriages in support of, 302 ; attempt to occupy it by troops, 303 ; Massachusetts Bank in, 303 ; build- ing sold, 303 ; occupied by wounded, 203, 303, 313.
Marblehead, stage to, 26 ; Frankland's courtship, 162 ; Constitution chased into, 187.
Marbury, Rev. Francis, 63.
Margaret Street, 218.
Marion, Joseph, establishes first insur- ance office, 107.
Marion, sloop-of-war, 185.
Market Dock, 127. See Town Dock.
Market Place, first, 89 ; in 1708, 127.
Market Square, 132.
Market Street (New Cornhill), built, 76.
Marlborough Hotel, 225; dinner to Lafayette, 364.
Marlborough, John, Duke of, street named for, 225, 237.
Marlborough Street named, 225, 235 ; new location of, 271, 385 ; named Washington Street, 420.
Marquis of Lorne, 272.
Marston, Captain John, innkeeper, 105.
Marshall, John, Chief Justice, 38.
Marshall Street, 143.
Marshall, Thomas, 24, 202.
Marshall Wyzeman opens Eagle Thea-
tre, 378 ; opens theatre in Boylston Hall, 404.
Marshfield, 46.
Martin, Mr., 283.
Martin, Mrs., 389.
Mascarene, Jean Paul, 60.
Mason, Jonathan, 335.
Mason, Jonathan, Jr., 389.
Mason, Lowell, 259. See Odeon.
Mason Street, Hatch's Tavern in, 313 ; South Writing-School in, 314 ; Med- ical College in, 317 ; boundary of Common, 296.
Masonic Temple (old), description of, 312 ; Alcott's school, 312.
Masonic Temple (new), 318, 319.
Massachusetts Bank, site of British Coffee House, 108 ; first location, 303.
Massachusetts cent, description and history of, 423.
Massachusetts Charitable Fire Society, 266.
Massachusetts Company, 47.
Massachusetts Constitutional Conven- tion, 45.
Massachusetts Frigate built, 179.
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Massachusetts General Hospital, in- corporated and endowed, 247, 317 ; site and history of, 376, 377 ; ether first used in, 376.
Massachusetts Historical Society, 5. Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company, 384.
Massachusetts Indians, 2, 8.
Massachusetts Medical College in Ma- son Street, description, 317 ; in Grove Street, 376 ; Parkman murder, 378. Massachusetts Mechanics' Charitable Association, first meetings of, 71, 120, 147 ; early meetings, 149, 181 ; build Revere House, 371.
Massachusetts Spy printed, 223 ; re- moved to Worcester, 223 ; different locations of, 391 ; enterprise of, 433. Massachusetts Volunteers (Mexican war), entry of, into Boston, 333.
Mather, Cotton, 4, 8, 57, 160; res- idence of, 161, 162 ; portrait of, 372.
Mather, Hannah. See Crocker, 175.
Mather, Rev. Increase, 65, 80, 160 ; res- idence, 161; house burnt, 169 ; agent, 210, 391.
Mather, Rev. Richard, 160, 412.
Mather, Samuel, 160 ; residence, 161, 162 ; protects Governor Hutchinson,
166 ; pastor of First Universalist Church, 172.
Matignon, Rev. Father, 255.
Mathews' Block, 175.
Matoonas, shot, 331.
Matthews, Charles, 403.
Matthews Street, 280. Maverick Church, 416.
Maverick, Samuel, 13, 174.
May, John, residence of, 171.
Mayhew, Rev. Jonathan, 118, 374. Maynard, J. E., stables of, 371.
McIntosh, Mr., 283.
McLean Asylum, 377.
McLean, John, residence, 307 ; anec- dote of, 307 ; bequest to Hospital, 377.
McLean Street, 376. McLellan, Mr., 364. McMurtie, Mr. 276.
McNeil, Captain, 196.
Mears, Samuel, innkeeper, 286, 428. Medal voted to Washington, 432. Mein, John, establishes first circulat- ing library, 106 ; shop, 197. Melodeon, sketch of, 394.
Melvill, Thomas, Tea Party, 282 ; preserves small bottle of the tea, 283 ; residence and sketch of, 372, 373, 406.
Melville, Herman, 372.
Melyne's Corner, 289.
Mercantile Library, 278.
Mercer, Captain George, 62.
Merchants' Bank, 94. See United States Bank.
Merchants' Exchange, present, corner- stone laid, 278.
Merchants' Hall, site and use of, as Post-Office and Exchange, 269.
