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The Elizalicth Islands 10. PuoVinKNCK TO WoilCKHTKU Ik. rnOVIOKNCR TO IIaKTKoUD and WATKUHrUY . . . . 12. Nk'v London to Vi-umont 1. H. Vcrrmii to Keen*! 13. Norwich to Nashiu 14. HAYitiiooK to Haiitkoiid If). Ni;w IIavkn to Noutiiamiton 10. Huit)(ii;rouT to Winstko 17. nuIlXlKPOUT TO TIIK JJrUKSIIIRK IIlLLS 18. S. NollWAI.K TO Damii'iiy 19. Boston to Nr.w Vokk (by Norwicli) 1. Boston to Woonsocket 20. IfAIlTKOHD TO SAMHni'RY AND MlLLF.RTON .... 21. Boston to Ni;w Vf)RK (by Hi>rinKll»'ld) 1. S. Fnuiiiiigliaiii to Lowell mid to Mansfield 2. S. Franiin^'hani to Fitcl:'.iurg 3. Worcester 4. Wprinj^'field 5. Hurt ford . 22. Boston to Ai-nANV, Saratooa, and the West .... 23. Tiir; Beuksiiirr TIii.ls 1. Pittsticld and its Environs 2. Stockbridge 3. N. Adams 21. New York to QiTKnEC. The Connecticut Valley towns . 1. Mount llolyoko 2. Lake Memiihromugog 25. Boston to the Hoosac Tunnel 20. Boston T(^ BrRMNOT;>N (and Montreal) 1. Fitclibm;^' to Pi'terbo?-o' 27. Rutland to Bennington 28. RtTTLAND to Albany 1. Rutland and Waslnngton liinc 29. Boston to Lowell, Concord, and Montreal .... 1. Lowell • 2. Nashua to Wilton 8. Concord to Clareniont 4. St. Albnns to Richford 5. St. Albans to Rouse's Point 30. Boston to the Franconia Mountains 31. Boston to the White Mountains 1. Rochester to Portland ........ PAor, . 68 , 70 . 71 . 77 . 00 02 . 03 . 01 . OT) , 102 104 10(5 lOS , 111 114 , 115 117 , 120 120 , 124 125 120 1?7 131 134 141 142 144 140 154 157 160 171 175 170 170 1S4 1S7 187 188 180 102 I'.tU , 200 207 20:) 213 213 M CONTENTS. vii PAor . 08 70 . 71 77 . 00 92 . 93 . m 102 104 im lOS 111 lit iir. 117 120 120 124 125 120 1?7 131 134 HI 142 144 HO 154 157 160 171 175 179 179 184 187 187 ,188 189 92 90 00 07 o;» ]:? 13 M ii ^ novrr. 82. Lake WiNNKrEsAt'KF.R and the Sandwich MorNTA.:NH . 1. Oiitrr" Harlxir to (-'oiiway 2. ( Ixii'orii.'i and OHsipeo 83. The Wiiitf; M.xntains and Nohth Conway 1. Ndftli Conway 2. Noitli Conwny to the Glen Iloune and Gorham 8. Gorlmiii 4. Gorham to tho Notch 6. North Omway to the Notch 6. The Crawfonl IIduho to the Profile Houso 7. Mount WasliinKtoii 84. The Fuanconia Moi'ntainh ani> thij pKMHiEWAHSET Valley 1. Tli(! I'rolllc IIdiiso to Plymouth 2. Watervillt! and Caniptcm 86. Thk Pkhc y Pkaks, Dixville Notch, and Lake Umbaooo . 1. Colcbrook to Umhagog and Rangeley .... 2. Connecticut Lake 30. Boston to Catk Ann 87. Boston to Portland and St. John 1. Pcahody, Lowell, and Lawrence Branches . . 2. Marlileheatl Branch .S, Essex Branch 4. Anicsbury Branch 5. The Isles of Shoals 6. Portsmouth to Concord 7. Portland and its Environs 8. Casco Bay 38. Boston to Portland . 1. Wakefield to Newburypi/.l 2. Lawrence to Lowell or Manchester .... 3. Dover to Lake Winnepesaukee ...... 39. Portland to the White Mountains , . . . " . 1. Lake Sebago ... . . 40. Portland to Quebec and ZIonxkeal 1. Mechanic F.alls to Canton ....... 2. Bethel to Lake Umbagog . . 41. Portland to Farmington and the Western Maine Forest 1. Farmington to tlie Rangeley Lakes 42. Portland to the Upper Kennebec 43. Boston or Portland to Moosehead Lake 44. Portland to Rockland 1. Wiscasset to Boothbay 2. Daniariscott4i to Bristol and Pemaquid .... 45. Portland to Mount Desert . 1. Castine 2. Bar Harbor 3. Southwest Harbor 4. Mount Desert to Machiasport ..... PAOR 215 211) 220 221 223 225 227 229 230 233 234 238 241 242 243 244 246 245 248 255 255 267 201 265 267 27C 274 275 276 279 282 384 284 287 287 2S9 291 292 293 295 297 299 299 302 302 304 300 307 Vlll CONTENTS. ROUTE 46. Portland '■o Lkwjston and Banoor .... 47. Pohtland to AiKiUsTA AND Banuor 48. Boston to Banuor. The rENonscoT Riveh . 49. BAXr.oR ro St. John 1. Fredcrii'ton, N. B. 1. St. John Bi%'(-r 50. The Ni; v Brunswick Border, Eastport to Madawaska PAOE C(>7 , 31.8 319 321 » THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN BORDERS OF NEW ENGLAND. 51. New York City 32.'> 1. Ci;nt.-al Park '.'.m 2. Brooklyn . . . , 3.1') 62. New York t ) Aluany. Thk Hud-son River 310 1. The Il't'hlands 343 2. Tlie Catskill Monntain.s .".'7 3. Albany 348 6.\, Albany to Montreal 3.">0 1. Saratoga • . 3.">0 2. Fort Edward to Whitehall or Caldwell 3f)5 3. Lake George 3.'J7 4. Lake Chani])lain 3ul 64. Montreal and its Environs 308 1. Lachine Rapids .......... 372 2. Victoria Bridge 373 55. Montreal to Quebec. The St. Lawrence River . . . 37;* 56. Quebec . . - 375 ; 1. Ste. Anne and ChAtcau Richer ....... 384 2. The Saguenay River 885 MAPS. 1. Gcnf^ral Map of New England . in porket. 2. Map of the Environs of Boston : in pocket. 3. Mai> of Nahant. 4. Mail of Lake W^innepesaukee. 5. 5f ap of the White and Francouia Mountains. 6. Map of the Hudson River. PLANS OF CITIES, &c. Boston, Hartford, Montreal, New Haven, New York, Newport, Portland, Providence, Quebec, Central Park, Mount Au'iurn Cemetery. ABBREVIATIONS. M. = mile ; hr. = hour ; min. — minute ; ft. — foot or feet ; r. = righL ; 1. = left ; N. = north ; S. = south ; E. = east ; W. = west. ASTERISKS denote object'; deserving of special attention. 4 I 1 ^» •<()»«*» PAr.E S07 30!) Am . 318 319 r.2o 321 825 33!) 840 343 3' 7 343 850 350 3f)5 357 sai 368 372 373 37:1 375 384 385 NEW ENGLAND. lland. left: i i " Nobis etomum rdiqucnint monnmentum, Novanglorum inwiuu." " Nova Anglia" : n Latin poem by Morrdl, 1625. New England is tho northeastern portion of the United States, and comprises the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, r.^fl Rhode Island. It is ]»ounded on the S. by tlie Atlantic Ocean and Long Lsland Sound, OJi the W. by tlie State of New York, on the N. by the Province of Quebec, and on the E. l)y the province of New Bruns- wick and the Atlantic Ocean. It lies l)etween the latitudes 41° and 48" N. and the longitudes 67" and 74° W. from Greenwich, and has an area of 65,000 square M., with a population of 3,487,924 (census of 1870). The principal religious sect is the Congregational, which has 190,473 members; the Episcopal Church has 38,093; and the Methodists have 70,000. The Catholics and the Baptists (114,000) are also strong in numbers, while Unitarianism has here its chief power. A high standard of education prevails among the people, and is supported by an extensive school-system an'i 'e Plymouth Company (in 1606) under the name of North Virgiina; but Capt. John Smith, having surveyed and mapped the • oast iu 1614, gave it the name of New England. Maine is bounded ru the S. by the Atlantic, on the W. by N. II., on the N. by Canada, and on the E. by New Brunswick. It is the most northeastern of the United States, and the largest of the States of New England. It has an area of 31,766 square M., with a population of 626,915, and a valuation of $ 223,254,860. It is divided into 16 counties, and has 13 small citie;;, — --^'^vw** MAINE. tlic cliief of which is Portlaiirl, while the capital is Augusta, at the heacl of ship-navigation on the Kennebec River. The coast of " hunrlred-har- borccl Maine" is reinarkaMy picturesque, with deep fiords running up between bold peninsulas, and with archipelagos of beautiful islands resting in quiet and extensive bays. The direct line of the coast from Kittery Point to Quoddy Head is 278 M., but the deep curves of the bays and estuaries give an actual shore-line of nearly 2,500 M, Mt. Desert (60,000 acres) is the largest of the many islands which front the ocean, and Mon- hegan is the most distant from the mainland. The great rivers Penoh- .scot, Kennebec, and St. Croix empty into the sea on this coast, and furnish wide and convenient harbors. Nearly J of the area of Maine i.s •still covered with primeval forests, and the lumber-trade is the chief industry of the State. The trees are felled and hauled to the wat*"-- courses during the winter, and in the spring they are united in vast rafts and floated down to the river cities. In the S. and E. of the great forest is a broken range of mountains, the loftiest of which is Mt. Katahdin (5,385 ft. high), -jiy of Maine is covered with water, the i)riiicipal lakes being Moosehead, Chesuncook, and the Rangeley, Madawaska, and Schoodic groups. The Maine coast was first visited by Gosnold in 160L; and in 1607 the short-lived Sagadahoc colony settled at the mouth of the Kennebec River. The French colonies at the St. Croix River and Mt. Desert were but ephemeral, and several other attempts proved equally unsuccessful, partly owing to the hostility between the claimants of the territory (the French and English), and the distrust of the Indians for both of them. The island of Monhegan was settled in 1622, and Saco was founded in 1623. When the Plymouth Company broke up, in 1635, Sir Ferdinando Gorges received by royal charter the pro^unce of Maine (then first so called). In 1642 his son founded the city of Gorgeana (York), but in 1651 Mass. absorbed Maine, being sustained by the exigencies of the times and by the Puritan Parliament of England. After some resistance on the part of the Maine proprietors, Mnss. bought out their interest, and thenceforward ruled the riortheni province fo^- nearl^v 170 years with a linn and beneficial sway. From 1675 until 176') a disastrous succession of Indian wars ensued, in Avhich every twentieth settler >vas killed or cajitured and many towns were destroyed. The bombardment of Port- land (1775) and the naval battle at Castine (1779) were the chief events during the Revolution, but the coast was badly harried during the "War of 1812. In 1820 Maine was admitted into the Union as the twenty- third State. New Hampshire is bounded on the S. h Mass., on the W. by Vt., on the N, by the proviiice of Quebec, and i the E. by Maine and the Atlantic. It has an If* 4 i T'-V'"^ NEW HAMPSIIIRE VERMONT. XI and area cf 9,280 square M., with a population of 318,300, and a valuation of $ 162,987,177. It is (Jividert into 10 counties, with 234 towns and 5 cities, and the capital is Concord, on the Merrimac River. There is an ocean- front of 18 M., which is boruered by level plains stretching inland, whilo just off the coast are the remarkable Isles of Shoals, formerly famed for their fisheries and now a favorite summer-resort. Beyond the sea-shore plains the country assumes a more rugged and broken appearance, with numerous isolated summits and hill-ranges which culminate in the Wliitc Mts., covering over 40 square M. of a picturesque district which is called *'the Switzerland of America." The lakes of N. H. cover 110,000 acres, and the most beautiful of their number is Winnepesaukec, which has 69 square M. of extent, and contains 300 islands. The soil of the State is not fertile, but it has much mineral wealth ; and the climate, though severe, is' very healthful. There are extensive primeval forests in the N. (CoiJs County), in whose recesses wolves and bears still are found ; and the remote lakes and streams afford fine fishing. The Connecticut, Saco, and Merrimac Rivers have their sources in N. H., and on the water-power afforded by the latter large manufacturing cities are located. There are 42 national banks, with a capital of $ 5,13.5^000 ; and 54 savings-banks, with deposits amounting to $ 25,303,235. The manufactures of cotton and woollen goods, iron and leather, are the cliief mechanical industries, and centre at the cities of Manchester and Nashua. The press cf the State consists of 8 daily papers, 36 weeklies, and 6 monthlies. Tiie N. H. coast was first visited by the Europeans in 1614, and settle- ments were founded at Dover and Portsmouth about 1323. Tlie district was for many years under the government of Mass., and was afterwards ceded to N. Y., while the incessant inroads of the Indians devastated the frontiers for nearly 80 years. The chief incidents of these wars were the destruction of Dover (1689), and the battle of Pequawket. In 1741 N. H. became a royal province, and in 1776 it led the secession from the British Empire, giving freely of its men and money to the cause of independence. I the an d i Vermont is bounded on the S. by Mass., on the W. by N. Y. and Lake Champlain, on the N. by Canada, and on the E.by N. H. It lias an area of 9,056 M., with a population of 330,551, and a valuation of S 142,612,356. It is divided into 14 counties, and has but 2 small cities, the great majority of the people being engaged in farming. The centre of the State is trav- ersed from N. to S. by the Green Mts., whose smootli and rounded smu- mits form a marked contrast with tlie sharp ])eaks of the White Mts. The chief of the Groeii Mts. are Mt. Mansfield (4,359 ft.), Camel's Hump (4,188 ft.), Killington and Pico Peaks, and Mt. Ascutney. The E. slope is watered by several stieams which flow into the Connecticut River, Xll MASSACHUSETTS. while the W. slope sinks into the broad and fertile i^lains which border Lake Chaniplain and are traversed by Otter Creek and the Winooski, Lamoille, and Missisquoi Rivers. The Lakes Memphremagog, Willoughby, Dunniore, Boniaseen, and St. Catharine are pleasant sununer-resorts, and the great Lake Chaniplain affords an avenue for an extensive international commerce, whose chief centre is tlie port of Burlington. The evergreen forests on the mountains alternate with broad pasture-plains, and the deciduous groves on the lowlands are interspersed witli tillage-fields of rich loamy soil, so that Vt. has become the most agricultural o*' the Northern States, and exceeds all others (proportionally to iier popiUation) in the proiluction of wool, live stock, maple sugar, butter and cheese, hay, hops, and potatoes. In 1871 there were made here 8,000 tons of butter, 2,400 tons of cheese, and 4,500 tons of maple-sugar. Extensive quarries of fine statuary and variegated marble and serpentine have been opened in the S. counties, end vast quantities of slate have been exported from the same region. The first European who saw Vt. was Jacques Cartier, who, in 1535, looked upon its high ridges from Mount Royal (Montreal). Its coast was explored by Chaniplain and others in 1609, and prosperous French settle- ments were made (in Addison) later in the 17th century. In 1724 Mass. built Fort Dunmier (near the present town of Brattleboro); but the num- bers and ferocity of the Indians prevented colonization until after the conquest of Canada (1760). The territory was then partly occupied under grants from N. H., until it was ceded to N. Y. ; and thereafter ensued a controversy in which the settlers successfully resisted the authorities of N. Y. imtil the outbreak of the Revolution, when they proclaimed Ver- mont ( Verts Monts, or Green Mts. ) an independent State. Congress twice refused to acknowledge the new State, although its soldiers ("the Green Mountain Boys ") captured Ticonderoga and Crown Point, and annihilated the flower of Burgoyne's German auxiliaries at tlie battle of Bennington. In 1791, after paying New York $30,000 in liquidation of all claims, Vt. was admitted into the Union (the 14th State), and since that time has prospered and steadily increased in v.'ealth and population. .-,>.. . Massachusetts is bou..ded on the S. by Conn, and R. I., on the W. by N. Y., on the N. by Vt. and N. H., and on the E. by the Atlantic. It has an area of 7,800 square M., witn 1,457,351 inhabitants, and a valuation of $2,132,148,741. The soil is not fertile, but considerable crops are gained by careful cultivation ; and the best land is found in the valleys of the Connecticut and Housatonic Rivers. There is but little level land in the State, and in the W. counties the Taconic and Hoosac Ranges of mountains afford great diversity of scenery. The Connecticut River flows through a garden-lil^e I 1* t MASSACHUSETTS. Xlll 2,400 IS, Vt. le has a «r he N. j 7,800 1 ^,741. ireful jticnt i nd in great i i-lil\e f valley, with several prosperous towns ; and the Merriniac (in the N. E. ) affords a *'ast water-power to Lowell and Lawrence, and ])asses into the sea at Newburyport. The climate is severe in the hill-countries, and is very variable on the coast, — the mean temperature being between 44 ° and 51 °. As far back as 1C55 the annual farm products amounted to over .9 21 ,000,000, and at that time the State had 2,250,000 apple-trees. Profit- able beds of iron ore and glass sand have been developed, and the e.\porta- tion of marble (from Berkshire County) and granite (from Quincy and Cape Ann) has become a lucrative business. The State has been celebrated for the nund)er and excellence of its ships, and for the skill and enterprise of its seamen. Granite, ice, and fish are among the chief articles of export ; the latter being brought in by the large fishing-fleets of Cape Cod and Gloucester. The manufacturing interests of the State are of immense extent and wide variety, and their products for the year 1870 were valued at $550,000,000, Boots and shoes, cotton goods, woollens, iron, and paper, are the chief manufactures (named in the order of their importance). There are 160 savings-banks, with deposits amounting to $163,535,943. In 1871 the State debt was $ 29,630,364, of which $12,000,000 was for railroad loans, and $ 16,500,000 represented the unpaid balance of the war loan. The prevailing religious sect is the Congregational, the Baptist, Meth- odist, and Unitarian churches being also strong, while the Roman Catholics are rapidly attaining gi'eat power and influence. The educational insti- tutions of the State are admirably airanged and have a high reputation, their efficiency being assured by the maintenance of four normal schools, five colleges, and Harvanl University. The militia is kept in a state of high efficiency and discipline, and is mostly composed of veterans of the War of 1861 -5. ^' ••::.• ..^ ,.. The coast of Mass. was first visited by the Norwegian mariners Leif and Thorwald, about the year 1000. After several attempts at colonization, which were frustrated by the powerful native tribes, the Norsemen aban- iloncd tlie country (which, from its fniitfulness, they had named Vinland), In 1497 John and Sebastian Cabot cruised along the coast, and were fol- lowed by Cortereal, Verrazzani, and Gomez. In 1602 Gosnold explored the S. E. islands, and planted an ephemeral colony on Cuttyhunk, near New Bedford. Pring, Chamjjlain, and Weymouth soon after passed along the coast, while Capt. John Smith, following them in 1614, made a map of the coast and islands. Dec. 21, 1620, the ship "Mayliower" an-ived at Plymouth with 102 Pilgrims, who had been driven from England by religious persecution, and who founded here the first permanent colony in Mass. Salem was settled in 1628, and Boston in 1630, by Puritan exiles, and the Atlantic coast and the Connecticut valley were soon dotted with villages of bold and hardy immigrants. XIV CONNECTICUT. The Peqnot War (1637) and King Philip's War (1075-6) c.insed a fear- ful loss of lif(! and proi^'rty, and several of the valley towns were utterly destroyed before the colonial forces could crush the insurgent tribes. In 1689 the jtrovince revolted against the royal authorities, and the country- })eo|»!e took IJoston and its fortifications and guard -frigat(% and imprisoned tiie governor (Sir l*>lniund Andros). In 1692 I'lynioiith was united to Rlassachusc^tts, and thereafter, until the (ron(iuest of Canada in 17(50, the ])nn'ince was foremost in the wars with the French colonies in the N. Many of her towns were destroyed by Indian raids, and the W. frontier was nearly depo])ulated; but tiie general prosperity was unchecked, and ■when the British Parliament commenced its unjust ojjpressions, the prov- ince had 250,000 inhabitants, many of whom were trained veterans of the Canadian Wars. In face of the royal army which had been moved into lU)ston, the men of Massachusetts opened corresi)ondences which brought about a colonial \inion for mutual defence, and enrolled themselves as minute-men, ready to march against the British troops at a minute's notice. The battles of Concord and Lexington were followcid by a general a])pcal to arms; and the siege of Boston, the Battle of Bimker Hill, and the American occupation of the city came in rapid succession. After these events the scene of war was transferred to New York an in 9 INTKUDUCTION. 