The site of Saint Paul's Cathedral, Boston, and its neighborhood, Part 13

Author: Lawrence, Robert Means, 1847-1935
Publication date: 1916
Publisher: Boston, R. G. Badger
Number of Pages: 592


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The Spinning Craze


T HE Spinning Craze appears to have revived at intervals; for the Boston Evening Post, in an issue of Monday, August 13, 1753, gave an account


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of a large gathering on the Common at that time: "Wednesday last being the meeting of the Society for encouraging Industry and employing the Poor, the Reverend Mr. [Samuel] Cooper of this town preached an excellent sermon before them and a vast assem- blage of other Persons of all Ranks and Denomina- tions, in the Old South Meeting-House. After ser- mon £453 Old Tenor was collected for the further promoting of the laudable undertaking.


In the afternoon about 300 Spinners, all neatly dressed, and many of 'em Daughters of the best Fam- ilies in Town, appeared on the Common, and being placed orderly in three Rows, at work, made a de- lightful appearance. The Weavers also (cleanly dressed in Garments of their own weaving), with a Loom, and a young man at work on a stage pre- pared for that Purpose, carried on Men's Shoulders, attended by musick, preceded the Society; and a long Train of other Gentlemen of Note, both of Town and Country, as they walked in Procession, to view the Spinners; and the Spectators were so numerous that they were compared by many to one of Mr. White- field's Auditories, when he formerly preached here on the Common."


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Bumstead Place


B UMSTEAD PLACE, so called from 1807 until 1868, was named after Thomas Bumstead, who became the owner of Adino Paddock's estate. It ex- tended from Common Street, midway between Ham- ilton Place and Bromfield's Lane, easterly for a dis- tance of about 250 feet, and then turned northerly . for about 125 feet into the latter thoroughfare. Thomas Bumstead owned and occupied a wooden dwelling-house on the south corner of Bromfield's Lane and Common Street. He also owned the north- erly part of the Cathedral land, and mention of him has been made elsewhere in this volume.


George Cabot (1751-1823), merchant and leader of the Massachusetts Federalists, occupied for a time the house, number one Bumstead Place. He studied at Harvard, but left College at the end of his Sopho- more year, and went to sea as a cabin boy at the age of sixteen. Later he became a merchant, and formed a partnership with his brother-in-law, Mr. Joseph Lee. They became large ship-owners, and were es- tablished in Beverly, which was then regarded by its residents as likely to become a great New England seaport. Mr. Cabot was Secretary of the Navy in


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1779, and United States Senator From 1791 to 1796. He was "only one of many, whose minds ripened into a peculiar flavor, and grew strong with a robust, masculine vigor in this school of the sea, which never failed to leave on its scholars the characteristic stamp of the quarter-deck, and a dash of salt water."1


Temple Place


T HE name Turnagain Alley was given by the Town to the present Temple Place in 1708. It was then described as "the Alley leading from ye Common easterly, on the north side of Madam Ush- er's house. "As indicated by its name, it was a blind alley, and as shown on Bonner's map of 1722, it ex- tended only about one-third of the distance from the Common to the present Washington Street. It re- mained a closed lane for two centuries after the set- tlement of Boston. The Masonic Temple was built in 1830, on the north corner of Turnagain Alley and Tremont Street; the name of the former being then changed to Temple Place. For about a week, however, in May, 1865, it was called Autumn Street. A flight of five steps led down through a twelve-foot passageway into Washington Street; and for vehicle traffic Tem-


1 Hon. H. C. Lodge. Life and Letters of George Cabot.


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ple Place might have appropriately retained its early name until it became a thoroughfare in 1864, when the steps were taken away and the passage-way widened by the removal of the adjacent buildings. Meantime, soon after 1830, when the Usher estate was divided into lots, Temple Place began to be built up with domiciles, which were occupied by a number of prominent citizens; it became part of a favorite residential district, and so remained until the period of the Civil War, when the streets of the newly re- claimed Back Bay lands began to be systematically developed.