Merchants' Row, named, 108; first house of entertainment in, 108, 109, 110, 112 ; Triangular Warehouse in, 131.
Meriam, William, innkeeper, 287.
Merry's Point, 176.
Merry, Walter, his point, 176.
Messinger, Colonel, 139 ; shop, 393, 394.
Methodist Alley. See Hanover Avenue, 173.
Metropolitan Place, 419.
Metternich, Prince, 321. Mexican war, 333.
Mexican Volunteers, quarters of, 379 ; neglect and abuse of, 379; their flag, 379.
Miantonimoh in Boston, 108.
Middle Street (Hanover), 153.
Middlecott Street, 370. See Bowdoin.
Middlesex Canal, 24, 152.
Mifflin, Thomas, 116, 220, 429.
Miles, Mrs., Governor Eustis lodges with, 365.
Military Company of the Massachu- setts. See Ancient and Honorable Artillery, 137.
Milk, John, 206. Milk, Mrs., 287. Milk Street, 10 ; Museum in, 41 ; Post-
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Office in, 104, 105 ; inhabitants re- moved, 227 ; route of Tea Party, 230; Province House opposite, 235 ; ancient Fort Street, description of, 251, 264 ; notable residents of, 271 ; great fire in, 272.
Mill Bridge, 149, 152.
Mill Creek, 127, 131, 132; bridged, 151 ; description of, 152; a canal, 152.
Mill Dam, 25.
Miller, William, 367.
Mill Field. See Copp's Hill.
Mill Pond, 7, 8, 10, 126, 127, 145 ; de- scription of, 150, 151, 152 ; filled up, 152; Baptist Church on, 222 ; Beacon Hill used for filling, 350, 369 ; Theatre on site of, 378.
Mill Pond Corporation, 151.
Milmore, Martin, 344.
Milton, first paper-mill in colony at, 76.
Milton Place, 26S.
Minot's Building, 402.
Minot, George Richards, 39, 264.
Minot. George, 315 ; anecdote of, 431. Minot, John, 431.
Minot, Stephen, petition of, 430.
Minot, William, 320 ; office, 402. Minot Street, 375.
Minott, Stephen, 114. See Tea Wharf, 115.
Mint, established by Massachusetts, 422 ; site of, 423.
Molesworth, Captain Ponsonby, 97.
Molineux, William, 282, 302 ; resi- dence and sketch of, 357.
Monck, George, innkeeper, 122.
Monroe, James, visit to Boston of, 100, 319.
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley, 103. Montague, W. (Admiral), anecdotes of, 75, 283. Montague, W. H., 69, 365.
Montague, Rev. William, 217; the bullet which killed Warren, 218 ; anecdote of, 414.
Montgomery Place, 294.
tions, 350, 351 ; rebuilding author- ized, 352, 370.
Moon Street, 159 ; Samuel Mather, a resident of, 161, 166 ; Sun Tavern in, 287.
Moore, Peggy, tavern of, 404. Moore, Thomas, 283.
Moorhead, Rev. John, 263.
Moreau, General, 139 ; funeral of, 320; visit to Boston, 320; resi- dence, 321 ; returns to Europe, 321 ; death, 321.
Morgan, General Daniel, incident of battle of Stillwater, 327.
Morris, Commodore Charles, 99, 186. Morris, Gouverneur, anecdote of, 429. Morrison, Rev. Dr., 124.
Morse, Jedediah, 8; humorous de- scription of Albany, 422.
Morse, S. F. B., 277.
Morton, Joseph, innkeeper, 393.
Morton, Marcus, 253.
Morton, Perez, residence of, 113, 393 ; last of the barristers, 403 ; district- attorney, 424.
Morton Place named, 253.
Morton, Thomas, 2.
Morton, W. T. G., office where ether was first applied, 366 ; curious state- ment about the ether discovery, 366. Mount Auburn Chapel, statue of Win- throp in, 226.
Mountfort, Col. John, 221. Jos., 283. Mountfort's Corner, 158.
Mount Hoardam. See Mount Ver- non.
Mountjoy's Corner, 158.
Mount Vernon proprietors, 4; use first railway in New England, 325.
Mount Wollaston, 2, 14.
Mount Vernon Place, 339.
Mount Vernon Street, 338, 340 ; called Sumner and Olive Street, 352.
Mount Vernon, 6 ; called Mount Hoar- dam, 329.
Mower, Samuel, 206.
Muddy River, 14.
Munroe, W., innkeeper, 248.
Murdoch, James E., 404.
Monument (Beacon Hill), 349 ; history and description of, 350, 351 ; inscrip- Muhlenburg, General, 356.