3 summer recreation. To walk two hundred iiiiK-s in a fortnight is an easy thiiit,', and it 'h intinitely more refri'shing tor a man of sedentary habits tiian the , tuie length of time sjtciit in lying <»n tlu- sands of some luiach, or iilling in a farm-house among the hills. " For a tour of two or three weeks, a coui)le of flannel shirts, a pair of worsted stockings, slippers, and the articles of the toilet, carried in a pouch slung over the shoulder, will generally be found a suflicitnt ecpiipment, to which a light overcoat and a stout umbrella may bo adiUsd, Strong and well-tried boots an? essential to comfort. Heavy and complicated knapsacks should be avoided; a light ])ouch, or game-bag, is far less irksome, and its position may bo shifted at pleasure." — Baeukkku, One or two books might be added to this list, and a reserve of clothing may be sent on in a light valise, at a trifling cost, to the town which is the ])edestrian's objective point. It would bo well fur inexperienced walkers to begin at eight to ten miles a ), on Hanover Ht.., is ft lar},'e and eU'j^ant Urownstoiie structure, with :J(K) rooms. l{e,in plan, and is a famous resort of the young men of New Kngland. Youiir's Hotel (I'l. 'JO), Court Ave, is on the Europt-an plan, and is mueli resorted to by city merchants. The following hotels are less expensive : Adams House (IM. 'JH), ;i71 Wasliingtoii St., «3; Marllw^ro' Hotel (IM. 2((). 2--'7 and 22'.) Washington Htreet ; Sherman House; Temple House, liowdoiu Mq. ; Milliken's (^IM. 22), Washington Ht. Near tlie great Northern railroad stations are the Arlington Hou-se (Kuiopean l)lan) and National Hou.se. opiumite the Alljany Railroad HtJition is the exten- sive United States Hotel (IM. 3;i). In Brattle Ht. arc the City Hotel and the Quiney Hou.se. At the Snvth End. — "* St. .lames Hotel, on Franklin Sq., n. viust ami elegant struoture, 400 guests, .'J 4 a day, )? 15 to ?( 25 a week. * Commonwealth Hotel, a new marble building on Washi.igton St., stretching from Worcester to Hjmng- field Ht, 200 to 2.50 guests, !J4 a day. Also on Washington St., the Krskin«\ liftneaster, Everett, Warwick, ami St. Denis Houses ; and on Tremont St., the Clarendon and the Ht. Cloud, —smaller and le.ss expensive houses. The French system of Iloteh (Uirnis in its various forms is very popular in Boston. The prin(;ij>al hotels of this class (with family suites) are the Evan.s House, 175 Tremont, and the Hotel Pelham, corner Tremont and Bovlston Streets, both fnmting on the Common. Ojiposite this, the superb Hotel Boylston, one of the noblest buihlings in the city. The Hotels Berkeley and Kempton, and tlio Hotel Hamilton (on Commonwealth Ave.), at the West End, and the Hotels Flor- ence, Bradford, &e., at the South End, are of this class. The Norfolk House (iu Roxbury)and the Maverick House (in East Boston) are large, quiet, and inexpen- sive suburban hotels. RegtaurantSt — * Parker House (with ladies' dining-room attached), famous for its excellent dinners. (Charles Dickens called Parker's the best liotel iu America.) * Young's, near Old Stiite House, with an elegant dining-hall, much patronized for society and festal dinners. * Charles Copeland's, 4 Tremont Row, — a dainty saloon, frescoed and fountained, much visited by ladies. The Copeland restaurants at 208 W^ashington St., and 128 Tremont St., opposite Park St., are frequented by ladies. Higgins's, 120 Court St., is famous for fine oystei-s. Wilson's Lane, Spring Lane, Brattle St., and the vicinity, abound in gootl eating- houses, liager Beer may ]»e had at many German saloons throughout the city. Ice-creams and confections at Copeland's, Fera's (343 Washington St.), Southmayd's, Webers, &c. Billiard- Rooms. — The finest hall of the kind in New England is on Wasli- ington St., near the Boylston Market. The Revere billiard-rooms, near Bow- doin Sq., are large and brilliant. Artemus Ward's quaint saying ia well known, — that Harvard College is located in the billiard-room of the Parker House. Other comfortable, though smaller rooms are scattered through the city. Baths. — Turkish, sulplmr-fumc, and electro-chemical, rear of the Marlboro' Route BOSTON. y t Hotel, 231 Washington St. Turkish baths, 1427 Washington St., 17 Beacon St. Bath-rooms in the hotels. Readlns-Koomg (open evenings also). In the Public Library are the prin- cipal European iieriodicals, and a large number of American papers, &c. —The Young Men's Christian Union (300 Washington St.) and the Young Men's Chris- tian Association (comer Tremont and Eliot Sts.) have large and well-supplied reading-rooms, free t 'i all. An introduction from a member is necessary for entrance to the Athena-um reading-rooms. Most of the hotels devote a room to numerous lilcs of the newspapcre of the day. Theatres. - The Boston Theatre (PI. 27), on Washington St., near We.st, is the largest in New England. The princii)al tragedians of (or visiting) America have jtlaycd here, ind the liuilding is often engaged for Italian and Gennan Operas. 'J'lie elegant Globe Theatre, " the Parlor cf Comedy," was destroyed in the greivt Aloi'KM'i.d l);iy lire (May 30, 1873), Imt it is to be rebuilt iiii mediately. Tl)e Mvscum Tlierifre (I'l. 1;'>), on Tremont, near School St., is conducted by a stock company, and is (•ailed the " Urtliodox " or " Ministers' Theatre," since no si)ec- tacular or questionable plays are allowed there William Warren, the gieat comedian, i.s a member of the Museum comi»any, with which he has played for 26 years, winning a wide and cnvi.ihle reputation. On Howard St., near Court, is the Howard Athenaium (PI. li;, devoted to varieties, and eutertainments by negro minstrels. Classic music in Music Hall by the Handel and Haydn Society, the Tnomas Orchestra, an'^ the Apollo Club. Also semi-weekly organ concerts. Coligulai«)t). — Austrian, 80 State St. ; Belgian, Central Whf. ; BrlHsh, 127 State St. ; French, Italian, 17 Broad ; German, 80 State ; Russian, 49 India Whf. ; Swedish, 6 Central Wht. Horse-cars traverse the city in all dire tions. Tremont St., between Temple Place, and the Treuiont House, i owdoin Sq., and Scollay Sq. (corner Court and Tremont Sts.), are the jtrincipjil centres of hor^e-car traffic. Cars leave the Tremont House every few minutes for the Northern Depots, Chelsea Ferry, Mt. Pleasant (in Dorchester), Warren St. (Roxbury), Grovy Hall, Dorchester, Norfolk jJouse (Roxbury), Egieston Square, Forest Hills, Lenox St., Jamaica Plain. Brook- line, Beacon St., and E. Boston. Also from Temple Place to Dudley St. (Rox- bury), and Grove Hall, via Shawmut Ave. From Scollay Hq. cars run to So. Boston, City Point, Bay View, Charlesi wn Neck, Bunker Hill, Maiden, Winter Hill, Medford, ^Tuion Square (Somerville), Chelsea, Revere Beacii {in siimmer), Lynn, Swanipscott. Prom foot of Summer St., cars to Dorchester and Milton. From Bowdoin Sq., cars on 20 routes to the western suburbs, Cambridgeport, I'iverside Press, Brighton, Newton Comer, Harvard Sq. (University), Mount Auburn, Watertown, Arlington, Somerville (via Craigie's Bridge). CmnibuKSS* — From Salem St., Charlestov^^l, via Warren Bridge and Wash- i?'gton St. , to Concord St. Carriages. — 50 cts. from south of Dover St. each carriage. Steamers leave Boston as follows (in tlie season of navigation) : — For Augustii and Bath, Me., semi-weekly, from Union Whf. ; for Baltimore, from India Whf. ; for Bangor, semi-weekly, from Foster's Whf. ; for Calais, Me., Sat- urdays, from Commercial Whf. ; for Djver, from Battery Whf. ; for Eastpor^. and St. John, N. B., tri-wcekly, from Commercial Whf. ; for Gloucester, daily, from 234 Broad St. ; for Halifax, N. S., Pictou, and Prince Edward's Island, every Saturday, from T Whf. ; for Hull, Hingham, and Nantasket, semi-daily in summer, froni Livcrjtool Whf. and 234 Pioad St. ; for Long Island, Quincy Point, and North Weymouth, daily in summer, from Rov.^e's Whf. ; for Nahant, daily in sunnner, from India Whf. ; for Pliiladeli)hia, semi-weekly, from Long Whf. ; for Portland, daily, froui India Whf. ; for Provincetown, from Central Whf. ; for Savannah, every ten days, from T Whf. ; for Liverpool (Cunard Line), every Tuesday, from Cunard Whf., East Boston (cabin, 8 80 and ^100 in gold ; Btoeiage, )$ 30 in currency). Sailing packet-lines connect Boston with nearly every port of New England, » Churches. — There are in the city 18 Baptist churches, 22 Congregationalist, 27 Unitarian, 1.0 Episcopal, 22 MchodLst, 7 Presbyterian, 17 Roman Catholic, 6 Uuiver- list, and 14 other religious societies. 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I !■ I BOSTON. /i.^^'c i. 1 '( i p tt mut St. ; a Gpnnan Methodist olinrch, 511 Shnwmtit Ave., and a Sjniagogiie of Cicnnin Jens, on Pleasant St. Newspapers. - 8 daily i)ai»erH are published in the city ; also 3 semi-week- lip.i ; 72 weeklies ; 8 bi-naonthlies ; 70 nionthliea (mostly magazines) ; and 14 (|unrteilie.s. lioHton (Bhawmnt, or " Sircct Waters "), the Purltiin City, was first settled by a recluae Angliran clergj'man, Wiliani Hlackstnne, about the year 1G2;5. The adventurous coloni.sts who landciPat .Salem, in IG;U), soon moved a large party to Cliaiiestown ; but, linding no ".vater tliere, they evosscd to the peninsula of yhawmut, imdrr the leadershii* of Isaae Johusdu, laudirg on the pre.sent site of Boston, SeptemVier 7(0. S.), 1G.'J0. The name Hostou was given to the plaee by <>3 Josselyn writes : " The buildings ar^ handfjome, joining one to the other as in London, with mai.y large streets, most of them i)avcil with pebble-stones. In the high street towanls the Com- mon there are fairc houses, souk; of stone," &c., — a great change since 1630, when one declared it to be " a hideous wilderness, possessed by barbarous Indians, very coM, sicklv, rocky, barren, unlit for culture, and like to keep the i)eopIe miserable." In the Peciuot War of 1G37, and King Ph-'lip's War (1675 - 70), Boston bore u large share, and Imndreds of jirisoners were guarded therj. " Philadelphia was a forest, and New York was an insigniticant village, long after its rival (Bos- ton) liad become a great commercial town." The town gave men and money freely in defence of the frontiers against the Franco-Indian attacks, and fleet after fleet left its harbor to do battle on the eastern coasts. In 1704 the firstT American newspaper (the " Boston News-Let- ter ") appeared here ; in 1710 a massive wall of brick and stone foundation, with cannon on its parapets, and «vith two strong gates, was built across the isthmus, or neck, on the south, near the present ijover St. This, with the wa'is on on the water-front, 2,200 feet long, 15 feet high, and 20 feet thick, and the f.)rt3 on Castle Island and Fort Hill, etfectually guarded against attacks by the Dutch or French. In 1711, 5,000 of Marlborough's veterans, and a large Provincial force, encamped at East Boston, and thence sailed on Admiral Walker's disastrous ex- pedition against Quebec. In 1739 sailed the fteet destineIU feet high (modelled after one at Antwerp), which is visible for leagues at sea. 8 Iloutc 1. BOSTON. TTjeiits from Halifax moved into the town, and riots and outrages began to be fiffjucnt. Reinforcements were sent again and again to the garrison, and Lieu- t«Mmnt-Gener:il Gage, the commander of the British forces, was appointed (1774) (Jovenior of Massacluisetts. Then ensued the gathering of the i)atriot annies at Cambridge, the blockade of the city, and conseinient distress among its people, and the bombardments from the American lines. When Lord Howe was forced to evacuate the city, March 17, 1770, 15,000 loyalists chose to go with him, and on tlic same day the Americans took possession of battered and hungry and depopu- lated Boston. Wince the close of the Revolution the city has been engaged in great internal improvements, the construction of a network of railroads to all parts of New F.ngland, and the i)reservation and cxtensi< » of its commerce. Great manufac- turing interests centred here, and the city boundaries were again and again en- larged. In June, 1S72, the Universal Teace Jubilee was held here (as projected ancl managed by P. S. Gilmore) \\\ an immense wooden building on the Back Bay. This editi(!e (called the Coliseum) w;ts 550 feet long, H.'jO feet wide, and 115 feet high, thus having an area greater than that of the Milan and Cologi.c Catlie- drals united, or of St. Paul's (London) and St. Sophia (Constantinoi>le) united. The Roman Coliseum held 87,000 spectators, but tlie Boston Coliseum could accommodate only 40,000 to 50,000. Great galleries ran around the hall, i)arlors,&c., were plentiflil, and a forest of flags and national symbols was draped within and floated outside. Strong forces of ])olice, firemen, and artillerists were (constantly on duty at the Coliseum. Some of the music was em])hasized by the booming of cannon near the building and the ringing of the city bells, while a large compjiny of uniformed firemen accompanied the oft-repeated Anvil Chorus with ringing blows on anvils. Strauss, the Austrian composer of waltzes, and violinist, Mes- damcs Peschka-Leutner, Rudersdorft", and Goddard were there ; also the bands of the English Grenadier Guards, tDC French Garde R^publicaine, and the Pnissiau Kaiser Franz Grenadier Regiment. These were aided by a grand orchestra of 2,000 musicians, and a chorus of 105 well-drilled societies, comprising 20,000 voices. The Jubilee lasted for .3 weeks (without accident or mischance), and was varied by a great Presidential Ball. Early in the next year the Coliseum was taken down. The rapid extension of commerce, and the concentration of great manufacturing agencies in the city, jiroduced a corn^spoiKling flow of wealth and growth of stately architecture. The streets between the Common and the Harbor, between Summer and State Sts., were lined with lofty and ornate conunercial houses, unsuri>assed eLsewhere in the world, and crowded with valuable goods. There were tiers of streets lined with massive grjinite stnictures, which seemed as un- inflammable as ravines in the solid rock. About 7 o'clock on the warm, moonlit evening of November 9, 1872, a lire broke out in a building on the comer of Kings- ton and Summer Sts. It speedily crept up from the lower story and turned the Mansard roof into a sea of flame. The fire started thence in three direc- tions, and, fanned by the gale which it had formed, it swept up and down Summer St., and through the lateral avenues into Franklin St. and Winthrop Sq. The flremen, although heroically active, were driven before it, until early Sunday morning, when several buildings were blown up. About this time the Are was checked in its southward progi-ess, and the whol-? Fire Depart- ment (reinforced from many towns within 100 miles) faced the destroyer on the north. From 2 to 3 o'clock Sunday moniing the flremen fought the flames on Washington St., and after incredible efforts kept it on the lower side of the street, and saved the Old South Church, which was scorched and strewn with sparks. During the day the force at hand was directed on two points, the new U. S. Post Office on Devonshire Street, and the Merchant's Exchange, and in the narrow streets betweer. Broad and Kilby Sts. Repulsed from the first two points, and after a time checked in its advance toward Kilby St., the fire sank rapidly imder the cataracts of water which were being poured upon it from the steam-engines massed along State St. By mid-afternoon the danger was over, and many of the out-of-town engines were sent home. In less than 24 hours the richest quarter of Boston, covering about 50 acres, had been swept away, and nothing remained of those massive piles of granite and brick save a few ragged and tottering fragments of wall. The loss was not far from §70,000,000. To keep out the swarms of thieves, and to prevent the citizens and the scores of thousands of visitors from imperilling themselves, three regiments of State trooiis I # I H- I BOSTON. Route 1. % I ■ i were called out, who formed a line of guards around the bunit district, which was thus picketed and held under martial law for many days. Less tlian thirty lives were lost during the tire. The rapid and resistless sjiread of the conflagration (which would have l)een impossihle in a European city) has been attrihuteil to tht narrow streets, the thin jtartition walls, and the universal use of lofty Man- sard roofs built of light timlwr and jjlanking, and too higli from the street to bo reached by the water from the engines. " Tlie best treasure of Boston cannot l)e burnt up. Her grand capital of culture and character, scieiu-e and skill, humanity and ndigion, is beyond tlie reach of flanu;. Sweej) away every store and house, every school and church, and let the ])eoplc, with their history and habits, re- main, anil they still have one of the richest and strongest cities on earth." Boston, tlie capital of the State of Massachusett.s, and the metropolis of New England, is one of the most ancient and famous of the Aniericjin cities. Its colonial and Revolutionary epochs were filled with incidents of rare heroi-sm and surpassing interest, while the later and more peace- ful years have been rich in the triumphs of commerce and industry. Al- though it has lost its former commercial supremacy, it still ranks as tlie second American city in this reganl, and is carrying tlirough vast railroad projects in order to keep its position. It is built on a dee?> iulet at the head of Massachusetts Bay, and favorably situated either for foreign traf- fic or for its vast trade with the manufacturing towns of New England. So the city has grown rapidly, its population of 30,049 in the year 1800, and 70,713 in 1830, having increased by 1870 to 250,526, with a valuation of ? 584,000,000. The cramped limits of the peninsula being too narrow, laifej tracts of land have been added by filling up the tide-water flats and coves, and by the annexation and settlement of neighboring towns. In spite of its frequent fires and rapid changes, Boston has more of a Euro- pean appearance than any other American city, and it has also a calm, cold, and reserved aristocracy of old families. The intellectual and musi- cal culture of its citizens is renowned, and the most radical and advanced schools of politics, philosophy, and religion find their home here. As for the numerous charitable houses of the city, they have generally won the highest praise, even the censoriotis Dickens saying : " I sincerely believe that the public institvtions and charities of this capital of Massachusetts are as nearly perfect as the most considerate wisdom, humanity, and benevolence can make them." The district lying between State, Court, and Cambridge Sts., and the waters of Charles River and tlie Harbor, was, in the olden time, the most important part of the city, although it is now given to the purposes of trade and the dwellings of the lower classes. Commercial St. , forming 3 sides of a square, bounds a great part of it, and opens on a continuous line of Avharves. The great Northern depots of the Lowell Railroad (for Vermont and Montreal), the Eastern Rail- road, the Fitchburg, and the Boston aiul Maine Railroad, are situated near each other, on and near Causeway St. ; Copp*S Hill, in the northeast part, was the site of a Briti.sh fort, which took an active part in the Bunker Hill battle, in 1775, and burned 10 linidc J. BOSTON. n C'liarlestowii with a sliowcr of hot sliot. Tlio ancient burying-ground first xised iu ICtJO occujties the brow of the hill, and has been sacredly preserved. Hero are l)nricd three fathers of tlie Puritan Churcli, Drs. Increa.ie, Cotton, and Samuel Mather. The cemetery is open to the jiublic. Near Copp's Hill, on Salem St., is Christ Church (Episcopal), the oldest church ediiice in the- city (consecrated in 1723). Aline chime of bells is iu the tower, and its music is almost coeval with the church. Near the West Boston Bridge is the largo granite building of the Massa- chusetts General Hospital (PI. 4), a noble charitable institution with rich endowments. Near it is the Medical College of Harvard University. *Faneuil Hall (PI. 1(5), "The Cradle of American Liberty," was built and given to the city in 1742, by Peter Faneuil, a I/uf/uenot merchant. It was burnt in 1701, and rebuilt iu time to serve the British 14th Regiment for barracks (1768). During the later popular excitements nuvny stirring orations were made here, until, during the siege of 1775 - 70, the royal ollicers turned it into a theatre. The Hall, 76 feet square and 28 feet high, has no seats, and will accommodate a great audience. In lime of great military or political emergencies, 'the men of Boston flock to Faneuil Hall by thousands. On the walls arc some good por- traits : Peter Faneuil, Sargent; George Washington, *S^«ar<; Commo- dore Preble, General Warren, John Q. Adams, * Webster replying to Hayne, Ilealy ; Edward Everett, Abraham Lincoln, John A. Andrew, * Samuel Adams, Coplr.y (Ids nuisterpiece) ; and others. Fronting Fan- euil Hall is the (580 ft.) long granite building of the Quincy Market, where all kinds of meat, fish, fruit, and vegetables are exposed in tempting profusion. Not far from the Market is the *U. S. Custom House (PI. 24), perhaps the most massive and imposing building in Bos- ton. It was built. 