James Savage occupied the house, number one, Temple Place, on the south side, adjoining the flight of steps above mentioned; removing there from Hay- ward Place as early as 1834. He was a descendant of Major Thomas Savage, a valiant soldier in Philip's War, who in 1663 undertook the construction of a Barricade enclosing the Town Cove, to protect the shipping against possible attacks by a foreign fleet. His forbears, Abijah Savage, and the latter's son, of the same name, were Harvard graduates of the years 1695 and 1723. James Savage attended the Derby Academy in Hingham, and the Washington Acad- emy at Machias, Maine. He too was a Harvard man (A.B., 1803), and was admitted to the Suffolk Bar


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in 1807. He was the founder and president of the Provident Institution for Savings. Mr. Savage de- voted twenty years to the compilation of a Genealog- ical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England. He was said to have had no rival in the accuracy and extent of his knowledge of New England's history.


In 1832, Thomas Handasyd Perkins (1764-1854), philanthropist and public-spirited citizen, built a house on the site now occupied by the Provident In- stitution for Savings, and there made his home. He gave his estate on Pearl Street to the New England Asylum for the Blind, which was renamed in 1829 the Perkins Institution, in honor of its chief bene- factor. .. . Thomas Lamb (1796-1887) bought the estate number five, Temple Place, in 1849. He occu- pied for many years one of the Somerset Street houses, which were demolished when the new Court House was built. Mr: Lamb was President of the Suffolk Savings Bank for forty-one years, and of the New England Bank for nearly as long a period.


William Barton Rogers (1804-1882), geologist and savant, was a resident of Temple Place in the "six- ties." He was a native of Philadelphia, and came to Boston in 1853. Within a few years thereafter he became interested in a scheme for technical education, and largely as a result of his enterprise and zeal, the


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Massachusetts Institute of Technology was founded, and he became its first President.


Thomas Coffin Amory, the younger (1812-1889), Harvard, 1830, Counselor-at-Law, and a neighbor of Mr. Rogers, was a member of the Massachusetts Leg- islature, an Alderman of Boston, and President of the Board of Trustees of the City Hospital.


Among the goodly number of citizens who sus- tained the reputation of this neighborhood for respec- tability, were Josiah Bradlee, a prominent merchant who occupied a house on the north corner of Tremont Street (where now stands the fine building of Messrs. R. H. Stearns and Company ) ; Samuel Cabot, M.D., an able Surgeon, and Fellow of the American Acad- emy; and Nathaniel Hooper, who removed about 1857 from 17 Temple Place to lower Beacon Street, which then was becoming a popular residential district.


Another Temple Place resident was the Reverend Alexander Hamilton Vinton, M.D., S.T.D. (1807- 1881), Rector of Saint Paul's Church, Boston, for fourteen years, and afterward rector of Emmanuel Church. He had also the charge of parishes in Phil- adelphia and New York, and was one of the most influential among his contemporary clerical brethren of the Episcopal Church. .


The residence of Dr. George Hayward (1791-


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1862), Harvard, 1809, was on the premises now oc- cupied by the firm of Melvin and Badger, Druggists. He was a son of Dr. Lemuel Hayward, a surgeon in the American Army during the Revolution, who lived opposite the White Horse Tavern. Dr. George Hay- ward was Professor of Clinical Surgery in the Har- vard Medical School, and one of the best known prac- titioners of his time.


The Haymarket and Vicinity


T OWARD the close of the eighteenth century the Haymarket occupied considerable space between Tremont and Mason Streets, including the land where- on Colonnade Row was built in 1811. This land was originally a part of the Common. On the south cor- ner of Tremont and West Streets, now occupied by the Lawrence Building, stood a wooden, barnlike structure containing the Town Hay Scales; and be- hind it, on Mason Street, was a military laboratory. This latter building was afterward occupied as a car- riage manufactory by the firm of Frothingham, Wheeler and Jacobs. The public whipping-post, which was formerly on State Street, stood at one time near the site of the West Street gate of the Common. Close by were the pillory and stocks, which were mov-


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able, being placed on wheels. They were used as a , means of enforcing attendance at church, and as a punishment for various misdemeanors.1


The Haymarket Theatre was built in 1796 on the southern part of the Haymarket, near Boylston Street, where the Tremont Theatre now stands. It was a huge, unsightly pile, somewhat after the soap- box style of architecture; and although it was claimed to be the most spacious and convenient theater in America, it was a constant menace to the neighboring · buildings on account of its liability to take fire.