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Murray, General James, 327. Murray, Rev. John, 172.
Museum, Boston, 38, 40, 41, 294 ; Co- lumbian, 41; burnt, 41, 42; New England, 42, 74; New York, 42 ; Mix's New Haven, 42 ; Wood's Mar- ket, 132 ; New England, 132.
Musgrave, Philip, Postmaster of Bos- ton, 79.
Music Hall, 294; one in Brattle Street, 307, 394.
Mushawomuk, 3.
Myles Standish expedition to Boston Bay, 2; costume, 11; sword of, 40.
Mylne Point (Hudson's), 24.
Mylne Street. See Summer Street.
Mystic, 8 ; River, 2.
N.
Nancy, British ordnance brig, captured, 220.
Nantasket Road, British fleet in, 65, 75, 115.
Napoleon Bonaparte, 139, 141 ; Mos- cow campaign, 320, 321.
Napoleon, Louis, in Boston, 101.
Nason, Elias, 145, 162.
Nassau Street, description of, 412.
National Lancers, 379.
National Theatre, history of, 378.
Naval Academy (Annapolis), 193;
established, 385.
Naval Rendezvous, North Square, 159.
Neal, Daniel, 16.
Neck, The, 7, 10, 21, 23, 24, 25, 43, 94, 214 ; Governor Burnet's reception, 238, 244; cathedral on, 256 ; Earl Percy's troops march over, 304 ; lines on, 328; retreat of the British from, 416 ; description of, 418, 419 ; early condition of, 419; road over, 419, 420 ; paved, 420, 421 ; dikes built to protect, 420 ; dreary aspect of, 421 ; a resort for sportsmen, 421 ; fenced in, 421 ; houses on, 421 ; brickyards, 422 ; guard stationed on, 424 ; forti-
fied, 424 ; British works on, 425, 426 ; partly demolished, 426 ; American works, 427 ; taverns on, 428, 429, 430 ; entry of American and French armies, 432 to 437.
Nelson, Horatio, Lord, 186.
Neptune, French ship, 437.
Néréide, French ship, 437.
Nesbitt, Colonel, 229.
New Boston, 10.
Newbury Street, 20 ; new location of, 291; residents of, 391; named Washington, 420.
New England Bank, 105.
New England flag, description of, 179.
New England Guards, 191; in 1812, 322 ; survivors, 322.
New England House, 132.
New England Journal, 8.
New Exhibition Room (Board Alley), opening of, 261 ; bill of first per- formance, 261.
New Fields. See West Boston.
New Guinea, 199.
New Haven, 55, 57.
Newman, Henry, residence of, 291.
Newman, Captain Samuel, 221.
New North Church, 155 ; site and sketch of, 173, 416.
Newport, R. I., 9, 19, 29.
New South Church, 228 ; site and his- tory of, 380, 381.
News Letter, where published, 82, 104.
New State House first occupied, 91. Newton, Thomas, 32.
New York, 22.
Nichols, Colonel Richard, 174.
Nicholson, Captain Samuel, 182, 184, 186, 187, 221.
Niles's Block, 60.
Noah's Ark, 175. See Ship Tavern.
Noddle's Island, 13, 14, 23, 56 ; Bap- tists meet on, 222 ; works erected in 1814, 247 ; garrisoned, 322, 418. Norfolk County Road, 27.
Norman, John, publishes first direc- tory, 110 ; office, 145.
North Allen Street, 377.
North American Review, first number of, 304.
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North Battery, 116 ; history of, 176, Old Brick Church. See First Church.
177 ; sold, 177 ; armament, 177.
North Bennet Street, Methodist Chapel in, 172.
North Burying-Place. See Copp's Hill.
North Carolina, white slavery in, 14. North Church, 19.
North End, 10, 19, 25, 26, 27, 68, 143 ; three streets wide, 152; British troops in, 158 ; patriotism of and famous residents in, 220, 221, 222 ; draft riot in, 223.
North End Coffee House, site of, 171. North Grammar Schools, 21S.
North Latin School, 218.
North Latin School Street. See Ben- Det Street.
North Margin Street, 150.
North Market Street, 105 ; Triangular Warehouse in, 131.
North Mills, 151.
North Row, location of, 371.
North Square, 130; description of, 156 to 170 ; rendezvous for tooops, 158; barracks in, 168; Bethel Church in, 169; fire of 1676, 169, 198.
North Street, 7, 26, 127; Wood's Museum in, 132; drawbridge at, 152. North Street (Hanover), 153.