1837 - 49, at a cost of nearly $ 1,100,000, and its walls, roof, and dome" are of granite. The building is in the form of a Greek cross, and is surrounded by 32 immense columns, 5 ft. thick and 32 ft. high. The great granite warehouses (Eta*"^ St. Block, &c.) in tlie vicinity are wortliy of attention ; also the ever-busy wharves near State St. The old Post Office (PI. 21), or Merchants' Exchange, with 6 long gi-anite colunnis in front, is famous as the point where the flames advancing on State Street were checked, in the Great Fire of 1872, by a platoon of husky, dingy, and quivering steam fire-enghies drawn up before it. The Wall Street of Boston, the haunt of its bankers and brokers, is the part of State St. between the old Post Office and the Old State House. This ancient edifice was built in 1748, and long used by the legislature of the colony. On March 5, 1770, a collision occurred between the towns- people and the British main-guard stationed here, and a volley was fired, killing four and wounding many of the crowd. This affair was called the \^ rl ii 11 BOSTON. IloiUe 1. 1 1 treek I 32 tiic >tate long ] 1 ** Boston Massacre," and tlie soldiers were tried before tlie Colonial Court on the charge of murder, an2 found the identity of lightning and the electric fluid by means of a kite. His scientillc ] ibors won him high honor in Europe. Opposite the City Hall is the Parker House (PI. 19), and to the right is King's Chapel. On Washington St., near the foot of School St., is the Old South Churoh, the shrine of Boston. It was built in 1729, on the site of a cedar-wood church which had been built in 1669. The exciting meetings of the people in the late colonial days were held here, and thence marched the disguised men to the attack on the tea ships (Dec. 13th, 1773.) In 1775 the pews were removed, and a riding-school for the British cavalry was here formed, the interior being well packed with gravel, and a liciuor saloon being placed in one of the galleries. The diurch was restored in 1782, and contained (imtil 1873) two galleries, many scjuare "pues on ye lower flore," and a pulpit overarched by a sounding-board. Externally it is plain, with a high spire, and a clock. " More eyes are upturned to its clock daily than to any other timekeeper in New England. " Franklin was baptized here (in the older church) ; Whitefield has preached here ; for one hundred and sixty years the election sermons (before the legisla- ture, council, and governor) have been delivered here ; it was saved, by deathless heroism, from the Great Fire ; and yet before 1875 this ancient shrine will probably be torn down and replaced by a line of shops with 12 llmtc 1. BOSTON. a Maiisanl roof. It was leased to tlie Government for a Post Office in December, 1872. Near the Old South, on Milk and Dovonsliire Sts., is the Ktructuro to be occupied by the TJ. 8. Post Office and Suli-Troasury ^Pl. 44). It is l)iiilt of granite, in the prevalent FnMich style of architecture, with an immense roof, and groups of statuary on the front. Its ^'reat size, and the fineness of Us materials, render it an inijxjsing building. The mas- sive granite front on Milk St. was so much cracked and injured in the Great Fire (by intense heat from across the street) that much of it had to be rebuilt. The build ini,' fronts "200 ft. on Devonshire St., and will cost from !?, 2,000,000 to -S ;{,()00,()00. From this building (which was hcM desperately ami successfully against the fire) the burnt district lies on the south, east, and west. From the Old South Church, Washington St., the main retail thoroughfare of the city, nms southwest, and is always filled with a busy throng. On the corner of School St. is the Old Corner Bookstore, in a building dating from 1712. Farther along are the two principal theatres, and soma ^-irge bookstores. The comer of Washington and Winter Sts. is the liveliest pohit in the city, and Winter St. is full of ladies' shops. From Boylston Market Boylston St. runs out past the Common. At the corner of Tremont St., and facing the Common, is the Masonic Temple (PI. 45), built 1864 -G7. The first Masonic Lodge in America met in Boston in 1733, since when the order has steadily grown, save during the days of the Anti-Masonic party. The Temple is a lofty edifice of granite, built in such fonns of medieval architecture as " to suggest the most eflfective poetical and historical associations connected with the Ma- .sonic institution." The interior contains Corinthian, Egyptian, and Gothic Halls, besides banqueting-rooms, &c. Opposite the Temple is the large and elegant Hotel Boylston (suites of rooms for permanent dwellers), in the Italian-Gothic style. The lofty brownstone building of the Hotel Pelham is on the opposite comer, next door to which is the * Boston Pub- lic Library, in a so-called fire-proof building of brick and sandstone. This Library contains 193,000 volumes, and 100,000 pamphlets, and is the largest in America, except the Library of Congress. The Lower Hall is devoted to popular books and a reading-room, while the noble Bates Hall, above, is reserved for more substantial works. All these rooms are open to the public, and any one can take books and read there, though only resi- dents of the city can take books from the building. The walls of the rooms are covered with pictures, which form part of the collection of engravings formerly owned by Cardinal Tosti, of Rome. This collection, embracing from 6,000 to 7,000 pictures (many being fine old works of Marc Antonio and Albert Diirer), was presented to the Library by Mr. T. G. Appleton, and fills many volumes. k *i^ t> *h *> BOSTON. Ro\Uel. 13 Tho U. S. Court House, corner Tremont St. and Tenii»k' IM., was built and long u.st'd as a Masonic Teni])le. It has a churclily look, and the main walls are built of triangular blocks of granite. Next to the Court House is St. Paul's Episcoital Church, of gray granite, with G columns of rotoinac sandstone upholding a classii; lu'dinient. Near this, at the corner of I'ark St. (formerly called Brimstone Corner), is Park Street Church, an ohl i'uritan nieetingdiouse, where the able and Ijril- liant Murray is now settled. Adjoining the Church is the Old Gninnry Burying O'roiind, where are buried Governor Bellingham (died 1672), and 8 other colonial and state governors, 2 signers of the Declaration of Independence, famous divines, Peter Faneuil, who gave the Hall to Boston, Paul llevere, the Revolutionary hero, Chief Justice Samuel Sew- all, John Hancock (see Quincy), and Samuel Adams. Samuel Adams, born at Boston in 1722, was one of the leade*^ of the people in tilt! at,'it,iitii)iis of n(H-7i>, ami was prost rilied by the royal KovtTiinieut. In 17(W he advocated the iii(l(']i('iidt'iic(! of America, and during' tht^ Hcvolntion directed tlie measiue-t of Congress in the Nortliern war. " Thoiij^h jioor, >Samiu-l Adams j)orisessi!dalnffyand incorniiitilile spirit, was piu-eiii morals, and grave and austere m manner, though warm in his feelings. As a sjieaker, lu; was i»ure, concise, logical, and impressive ; and the energy of his diction was not inferior to the .stnjngth of his uiind." The Htate is to ))laee his statue in the Capitol at Wash- ington. A granite pyramid is over the remains of Franklin's jiarents. From the sidewalk before the cemetery rises a row of tall elms, which were tmnsplanteU IVuia England, and placed here in 17U2. Op])o.site tlie Cliurch is the extensive publi.shing house of James R. Os- good k Co., and beyond it, down Hamilton PL, is seen the plain wall of Music Hall (PI. 25). Entrance from Central PL, 15 Winter St., or at IIG Tremont St. This is one of the most elegant and well-arranged halls in America, and is of rare acoustic properties. Witidn this hall is the largest organ in the New World, containing 5474 pipes, and 84 com- plete registers, and encased in an elegant frame, with a colossal statue of Beethoven in the foreground. The organ was built by Herr Walcker, of Ludwigsburg, 1857 - 03, at a cost of $ 60,000 dollars, and is often played l)y competent professionals. Farther along Tremont St., on the right, is the elegant white granite building of the Horticultural Hall, with a many- columned front, — Doric in the first story, Ionic in the second, and Corin- thian in the third. The rich cornice is surmounted by a colossal Ceres, a copy from the ancient statue in the Vatican ; while on piers, at the cor- ners of the second story, are statues of Flora and Pomona. Fairs, floral sliows, and lectures are held iu the spacious halls above. Alongside the Hall is the Studio Building, the home of many local artists. Tremont Temple comes next, with a plain Palladiau front, and a great hall, which is used on Sunday by a Baptist church, and during the week for lectures, readings, etc. On the same side of the street is King's Chapel, built in 1754, by the Episcopalians, on the site of the lii-st church of that sect in Boston (built 1689). King's Chapel was deserted by its 14 Route 1. BOSTON. people wlu'ti (}age and tlie Loyalists left the tov/n, and was oocupietl by the Old South Society. At a later day, iuHueiiced l)y their rector, Rev. Jumea Freeman, the few remaining churchmen revised their liturgy, strik- ing out nil Triniturianism, and formed themselves into the first Unitarian churi'li in Hoston. Ni'xt to tliis Church is tho Imrying-ground used hy the Puritans from 1630 onward. Isaac Johnson, " The Father of Bos- ton," was buried liere ere the first year of thu settlement was ended. About him his people were buried for many years. In one tomb is Gov- ernor John Winthrop, and his two sons, who were governors of Co)mecticut. John Witithrnp, a jiious lawyer of HudWlk, 1»'l,i('(i, where he rule. He was an ainiahh; n«n- thMuan, a tlrin ruler, anil a believer in niiHi<>rat(f aristocratic principles, sUiting in liis letter to the people of (Jonneetieut, that "the best nurt of a community is always the least, and of that i»art the wiser are still less. ^ Other noted Puritans are buried here, and in the church are monuments to the families of Apthorpe, Shirley, and Vassall. Beyond the cemetery is a granite building, partly occupied by the Massachusetts Historioal Sooiety, which has a library of 1(3,000 books, and 800 volumes of MSS. Many ancient portraits (Increase Mather, Sebastian Cabot, &c.) adorn the walls, while relics of Washington and the Puritan governors, and of King Phili]>, the chair of Winslow, the swords of Church and of Governor Carver, are carefully preserved here. The New England Historic-Genealogical Society (18 Somerset St.) has a fine library, and a small collection of curiosities. At 40 Winter St. are the rooms of the Anmrican and Foreign Chris- tian Union, the Sunday School Union, the Peace Society, and the Congre- gational Association. Churchmen of the various sects will find their respeetive headquarters as follows : Baptist Mission Society, 12 Bedford St. ; Congregational Club, corner Somerset and Beacon Sts. ; Publishing Society, 13 Cornhill ; Episcopal Church Association, corner West and Tremont ; Methodist Educational and Historical Societies, 38 Bromfield ; New Church Union, 2 Hamilt-n Place (library and reading-room) ; Universalist Publishing House, -l ' Cornhill ; American Unitarian Asso- ciation, 42 Chauncy St. ; Clui-'ian Unity, 375 Harrison Ave. ; Parker Fraternity, 554 Washington St. The General Theological Library (22 West St. ) and the Mercantile Library are much used, and the reading- rooms of the Young Men's Christian Association (corner Tremont and Eliot) and the Young Men's Christian Union (300 Washington St.) are pleasant, and freely open. The British, Irish, Scotch, Germans, and Italians have benevolent societies. In Boston there are 27 lodges, 8 chapters, and 6 commanderies of Masons, 18 lodges and 5 encampments of Odd Fellows, 22 divisions of Sons of Temperance, 13 Temples of Honor, 7 lodges of Good Templars, 9 posts of the Grand Army of the H^ DOSTON. Route 1. 15 Chris- oiigre- their Iford isliing st and field ; 'oom) ; Asso- arker ry (22 ading- it and St.) and 8 ments es of )f the s ges. ir) Republic, 15 loilges of the Knights of I'ythi is, and 4 lodges of the Haru- gari (Geniians). On Treniont, near School St., is the Boston Museum (entmnce fee, 30 eta.) whiTo, in a lofty hall, a great number of rare tilings are sh ■ "n, embracing curiosities from all parts of tlie world, cvsts, wax-fig- ures, scores of portraits of eminent Americans (by West, Copley, Stuart, etc.), and Sully's great picture of Washington crossing the Delaware. DoHton Common* ^VIl•'^ tht> ])oii insula of Hhuwiiuit (now no^ton) wns boll ;ht troiii llliu-kstoiii' for Eiit), in tlii' year WM, this trav- ernmcnt the power of alicnatiiiK any |>art of tho Common. Ik'tweoii KS.'id ami ItXJi) several persons were execntetl here on tlio cliarKo of witc'.i.raft, ami for ono liiuidred and lll'ty years after executions took jilace on tiie ' 'onimoii. DuriuK tho Hunnner of l(i7(J many scores of Indians ( ;iu.','lit red-lnuided weio l>ut to death here, union;,' whom was the insurgent rliicf Matoouus. Tiiirty were exeiuited in ono il.iy, and their heads were fastened on stakes and left in public places. About tills time (I07r)) the travtdler Josselyn Hjieaks of it as " a small bnt jileasant Coni- ninii, wliere tlie Gall.ints, u little before sunset, walk with their Maniiiilet- Madams, till the bell at It o'chxdv rin^s them home. Iii 1728 oc(;nrred a fatal duel, under the Old FOIni, whereiiitfiu a law was imssed, that ]iorHoiis killed in ilucls should lie denied Cliristian burial, and shoidd be buried translixed with a stake. If the duel was not fatal, both parties should stand on tlie gallows ono hour with a rope about their necks, ami t'-.en be inijirisoned for om; year. Ho the 80-called coile of honor passed from tho social system »f Massachusetts. In 1740 George Whiteliehl preached to 20,000 persons in one body on the Common. Durin:,' the American sie,\'o of Boston a British fort was built on tlie hilt near the Ehn Tree, which drew some of Washington'M heavy shot. Ilaees, parades, and milit.iry executions were meanwhile held here. The garrison of the town in 1812 encainjied here, and so late as 19,'M) it was a eow-])asture enclosed by a two- railud fence. In 1830 the present iron-fence (IJt M. long) was built, and cattle were excluded. In the days of the Rebellion tho assembling troops paraded here, and in the (Jreat l'"iro of 1872 vast mounds of saved goods were i»iled along tho malls and on tae luwns. l*oston Common contains about 48 acres, and is rich in la\vns and noble trees. No carriages are allowed to enter, and the walks are filled with people on pleasant summer evenings and Sundays, Under the stately elms of the Beacon and Trcmont St. Malls are favorite prome- nades. Near Park St. is the Brewer fountain, made in Paris, and em- Itellished with bronze statues of Neptune and Amphitrite, Acis and Gal- atea, Copies of this fountain have been made for the cities of Lyon.s, Bordeaux, and Alexandria (Egypt), The Frog Pond has a large foun- tain, supplied from Cochituate Lake, and near it is the Old Elm, — a great and ancient tree which is peculiarly revered by the Bostonians, and has been bolted and bandaged with iron and canvas, and fenced in, and so preserves its hale and verdant strength. On Flagstaff Hill, near the Old Elm, a soldiers* monument is to be built, to be 90 ft. high, with historical reliefs, &c. ; at the four corners heroii; statues of Peace, History, the Army, and the Navy. Above will be allegoiical figures, — the North, South, East, (•« 1' 1 1 G Pcoule 1. BOSTON. ♦ ■ » ' and West, — and above all a colossal America, resting on a hemisphere, guarded by four eagles, with the flag in her left hand, and wreaths and a sheathed sword in her right. In the south part, near the old cemetery, is a deer-park. The west part of the Common is smooth and bar<', and is reserved for a parade-ground and a ball-ground for the boys. Tlie Public Gardens lie west of the Common, and contain 22 acres. In 1794, 6 rojjewalks were built here, on tide-water flats, and most of the improvements have been made during the past 15 years. In its centre is a beautiful artificial serpentine pond of 4 acres, crossed by a fine briJge. Near Beacon St. is a bronze statue of Everett, by Story, mod- elled in Rome and cast in Munich. The monument to the discovery of anaesthetics (1868) 's a rich and beautiful composition. *Veniis rising fi'ovi tJie Sea is a lovely work, from above which, when the waters play, a fine spray falls about the figure, whicli is sometimes called "the Maid of the Mist." But the finest work of the kind in New England is the colossal equestrian * Statue of Washington, by Ball, which fronts on Commonwealth Ave. The statue is 22 ft. high, ou ; pedestal 16 ft. high. The bronze work was done at Chicopee, in this State. Commonwealth Ave. — which is to be 1^ miles long and is 240 ft. wide, with a park in the middle — runs W. from the Public Gardens, and is lined with fine mansions. A statue of Alexander Hamilton is in the park. Nearly all the land north of Tremont and west of Arlington St. has been reclaimed from the water, and is now the finest part. o( the city. The new streets are alphabetically named, yet they avoid the weak sound of the upper New York and Washington city streets, having sonorous old English titles, — Arlington, Berkeley, Clarendon, Dartmouth, Exeter, Fair- field , Gloucester, &c. At the comer of Marlborough and Berkeley Streets is the * rich and elegant building (with English glass, n German organ, and an exquisite little cloister) of the First Church in Boston (Unita- rian). This society dates from 1630. Near by, on the comer of Berke- ley and Newbury Sts., v the miniature cathedral of the Central Congre- gational Society. It is of Roxbury stone, in cruciform siiape, has a stone spire 240 ft, high, and is rich in lofty, pointed windows, pinnacles, flying buttresses, &c. It cost $ 325,000. In this vicinity is the Emanuel Church (Episcopal) on Newbury St., and the fine brownstone Arlington St Chui'ch (Unitarian) with its melodious chime of bells. Alongside the Cen- tral Church is the fine building of the Society of Natural History, where courses of lectures are given. The extensive collections embrace birds, shells, re})tiles, fishes, insects, fossils, with sections devoted to ethnology, geology, i)alneo;)tology, mineralogy, and microscopy. The finest collection of mounted skeletons in America is kept here. The classic building of the Institute of Technology is close to tlie Museuni. This is a richly- endowed popular school of high order, whose object is to teach the appli- es? *) BOSTON. Route 1. 