The first Boston Theatre, on the corner of Frank- lin and Federal Streets, had been opened about two years before, and the alleged motives for building a new theater were political intrigue and animosities. In 1796 intense partizan feeling and rivalry existed between the Federalists and members of the Jacobin party; and there existed also much jealousy and bit- terness among the managers and stockholders of the two theaters. "The presence of a supporter of the old theater at the Haymarket was regarded as a dis- loyal act. The rivalry continued until February 2, 1798, when the Boston Theatre was destroyed by fire." 2


' S. A. Drake. Old Landmarks of Boston.


2 The Memorial History of Boston, IV, 363.


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The new Play-house had a large auditorium, three tiers of boxes, and also a gallery and drawing-room. It was under the management of Charles Stuart Powell, an actor formerly connected with the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London, and for a time man- ager of the Federal Street Theatre in Boston. The "Haymarket" was never a success financially, and the building was taken down in 1803.


The lanes and pastures of the old South End of Boston have long since disappeared. No vestige of its rural aspect remains. Business blocks and de- partment stores surround Saint Paul's Cathedral, and cover the site of the Washington Gardens. But the Common is a sacred tract, to be preserved as a de- lightful heritage from the founders of the Colony; and the fair acres of the ancient Centry Field, ever a source of pride and interest to the citizens, will con- tinue to be guarded with jealous care as one of the most famous of historic pleasure grounds.


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Principal Sources of Information


Boston Town Records.


The Memorial History of Boston.


S. A. Drake's Old Landmarks of Boston.


Suffolk Registry of Deeds and Probate Records.


James Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England.


Records of the older Churches of Boston.


Proceedings and Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society.


The New England Historical and Genealogical Reg- ister.


J. L. Sibley's Harvard Graduates.


Early Boston Directories.


Genealogies and Family Histories.


Files of early Boston newspapers.


Poole's Index of Periodical Literature.


Bostonian Society Publications.


The Book of Possessions.


Aspinwall Notarial Records.


History of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com- pany.


Soldiers in King Philip's War.


Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolu- tionary War.


Massachusetts Archives.


The Encyclopaedia Britannica; Eleventh Edition.


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"Gleaner" Articles, by Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch. A History of Boston, by Caleb A. Snow, M.D.


Annals of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association.


Good Old Dorchester, by William Dana Orcutt.


A Record of the Streets, Alleys, Places, etc., in the City of Boston.


The Old Boston Post Road, by Stephen Jenkins.


Memorial Biographies of the New England Historic- Genealogical Society.


The History and Antiquities of Boston, by Samuel G. Drake.


Various Town and County Histories.


Rambles Around Old Boston, by Edwin M. Bacon, 1914.


Days and Ways in Old Boston, edited by William S. Rossiter, and published by R. H. Stearns and Com- pany, 1915.


Social Life in Old New England, Mary Caroline Crawford.


Doctor Holmes's Boston, edited by Caroline Ticknor.


Acknowledgments for assistance are due to Hon. Samuel A. Green, M.D.,


Walter K. Watkins, Esq.,


George A. Sawyer, Esq.,


Joseph F. Woods, Esq.,


Miss Annie H. Thwing,


Rev. Anson Titus,


Frank H. Manning, Esq., and many others.


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INDEX


A


Abigail, 86 Abraham, Plains of, 176 Adams House, 31, 32, 89, 246 Samuel, 29, 64, 124, 236, 239 Albany, 193 Alexander, Francesca, 243 Francis, 243 Lucia Gray, 243


American Army, 68, 207 Antiquarian Society, 240 Education Society, 215 Notes, 250 Academy, Fellow of, 279 Amory, Jonathan, 96 Thomas C., 138, 279 Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co., 45, 65, 66, 85, 106, 109, 119, 122, 135, 159, 160, 161, 164, 172, 179, 190, 218, 219, 221, 224, 244, 252, 267