Northumberland, Duke of, 407 ; lodg- ings in Boston, 410.
Northumberland, French ship, 437.
North Writing School, 218.
Norton, Mrs., 227.
Noyes, Oliver, builds Long Wharf, 114.
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Oak of Reformation, 398. Obbatinewat, 2.
Ochterlony, Sir David, residence of, 153, 154.
O'Connor, Captain, 283.
Odeon. See Boston Theatre, 259.
Orange Street, 21, 102; extent and name, 401 ; description, 420 ; named Washington, 420 ; paved, 421.
Orations of the Cincinnati in, 105, 155 ; Washington attends, 432.
Old buildings, one corner Sun Court and Moon Streets, 159.
Old Burying-Place (King's Chapel Yard), 35, 55, 56.
Old Cocked Hat in Dock Square, his- tory and description of, 132, 133.
Old Corner (Court and Tremont), Ed- ward Webster's Company enlisted, 379.
Old Corner Bookstore, 62.
Old Drury. See Boston Theatre, 256. Old Fortifications, 420, 421 ; erected, 424 ; history of, 424; armament, 424 ; garrison, 425.
Old Market House, 130, 133.
Old North Church, location and his- tory of, 160 ; burnt, 169 ; Sir Wil- liam Phips attends, 210, 218.
Old Prison. See Boston Jail. Old South Block, 253.
Old South Church, 22, 30 ; keys de- manded by Andros, 34, 35, 52, 148, 182, 213 ; Dr. Blagden resigns pas- torate of, 220 ; history and descrip- tion of, 227, 228; Lady Andros's funeral, 228; Warren's Address in, 229 ; Tea Party Meeting, 230 ; occu- pation by British troops, 231, 232, 329 ; tablet, 228; clock, 234, 244, 282, 348 ; Governor Eustis's funeral, 366, 392, 416.
Old State House, 34, 43; used as Town House, 58, 59; history and description of, 89, 90, 91; Court House, 90; alterations, 91 ; pro- posal to build the United States Bank on site of, 94; Post-Office in, 105 ; Selfridge killed near, 114 ; first market on site of, 130 ; rendezvous of Ancient and Honorable Artillery, 138, 210, 238 ; monument to Wolfe, 241; Federal Convention assembled in, 263, 293 ; Speaker's desk, 347 ; description of Council Chamber, 347, 391, 431.
Old Stone House (Cross Street), de- scription of, 154, 155.
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Old Way, The, 151.
Old Wharf. See Barricado.
Olive Street. See Mount Vernon.
Oliver, Governor Andrew, 267, 273 ; residence, 278 ; mobbed, 278 ; dies, 278 ; sketch of, 278, 279; hung in effigy, 399 ; resigns office of Stamp- Master, 400.
Oliver's Dock, 109; named for, 110 ; scene of destruction of Stamp-Office, 110.
Oliver, Peter, 110 ; leaves Boston, 278. Oliver Place, 409.
Oliver Street, 41 ; named, 271 ; paved, 272
Oliver, Thomas, residence of, 234.
Orange Tree Lane, 68.
Orange Tree (tavern), 25, 70.
Orne, Azor, 341.
Osgood, James R., and Company, 304. See N. American Review.
Ostinelli, Mr., 291.
Ostinelli, Eliza, début of, 368.
Otis, Harrison Gray, 14; law office, 44 ; anecdotes of, 46, 47, 57, 124,
190 ; first public speech, 256 ; op- poses theatres, 261, 336 ; residence, 337.
Otis, James, 44 ; residence, 60, 71, 76, 89, 133, 135, 148, 149, 248, 252, 253, 269, 351, 402.
Otis Street, American headquarters, 383 ; Sir William Pepperell's estate, 384.
Oxenbridge, John, 35, 55; house, 56.
Oxford, Loid, 78.
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Paddy's Alley, 153.
Paddock, Adino, 26; names Long Acre, 289 ; residence, 294 ; plants trees in Long Acre, 294 ; Captain of Artillery, 295 ; intends surrender- ing his guns, 314; intention frus- trated, 314.
Paddock's Mall, history of. 294, 295, 360.
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Paige, E., and Company, innkeepers 105.
Paine, Nathaniel, 237.
Paine, Robert Treat, 57 ; residence, 265 ; died, 265, 267; sketch of, 266.
Paine, Thomas (R. Treat, Jr.), writes prize address for Federal Street Thea- tre, 256 ; sketch of. 266.
Painter's Arms, description of, 144.
Palfrey, Rev. J. G., 123, 355.