17 in the ;on St. le city, sound ms old Fair- treets organ, lUnita- erke- ongre- stone flying hurch n St Cen- ^vhe^e birds, logy, ction ig of hly- ppli- I f cation of science to tlie useful arts, for which purpose it is provided with fine cabinets and apparatus. The * State House (PI. 13) is on the summit of Beacon Hill, fronting the Common. Its corner-stone was drawn to the place July 4, 1795, by fifteen white horses, amid great ceremoJiies. The most prominent ob- jects on tjie exterior are tlie fine Corinthian colonnade and the high round dome. When the Legishiture (or General Court) is in session, national flags are displayed from ihe buikUng. The * Doric Hall, at the entrance, is a neat, marble-paved room, supported by colunnis, und surrounded by high niches, fronted with plate-glass, in which are gathered the banners of the Massachusetts regiments borne in the War for the Union. On the right are busts of Char-les Sunnier and Samuel Adams, rnd on the left a bust of Abraham Lincoln and a statue of Gov. John A. Andrew, by Ball. In a marble-paved and Ijanner-hung rotunda, opening on the Doric Hall, is Chantrey's * Statue of Washington, in front of which are copies of the monuments of the old Washington family, at Brington^ in Northampton- sliire. The House of Representatives (up stairs to the left from the Doric Hall) is a plain and somewhat crowded hall, witli a codfish hanging from the roof, as emlle\natie of a prolific source of the wealtli o*" the State. Tlie Senate Chamber is on the other side, and is adorned l)y some ohl por- traits and trophies. The extensive State Library is in the west wing. From the dome of tiie State House (open when the Legislature is not in session) is obtained a fine * view. Boston Harbor, with its islands, and peninsulas, and the distant blue ocean, fill the east ; in the north are Charlestown, its Navy Yard and Monument, with Lynn, Chelsea, Maiden, and Medford ; to the west, Charles River and Back Bay, Cambridge, Brigh- ton, Brooldine, iJid Newton ; and in the south, Roxbury and Dorchester, with the blue lulls of Milton far away. On the terraces in front of the building are bronze statues of Daniel Webster and Horace Mann, the great educationist. The house opi)osite (corner Park and Beacon Sts.) was for 40 years the home of George Ticknor, author of the " History of Spanish Literature," in 3 volumes (translated into German and Span- ish), who bequeathed 4,000-5,000 Sp;aiish books to the Public Library. The Union Club (600 members), a patriotic organization formed in 1863, occupies the iie.xt house below (on Park St.). On Beacon St., near the State House, is the * Boston Atheneeum, a neat, brownstone building, in the Palladian style. On the lower Hoor is the library of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, aid a large reading-room adorned with statuary. In the vestibule are casts of Houdon's Washington and of Sophocles, also a marble statue — The First Inspiration of Columbus — by Montaverde, auu a bronze group — the Boy and the Eagle — by Green- ouijh. Among the statuary in the reading-room is Ori)h'^"ee«ou[//t ; Will o' tlie Wisp, Harriet Hosmer ; * Venus V^ictrix, Greenough. One room is occujiied by a large collection of Egyptian antiquities, Piu bracing hundreds of figures of the gods Osiris, Amun, Ilorus, Isis, &c., in bronze, marble, wood, porcelain, and terra-cotta ; also a large number ot scaraba'i, amulets, vases, and curious jewels. There are also seven human munnnies, with a great number of funereal trappings, and munnnies of monkeys, lambs, ibises, cats, liawks, mice, crocodiles, tortoises, snakes, &c. There are 1,100 pieces in this collection (cata- logue, at the door, 25 cts.). In the next room are several hundred lamps, amphora;, cups, statuettes, heads, weapons, &c., from IdaUum, on the Island of Cyprus, of j-ieat intei'est to the student of early Phoenician and Greek history. The Appleton collection is on the same floor, containing many Gri\>eo-Italian lictile i)ainted vases from Etruscan and Campanian toLibs. Some elaboiate old (uibinets contiiin fine Venetian glass- ware, and a large number of rich majolica i)lates are exhibited. A large piece of Gobelins tapestry (France crowned by Victory and attended by Minerva) occupies one end of the I'oom ; at the other end is a groui) of plaster casts from famous Italian bas-reliefs, near which is a Madonna and Cliild, by Luca delta Itohhia, and the Virgin adoring the infant Jesus, by Andyea delta RolMa. Two large pictures by Boucher, two by Allston, a large collection of ancient coins (a gold Alexanuer), and the rich oaken panels, carved and g'Kled, from the Chateau Montmorency, are worthy of n.^i.e. The positions of the pictures and curiosities are so often changed that a n^ore careful list would be of no permanent use. Near the Athensum is Pemberton Square, the site of an old Indian ne- cropolis, where 300 skulls were dug up in Cotton Mather's time. Gover- nor Endicott and Sir Henry Vane lived near this spot, and in later days it was an aristocratic centre. Now its houses are occupied by offices, and in the Mission Rooms (number 35) is kept a small museum of curiosities from " lands of heatlienesse." Louishury Square is a stately and silent place m h t m BOSTON. Route 1. 19 «N on the fartlier slope of Beacon Hill, embellislieJ with statues of AristiJes £',nd Cohunl)us. Near the State House is a vast atul massive granite structure, 200 feet square and Q'o f » "t high, on Derne St., which is called the Beacon Hill Reservoir, and holds, at this high level, about 2,700,000 gallons of water. The Perkins Institution for the Blind was founded in 1831, by Dr. S. G. Howe. It was favored by liberal popular contributions, and now oc- cupies large buildings on Mt. Washington, S. Boston. Charles Dickens visited and highly praised this institution, as also the charitable and cor- rective establishments in a secluded position near Independence Scpiare, S. Boston (In ane Hospital and House of Correction). "Such are the institutions at South Boston. In all of them the unfortunate or ileyenerate citizens of the State arc carefully instruut(''y stone-wall, 16 ft. high. A sea-wall extends along the water-front, broken only by a few wharves rmd a great dry-dock, built of hammered granite, 341 ft. long and 80 ft. wide, and costing nearly S 700,000. V\arious construction-depots, magazines of naval stores, barracks, and work-shops are in the yard; also 4 large ship-houses, and a granito- bnilt rope- walk, \ M. long. In one of the ship-houses is the old line-of- battle-ship " Virginia" (designed for 120 guns), which has been on the itocks for nearly half a century, Charlestown has a handsome soldiers' monument, — on a tall pedestal, a figure of America crowning r(!j)resentatives of the Army and Navy, who stand below her. In the house near Bunker Hill Monument is a tine statue of Gen. Josei)h Warren, who was killed on tiie Hill. On Prison Point are the extensive buildings of tlie Massachusetts State T'rison, of solid granite and iron, finely ventilated and warmed, and sup- plied with chapels, school-rooms, hosi)itals, &c., in such manner as to make it a model prison. The convicts are kept busily envployed in mak- ing furniture, upholstery, shoes, whips, stone and iron work, and are under perfect discipline. Not far from the prison is an ancient cemetery, where a simple and mas- sive granite shaft has been erected by Harvard alumni^ to the mi.raory of John Harvard, the early benefactor of th« University. The principal attraction of Charlestown is * Bunker Hill Mom. nent, a lofty obelisk on the site of the battle of Breed's Hill (1775). It is built of 90 courses of Quiucy gi-anite, is 221 ft. in lieiglit, and i^O ft, square at the base. A spiral flight of 295 steits, ranged around a hollow cone, leads to a chamljcr 11 ft. in diameter, witli windows on each side. Above is the apex-stone, Aveighing 2^ tons. (A small fee, 20 cts., is charged for admission. Books about the monument, &c., sold in the porter's lodge). The *view from the top is glorious. From the S. E. window the Navy Yai'd is seen, with all its manifold activities, — its sliip-houses, dry-dock, rope-walk, and frigates. Beyond this is the confluence of the Charles and Mystic Rivers, and East Boston ; above which is Fort War- ren at George's Island at the mouth of the liarbor. Forts Winthrop and Independence, and the archipelago of variously utilized islands whicJi dot the liarbor, all are visible from tliis point. From the S. W, window is seen the city of Boston, with Coj)p's Hill nearest on the 1. and the spires and domes of its church and state buildings rising on all sides. The great network of the northern railroads and higliways crosses Charles River below, while, beyond the city, the southern and western 2 26 Jioute 2. ENVIRONS OF BOSTON. roads pinor^'o. Farther still, on tlie r., is S. Boston, and over it, Qnincy, Dorchcsttn-, and the l)lue hills of Milton. Over Boston are Ilox- bury and Brooly the troops of New Hami)- Bhire and Connecticut. Hut tlie reserves on Hunker Hill, the rear-^'uard, and tlm shattered garrison from Hreed's Hill, w(ue unequal to further efl'ort, and thero ensued aneuoral (Ichnnihulu acro.ss the cannon-swept ('harlestown Neck. The day was ended ; and although Howe soon moved the bulk of his army on these hills, which he stron^dy fortilled, no further combats were seen here. In the battle of the 17th of June, the Americans lost 115 killeil, H05 wounded, and 30 prisoners ; the Hritish lost 2'2() killed, 8.JS wounded (Game's rei)ort). 40i) houses were burnt in Cliarlestown, and 5 cannon were taken on JJunker Hill. During' the retre.it from the redoubt, Putnam swore frightfully at his men, and after the war, sin- cerely confessin;^ it to the chundi of which ho was a nu'iuber, he added, " It wa.s almost cnou;;h to make an an;,'el swear, to see the cowards refuse to secure a vic- tory so nearly won." AmouH the last to leave the hill was Warren, and ere he. had gone far he was killed by a siiot in the heail. Josepli Warren, born Koxbury, 174t», was the head of the medical profession in Boston, and a wise and patriotic; leader of the people. He was the President of tlie ProviiKual Congress, a mn,jor- general of the army, and (Irand Master of the Ma.sonic Order in America. " lln fell with a luimerous baml of kindred sjiirits -the gray-haired veteran, the strip- ling in the flower of yoiitli — will) had stood side by side on that dreadful (lay, and fell together, like the beauty of Israel in their high places." — Everett. Chelsea (Winnisimmet), {Citj/ Hotel), a city of 18,547 inhabitants, is connected witli Boston by a steam fen'y (IjJ M.), and with Charlestowu by a long l)ridge over the Mystic River. The Naval Hospital and the U. S. Marine Hosi)ital, tlie latter a large and stately Ijuilaing, are here. Near the Railroad Station is a Soldiers' Monument, — a shat>, of granite with a statue of a soMier standing at ease upon its summit. Woodlawn Ceme- tery is about 2 M. from the city, and is approached by a graceful ave- nue, leading through a lofty Gotliic gateway. The Rock Tower, to tlie right, is a rude pile of boulders, 78 ft. in diameter and 30 ft. high, from which a pretty view is obtained. Netherwood and Wooilside Aves. form beautiful vistas, with the quiet grace of American cemeteries on every hand. Netherwood Pond, the views from Chapel and Elm Hills, and the curious Ginko trees, are worthy of attention. Chelsea (Revere) Beach. Horse-cars from Boston hourly in summer. The Eastern Railroad runs near th5 shore, with stations at Revere {\% M. off) and Oak Grove (J M.). Hotels. Atlantic House and several .smaller, near the horse-car station ; Revere House, f M. north ; Ocean House, on Pine Point, '2 M. north of hoi-se-car station. Revere Beach is about 5 M. from Boston, and is much visited by the citizens on Sundays and holidays. It is a wide, snK>oth, hard, san T K KNVrUONS OK BOSTON. JluuU C. 29 to iloHtroy tlio iiiilitiiry Htoros rolloctc*! hy the Ainorli'ans ftt Coiuoril. " At first (Ik* w1iirlt-HtiiTiii|^' sniinds of an alarm ]l«>ll Ix'^aii to answer bell in every tlireetion Ilre-i l)laz(Ml alun^' the lieiu'lit-s, the lie||n\vin({ of tilt! eoiichs ami horns min;^'leil with the rattling' of the muskets and tlie various toiiosof the hells " (Cooi'ku), ami when the troops deployed on Lexing- ton (Jreen, at dawn, 1rovincials worried them until they reaehe, on the occupation of Boston bv royal troops, the legislature refused to sit " with British cannon pointing at tfieir doors," so they adjourned to the college buildings. In 1775 the students were sent home, and the classic halls were turned into barracks for the Continen- tal soldiers. The library and apparatus were sent to Andover and Concord. The headquarters of the American army of investment was near the College, and the army numbered 16,000 men in June, 1775. Of these, 11,500 were fVoni Alassachu- setts, 2,300 from C',':vuC"ticut, 1,200 froni New Hampshire, and 1,000 from Rhode Island. The left wing, under Ward, consisting of 15 Massachusetts regiments and Gridley's artillery, lay at Cambridge. Later, Knox brought 55 cannon from the Lake Forts, and the New York volunteers and Morgan's Virginia riflemen joined 30 Route 2. ENVIRONS OF BOSTON. U' il V. lii', J '' the camp. The 10,000 royal troops in Boston were environed by 20 miles of can- toiiments, stretfhiiig from the Mystic River to Roxbury. Tlionias. with 4,000 Massacliusetts troojis, and 4 companies of artillery, held the Roxbury lines ; the Rhode Island men were at Janiai(;a Pliin with Sjiencer's Connecticut rej-'iment. Tlie New IJiiinpshini brigade was at Mcidford, and Putnam, with a Connecticut brigadi!, held Charlestown Nccl\ and }>icivetto(i Bunlier Hill. The siege was hardly over, and the College in order once mori;, when tin grer.t capt've army oJ iJui'goyne was led to Cambridge (Nov. 10, 1777). The government ordered the college to l)e vaciated, for the accommodation of the British and Hessian oliicei-s. Hut tlie ■'vllcgiate authorities, feeling that enough had already been sacrificed by llic'i'i in the i;ause of freedom, sent in such a spirited protest that the order was reconsid'3Vcd, and the i)risoner!; encamjied on Winter and Vrospect Hills until 1779, when they were sent to Charlottesville, Virginia. In 1639 the first Nov/ England printing-press was set up here, and for its first works printed tlie "Freeman's Oath," "The New England Alma- nac," and +,he "Bay Psalm Book." At presei^t the vast University and Riverside Presses turn out hundreds of thousands of volumes yeai'ly. Margaret Fuller, Countess D'Ossoli, was l)om at Can bridge, 1810. A fine linguist and conversationalist, she became an enthusiastic tianscendentalist, and, after writing several oooks, and sjjending some time in Europe, she married Count d'Ossoii, but was wrecked and h)st on tlio New Jersey coast, returning, in 1850. Oliver Wendell Hobius was born at Cambridge, ISOI). A skilful jthysician, lec- turer, and mi(;rosc(>pist, he has been Professor of Anatomy and Physiology in Harvard University sinci; 1847, and has foimd time to write many pleasant essays and humorous i)oems, besides two or three novels and numerous metlical lectures and dissertation.5. James Russell Lowell was born at Cambriv'.ge, in 1S19. After ^v'riting several volumes of poetry, and spending some years in Europe, he returned, and succeeded Mr. Loi ,, fellow as Professor of Modern Languages, &c., in Harv.ird University. He has published "The Biglow Pai)ers " (two series), — a jujlitical satire in the New England vernacular ; " The Cathetlnil," and " Under the Willows," his later poems ; and several volumes of prose. F. H. Hedge, the Unitarian theologian. Alfred Lee, Bishop of Delaware, and Rear-Admiral Charles H. Poor, were born in Cambridge. " Harvard College was founded at Cambridge only ninety years later than the greatest and wealtluest college of our Cambridge in Old England. Puritan Har- vard is the sister rather than the daughter of our own Puritiin Emanuel. Harvard himself, and Dunster, the first President of Harvard, were among the earliest of the scholars of Emanuel. . . . Our English universities have not about them the classic repose, the air of study, which belongs to Cambridge, Massachusetts ; our Cambridge comes nearest to her daughter town, but even the English Cambridge has a breathing street or two, and a weekly market-day, while Cambridge in New England is one great academic grove, buried in a philosophic calm, which our universities cannot rival as long as men lesort to them for other pul-poses than work." — Sir Charles Dilke. Among the most distinguished of the New-England-born alumni of Harvard may be named. Increase Mather (class of 1656), Cotton Mather (1C78), John Adams, second President of the United States (1755), John Quincy Adams, his son, sixth Piesident of the United States (1787), Fisher Ames (1774), W. E. Channing (1798), Edward Everett (1811), W. H. Prescott(1811), Jared Sparks and J. G. Palfrey (1815), Caleb Cushing and George Bancroft (1817), Ralph Waldo Emerson (1821), C. F. Adams (1825), O. W. Ib)lmes (1829), Charles Sunnier (1830), Wendell Phillips and J. L. Motley (1831), H. W. Bellows (1832), R. H. Dana, Jr., and H. D. Thoreau (1837), J. R. Lowell (1838), E. E. Hale (1839). The buildings of the University are named generally in honor ot its benefactors. The small brick building on the corner near the horse-car station contains the Law Library (13,000 volumes) embracing the stand- ard works on this subject by American, English, French, and German i ENVIRONS OF BOSTON. Route 2. 31 i writors. The law-hall and the professorship were founded by Nathan Dani3, an eminent Essex County jurist. Tlio 'arge and ornate eilifice next to Dane Hall is known as Matthews Hall. Doyond this, and at right ang^ics with it, is Massachusetts Hall, an ancient building wliicli has been changed into two large loonis, the lower of which is occupied as a read- ing-room, and is surrounded by 60 to 70 portiaits of notable New Eng- landers of the last century, among whicli are Samuel Dexter, Frothinq- ham ; John Quiney Adams, Fisher Ames, Stuart ; Michael Boylston, Thomas Boylston, President Holyoke, and John Adams, Copley. John Singleton Copley, the best of American portrait-pr.inters, was bom at Boston, 17;J7, studieil at Roino, resided at Loudciii 177">-lSi;5. His historical paintings, of which "The Death of tlie Earl of Chatham" was the most famous, maile him a Royal Academician in 17S3. His sou was made Lord Lyndhurst. It is singidar that none of Washington Allston's pictures are here. This artist, ivho was called "the American Titian," and was famous for richly colored pictures on religious subjects, after sjiendin;^ 15 years in Europe, established his studio in Cambridge in 1S25, and here remained until his death in lS-13. He was a South Carolinian. Beyond Massachusetts Hall is Harvard Hall, with its sober ornaments and belfry, and then Hollis and Stoughton Halls, between which, and nearer the street is the quaint little edifice (said to have been built by Lady Holden's boimty) which was long used as a chapel, and was built early in the 18th century. Across the upper end of the quadrangle stretches the plain old Holworthy Hall, back of which is the Lawrence Scientific School. Turning now on the otlier side, the first building is the new, lofty, and ornate Thayer Hall, behind which is the romanesciuo Appleton Chapel, Beyond Thayer is the simple and substantial Uni- versity Hall, built of granite, and next comes the modern and Mansard- roofed Weld Hall. University Hall is the seat of the Univeisity gov- eniment, which consists of the President aud six Fellows, with a second branch (Board of Overseers) elected by the alumni. Tlie system of elective studies and of special scries of lectures is superseding the old rigid course and text-book plan, and Harvard is accepting the style, as well as gaining tlie power, of the German universities. Tliere are about 1,200 men in the various departments of study, with 45 professors and many tutors, &c. Four years' study procures the degree of B. A. ; three years covers the courses in the Divinity and Medical Schools, and two years in the Law School. Beyond Weld Hall the fourth side of the quad- rangle is occupied by the noble Boylston Hall (of granite, with several collections inside), and the modern Gray Hall. Opposite the wooden Wadsworth Hall is the Holyoke House (pertaining to the college) and nearly opposite Massachusetts Hall is the First Churcli, with its venerable graveyard. Gore Hall, beyond the quadrangle, contains the Unisersity Library. It is a neat building of Quiney granite, in the form of a Latin Cross, and in the 14th-century Gothic style, said also to be a sober copy of King's College Chapel, at Old Cambridge. 32 lioute 2. ENVIRONS OF BOSTON. 