Andrews, Ebenezer Turell, 240, 241 John, 212 William Turell, 241


Andros, Sir Edmund, 44, 113, 114, 115, 195, 217 Animals in Queen Anne's time, 57 Antinomians, 86 Appleton, William, 94 Aspinwall Notarial Records, 108, 191 Atherton, Consider, 45, 46 Edmund, 44 Hope, 44, 45, 46 Major Humphrey, 44, 45, 46, 47 Increase, 44 Manor, 44 Rest, 44 Robert, 44 Thankful, 44 Patience, 45 Watching, 45 Atkinson Street, 196


Avery Corner, 28 John, 28 John, the Pirate, 29 John, the Younger, 28, 29 Street, 27 Ayer, III


B


Back Bay, 24 Bacon, Edwin M., 213 of Roxbury, 55 Baker, Alexander, 38 Luke, 79, 174, 223 Ballard, Elizabeth Pickering, 93 Fear, 93 Samuel, 79, 92


Balston, Jonathan, 97


Baltimore, 209


Banister, Samuel, 227, 230, 231 Thomas, 21, 227, 230, 231


Banister's Gardens, 231 Lane, 24, 159 Bank of the U. S., 211


Bartlett, John, 176, 177 Tabitha, 176 Thomas, 176 Bathing Establishments, 152


Batterymarch Street, 85


Battery Street, 27


Beach Street, 54


Beacon Hill, 13, 87, 198, 203, 231 on the Hill, 211 Street, 23, 29, 33, 265, 279


Belcher, Governor, 252 Bell, Shubael, 94 Bellingham, Gov. Richard, 19, 254, 260 Bell-in-Hand Tavern, 166 Bells, first chime in North America, 133 Bennett Street, 170, 178 287 UN


INDEX


Bernard, Sir Francis, 134, 197, 249, 272 Bible, first printed in Boston, 63


Bishop, William, 56


Museum, 249


Black Boy and But, 127


Museum of Fine Arts, 245


Black Horse Lane, 26


Neck, 54, 56


Blackstone, William, 37, 231


Blake, John, 52


Blanchard, Joshua, 60


Blanford, 68


Post Boy, 59, 124


Regiment, 66, 136


Tea Party, 124, 138


Blott, Robert, 228, 229, 251 Sarah, 229


Transcript, 32


Weather, 209 & Worcester Railroad Co., 76


Blue Bell Tavern, 85


Blyn, Mr., 32


Boies, James, 174, 175 Jeremiah Smith, 174, 235 John, 235


Bond, Nathan, 78


Book of Possessions, 27, 37, 95, 106, 108, 158


Bradstreet, Governor, 217


Boston, Aldermen of, 279 defense of, 224


evacuation of, 66


Thomas, Jr., 220


first directory of, 27


freemen of, 192


homes in, 209


Bread, assize of, 246


in 1663, 18


in 1666, 19


in 1686, 24


in 1699, 18


in 1720, 166


Brewster, Elder William, 222


Briscow's Corner, 262


Brigade Train of Artillery, 66


streets in, 209


British Crown, 65 West Indies, 129


Sunday in, 207


topographical description, 269


town officials in 1820, 146


type of buildings, 20


Atheneum, 265


Commercial Gazette, 142


Edward, the Third, 165


Mary Danforth, 263


Sarah, 263


Dispensary, 137, 177, 215


House, 262


Lane, 66, 262 Street, 262, 266


Bromfield's Regiment, 66


Jail, 64 Latin School, 261


Boston, Lying-in Hospital, 184 Magazine, 76


Manufacturing Co., 236


News Letter, 54, 56, 61, 62, 99, 124 Port Bill, 121


Blin, Thomas, 33 Block-keeper, 227


Theatre, first, 281


Blott's Corner, 251 Lane, 24, 224, 225, 251


Bostonian Society's Publications, 239 Bowditch, Nathaniel I., 32


Bowdoin, Hon. James, 168.