Palmer, Edward, 15, 34. Jos., 283. Palmer, Mr., residence of, 277.
Pantheon Hall. See Boylston.
Paper Currency, 237.
Park Square, 322.
Park Street, 148, 299 ; Workhouse and Bridewell in, 299 ; town property on, sold, 300 ; Pound in, 300.
Park Street Church, 182, 234; spire of, 300 ; history of, 301 ; architect of, 301 ; capitals cut by Willard, 311.
Park Theatre (New York), opening of, 417.
Parker, Bishop, anecdote of, 414.
Parker Block, site of, 248.
Parker, Chief Justice, 100.
Parker House, 57, 65.
Parker, Isaac, 82.
Parker, John, 196 ; residence of, 291.
Parker, Captain John, his musket, 347.
Parker, Rev. Samuel, 387.
Parker, Rev. Theodore, bequeaths rel- ics to the State, 346, 379, 394.
Parkman, Dr. George, 165 ; residence, 338, 371 ; scene of murder, 377.
Parkman, Samuel, 141, 196 ; residence, 371.
Parris, Alexander, architect of Saint Paul's, 310.
Parsons, Eben, 196.
Parsons, Theophilus, residence of, 277 ; anecdote of, 277 ; J. Q. Adams a stu- dent with, 319, 403.
Parsons, Theophilus, Jr., 277.
Patten, William, malt-house of, 416. Patterson, Miss, 384. Paving of streets, 21.
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Pavilion, 56. Paxton, Charles, residence of, 273 ; mobbed, 273, 277.
Payne, John Howard, 253 ; at Boston Theatre. 259 ; residence and sketch of. 262 ; dies, 262, 313.
Payne, Mr., 253.
Payson, Joseph, 282.
Peabody, Ephraim, 46.
Peabody, George, 27.
Peale, Charles W., student of Copley, 353.
Peale, Rembrandt, 335.
Pearl Street, 37 ; route of Tea Party, 271 ; Admiral Graves's quarters,
272; called Hutchinson Street, 273 ; named, 273 ; shoe market, 280.
Pearl Street House, 248, 275.
Peck, John, purchases Province House, 246.
Peck, Samuel, 282 ; shop, 410.
Pelby, William, 291; opens Warren Theatre, 378. Pelham, Charles, 32.
Pelham, Mary, residence, 371 ; adver- tisement, 372.
Pelham, Peter, residence, 372 ; an en- graver, 372.
Pelican, British brig, 197.
Pemberton, Rev. Ebenezer, 104.
Pemberton Hill, 6, 8, 10, 34, 47, 52, 365, 389. Pemberton House, 50. Pemberton, James, 47.
Pemberton Square, 50, 53.
Pemberton, Thomas, 134, 154 ; ac- count of commerce of Boston, 179, 180.
Penfold, 383. Penn, JJames, 56. Pennsylvania Academy, 276.
Penobscot Expedition, 120.
Pepperell, Sir William, sword of, 40, 239 ; forces on the Common, 326.
Pepperell, Sir William (Sparhawk), 57 ; estate and sketch of, 384.
Pepys, Richard, 4, 5.
Percy, Earl of Northumberland, 44; quarters, 53, 242, 245, 265 ; marches for Lexington, 304 ; occupies Han-
cock House, 340 ; commands on Boston Neck, 426.
Perkins, Augustus T., 336.
Perkins, James, 37, 196, 280.
Perkins, Sergeant, 16.
Perkins, Thomas, residence of, 291.
Perkins, Thomas H., 38, 196 ; resi- dence, 277, 278 ; commands Cadets, 294.
Perkins Street named, 280.
Perley, Rev. Mr., 277.
Perodi, Mr., suicide of, 363.
Perry, Commodore O. H., at Exchange Coffee House, 100.
Pest-House Point, 369.
Peters, Edward D., residence and re- mains of fortifications, 426.
Peterson hanged, 426.
Pettick's Island, 116.
Pfaff's Hotel, 322.
Philadelphia Coffee House, 171. See North End Coffee House.
Philadelphia, frigate, 186.
Phillips, Adelaide, 40.
Phillips, Edward B., 38.
Phillips Church, 416. Phillips, Deacon John, 154.
Phillips, General William, 231, 383.
Phillips, Gillam, 332.
Phillips, Governor William, 53 ; resi- dence, 54, 55, 56, 100, 196, 337, 362.
Phillips, Henry, 96, 332, 393.
Phillips, John, first mayor, 14 ; resi- dence, 337.
Phillips, R., 258.
Phillips, Wendell, residence of, 337, 379.
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