11 I . ■ > ,k • IM if Inside there are 10 ooluiuns on each side of a navo 112 ft. hnv^, with a <,n-oinod roof ;iy ft. hi^di. Alxnit l.'JO.OOO volumes are kept in this hall, besides which the I liivcrsity has about 70,00.) vohinies in 8 other lil)raries. In glass cases, tlirough- oiit the hall, are kept many literary curiositiiis : a MS. Ovid of the 14th century ; letters of Washington ; Aristot' •, in black-hdter Latin MS. ; ancient Greek MSS. of nipi)ocrates, (Jregoiy Na/ izcn, &c., with Pivangelisterios, Psalters, &c. ; old Hebrew MS. of Kstiicr (in r< ) ; the Gospels in Latin, 8th century (oldest MS. in America) ; illuminated Latin missals ; MS. Koran ; Sanscrit and Siamese books in leaves ; y bcantiful Persian MSS. on silk paper ; book printed in Mexico City, ITjOO ; Rale's Dictionary of the Al)enaki language, in Iris own writing ; Eliot's Indian IJible ; Bay Psalm-Book (1640), lirst book i)rinted in America, north of Mexico ; medals, relics, autographs, &c. Busts of distinguished lueu surround the hall. Nearly in line with Gore Hall is Appleton Chapel, recently injured by fire. The most con.spicuous object about the stjuare is the immense tower of the * Memorial Hall, a stately edifice now building, whose simple and massive architecture contrasts strongly with the Renaissance style of the other new buildings. A beautiful little cloister, at one end of the Memorial Hall, seems like a token from Old Cambridge. AVithin this noble building are to be held the Coniniencement exei'cises and alumni dinners. The Hall is being ervscted by the alumni as a memorial to those of their number who fell in the War for the Union. Near by, on a so-called Delta, is the gynniasium, an octagonal structure, while the i^awrence Scientific School is opi)osite Hohvorthy Hall. Beyond Memo- lial Hall are the buildings occupied by the Zoological and other museums, in the vicinity of Divinity Hall, the seat of the Unitarian Theological Siihool and Library. The E]nscopal Divinity Scliool is near tlie beautiful little church of St. John. The Observatory and Botanical Gardens are out on Garden St., beyond the State Arsenal. In front of the colleges, on the Green, is a monument, erected by the City, in memory of 339 officers and men of Cambridge wlio died in the War for the Union. Far- tlter on is tlie new and elegant Shepard Memorial Church, erected by the Congregational ists in honor of Thomas Shepard, an Emanuel College di- vine, who Wi's pastor at Cambridge from 1035 to 1649, and was one of the founders and patrons of the college. " Its location at Cambridge was due to him." In front of the church is the Washington Elm, probably 300 years old. Near it the old Indian councils took place, and, at a later day, the town-meetings, and under its foliage, July 3, 1775, Washington assumed command of the armies of America. , . » A large, old-style house, back from the street, and nearly opposite Gore Hall, is called the "Bishop's Palace." It was built in 1761-05 by East Apthorp, an Anglican Bostonian, educated at Old Cambridge, who was sent here as a mission- ary, and hoped to be appointed Bishop of New England. But the hostility of the Puritan divines and people was so marked, that he returned to Ejigbiia, and was given a stall in St. Paul's. In 1777, Burgoyne occupied the house as headquarters of the captive Anglo-Hessian army. Near Brattle St. is the house where Baron Riedesel, commander of the division of Brunswiekers, was quartered. The Baroness, with a diamond, cut her autograph here on a wind(nv-pane, which is still preserved. Near Brattle St., ou the right, is a stately old colonial mansion. i 1 See page 20. 3' r i> THE PRINCIPAL PORTIONS OF THE CEMETERY. i 1. Entrance. 2. Chapel. 3. Spruce Avenue. 4. Public Lot. 5. Laurel Hill. 6. Walnut Avenue. 7. Mountain Avenue. 8. Mount Auburn Tower. 9. Dell Path. 10. Pine Hill. 11. Central Square. ' 12. Cedar Hill. 13. Harvard Hill. 14. Juniper Hill. 15. Temple Hill. 16. Rosemary Path. 17. Jasmine Path. 18. Chestnut Avenue. 19. Poplar Avenue. 20. Auburn Lake. 21. Lime Avenue. 22. Larch Avenue. 23. Halcyon Lake. 24. Forest Pond. 25. Central Avenue. 26. Road to Fresh Poud. ENVIRONS OV BOSTON. Jloute 2. 33 n 26 So I ^oud. above two ten-aces, surrounded by broad lawns and tine elms. Built about the middle of the last ceutuiy, the house was deserted by its Loyalist owner at the outbreak of 1775, and then occupied by Washington as headquartera. Here, through the long winter of the siege, Lady Washincfton often held receptions. This noble estate is now owned by the jtoet Longfellow. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, born in Portland, 1807 (Bowdoin College, 1825), spent four years (1826 - 30) in Europe, ond then was Professor of Modem Languages at Harvard University (1835-54). iJesides several prose romances and many short poems of great power, he has publisheil " Evangeline " (1847.) " The Golden Legend" (1851), " Hiawatha" (185.5), a translation of Dante's " DivinaCommedia," 3 vols. (18G7-70), "The Divine Tragedy" (1871), and "Tales of a Wayside Inn," lii'st (1863) and second series. Mr. Longfellow is i)erhaps the most popular of American poets, and is distinguished as a faithful translator, an original and j)ro- fouiully perceptive poet, and au admirer of the picturesque features in medi&'val Eurojiean history. Mount Auburn. (Horse-cars from Harvard Square in ^ M.. 4 M, distant from Boston.) A large tract of forest-covered and romantic hills on the banks of the Charles had long formed a favorite ramble for the students of Harvard, until, in 1831, it was purcliased by tlie Horticultural Society, and a portion of it consecrated for a cemetery, with imposing ceremonies. This was the pioneer of the large rural cemeteries of America, and is but a few years younger than Pere la Chaise, at Paris. The whole tract of land was soon bought in from tlie Horticultural Society, and large additions have since been made, until now it covers 125 acres. The name "Sweet Auburn," which the Harvard men had bestowed upon it, was changed to Mount Auburn. " This tract is beautifully undulating in its surface, containing a number of bold eminences, steep acclivities, and deep, shadowy valleys," and is laid out with broad, curving avenues intersected by foot-paths. The emblematic iron fence which bounds the front is provided with a mas- sive granite entrance-gate of Egyptian arcliitecture, (50 ft, long and 25 ft. high, on whose outside is carved, " Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God who gave it." From the gate Central Ave. runs to Pine Hill, which overhangs Consecration Dell. The chapel, not far from the gate, on a hill to the r., is a handsome Gothic edifice, abounding in pinnacles, and furnished with stained glass windows from Edinburgh. Inside the chapel are four noble * statues : Judge Story, by W. W. Story ; John Winthrop, the first colonial gover- nor, by R S. Greenowfh ; James Otis, the leader of the first aggressions against British misrule, by Crawford; and John Adams, representing tlie revolutionary and subsequent constitutional era, by Randolph Rogers. On Central Ave. is a fine statue of Hosea Ballou, an eminent Univer- salist divine, of Boston, not far from the statue (in a sitting posture) of Dr. Bowditch, the mathematician and nautical writer. Fronting the chapel is a majestic * memorial work (by Milnwre) representing a colos- sal lion couchant with a calm and heroic female head. The design is taken from a work executed in the highest perfection of Egyptian art, 2* c 34 Route 2. ENVIRONS OK BOSTON. and is a fine personification of tl»e ancient idea of the myotic " one who outlooks stars and dreanus o'er graves." Hannali Adams, Uie historian of the Jews, was tlie first person buried in the cemetery, and her humble monument is still pointed out. Near the end of Central Ave. is the monument to John Murray, the founder of Universalism in America. Spurzheim is buried near the Bowditch monument. Near the Ballou statue on Central Ave. is the monument erected to W. F. Harnden, founder of the express business, by tiie express-companies of the United States. Under a canojty of granite is a large stone safe with bas-reliefs, supported on bronze claws, alongside of which a marble watch-dog lies. On Mount Auburn, the highest i)oint of the cemetery, stands a massive and graceful granite tower, fron? whose top an extensive * view is enjoyed. Tlie rich valley of the Cliarles is in full sight, from the villa-covered heights of Watertown to the widenings whicli are lined by the palaces on the Back Bay at Boston. The rural roads of Brookline are in the S., and over and beyond them rise the high hills of Milton. In tlie E. is Cam- bridge and the ancient walls of Harvard University, while a , succession of bright villages stud t'le country to the N. and W. For the rest, the tranquil and shaded walks of the cemetery are lined with thousands of monuments, of every form and style, from simple tab- lets to costly and beautiful statues. Pretty lakelets diversify the surface of the dells, and platoons of obelisks rise along the hills. The gateway, the chapel, sphinx, and tower, are the ivrincipal objects to be seen. Hours may be spent in pleasant rambling through the other avenixes, passing the graves of scores of local celebrities and magnates of Massa- chusetts. If the visitor wishes to know how to do Moiint Auburn minute- ly, " Dearborn's Guide "may be bought at the gate. N. of Mount Auburn about f M., is Fresh Pond, a pretty sheet of blue water, winding under the shadow of wooded hills, with villages on its banks. The Fresh Pond Hotel is favorably situated on its shore. 2 to 3 M. N. is Spy Pond (pleasant hotel), the ice from whose clear am spark- ling waters is much used in Boston during the summer heats. S. W. of Mount Auburn, on the banks of the Charles, is the United States Arse- nal, covering 40 acres, where great amounts of munitions of war are stored. About 1 M. beyond, also on the river, is the village of Watertown, 8 M. from Boston, on the Fitchburg Railroad. Early in the 17th century a nomadic church from this place founded Wethersfield, Conn. In 1643 Massachusetts sent four Puritan missionaries to convert Anglican Vir- ginia. The Cavaliers drove them oft", and Knowles, the Watertown pas- tor, went to England, and ])reached in Bristol Cathedral several years. John Sherman, pastor here 1(347-85, bears on his tombstone, " In Sherman's lowlj' grove ore lain The heart of Paul, and Euclid's bruin. ENVIllONS OF BOSTON. Haute 2. 35 k Harriet G. Hosmer, tl'c foremost of female sciili)t()r8, waa hnvn at Watertown in 1830. After long anatomical studies, she went t* Rome in I8a'J, and has since lived there. Most of her works are retained in Italy and En^dand. Ifer most re- markable i)ie('es are " ZenoViia in Chains," "The Sleeiting Faun," "i'uek," ami " Beatrice Cenci." S. of Watertown is the town of Newton, with several villages, in- habited mostly by men doing busines.s in Boston. Brighton (Cattle-Fair Hotel, Bnr/hton Hotel, Riverside, kc), E, of Newton, ha.s the largest cattle-market in New England, The day of market is Wednesday, when Brighton presents a lively sight. S. E. of Brighton is tlie town of Brookline, famous for the suburban residences of Boston merchants. Near the station of the New York and New England Railroad is the principal village, with the ornate and attrac- tive stone town-house, near which is a neat public-library building. Within this town is Brookline Reservoir, witli a capacity of 120,000,000 gallons of water. Here terminates tlie long and sinuous brick culvert, running from Lake Cochituate, in Natick, wliich is here supplemented by iron mains, which carry the water into Boston. 1 M. distant is the great Chest- nut Hill Reservoir (5 M, from Boston City Hall), with a capacity of 800,000,000 gallons. The most popular drive about Boston is that to and around Chestnut Hill Reservoir. Jamaica Pond, near the village of Jamaica Plain, and K of Brookline, gave the first water-supply to Boston. From 1795 to 1840 it was carried through the city in hollow pine logs. In 1851 this was stopped, and now villas and immense ice- houses line the shores. Tn Jamaica Plain (where encamped the Rhode Island forces, the best equipped and disciplined in the army, in 1775 -70), is a fine monument to the soldiers of West Roxbury who were killed in the War for the Union. § M. from this village is the large cemetery of Forest Hills. (Horse-cars to and from Boston, also Providence Railroad.) It is entered by a large and elegant turreted Gothic gate- way of stone, bearing the inscriptions, " I am the Resurrection and the Life," and, " He that keepeth thee will not slumber." Near the gateway to the 1. is the fmest receiving-tomb in New England, with a Gothic })ortico of granite, of imposing size and form. On Mount Warren Gen. .Joseph Warren is buried ; on Mount Dearborn, Gen. U, A. S. Dearborn, This cemetery is larger and plainer than Mount Auburn, and is mainly notable for its air of rustic naturalness. Consecration Hill commands a fine view of the hills of Milton and the fair Lake Hibiscus. In the S, part is a monument " Erected by the City of Roxbury in honor of her soldiers who died for their country in the Rebellion of 1861 to '65." A bronze soldier, of heroic size, stands at ease on a granite pedestal, and on the inner granite tablets of the wall, about the lot, are the names of many sol- diers in letters of gold, 1 M. from Forest Hills, and a like distance from IMattapan, on the New York & New England Railroad, is the cemetery 3G Jioute 3. BOSTON TO MEW YOllK. of Mount Hope. This is in Dorchester, an ancient town wliich was united Willi Boston in 1870. Over its extensive area (wliicli is bounded on one side by tlie Bay) are scatterehanage), by imso- licited donations in answer to prayer to the Divine Guardian, and the invalids are "freely received in the name of the Lord." Bozbury {Norfolk House, a large and comfortable old hotel, on Eliot Square). Horse-cars from Park-St. Church to Eliot S(i., &c. Roxbury, an ancient city, almost coeval with Boston, was united with that city in 1868. In 1775 the Rhode Island forces built here that i)ower- ful fort which Washington pronounced the best in the siege-lines, and which seriously galled the Royalists in Boston. Upon the hill occujtied by this fort is now the stand-pipe of the water-works, where the Cochi- tuate water is forced up through a boiler-iron tube to a height of 240 ft. above tide-marsh level, and hence supplies the highest floors in the city. The tower is a lofty and very graceful structure, with a fine view from the summit, wliich, however, is usually closed. Eliot St^. is the central point in Roxbury, and here is the building of the first (Unitarian) church, the society to which Eliot preached in the Puritan era. For the rest, the hilly streets of Roxbury are made beautiful by the villas of the city merchants and by several i)retty churches, of which the venerable St. James' Church, with its massive Saxon tower, is most attractive, r -, , Besides General Warren, who died on Bunker Hill, there were also born at Rox- bury Mujor-General Heath, of the Continental Army, and Joseph Dudley, gov- ernor of Massachusetts, 1702-15, while Thomas Dudley, long time governor, and inajor-general between 1G30-53, had his estates and mansion here. John Eliot, "the Ai)ostle to the Indians," was pastor of the church in " Rocks- bury" from 1G32 to lO'JO. Firmly believing that the Indians were descended Ironi the ten lost tribes of Israel, he made every effort for their conversion. Acquiring their language, he translated into it the Bible (1663), catechism, Baxter's Call, &c., and preached frequently to those villages of "praying Indians which he estab- lished and protected through the war of 1675-76. Utterly improvident in his charities, he would sometimes give away his whole salary on the day of its re- ceipt, and it was only by Mrs. Eliot's care and economy that his four sons were educated at Harvard, and were ranldtl»mly in the Capitol ^1848), his la«t words beinj^. "This is tiie last of earth ; I am contrnt." Under his inliuence (as Secretary of State or President) great national worlds were carried on ; Florida was added to the Union ; and the Soutli American repulilics were recognized. An opponent of the extension of slav(!ry, anil a powerful advo- cate of tlie rigiit of petition, his powers eontinued until the last, und won for him tlie title of " tlic Old Man Elorpient." Charles Francis Adams, his son, was born in Boston in 1807, and long lived in Europe. lie was one of tlie founders of the present Uepublican party, was some- time a Con^jrcssman, and in 1801 received the hereditary office of minister to England, lie held tiiis i)osition until 1.H08, — an arduous duty, since, during this time, the (nnollicial but elllcient) English sympathy with the Rebel Stiites re- cpured sleepless vigilance on his part. In 1872 he was one of the (uunmissioners to Geneva (for tlie settlement of the " Alabama" trouble), and conducted his i)art of the work with great sliill. John Hancock, born Quincy, 17'57, be(!ame a wealthy Boston merchant, and early opposed the aggressions of Parliament, st) that he and Samuel Adams alone were excepted from the general pardon which General CJage offered to the Americans. Sometime i*i'esidcnt of the Provincial Congress, in 1775 he was Presiilent of the Continental Congress, and was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence. Later he be< ime an otllcer in the uiilitia, and was governor of Massachusetts 1780-85, and 17S7-93. This district was firs^^ settled by Weston's company (1622), and Wollaston's (1G25), at a jdace called Merry Mount) where their conduct was so opposed to the principles of the Pilgrims that Miles Standish marched from Plymouth against these jovial Episcopalians, and sent tlieii- iliicfs captive to England. In 1630 the Plymouth forces made another daniagi::'.; .ittack on Merry Mount. Thomas Morton, of this colony, who was twue bani ined to England, and once imprisoned for one year by tlie Plymouth govcniment, wrote the " New English Canaan," iii which he gives the following account of the aborigines: "The Indians maybe rather accompted as living richly, wanting notiiing that is needful ; and to be comnicnded for leading a contented life, the younger being ruled by the elder, and the elder ruled by the Powahs, and the Powahs are ruled by the Devill, and then you may imagine what good rule is like to be amongst them." This curiously agrees with Cotton Mather's theoi-y that "the Indians are under the special pro- tection of the Devill." Tlic next station is Braintree (village not near railroad), an ancient farming town. This is the junction of the South Shore Railroad (see Route 4). At S. Braintree, 2 M. farther on, the Plymouth Branch Rail- road diverges to the E. Stations, Randolph, Stoughton, Poiikapaug (Briggs' Hotel), shoe-man- ufacturing towns. Stations, N. Easton, Boston, Raynham, where the Leonard brotliers set up tlie first forgo in America, in 1652. TaxLnton {Citi/ Hotel, $3 a day, on the Green) was founded by Miss Elizabeth Pool, a pious Puritan lady, of Taunton, in Somersetshire. The §,ettlement was on the territory of Coliannet, and King Philip was friendly to the Tauntonians until midsummer of 1676, when he attacked the place, and was driven off and followed sharply until he was killed. In 1810 there were but 50 houses hei'e, but the water-power of the river soon induced the location of factories, until at the present time it is a large manufacturing city, with 18,6.30 inhabitants. Mason's Locomotive Works cover 10 acres and employ 800 men, and the works of the Taunton Car Co. are also extensive. The Tack Companies make 700 varieties, from a heavy boat-nail down to microscopic tacks weighing 4,000 to the ounce. In ' BOSTON TO NEW YORK. Route S. 39 1871, 18,000,000 Itvicks wen; niay pleasant grounds. The Green is about l.\ M. from the Old Colony Station. Stations, Weir Jam t ion, Weir, N. iJightnn, Dighton. Near the latter place, on the opposite shore, is the famous Digliton Rock, — a long mass of granite with rude sculptures and inscriptions upon it (copied and published in the Aritiquitates Americance, Copenhagen), which some schol- ars refer to the Norsciueu in the 11th century, while President Stiles speaks of " the Pluonicians, who charged the Dighton Rock, and other rocks in Narragansett Bay, with Punic inscriptions which remain to this day." It is said that uear this place a skeleton was found (in 1834) with a brazen belt and breastplate, which is probably the same which inspired Longfellow's fine poem, "The Skeleton in Armor." Station S "■>i ■f..' , f -*» % * ' ^i IfT' I L I ii i 1- ■*-«S'i t'<). /',/•/ Aiiants D i. 1 } i j f t i i ( '■'■''-«,. :.{; , . 1 1^... BOSTON TO NEW YORK. Route 3. 41 fldiously beheaded. The chief Tispaquin and liis men also surrendered to Church under solemn pledges of pardon and aiimesty, but the murder of this patriotic leader was reserved for the people of Plymouth. In 1629-31 Dean Berkeley gave a high literary tone to the colony, and organized a philosophic society and scientiiic discussions. The harbor of Newport was fortified in 1733. The royal census of 1730 reported 4,640 inhabitants in the town. In 1769-70 Ne>vport stood second only to Boston in the extent of its commerce, being far ahead of New Yorlv. Its population in 1774 was l'2,o00, and in 1870 it was 12,518. In Dec, 1776, the town was captured by a British exi)edition from New York, and was held until Nov., 1779. Lord Pen^y commanded here until he was summoned to England to assume the Dukedom of Northumberland. Tlie Hessian Waldeck regiment (1,500 men) formed part of the garrison, and Admiral Howe's fleet wintered here, 1777-78, and returned here after its battle with D'Estaing's fleet off Point Judith. Later in the year D'Estaing made a daring demonstration, which caused the British to burn six frigates before the town. Sullivan and Green advanced down the island in Aug., 1778, but were forced to retire, after an indecisive action. In Nov.. 1779, the Anglo-Hessian army evacuated the place, having destroyed the wharves, fortifications, &c. In 1779 D'Estiiing worsted Admiral Arbuthnot in a jvetty action off Gardiner's Island, and then returned to Newport. In July, 1780, a large fleet, commanded by the Chevalier de Ternay, " Kniglit of St. John of Jerusalem, (iovernor of the Islands of France and Bourbon," Sc, appeared in the harbor, bringing the Count de Rocliaml)eau and 6,000 French soldiers (the regiments Bour- bonnais, Agenois, Royal Auvergne, de Saintouge, Royal Deux-Ponts, Touraine, Soissonais, &c.). Among his officers were Aubert Dubayet, who afterwards was gen. commanding Mayence and in La Vendee, and in 1796 was Minister of War ; Count d'Autichamp, afterwards an emvjre who served in all Conde's cam- paigns ; Viscount Beauharnais, afterwards President ol the Frencli Assembly and Minister of War, who was guillotined in 1794. His son Eugene became Viceroy of Italy, and his widow, Josephine, became Empress of Franco ; Berthier, af- terwards Marshal of France and I'rince of Neufchatel and Wagram, created by Louis XVIII. a Peer of France, and assassinated at liamberg in 1815; Viscount de Bethisy, afterwards lieut.