Boylston Street, 24, 25, 27, 157, 281 Dr. Zabdiel, 24


Bradlee, Josiah, 279


Brattle, Katharine, 116 Thomas, 116, 218, 219, 222


Street, 220


Street Church, 81, 120, 218, 220


kinds of, 247 specified weights of, 245


Breck, Samuel, 210 Samuel, the Younger, 211


in 1792, 21I


Siege of, 212


Broad Street, 26 Brighton, 26


Bromfield, Edward, 262, 266 Edward, the Younger, 263, 265


Daily Advertiser, 94, 142, 179 directories, 223


Evening Post, 126, 269, 273 Fire of 1711, 165 Gazette, 53, 64, 205


Brookfield, 40, 58, 164 Brookline, 163, 179


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Brooks, Gov. John, 215, 243 Phillips, 260 Brown, Elisha, 272 James, 20 Samuel, 253


Browne, Mary, 116 William, 116


Buffon, Count de, 151


Building Committee, 94, 105 permit, 222 Bull Pasture, 56


Bumstead, Geremiah, 229, 230 John, 224 Thomas, 65, 267 Place, 67, 275 Bunch of Grapes Tavern, 173, 187 Bunker Hill, 67, 211, 244, 273


Burden, Ann, 86 George, 86, 89


"Burgoyne Bowl," 66


Burnaby, Rev. Andrew, 198


Bushell, John, 59, 67, 90 John, Jr., 59, 60, 91 Mary, 60, 61 Rebecca, 59 Bute, John Stuart, 203


C


Cabot, Samuel, 279 Callender, Benjamin, 80, 93 Cambridge, 48, 62, 67, 151, 192 Military Company, 61 Street, 82


Canada, 65, 169, 193 Canal Bridge, 152. Company, 137 Carr, Sir Robert, 189, 190 Carriages, 169


Carter, Ann, 89 James, 244 Lot, 105 Mary, 107


Richard, 89, 90, 96, 105, 107


Carter's Pasture, 89, 96, 105, 109, 110 Castle Tavern, 85, 188 William, 120, 268 Causeway Street, 87


Centre Reading and Writing School, 244 Centry Field, 282 Street, 198


Chambers Street, 82 Charles River, 13, 77 Bridge, 171 Street, 23


Charleston, 239


Charlestown, 63, 222, 224 Ferry, 174


Cheeshahteaumuck, Caleb, 42, 45


Cheever, Abigail, 255 Elizabeth, 255 Ezekiel, 253, 254, 255 Sarah, 255 Sarah (Weaver) Gooch, 253, 254


Cheeverian Education, 254 Christ Church, 128, 131, 133, 177


City Hall Avenue, 165 Hospital, 279 Theatre, 142


Clark, Sam, 97


"Clerk of the Market," 79


Cobb, Samuel, 244


Coddington, William, 260


Codman, Henry, 94


Colbron's Field, 27


Cole, Seth, 81


Coleburn, William, 27


Coleburn's Lane, 27


Collier, Richard, 61, 91, 92


Colman, Rev. Benjamin, 195


Colonade Row, 280


Columbian Sentinel, 16, 17, 80, 150, 151, 153, 172 Common, The, 13, 21, 22, 23, 24, 32,


33, 37, 38, 46, 58, 66, 76, 77, 80, 85, 89, 90, 96, 134, 135, 157,


166, 192, 198, 203, 214, 220,


224, 229, 233, 262, 271, 274, 280, 282 West Street Gate, 280 Spring, 106


Street, 20, 23, 66, 79, 80, 81, 94, 95, 129, 135, 144, 147, 174, 213 Commercial Gazette, 144


Concord, 226 Congress Street, 196 Connecticut, Council and Assembly of, 62 Continental Journal, 65 Cooper, Rev. Samuel, 274 William, 17 Copeland, 80 Copp's Hill, 87


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Corlett, Elijah, 42 Cornhill, 79, 80, 98, 123, 177, 178, 223 Cotton, John, 109 Court House, 278 Court Street, 64, 100 Covent Garden, 282 Cow Lane, 26, 196 Cowell, Joseph, 107 Mary, 107


Cowell's Corner, 24


Crafts, Lieut. Col. Thomas, 224


Craigie's Bridge, 137, 152


Cranch, Richard, 234


Cromwell, Oliver, 106


Cromwell's Head Tavern, 213


Cross, John, 38, 89, 90


Cushing, Thomas, 263, 266


D


Dalrymple, Col. William, 272 Davenport, Judge Addington, 119 Rev. Addington, 120


Eleazar, 119


Rebecca (Addington), 119 Richard, 119 True Cross, 119


Davis, Caleb, 268


Davey, Lord Thomas, 227


Dawes, Thomas, 268


Dearborn, Benjamin, 178


Dearing, William, 178


Dedham, 237


Delany, Prudence, 52


Delisle, Mr., 152


Dench, Capt. Gilbert, 131


Dennison, Capt., 51


Devonshire Street, 26, 88, 98


Dexter, Dr. Aaron, 183 Mrs. John, 216


Dickens, Charles, 250


Dispensary, 178 Dock Square, 123, 173, 188 Dogs, 264


Donnison, William, 244 Dorchester, 175 Heights, 174 train-band, 45 Dover Street, 54 Drake, Samuel A., 200 Samuel Gardner, 26, 189


Drugs and Medicines, Catalogue of, 178


Dudley, Gov. Joseph, 119, 167, 193 Mary, 119 Paul, 167 Paul, the Younger, 166 Thomas, 164, 167


Dudleian Lectures, 167


Dumont, John Thomas Philip, 256


Dunster Street, 108


Dunton, John, 25, 227


Durant, Edward, 32, 172, 252 Edward, the Younger, 172 John, 251 Dyer, Giles, 227


E


East Boston, 29 Edes, Benjamin, 64 Peter, 64 & Gill, 64


Eliot, John, 53, 58


Eliot's Corner, 25


Ellis, Dr. Edward, 229, 251 Elizabeth, 251 Robert, 251


Ellise's Corner, 24


Elm Street, 188


Emmanuel Church, 279


Endicott, John, 60, 119


England, 14, 129, 194 Church of, 129


Essex Bar, 243 Institute, 77, 245 Street, 25 Exchange Street, 128, 191


Eyre, John, 116, 218 Dr. Simon, 218


F


Fairfield, 43 Fairmount Park, 212


Fairweather, Capt., 114


Faneuil Hall, 66, 124, 232


Fanning, Mrs., 132 Farley, Ebenezer, 244


Farmer's Almanack, 246 Farnum, Erastus, 152


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Farrar's Tavern, 71 Faulkner, Luther, 183 Federal Street, 281 Theatre, 282 Federalist, 281 Fessenden, John, 244 Fire Engine, First, 100 regulations in 1673, 188 First Church of Christ, 85, 86, 87, 95, 157, 225, 259, 260 Fitzpatrick, Alice, 177 Fleet, Elizabeth, 97 Thomas, 97, 98, 99


Football in 1701, 264 Fort Cumberland, 65 Hill, 203 Independence, 114, 119 Fosdick, James, 59, 67, 222 John, 223 Samuel, 222


Stephen, 222 Thomas, 223


Foster, Anne, 97 Elizabeth, 97 James, 67 William, 97


Fowle, Zachariah, 239, 240


Frankland, Sir Henry, 131


Franklin Street, 281


Freeman, Benjamin, 93 Temperance (Dimmick), 93


Free Writing School, 244


French Protestant refugees, 21 troops, 207 Frog Lane, 23,24, 213 Pond, 33 Frothingham, Wheeler & Jacobs, 280 Frye, Col. Joseph, 65 Frye's Massachusetts Regiment, 65


G


Gage, Thomas, 121, 214 Gardiner, Joseph, 231 Dr. Sylvester, 231 William, 231 Gatcliffe, Jonathan, 189


Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 278 General Court, 192, 210, 226


George Tavern, 55, 56 Gill, John, 63, 64, 65 Moses, 64 Gillam, Abigail, 266 Gilmor, Robert, 209