-gen. in the army of Conde ; Christian, Count of Forbach, and William, his successor, fought in the Royal Deux Pouts regi- ment ; Count Axel Fersen, later Grand Marshal of Sweden ; Viscount de Fleury, later Marshal of France ; tlie Duke de Lauzun, who cdmmr nded the Army of the Rhine and of La Rochelle, defeated the royalist La Vendee, and was guillotined in 1794 ; Viscount de Noailles ; Marquis de Cliastellux ; Viscount Laval, and his son, afterwards the Duke .1". Laval ; Viscoimt de Mirabeau, colonel of the regi- ment La Touraine, brother of the great Mirabeau ; Count du Muy ; Chevalier de Mauduit-Plessis ; Marquis de Vlomenil ; Viscount de Fleury ; Count de Dumas ; Chevalier Dupertail ; Duke de Damas ; Viscount Desandrouins ; Ar^liur Count de Dillon, who defeat d the Prussiaus at Argonne and Verdun, and was guillotined in 1794 ; Marquis deDubouchet ; Baron Turreau ; Baron Viomenil ; Victor de Broglie ; Count de Custine, a veteran of e Great Frederick's Seven Year's War, afterwards governor of Toulon, commandei of the Army of tlni North, and of the Lower Rhine, and guliotined in 1793. In 1781 the Cli' valier de Tilly broke uj) Arnf)ld's rai ling fleet in the Chesapeake, and brought the Ronuilus," 44, and six other priziis into Newport. Through- out the war, New^ rt was rudely handled and gradually demolished, until Brissot de Warville, visitin tlie place in 1788, sa'd that it resembled Liege after tlie great siege. "Tlie reign solitude is only iiitLn-ruptod by groujis of idle men standing witli folded arms at tlie (corners of tie streets ; houses falling to ruin ; miserable shops wliich present nothing but a few coarse stuff's, or baskets of apples, and other things of little value ; grass growing in the public .scpiare in front of the court of justice ; rags sti'H'ed in the windows, or hung upon hideous women and lean, unquiet children." At the close of ^le Revolt tion, the French government made strenuous ettbrts to have Rhode Island ceded to the domain of France. President Adams made a naval stJition here, fortified Avith six batteries. Dr. Samuel Hopkins, the founder of the Ilopkinsian scliool of theology ("System of Theology "), and hero of Mrs. Stowe's novel, "The Jtlinister's Wooing," preached at Newport, 1770 - 1803. Dr. Stiles, afterwards President of Y'ale College, preached here for many years. The population, which in 17S2 was reduced to ujySO, ros<; slowly until the war of 1812 stop] led its growth, and since ti>eu the progress of 42 Route 3. BOSTON TO NEW YORK. i Newport, has been slow and uneven. But this unprogressive and tranquil spirit <'onstitutes one of the charms of Newport, and makes of this quiet little marine city the Ostcnd, the Nice of America. William EUery Channiu},' was born at Newport in 1780 (died 1842). "The in- fluences of ilie climate and scenery of tlie island where his l)oyhood was passed, had no slight influence ujwn the social and moral attributes of his mind." He won the highest honors at Harvard University, and afterwards was i)astor of u Unitiirian Cliurch in Boston lor 37 years. He was an abolitionist, an anti- annexationist, and an advocate of peace, and his principles were sustained with fearless independence, ])lain-spoken fidelity, and a solenm and impressive manner. As the; leader of tlie liberal i)arty in the Unitarian controversy, his power was derived as much from the symmetrical beauty of his life as from the remarkable strength of liis writings. " He has the love of wisdom, and the wis- dom of love." — Coleridge, of Channiug. v,.i'i. Newport, "the Queen of American watering-places," and a semi-capi- tal of the State of Rhode I.sland, is on the S. W. sliore of the island from wliich tlie State is named, and fronts, across its liarbor, on Narra- gansett liay. Its older portion, lying near the wharves, has many narrow streets, bordered with the houses of the year-round residents, many of whicli are mansions of the old time. New Newport almost surrounds the old town, and stretches aAvay to the S. with a great number of handsome villas and cottages. The bathing and boating at Newport are fine, the drives over the " Isle of Peace" are varied and pleasant, but the cliief charm of the place is its balmy and equable climate, due, according to most opinions, to a divergence in this direction of the waters of the Gulf Stream. Dean 'Berkeley likened the atmosphere of Newport to that of Italy, while another writer speaks of the damp sea-air and equable climate as resembling those of England. Fogs are of frequent occurrence, but of short duration. There are many summer visitors from the South and the West Indies, while the array of literary talent wliich gatliers here yearly is quite attractive. Several of the ambassadors from Europe, with the nobles connected with the embassies, spend their summers here. The feature of private cottages is largely developed here, and hotel life is quite subordinate to it. Wealthy New York and Boston merchants move into their palatial villas early in the summer, and have tlieir horses and car- riages sent on, so that by Aug. 1 the broad, firm avenues, and the hard and level beaches are filled with cheerful life. Tlie central point in Old Newport is Washington Square, with its mall and fountain. Tlie State House fronts on this Square, — a plain but solid old building erected in 1742, wliich served as a hospital from 1776 to 1781. From its steps the Declaration of Independence was read, July 20, 1776, and in its Senate Chamber is a fine portrait of George Washington, by Stuart. Tlie City Hall, the Perry Hotel, and the mansion taken by Com. Perry after his victory at Lake Erie, all front on this Square. Gen. Washington passed through this Square on his way to Rochambeau's headquarters in his first visit to Newport. In the evening the town was illuminated, and Washington, Rocliambeau, and the French nobles BOSTON TO NEW YORK. Route 3. 43 5 mall solid 1781. 1770, 11, by u by Gen. eau's town loblcs ♦ i paraded through the streets. Trinity Church (on Church St.) was hnilt in the early part of the last century, and was often preached in by Dean Berkeley (1729 to 1731). He presented an organ (vstill in use) to this church, and left a dearer token, one of his children, in the old church- yard. On Farewell St, is an ancient cemetery, where are buried many of the earliest colonists and their governors. The Jewish cemetery on Touro St. is a beautiful garden-spot kept in perfect order. Near it is the Synagogue, the first in the Union (built in 1762), and not now used, though kept in order by permanent endowments. The * Bedwood Library is south of the cemetery, in a handsome Doric building, dating from 1750. An elegant though small library is kept here, and some good paintings, together with some fine p'eces of statuary. The King of Eng- land gave 84 volumes to this library, and Dean Berkeley gave also a large number ; but when the evacuating British anny carried even the church- bells with them, they spared not the Redwood Library. Touro Park is a favorite resort, and was the gift of Judah Touro, born at Newport in 1775, the son of Isaac Touro, the pastor of the Jewish Synagogue. From 1802 to 1854 he lived in New Orleans, wliere he amassed a large fortune which he left to various charities, mostly those of the Christian Church, though he himself was a Jew. "He gave $10,000 towards the Bunker Hill Monument." On this Park, surrounded by an iron fence, stands the * Round Tower, otherwise called the Old Stone Mill, an ivy-clad, circular stone tower supported on roimd arches. More battles of the antiqua- rians have been fought over this ancient tower than could well be num- bered, the radical theories of its origin being, on the one side, that it was built by the Norsemen in the 11th century, and on the other that a colonial governor (over perhaps 500 people), built it for a windmill in the 17th century. Verrazzani spent 15 days in the harbor and exploring the land (1524), but makes no mention of this tower ; while, on the other hand, it is certain that the early colonists never built in such architecture or materials as are here seen. The only thing in favor of the mill theory is the fact that Gov. Benedict Arnold (died in 1678) bequeathes it in his will as "my stone-built windmill." The opening scenes of Cooper's "Spy "are laid in this vicinity ; and Longfellow's poem, "The Skeleton in Armor," has told its story. But " its history has already, in Young America, passed into the region of myth." Near the round tower stands the statue of Commodore M. C. Perry, who opened Japan to the world (1854). The Vernon House (corner Mary and Clarke Sts. ) w'<,s Rochambeau's headquarters in 1780. Also on Clarke St. is the Central Baptist Church, built in 1733, and next to it is the armory of the Newport Artillery Com- pany, an elite corps, formed in 1741. The first Methodist steeple in the world is on the church on Marlboro St. The Penrose House, on Churcli 44 Route 3. BOSTON TO NEW YORK. \\ >: \ ! St., a famous old colonial mansion, where Gen. Washington was once a guest, is now a tenement house, and the Channing Mansion (built 1720) is near Thames St. The First Baptist Church, on Spring St., dates from 1638. In the office of the Mercury , a weekly paper started in 1758, is Ben. Franklin's printing-press, imported in 1720. The News is a bright daily newspaper. 12 M. N. E. of Newport is the Stone Bridge which unites Rhode Island with the mainland at Tiverton. About 7 M. out is the Olen, a romantic spot, tree-shaded and (piiet, where an old mill stands near a small pond. This is a favorite drive for the Newpoi-t visitors, forming an easy afternoon's ride. A small hotel is situated 1-2 M. from the Glen, and a church in the vicinity was frequently preached in by Dr. Channing, **the Apostle of Unitarianism." 6-7 M. from NcAvport, on a road running to the W. of the Stone Bridge highway, is Lawton's Valley, a beautiful rural resort, rich in verdure and in trees which are kept green by a bright stream llowing seaward. The Pond and Old Mill are the principal objects in the scenery. Over the valley is Butt's Hill, where Sir Robert Pigott attacked the Amer- icans under Sullivan and Green on their retreat from the siege. Pigott impulsively attacked the halting army, and was beaten back by them until nightfall, when the Americans Continued their retreat to the main- land, saving both their artillery and their stores. The British loss was 260, while the New England militia lost 206 men. 3| M. from New- port, on this road, is the pretty little church of the Holy Cross, and near it is the farmhouse used by the British Gen. Prescott as heaqduarters. On the night of July 10, 1777, Lieut. -Col. Barton and a small party crossed Narraganset Bay in a boat, and took Prescott from his bed, carrying him into captivity. He was exchanged for Gen. Lee. The grand drive is on * Sellevue Ave., a clean, broad road, lined with villas, and running two miles to the S. Here, at the fashionable hour, passes a procession of elegant equipages only equalled in Central Park, Hyde Park, or the Bois de Boulogne. Many of the homes along this avenue are of palatial splendor, and they form a handsome panorama of architecture. Bailey's Beach is at the end of Bellevue Ave. ; and among the rocky cliffs on the shore near by is the Spouting Cave, a deep cavern running back from the sea, into which great Avaves crowd after a storm from the S. E. Unable to go farther, they break with a heavy boom, and dash upward through an opening in the roof, sometimes to a height of 40-50 ft. From the cliffs in the vicinity (near the Boat- House Landing) a noble sea-view is gained, stretching as far as Block Island, 30 miles S. W. The picturesque Gooseberry Island is nearer, in the foregroimd. "A finer sea-view — lit up, as it is, moreover, • ^ BOSTON TO NEW YOKK. Route 3. 45 along Oram a : and deep 'ter a leavy to a Boat- Block learer, cover, by tlie ever truly fairy-like spectacle of ships gliding under sail over the waters — the eye can rarely witness." Narragansett Ave. runs at right angles with Belle vue Ave., and terminates on the E. at the Forty Steps (leading dowu tlie rocks). It is lined with fine houses. The * First Baach (about ^ M. from the Ocean House) is a strip of white sand, hard and smooth, extendiag for 1 M, in length and lined with batli-liouses. The slope of the shore is very gradual, . id the surf is light rather than lieavy, so that this is one of the safest beaches on the coast. It is a lively and brilliant scene liere during the hours of the white flag in warm days, and the beach is fringed with carriages. The Cliff Cottages are in this vicinity. 1 M. E. is the Second, or Sachuest Beach, whose "lianl black beach is the most perfect race- course, and the heaving of the sea sympathizes with the rider, and in- s[)ires him." The hours of low tide are the favoriiv- times to ride here. * Purgatory is at the W. end of Sachuest Beach. It is a wonderful chasm, 100 ft. long, 40 - 50 ft. deci), and 8-14 ft. wide at the top, torn out by upheaval or eaten by the waves, iu the graywacke rock. Several feet of water remain in the chasm at low tide, and in stormy high tides heavy masses of water boom through it. The familiar story of the Lover's Leap of course attaches to this place, but is antedated by the legend that the Devil once threw into it a sinful Indian sqxiaw, and his lioof-marks can be seen by all unbelievers. Other stories, of later date, attach to the Purgatory, but the origin of its name does not transpire. Paradise is a verdant valley adorned with cottages, opening off Sachuest Beach, and near it is a mass of rocks and upheaved boulders called Para- dise Lost. The Tiiird Beach is a long, quiet, and sequestered line of sand, above which are tlxe Hanging Books, where, in a sheltered natural alcove. Dean Berkeley loved to siL, and look out over the wide sea, and write dowu his meditations. Here he composed "Alciphron ; or the Minute Philosopher," a series of Platonic dialogues defending the Christian system. Here probably he wrote the noble lyric oudiug with tlio prophcy : — " Westward the course of empire takes its way, The four first acts already past, A fifth shall end the drama with the day. Time's noblest offspriug is the last." George Berkeley, Dean of Derry, a famous philosopher and idealist, conceived a plan for converting the Amcrictan Indians by a university, and came to New- port, under royal charter, in 1729. He built the mansion " Whitehall" (now a fiirmhouse), 3 M. from the town, but soon found that hi^ scheme was iin- jnacticable, and returned to England in 1731, giving his Newport estate and a fine library to Yale and Harvard Colleges. From 1733 until his death (in 1753) he was Uishop of Cloyue. AVashington Allston was fond of roaming on these beaches, and Dr. Channing once remarked (of First Beach), "No spot on earth has helped to form me so much as that beach." Saclmest Point is on the S. E. of the island, and is much visited by fisliermen. 46 Jioute 3. BOSTON TO NEW YORK. Ml To Miantonomi Hill, \\ M. from tho city, with its old British eartJi- works and noble view of Newport niiJ its environs, is a pleasant ex- cursion for a clear day. Honeynmn's Hill, near Miantonomi, is another far-viewing point. The old Malbone Estate (see "Malbone; a Romance of Oldport," by T. W. Higginson) was at the foot of Miantonomi Hill. The Pirates' Cave and Batenian's Point are often visited, being about 4^ M. from the city, and a favorite drive is around the Neck, past Fort Adams, and along Ocean and Bellevue Aves. to the city again, the distance being little more than 10 M. Fort Adams, distant 34:-4 M. from the city (by Thames St. and WeU lington Ave.). This is the strongest (save two, Fortress Monroe and Fort Richmond) of the coast defences of the U. S., and mounts 408 can- non, requiring a garrison of 3,000 men. Its systems of covered ways, casemates, and otlier protective works, is comi)lete. The *' fort days," (twice weekly), when the garrison band plays its best music, attract great numbers of visitors, and many carriages pass the imposing granite walls, and wait on the parade. This fortress is on Brenton's Point, named for the noble family of that name. Wiiliuni Brenton was governor of the colony lGGO-69 ; his son, Jahleel, was a cus- toms officer under William III. ; his grandson, Jahleel, resided on the great family estates in the island ; his great-grandson, Jahleel, refused very tempting offers from the Americans, left his estates, which were afterwards contiscated, and com- manded the British frigate, the "Queen" ; his great-great-grandson, Jahleel, an English knight and rear-admiral of the Blue, died at Loudon in 1844. Opposite Fort Adams, on Conanicut Island, is an old stone fort, cir- cular in form, called the Dumplings. A flue marine view is enjoyed from this loftily i)laced ruin. Goat Island, opjiosite the city-wharves, is the headquarters of the torpedo division of the U. S. Naval Service. Here is the school in which the young officers of the navy are instructed in the torpedo service. Lime Rock is beyond Goat Island, and is famed for being the home of Ida Lewis, the American Grace Darling, who has saved many lives in this harbor. Hose Island is farther out in tlie Bay, and has the remains of an old fort upon it. Fort Green was built in 1798, near the Blue Rocks and the line of Washington St. On Coasiefs Harbor Island is a fine Asylum for the poor, on land left by Wm. Coddington, the founder of R. I., and for nine years its governor. Rhode Island was bought from the Indians in 1638. Its name was Aquid- necli, "The 1^'e of Pecice." The earliest discoverers named it Claudia, and a later exploring expedition from Holland, coming upon it in the autumn, when its forests Avere in bright colors, called it Rood Eylandt, the Red Island. Roger Williams tried to fasten the name " Patmos" upon it, but Rhode Island prevailed, derived, uecording to some, from its similarity to the Isle of Rhodes, a Moslem fortress in the E. Mediterranean. In that early day Neale called it "the garden of New England," and even now the Rhode Island farms are the most valuable in the six States. Olf its shores are cauglit 112 kinds of fish, ranging from whales to smelts. The island is 1;') M. long by 8-4 M. wide, and is "pleasantly laid I: ! ;. BOSTON TO NEW YORK. Routes. 