Gibson, Edmund, 130 Girondists, Chief of the, 208


"Gleaner" articles, 32 Glover, Goody, 225 Gold, Major Nathan, 51


Gooch, John, 253 Sarah (Weaver), 253


Good Samaritan, Sign of the, 177


Flounder Alley, 26


Goodwin, John, 224 children, care of the, 225 Martha, 224


Gookin, Daniel, 39


Goose, Elizabeth, 97 Isaac, 90, 96


Isaac, Jr., 100


Mary, 97 Peter, 96


Gorham, Dr. John, 183


Granary, 122, 123, 198 Burying Ground, 67, 272


Grant, Abigail, 137 Alexander, 137 Fidelity, 239 Gray, Hannah, 177 Lucia, 243 William, 243


"Grass Market," 193


Great Mall, 213


Green, Bushell & Adam, 59


Green Dragon Tavern, 85 Rufus, 60


Samuel, 61, 62, 109


Samuel, Jr., 62 Samuel A., 112


Street, 82, 169


Timothy, 62 Timothy, Jr., 60, 61, 63


Greene, Gardiner, 200 Greenleaf, Rev. Daniel, 133 Elizabeth (Gookin), 133 Stephen, 60, 129, 133, 135, 144, 239, 272 Greenleaf's Garden, 33, 136 Greyhound Tavern, 53 Gridley's Coffee House, 166 Groton, III, 112, 226 Foot Company, III


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Halifax Gazette, 59 Hall, Capt. Basil, 75 Minna Bartlett, 179


Hamilton Place, 197, 271


Hamock (Hammock), John, 127, 128 Hampshire Country Regiment, Third, 68 Hancock, Gov. John, 77, 124, 199, 268


Hancock's Independent Company, 223


Wharf, 27, 122 Hanover Street, 62, 137, 169, 195


"Harbour of Boats," 173


Harker, Anthony, 90, 95, 96


Harris, Stephen, 133 Thankfull, 133 Harrison, Joseph, 199


Harvard College, 41, 79, 88, 122, 222, 226, 241, 243, 261, 279, 280


Indians at, 42 Medical School, 42 Square, 42


Hartford, 68, 70 Lane Records, 38


Hassanamesit Indians, 39


Hatch, Mrs., 216


Hatch's Regiment, 223


Haverhill, 62


Hayden, Ebenezer, 221


Haymarket, 280, 281 Square, 85 Tavern, 27 Theatre, 153, 281, 282


Hayward, Dr. George, 183, 279, 280 Dr. Lemuel, 183, 280


Hazelton, 175, 176 "Heart & Crown," 98


Heath, Gen. William, 201


Henshaw, Samuel, 234 Thomas, 268


Hewes (Hughes), Joshua, 40, 50, 52 Benjamin, 58


Hannah, 58 Lieut. Joshua, 50, 52, 53, 54, 57 Joshua (the Younger), 57 Joshua, 58 Mary, 58


Hewes, Samuel, 58 Sarah, 58


Higgeson, Rev. Mr., 13


High Street, 26, 196


"High-way, The," 22


Hoar, Bridget (Lisle), 110 Leonard, 110


Hogg Alley, 31


Holyoke Street, 42


Homans, Caroline, 185 Charles Dudley, 185


John, 184 Mehitable, 255


Hooper, Nathaniel, 279


Howard, Abigail, 13 Atheneum, 169


Mary, 116 Street, 23 Howe, General, 214


Hubbard, John, 166


Hudson, William, 173, 177, 186, 189 William, the Younger, 187


River, 249


Hudson's Lane, 188


Hughes, see Hewes


Hull, Hannah, 161 John, 160 Judith (Quincy), 160, 162


Huske, Ellis, 59


Hutchinson, Anne, 86 Edward, 119, 121, 122


Thomas, 119, 12I


I


Independent Chronicle, 79 Company of Cadets, 135 Ledger and American Advertiser, 273 Indian Bible, 109 College, 41 Queen Tavern, 262 Inns, Country, 170 Izard, Major General George, 243


J


Jackson, Judge Charles, 243 General Henry, 135 Lieut. Col. Henry, 223 Joseph, 135 Susannah Gray, 135


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Jacobin Party, 281 Jarvis's Corner, 25 Johnson, Abigail, 86 Edward, 14, 45 James, 85 Jones, John Coffin, 136 Jordan Marsh Company, 97


Josselyn, John, 18


K


Keayne, Capt. Robert, 186


Keith's Theatre, 31




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