47 lof the which Lime lot' Ida u this of an Iks and a fine der of JAquid- ] a later jibrcsts lilliams Icrived, Iress in \i New Ithe six lales to lly laid out in hllla and valea and ri.Hing grdunds, with plenty of excellent springs* uud line liviilctd, and many deli^^litt'ul land.icapes uf tork, and proinuntui-ies, and adjacent lands." Malbone, the celebrated portrait-painter, was lM)rn at Newport in 1777, and Capt. Decatur, of the navy, was horn here in 17JI, whoso son was Stcithen Decatur, "the Bayard of the seas." After leaving Fall River, and touching at Newport., the steamer moves on steadily through the night, passing Point Judith, Block Island, and Fisher's Island, after wliich she enters the tranquil waters of Long Island Sound. At a very early hour the narrowing W. end of the Sound is entered, and the shores of Westchester County are passed on the N. Throgg's Point, on the r., bears Fort Scliuyler (318 guns), out on the Sound, which is mated hy a strong fortress on Willet's Point (opposite). After passing several villages, J"'lushing Bay opens to the 1., with the beautiful village of Flushing at its head! Richly cultivated islands and shores follow, up to Randall's Island, with the House of Refuge, and Ward's Island, with tlie Emigrant-Refuge and Hospital, and the Potter's Field, where 3,000 of the poor of New York are buried yearly. The steamer now enters Hell Gate, a wild and turbulent succession of strong currents and whirlpools, caused by the action of immense bodies of water, in the changes of the tide, t)cing poured through this narrow and sinuous strait, which abounds in rocky islets and sunken ledges. The passage .of this point was fonnerly ditlicult and dangerous, and two or three British frigates were wrecked here during our wars. But immense ledges have l)een removed by submarine blasting, and now but little danger remains. Astoria and Ravensv/ood are beautiful villages soon passed on the Long- Island shore, after -which Blackwell's Island comes into view, with its long lines of charitable and correctional establishments. The N. point of this island is occupied by a neat little model of a fort, with a fonnid- able array of wooden cannon, called Fort Maxey or the Crazy-Man's Fort. It was built by an Irish lunatic named Ma.xey, who has lived many years here, and claims a great sum from the government for his defense of New York. The octagonal building, with two long wings, is the Lunatic Asylum. One wing is reserved for each sex, while the more noisy maniacs are kept in a separate building on the E. The Work-Houses come next, wliere willing hands which can find no work, and vagrants, wlio will not do honest labor, are furnished with appropriate work. The extensive Alnis-Houses, with the handsome house of the Superintendent, come next, being divided into male and female departments. Then the extensive Penitentiary and Charity-Hospital are passed, and, on the lower end of the island, the ornate building of the Small-Pox Hospital. These structures are all of granite, quarried here bj'- tlie convicts, and probably there is no cluster of such institutions, in the same space, in the world, wliich combine so much of safety, comfort, and practical influence for correction and restraint. Deep ship-channels run on each side of the 4 9 of C'nliasHot and Meiluute. On tliesc s.iii.e " hard ait- nitic rofk.s, which tlio waves li.ivo laid bare but liave not bi'eii ;ible to ciinrdile," in Oct., 184'.t, the emigrant vessel "St. Juiin " was wrecki'd, and niany scores of itasscngrrs were lost. "The si'a-luthin.;.? at Cecame a Cougress- 3 D ; ■I » ,; ; •* It .;; :i 00 lioute 4. BOSTON TO b. DUXBUUY. man (1813 -17, and 182:$ -27), a Senator (1827-^9, anU 1845 -r.O). and Secretary of State (1840 -4H, and 1800-52.) " Tlie famous Uartu>outh CoUegu uuse. t-Hrrifd by ajUM^ttl to Wa«liin}^ton in 1817, pluoed liini in tlu- front rank of tliu American Imr. Among tlm groat t-asis argued l»y liiiu l^i-lino tin- U. S, Supreme Court were those of (iildioiiH and Ogdni (steamltoat monoixily case), that of Ogden and Saunders (StJtto ins(dvi'rd laws), Uw. Oharies Kiver Hndg«^ case, llio Alabama liunk ease, the (jirard Will '-ase, and tiie lihode Island Ciiarter case I)ec. 22, 1.S20, he (hdivend Ids cleiirated discourse at I'lymouth on tlie anniversary of the landing of tius I'ilgiims. Others of tlds class of ellbrts were that on the laying of tiu; <'orner-stoMc of the Hunker Hill Moniimeui (.June 17, 1825), and at its completion (.June J7, isi,}), ami tlie eulogy on Adams and Jellersfm, July 4, 1826. He again entered (Joiigress in Dec., IH-'.'t ; mad^ his famous sjjeeidi on th(! (ireek Revolution ; and, as chairman of the judiciary > umuuttee, reported and carried through tiie House .1 couiplete rcvisiitii c'" tiic criminal code of the U. B. In the lyth Congress he made a masterly siieecli on the jiroposed diplo- matic Ccmgiess at ranania His great si)eech in reply to Huyne, delivered In the Senate Jan. 20 and 27, 18;iU, on Kootc'.s resolution, has been decured, next to the (Jonstitution itself, tlie most correct and coiiij)lcte exposition of tiie true powers and I'unctions of the Federal (ioverniiient." As Secretary of State under Tyler and Filiiiiorc, he settled tlu; Northeaslcni IJoumlary (piestion (Ash- burton Treaty). " Mr. Wel)ster'3 person was imposing, of commanding height, and well-proportioned, tlie head of great 8i/.(^ the eye ressive." His elo- quence on gr(!at occasions has bcien called "the llglitniiigof passion running along tne iron links of argument." He was very fond of rural life, of farming, and of fishing and hunting. On the 21th of Oct., LSrj2, at his home in Marshlield, died Daniel VVeb.ster, the foremost man in New England's history Near the Webster MonuiiK^nt is an iron-railed bjt, containing the tombs of "The Ibmblo. Josiah Winslow, CJov. of New riyniouth. Dyed December ye 18, 1080, atatis, G2." " i'eiielope, ye widdow of Cov. Winslow," and others. Edward Winslow came in the " Maytlower," and was governor of I'lymouth in 1633, '36, and '41. He was a warm friend of tlie Sacliem Massasoit. In 1G35, while Plymouth's agent. Archbishop Jjaud imi)risoiied him 17 weeks in the Fleet Prison for heretical acts. He died in 1665, wliihs in partial sujierintendence of a fleet sent by Cromwell against the Spaniards. From Edwanl's biotiier was de- scended John A. Winslow, rear-admiral U. S. navy, who fought in the Mex- ican War, and in the Western river S(iuadrons, 1S61-G3. June lit, 1804, com- manding the " Kearsaye," he was attacked off Cherbourg by the Confederate war steamer, the "Alabama." The vessels were of aliout tlie same strength, but so skilfully was the " Kearsage " protected and nianujuvred that her opponent was sunk within sight of the crow(li;d French coast. Josiah Winslow, son of Edward, was born at Marshlield in 1020, commanded the colonial armies tlirough King Piiiliji's War, and was the lirst native-born governor (1673-1080). His grandson, John Winslow, binn at Marshlield, 1702, a brave and able officer, " was tlie principal actor in the tragedy of tlie expulsion of the hap- less Aeadians from Nova Scotia in 17")5 ; and it is a singular fact that, 20 years after, nearly every person of Winslow 's lineage was, for political reasons, by the force of events, transplantetl to the very soil from which the Acadiaus were ex- pelled." After Mar.slifieUl are the stations Webster Place, Daxhury (Hollis House), and S. Duxbury. Duxbury was allotted to John Alden (youngest of the Pilgrims, whose great grandson commanded the 7th Mass. Continental Regt., and was killed in battle at Cherry Valley), and to Miles Standish. The Bradfords also settled here, and Alden Bradford, theauthor, and Gamaliel Bradford, colonel of the 14tli Mass. Regt. through the war for independence, were born here. Duxbury was so named from its be- ing the home of the military chief (dux) of the colony. Standish lived on Cap- tain's Hill, in S. Duxbury, u far-viewing eminence 180 ft. high, and sur- rounded on 3 sides by the waters of the Bay. In Oct., 1872, imposing cere- monies were held on this hill, and a costly monument (to be finished late in 1878) was dedicated to the Pilgrim soldier. ' A line view of Plymouth and the iecretary !, cRnicil Vinericuu lie Court Alubaina . . D.m;. niveraury ut oil the 825). iiiid I, July 4. |ii;eih oh ortcduiiil of tlio U. ii'd diplo- d«!livered dcfured, on of the ' of State ion (Ash- ig heiK'ht, . and his- " Ilia elo- ihiK ah)iig ig, and of held, died tombs of her ye 18, ier«. ^iiiouth ill In 1035. the Fleet denee of a r was de- tlie Mex- 804, c'oni- rate war li, but so |>nent was auded the governor Ibrave and the hap- W years [s, by the were ex- (Hollis lose great battle at Ind Alden through :n its be- on Cap- ind sui- ig cere- late in and the BOSTOX TO PT.Y MOUTH. lioute 5. 51 ocoan ((ilid of Cape Cod in rlear weather) 's oHJoyed fmin Captain's Hill. Miles Standish, u veteran of tlie Flanders canipaiKiiH, fame over witli the l'il;,'rims. and was made tlie hf>ad of tiieir armirs (consisting of 12 men), altlioiigli he did not iii'long t(t their - liur h. lie was a short man, very lirave, but impetuous and eholeric. and Ills name sunn itcrame a terror to all hostile Imlians. Ili> is tlie hero of a Imautiliil poem in niiii! parts, liy Longfellow, callid " Tlie Courtship of Alili-s Stanilish." Ralph I'artridgtf, tli'' fhst pastor of Duxbiiry, "had the innoeenceuf u dovcnnd the loftiness of au eagle. His epitaph is ' Avoluvit.' " — Math kii. The Stamlish Ho\ise is on the harbor some distance from the S. Dii.Khury Station. Its still-water bathing is good. From Duxbury Tost Oliice to Plymouth, by the main road, is U M. At Duxbury is the Anierieau end of the French Atlantic Telegraph. 5. Boston to Plymouth. Via Old Colony Railroad, ;}7.^ M., in 1^ hrs. Boston to S. Braintree, see Route 3. Stations, S. Weymouth^ N. Abiaijton (('ulver House), AhingUm, S. Abhujbm (Wheeler House), the last three stations being in a town of about 10,0(10 inhabitants, who are mostly engaged in the manufacture of shoes. The line now ai>i)roaches the great lake-strewn forest of the Old Colony, passing the stations of X. Jlansoii, Hanson, Halifax, P/i/inpton, and Kings- ton (Patuxet House, with daily stage to N. Carver). The train now passes along the W. shore of Plymouth Harbor, with Cai)tain*s Hill (Duxbury) prominent on the 1. across the water. Plymouth, Umpame, or Patuxet. (Sanioset House, a largo and comfortable liotel, near the II. II. Rtation. 31.50 to I? 2 a day). Elizabeth, Queen of England, in I.'i58-G2, i)ut into operation the Acts of Su- jircmatiy and Uniformity, and the Articles of Keligion, sternly forbidding all forms of religious worship within her realm, save those jirescribed by the Chimdi of Kiiglnnd, of which she was the head. Ahiiost simultaneously a sect sprang up, (hiiming that the Anglican Church still retained many of the errors of U(»man Cutlmlicism ; while, in opposition to the Queen's primacy and ecclesiastical laws, tliey mainUiined that the church was spiritual, governed by the laws of Christ given in the New Testament, and separate from tem]ioial affairs and independent of earthly sovereigns. Hence they were called Separatists (sometimes Brown- ists). They were imprisoned and martyred by the government, and in 1598 many tied to Hollaml. Churches existed at Southwark and elsewhere, but the true birthplace of the Pilgrim Church (if nut at Jerusalem) was at the deserted "Manor of the Bishops " (of Ytjrk) at Hcrooby. Bancfoft, the new primate, redoubled tho persecutions, in 1002, and in 1G08 tho church at Scrooby ran the blockade of the English coast, and went to Amsterdam. In lOOG tho Pilgrims moved to Leyden, and in 1G20 sailed from Delfthaven, via iS(nithampton, for America. On Sept. 0, the "Mayflower," previously driven back by adverse circumstances, left Ply- mouth in England, intending to reach land and settle near the Hudson River. By treacliery or otherwise they struck tlie continent far north of this ])oint, and on the 21st Dec, 1020, the Pilgrims hmded at New Plymouth. Capt. 8mith was severely attacked here by the Indians in 1014, and atandish's ruile forays ou Cape Cod had enraged the aborigines, but the Wampanoag tribe, which in 1610 numbered 30,000 souls, had been reduced by a great war, followed by a pestilence, to a remnant of 300. 13y the latter part of March, 44 Pilgrims had died, and then the Sachem Massasoit made an alliance with the dwindling colony. In 1622 a massive structure was erected for a church, with a battlemented i-oof and ord- nance, which made it the castle of the village. In 1621 and 1623 other eompauiea 62 liotile 5. BOSTON TO PLYMOUTH. w ■\' \ I '« !l of Pilji^.ijTns rrossed tlie sea, nftcrwliicli the colony tlirovo and occupied theneigli- boiin;^ lands. In March, 10l!l, Saiuoset an(l Tisquantiun came in and told thoin ul" tlic land (the latter having hucii stolen by Hunt, in :iG14, from the coast, and soM at Malaga as a slave). In KL'!, the lirst cattle ever in New f]n}.'land were landeil hen^ and 'u Mie same year Plymouth was found to consist of \v>. houses, surrounded hy a h.>i,di i)alisade with fortihed gates. ('an:iiiieus, chief of the Narra- gausetts, sent a sheaf of arr')ws bound witli a rattlesnake's skin, to t!(»v. IJr.Mlfonl, as a token of hostility. The skin was filled witli iK)wder and shot, and sent hack to Canonicus, wiio understood tiiis grim answer, and as loTig as he lived restrained his trilie from attack' ; the colony. As one of the United Colonies, 1'1\ mouth bore her i)art in the Indian wars, until it finally joined the colony of M.issachusetts Bay, in lt)9'2. " Methinks I see itnow, that one, solitary, adventurous vessel, the 'Mayflower,' of a forlorn hope, fniighted with the ])ros])e(!ts of a future state, and bound acro.ss tii(> uiderils, ]iursuing their all but desjierate undertaking, and lauded at List, after a five months' pao.sage, on the ice-clad rocks of I'lymouth, weak ai;d weary from the ^■>y''i{^*'i pooi'ly armed, . , . without shelter, without means, surrounded by hos- tile tribes Tell me, man of military science, in how many months were tliey all swejit away by the 'M savage tribes of New England ? Tell me, politician, liow long did this Lihachvw of a colony, on which yc.ur conventions and treaties hail not r.miled, langni.sh on the distant co.ast? .... Is it possible, that, from a Vje- ginning so feeble, so frail, so worthy not so much of idmiration as of pity, there has gone forth a progress so steady, a growth so wonderful, an expansion so ani])le, a reality so importaVit, a promise, yet to be fulfilled, so glorious?" — Ed- warp JtiVERKTT. See also Mrs. Uemans' inimitable hymn, bcginninjr, " The brcnking wnvos dnshed hij.'h On a stern und mck-bouiid t'oust. When a band of exiles moored their bark Hy the wild New lliiglund sliore." On Court St. is tlie classic * Pilgrim Hall, in front of which i.s a rock ol gray sienitic granite, surrounded by an iron fence. This is "the cor- ner-stone of the Repuhlic," a portion of the rock on "vvhich the Pilgrims first stepped from their boats, and which was dra^wii from the water- side in 1775. The Pilgrim Ilall (opin dailr) contains ''The Lauding of the Pilgrims, " a largo painting of much interest (13 x IG ft.), and nine i)ortraits ; busts of Daniel Webster and John Adams ; Governor Carver's chair ; sword, kc, of Miles Standish ; the gun-barrel with which King Philip was lulled, and a letter from King Philip ; embroidery by Lorea Standish ; and a great number of rulios of tlie early colonists, with an elegant model of the monument which is to be, Th(i principal ledge of * Forefathers' Pvjck is on Water St., and is covered by a singular edifice (canopy) of granite, in whose iittie has been 2)l:iced the boi\es of several men who died in the winter ot" 1620-1. !| '^m SHt f SW^ y Hg i J ftwfyg^ ■ BOSTON TO PLYMOUTH lioute 5. 53 ? t Town Green is at tlie end of Alain Street. On tno site of the present Gothic Unitarian Clmrch older churches were built in the tirst days. The remarkably homely Church of the Pilgrimage (Cong.) stands near by. Opposite this church is the Town Hall, built in 1749. To the r. of the Uiiitarian Church is the path to the * Burying Hill, where many of the Pilgrims were interred. Ancient and moss-covered tomb- stones cover the green slopes, with here and there more pretentious mon- n'iaents, as those to Gov. Bradford, Elder Cushman, and others. In 1622, the embattled church was built on this hill, with six cr.imon on its sheltered flat roof. Every man brought his gun and anmiunition to church, and sentinels, on a tower, watched incessantly. Tht * view from Burying Hill is fine, embraciiig the harbors of Plymouth and Duxbury, Captain's Hill, Cape Cod, Manomet Hills, &c. Leyden St., the first street in New England, runs E. from Town Square to the water. Near the foot of Middle St. and W". of the canopy-covered rock, is a small green space called Cole's Hill, where re buried 50 of the Mayflower company (including Gov. Carver), 1620-21. Near the Pilgrim Hall are the ha!;Jsome County buuuings ; and on Training Green, near the High School, is a monument to the town's soldiers who died in the War for the Union. Behind the High Scho(d is Watson's HHl, where Massasoit appeared in Maich, 1621, with 60 warriors, and concluded a league with the handful of Pilgrims which was sacredly kept for 50 years. Billington Sea, one of the two hundred ponds which are in the vast Ply inouth Forest ("the Adirondacks of Massachusetts"), is about 2 M. from the vill.lgo, and is ih M. around. About 3 M. S. of Plymouth is the Clifford House, a favorite summer resort. S. W. ( " Plymouth i.s the lofty promontory of Manomet, near which is tlie viUag (hotel) of Manomet Ponds. A strip of sand 3 M. long forms a natural breakwater before the town, on which, in Dec, 1779, the war-ship "Gen. Aniold" was wrecked, and 70 men <'rozon to death on her decks. In the N. part of the harbor is Clark's Island, where the Pilgrims remained Dec. 9th and 10th, 1620. Beyond are the prominent points of Sacpiish and the G-^rnet, on the latter of which is a lighthouse. On a liigh hill near the Samoset House 9 acres of laud have been 'nought, and 1,500 tons of granite laid as foumhition for a National Monument to the Fore- fathers. On an oetagonal pcilestal of granite 40 ft. higli, will st-iind a .statue of Faith, also 40 ft. high (the "Havaria^' at Miuiich is 42 ft. high). Her right hand is uplifted, and her left hohls a Bible. On pedeslals about the base will be, four sitting statues repre.senting the cardinal principles of the Pilgrim coiiniioiuvealth, — Morality, Law, Education, and Freedom. Euch of these is to be 20 ft. high, with 8 statues in niched panels by their thrones, each of which will be 9 ft. high. Historical records and bas-reliefs will adorn the sides of the i)edestal, and an in- ternal stairway will lead to the feet of Faith. Statues, pedestal, aud^all, are t(j bu of granite. 64 Route 6. BOSTON TO CAPE COD. 6. Boston to Cape God. ¥. Via Old Colony R. R., Boston to Wellfleot, 106 miles, in 4^-5 hours. Fare, .$3.05. Two trains daily. Boston to S. IJraintree, see Route 3. Station, llolh^ook^ with a pretty little Victoria Gothic Town Hall. Station, /'■. Stoufjhion, after which the line pas.ses through a district which illustrates the poverty oi' the American mind in the matter of I'.aming towns. Four towns, each containing many square miles, are named respectively, N. Bridffewo.ter, W. IJridi/ewatf)', E. Jiridfjeu'citer, and Bridgcwater. Stations, iV. Brklgeioater (Standi.sh House), Campcllo, Keith's, E. and W. Bridfjcioater. Bridgewater, Sawtucket (Hyland House), was bought of the Indians by Miles Standi.sh in ItJiS. In 1710, Hugh Orr, a Scotchman, erected a trip-hammer here, and in 1748 made 500 muskets for the Province of Massachusetts, the same being tije fii.st made in this country. Duruig the Revolution, he made great numbers of iron and brass cannon, and cannon-ball.'H for the ontinental army. A branch railroad, 7 miles long, runs from Bridgewater to S. Ahinritan, on the Plymouth Branch li. R. Stations, Titicut anf! Middleboro (No- masket House), a prosperous town (of about ,5,000 inhabitants), where several railways unite. Between S. Braintrce and Fall River the Old Colony R. R. has two divisions, eastern and v;e.sterr;, several mil s ajiart. On the we; t'> u division (the shorter of the two) the st 'tmboat trains run, while tin ea.stem ui^. i.sion, running E. of S. from Boston to jliddleboro, hero turns sharply to the 8. W. to Fail River and Newport. From Middleboro to Fall River by tin main (eastern) line is 14 M., passing stations Tjikerilh', Miirick's, and Assur.d. At Myriok's, the New Bedford an Marion station is t high ]iromontory, surrounded on three Bides by Buzzards Bay and Wing's Cove, on which is a favorite summer hotel, the Gieat iiill House. Mattapoiselt (Mattapoisett House) is a .5mall village near Buzzards Bay, with fine water-views and large inland forests. The fishing in the inlets IS fine. After passing Tremont station, on the Cape Cod R. R., the line passes through the town of Wareham, the nortliern inlets of Buzzards Bay being often seen on the r. Stations, S. Wareham, Wareham (Ken- t i- »' !^ ^ -/v^%J»t*se**w».-5Bfe««-'A^''»''^fl*''?»'^^ BOSTON TO CAPE COD. Route 6. 55 Fare, rliall, tlie Norsfinan, in the year 1007. ("When they were ready, and their sail hoisted, Thorhall san^' : Let us return where our peoj)le are. Let us make a bird (vessel), alvilftil to lly through the heaven of sand, to ex- l)lore the broad traelv of ships ; wliile warriors who impel to the tempest of swords, who praise tiie laud, iniiabit V»'ouder-Strauds, and cook whales.") In ]ri24, Verrazzani, in the frigate " Dauphin," coasted about Cape Cod, which is inobably his " Cape Arenas," and in 15ii5, the Portuguese mariner Gomez, explored and mapped much of southern New England. The first Anglo-Saxon in New England war, Capt. Gosnold, who coasted and named Cape Cod in the year 1002, having caught many codlish thereabouts, and landed at dilferent points. In 1G04, Champlaiu visited this locality, and named it Cap Blanc (White Cape), because the sand contrasted so with the darl; rociis of the northern coasts. A harbor on the S. E. he named Mallebane, which name still clings to the S. E. Cape. In IGOi), Hendrick Hudson, with a vessel of the Dutch E. I. Company, rediscovered Cape Cod, naming it Ne\v Holland, and found a mermaid near by, concerning which (or whom) he gives a curious account. In 1614, Capt. John Smith visited the Cape, and describes it as "a headland of high hills of sand, overgrown Avith shrubby pines, hurts, and such trash, but an excellent harbor for all weather." Prince Charles, his patron, named it Cape James, but the name did not take. About this time tlu; infamous Capt. Hunt kidnapped a ship-load of Indians from the coast, so when Harlow landed at the Ca]ie late in 1G14, he was attacked, and only escapiid (witii loss) by cannonading the attacking flotilla of canoes. In 1016, a French ship grounded or anchored near the Cape, was car- ried by boarding, and the Indians killed all on board savt; four, whom they sent far and wide through the country as curious trophies. The horrible i)estilence which immediately after passed over Massachusetts, was attributed by the Indian doctors to tliis fact. In 1020, the vanguard of the Pilgrims appeared in one of the Capo harbors, and erelong many villages si)rang uji here. In 1623, the blame- less chiefs, Cawnacome, Sachem of Manomet (Sandwich), Aspinet of Nauset (Chatham), and lyanough of Cummaquid (Barnstable), w.-re witli the council at Weymouth when Standish made his attack. They escajied and hiil in the swamps of the Cape, where they soon died of sorrow and privation, aut5 M. by R. R. and 70 M. by water. This village lias 100 vessels and nearly i,000 men in the mackerel fishery. The railroad ends at Welllieet, and stages connect with it for Provincetown, although it is said that late in 1873 a through track will be laid. North of Wellfieei is Truro, ;i large, desolate district, on one of whose beaches the Britisli friga!' " Sunierset '' was wrecked in 1778, and 480 men made prisoners. Neat Welltleet, in 171S, the " Wh.i- dah," a pirate-ship mounting 23 guns, was wrecked, and 130 buccaneers were drowned. Truro war, .settled in HCX under the name of j^arij; r- 4 ^ BOSTON TO CAPE COD. Route 0. 57 \ i field, as it has perhaps the most fatal coast in New England. Scores of vessels have been dashed in pieces on its shore, and hundreds of lives have been lost. There is scarcely a family in Truro, or indeed on the whole Cape E. of Barnstable, but has lost some member by the disasters of the sea. Truro lost 57 men and 7 vessels, and Dennis lost 28 men in one day of 1811. The lofty Fresnel burners of the famous Highland Light (at Clay Pounds on the outer shore of Truro) shed a vivid radiance over leagues of rude coast and deep sea. Thorpjiu walked from Orloiiiis to Provincetown (soveral days) on the ocean side of til is "sand-bar in the midst of the sea," and says : — • "The nearost beach to us on the cast was on the coast of Galicia, in Spain, whose capital is Santiago, thotigh by old poets' rcckoniiif,' it should have been Atlantis or the ITesperides ; but heaven is found to bo farther west now. At first we wore abreast of that jiart of Portiiijtal eutro Poiiro e iMino, and then Galicia and the jiort of Pontevedro opeiu-d to us as wc walked along : but wo did not en- ter, the breakers ran so higli. Tliebold headland of (.'ape Flnisterre, a little north of cast, jutted toward us next, with its vain brag, for we flung l>ack, — ' Here is Cape Cod, Cape fjand's beginning.' A little indentation towanl the north — for the land loomed to our imaginations like a conuuon mirage— we knew was the Bay of Biscay, and we sang : * There wo Uiv fill next day, In tlie liay of Biscay, O ! '" "A little south of oast was Palos, where Columbus weighed anchor, and farther yet the ]iillars which Hercules sot up." Truro is "a village where its able-bodied men are all ploughing the ocean together as a common field. In X. Truro the women and girls may sit at their doors and see where their husbamls and brothers are Imrvesting their mackerel 15-20 M. off, on the sea, with hundreds of white han-est- wagons." The 2nd Mass. Ctnitinental Reg. marched from this E. end of the Cape, and fought through the Revolution. In Nov., 1020, Standish au'l 16 men, "with nuisket, sword, and corslet," landed at l^ong Point, Provincetown, chased the iiurcsisting Indians into Truro, pillaged many graves, and carried off everything jiort," ile. They were attacked in Kastham, by Indians, but the arrows fell harnile.ssly from their corsleti, while the nuisket-shot told on the half-dad red men. Provincetown (Allstntm House, Central House) is a curious ma- rine village, distant from Boston 118 M. by land and 55 M. by water (steamer leaves t!entral Whaif, Boston, Wednesday and Saturday morn- ings, returning on Monday and Thursday mornings. Fare 61-50). Tlie Harbor is a noble one, broad and clear, and is the favorite refuge of the fishing fleets. The energies of the townsmen are devoted to the fisheries — of mackerel, cod, and sperm-whales, in wliose pursuit they search the wildest and nmst distant banks and bays of the N. Atlantic. The village lies along the l)each between tlio sea and the desert, — an in- habited beach, where fishernien cure and store their tish, without any back country. This is the last town in that strange region where the peojde "are said to be more purely the descendants of the Pinitans than the inhabitants of any other part of the State." From these .shores come the most daring and skilful cf Anierica?\ seamen. " Wherfi\er over the vorld you see the stars anpt, or Chathara Harbor." " Caj e 1 ', II • -I •J I >. 1 58 Route 7. BOSTON TO MARTHA'S VINFA'ARD Cod ia tlip l)arc and 1)pik1p(1 nrin of Mass.ipTinsetts ; the shonldf-r is at Buzzards Bay ; the flhovv, or crazy-lMHn;, at Cajits Mak-bane ; the wrist Truro, and the sandy fist at Pr'>vin'etown, beiiind wliich the iState stands on e.r guard, with I'cr i>ark to thr ( Jroen Mts., and linr feet jdanted on the floor (< Mie (Jcean, liliialling forms, the I'ilgrims of Leydeu laid the foundations f>f American liberty." While the Mayflower lay in this harbor, that eelebratrd C'oini»act was drawn up and signed, whicli long governed i'lymouth and her de- pendencies, and of which J. Q. Adams says : "This is, perhaps, the only instance in liuman history of that positive original social compact which si>eculative philosoi)hers have imagined as the only legitimate source of government." This solenni compact (given below) was signed by 41 men (of whom 21 died in the next foiu' months), 17 of whom had their wives with them, the remaining 43 persons being young ])eo))le and (diildren. " In the name of God, Anu'u. We, whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord. King James, by the grace, of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, &c., having undertaken, for the glory ol God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and lionor of our king and country, a voyage to i>lant the first colony in the northern parts of Vir- ginia, do, by these juesents, solemnly and mutually, in the i)reseiu-e of God and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and presei"'ation, and furtheraTice of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof to eiact, cci -ititute, and frame .-luch just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and oilices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and expedient for the general good of the colony; unto which we promise all due sulimission and obedience. In '-vitn.iss whereof we iiave hereun- der inscribed our names, at Cape Cod, the 11th of Novend)er, in the year of the reign of our soverign lord, King James, of England, France, and Ireland, the ISth, and of fScotland tlie 54th, Anno Uomini, 1G20." J ^■i »• '! I i t 7. Boston to Martha's Vineyard and Nantacket. Via Old Colony R. R. and Steamers. To Martha's Vineyard 80 M., in 3J-4 hours. New Yorlc to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. To Fall River by steam- boat (Route li), thence to Myrick's (not by the steamboat train, but lafcr)^ Thence to New Bedford, and Irom there bv steamboat to Martha's Vineyard (in all, 225 M.). Boston to Cohasse.t Narrows see Ronte 6. After Cohasset NaiTOivs, the line runs due S. for IS M., on the E. shore of Buzzards Bay, passing sta- tions, N. Falmniith (near which is Pocasset, abounding in shell-fish, with the Red-Brook House and Bay View Cottage, ) W. Falmouth, and Fal- mouth, a quiet old port, which had " kept on the back side of the Cape, and let the centuries go by " until 1872, when the railroad aroused it. Near the village on the S. E. are Falnioutli Heights, where a conijiany of Worcester men, in 1870, bought 120 acres of land (with two small lakes, several groves, and a mile of beach), to be cut up into lots for a summer village. Tower's Hotel, 100 ft. long (opened 1871), fronts on Vineyard Sound, with a view of Martha's Vineyard from its lofty position. Still- water bathing on the beach. A R. R. Station will probably be made near i V-.- *?*"'»' ">'^J)9!»5i\.bO per day. * Iligh- land House. On Circuit Avenue, in Oak Blufl's Village, are several good hotels, on the Euro])ean i)lan ; Baxter House, Pawnee House, Central, Island, &o. RcHtaurants at tlie Baxter and Pawnee Houses, &c. Pleasure- Boats at the yea-Foam Hotel. 8ea-batlis at the bathing-houses, on Circuit Avenue beyond Ocean Park (30 c.). In May, 1G02, Capt. Gosnold coa.stcd the island on the H., and landed on a bar- ren islet (No Man's Land) to the S. W. which he named Martha's Vineyard. He then landed on this i.sland (then callcil Nope), aneen given in honor of some friend of the Captain's, or else for the lady of some one of his l)atrons. (A newsiiajier (lorrcspondent states that the ohlest inhabitant, who owned these isles, gave them to his daughters ere he died. Rhoda took Rhode I.sland, Elizjibeth took the ishin'l since uamed for her, Mavthn took and named Martha's Vineyard, and as for the remaining island, Nan-took-it. The legend is interesting, but cannot Ix' traced back fartlu'r than the year 1870.) Fnun this island and the neighboring main, Gosnold antl Pring (l()0;i) got laixe cargoes of sassafras, then esteemed a sovereign specific in Europe. In 1614, Capt. Hunt stole 27 Indians at Eastham. on Cape Cod, aiul sold them as slaves at Malaga, for •S 100 each. One of them, Epeiiow, was carried to r.ngland, wliere the sly fel- low told of vast gokl-mines on this island. A .ship was sent over, at great ex- pense, with Epenow to show the place, but as soon as he saw the sho7>-, he leaped over, swam to land, and was not s«?eu *i):.tain and many of his men were killed and wounded. In lii-^", Thwuat> Ma.} In'w, Governor of the Islands by grant from the Earl of Stirlji^;, settle*! at Edgartown. The lordship of the isles remained in the Mayhew -tnnly from M>41 to 1710, dnxing which time the kindness of these men won tV ■^carts of tlie inatiAcs. The Mnyliews were all missionaries, and, learning the lii«iian language, i«reachc, '.> tents were pitihed at the present Camp-Grounds, and the first camp-meeting on the island was held. The Wesleyaii Grove, or Camp-Meeting Ground, is near the Sea View House and is laid out "in gracefully curved streets, grass-paved and crowded Avitk small but vigorous trees. Near Trinity Park, a wide lawn, is the great tabern.ic.le tent 160 by 120 ft. wiiich can .shelter 5,000 persons. This is the centre of intense excitement during the meetings in late Augiist, Avhen from 20,000 to 2.'i,000 ])eople are gathered here, and emi- nent Methodist preachers address them. Lake Anthony borders the N. and W. of the ground, and beyond it, on the high bluffs toward East Chop Light, the "Highlands" have been laid out under the influence of ' >.' i ." i7 60 Route 7. BOSTON TO MARTHA'S VINEYARD the Methodists. On the E. and S. of tlie Camp-Ground is the village of Oak Bluffs, laid t in 18(58, on hhiffs 30 ft. high fronting Vineyard Sound. Among the oiuv groves here are hundreds of Swiss and Gothic cottages, resembling large bird-houses, bright and clean and cheerful. On a hill near the centre is a curious, many-sided Muscovite chapel, which is used often but floats no denominational flag. It is said that some come to Oak Bluffs ''wlio know and care nothing for Jerusalem or its former inhabi- tants," wherefore strict police rules aie here enforced. The steamer runs to Edgartown daily, and a fine road, 6 - 8 M. long, leads there. The village of Edgartown (Ocean House, Vineyard House) was founded in 1G47 by Gov. Mayhew, and is at present the cai)ital of Dukes County. It has a fin(! harbor, sheltered by Chai»paquiddick Island, and possesses a small maiine museum. 10 M. from Oak BIufl« is South Beach, where tlie Atlantic rolls in grandly after a storm. By walking to the East Chop Light, a view is gained of Holmes' Hole, or Vineyard Haven, one of the most famous harbors on the coast, where, in seasons of stonn, hundreds of vessels take shelter under the lofly bluffs. Through Vineyard Somid passes the vast and unceasing ])rocession of commerce fjonj New York and Southern New England to Boston and the East. 20-25 M. S. W. of Oiik BliifTs is Oaylieacl, noar whicli is tlie Devil's Den, a Willi H|Mil wlicn^ tlic (lid Iiuliiiii IriHlllfiiiiH Hiiy tli.'it the gidiit M();,lini» lived, wlio" nillgiit wliiilrs fiiiil roiistcfl tlicm on troos whicli lie lore up by llif' rmita. He nielanioritliosnl IiIh cliiitlrcn iiilu llsli, aiid, on Ills wife's Iniiu-nUng, lie tluvw licr ii) MccoiincI, wliirt! hIii' dwelt iiiid l<'vicd (■(iiihllHiliinri on nil who passed tho rocks, until kIic lit'irti'lr licciiiin a rocli. 'I'licii Miislnili di,'i(i|i|ic ircd (Voiii hinnan sight and laidwli'dge. (lay Ib'iid is " (ho must rcnmikalih iiiitnial ruiiosity in Now Kii»lfUul." Tim s(Nl view iiimi the iifditlwHiHH Ih ur/ind. "Never since I Htood on Tablo Uiu'U hiWc 1 seen a sigh! sn gland mh thlH." (hHFHAU Twioom, AboTit this i)V(>iiiontoiy several score of halrlireed Indians live a straMgc wuHfUU'tt life. The rcniaiKable clills by the sliore havi been closely stndicd by f'rof //it'h- cock and Sir Charles Lyell, the latter describing thoni as "the lofty cliffs of Gav- hoad, more than 2W II hit;ii, where the highly inclined tertiary strata are g.iyly colored, sonic consisting oi light red clays, others of white, yellow, and gr*en, and Houm n|' black lignite." Nantuoket is iJS - no M. from Martha's Vineyard, and connected with it by a daily steamer. After leaving the Vineyard astern, the islands of Miiske^^ and Tnckemuck are seen in the S., and near them the low shores of W. Nan- tucket. Tlie town of Nantucket presents a fine apy/carance from the water, being built on hills. Hotels — Ocean House, $2.50-3.00 (occu- pying the old mansion of one of the marine aristocracy), a comfortable hotel, famous for its chowders ; and the Adams House. The Indian tradition is that the Great Spirit was once smoking, when he partly filled his pipe with sand. When tlie mixed remains were emptied from the pipe into the sea, they formed the Island of Nantucket. Its name is said to be an . 4 5.iJS'J?^'W' ■'"■l:- ^JSrtSift'lV^^SSflfec'Jf^ a daily ■^ and . Nan- ■Dm the (occu- brtable partly the pipe to be an AND NANTUCKET. Route?. 61 «i Iiiilian iiKxlifuation of Nautikoii, a name left by the Nnrsomon who vialted it in tliu lltli century- The best iiuthority i)ronounce.s it ;i (Mirriiiition of an Imliau v/oi'il iiieanin.; " lar away." It is called Natocko on tlie map of IO.'U). It wa^ Yi..iti'(l liy Gusnold in 1(102, at wliieli time about l.TioO Indians were here, and the iriland was covered witli oaks. In IGOl, Chainplain and i'outrincourt landed hero .".nd remained several King Philip visited his iteoplo here, and in l(i71 the town was ineor- jtorated (at Maddecpiet, 5-() .M. W. from the prestnit town), and in 1G72 moved to its present i»laee. In 1072 the llrst whale was taken. In 1G7:{ the town was called 'herburne by the New York CJovernor, in whose domain it was until 16i)H (the name was retained till 17!)j). The 701) English had no i hurch or ]>astor, though the Indians had four churches. A white church was l\>rmeil in 1711. In 17o5 -0 1» whaling-sloojis were sunk or captured, and l)ut few men of their crews ever re- turned. In 1704, there were '},'2i!0 whites on the island ; and a pliigne, the same year, swci)t off j} of the Indians, leaving but 1.'50. 1,000 Nantucket men died in the Continental Army. In 1784 the iiopnlation was larger than it is now. In 1S21, 7S sliii)s and 81 smaller vessels were owned here, ami most . engaged in whaling. Tin; last Indian died in 1S22. Notwith.standin,!j devastating lires in the town, Nantucket in 1840 had 9,712 inhabitants. The town (100 huUdings) wa.s l)urnc'd down in 1846, and tlie .same year the whaling Inusiness began to decline, until now there is Init one small vessel engaged in it, and in the to\,-n which has houses for 10,000 people there are but about 4,200. The houses are of a quaint old style, with platforms on the roofs (whence to watch the ships conung in). Tlie North C!hurch was the first on the island, and was built in 1711. It is still used by the same society as a vestry, and its oaken timbers are hard as iron. \ M. from the Ocean House, on Centre St., is a small house which was built in 1GS2. The hospitality of the old families of Nantucket is famous, and its churches and schools are numerous. Many houses have been taken down and shipped away, Imt of late real estate is rising, as city men are securing summer homes here. Maiii St., at the head of which is thfc old I'aci/ic Bank, has the shops of the town (shells and marine i'^mo%\i'n» may be bought here), and is a wide, deserted, grassy street lead- ing to thfe ii^i^ads of silent and decaying wharves. The low, sanily beach which ^pjteltew the liarl>or stretches N. W. 8-9 M. to Oreat Point, leav- ing a wide and (jui"t lagooii between it and the islaml. At the Athenaeum i» a public hi>r»ry aed a jiiU>/eum of marine curiosities and relics of the t '■' I ■: I { ' batliers use ropeH, as tlie shore desceiuls rapidly. 1 M. N. of Siasconset is Siiiikoty Ili'ud, where a powerful Frt'siul light is elevated on a far-view- ing IjlutriH) tt. high. 1 M. N. of Siinkoty Heu.i is the I'eantiful Sesacacha Pond, of pure, sweet water and ahounding in fish (small inn on the shore). In 1()7(> a village was built on this jjond and remained for 140 years ; but its last house was torn down in 1820. Most of the island, over which rambles may bo made, consists of high, breezy, sea-viewing plains, where but few fences or luMises are seen, and which "the traveller will call downs, prairies, or i)ampas, as he happens to come from England,, the West, or Buenos Ayres." 8. Boston to New York. Via Boston an<1 Piovidence II. K., and Shore Linn to New York (in 8 hrs.), or Ijy steamer troui I'rovi'l^nce, or by steamer from Stouington (in 12- 13 Ins.) The train leaves the .station in Boston (PI. 29), (on Pleasant St., at Iho foot of the Comn)on), and passes the suburban stations, Ruxhnry, Jamaica Plain, and Hyde Park, by licadcille (wheie during the war for the Union the State had a vast camj)), to Canton, (Massaj)oag House, Poukapuug House), a large manufacturing town. Canton was the seat of a large Indian village, wliere the Ajjostle Eliot was wont to preach, and in 1845 several imre-blooded Indians remained. From Blue Hill (635 ft. high), E. of the village, is gained a line * view of Boston and its harbor, the ocean, and many busy villages. Commodore Downes, who eonnnanded tlio Essex, Jr., wlien Porter swept the Pacific, was enKUf^ed in tlie Tripolitan War, and in 1815 caiitured tlie Algerian frigate " Nashouda," was Imihi at Canton. His son connnanded the gunboat " He' Ml " and the monitor " Xahant," in the War for the Union. Near a massive granite viaduct ((500 ft. long, 03 ft. liigh), in this town, the Htoughton Branch 11. U. leaves the main line, running 4 M. to 8:oughton, on the Old Colon}- U. R. /S/iarow(t'obb's Tavern) is in a hilly and picturesque manufacturing town. E. Foxhoro', Mansfield (Eagle Hotel), whence a railroad runs thi'ough Nvrton and Taunton to New Bedford (Route 9). W. Mansfield, Attle- bvrouyh, a considerable manufacturing town (jewelry, &c.), Bodyeville, Jlebronrille, and Paivtucket, where the line enters the State of Ehode Island. Fawtucket (Pawtucket Hotel, Park House) was the scene of a bloody action in 1G76. Capt. Pierce, with 70 men, was driven back to the rivei= by the Indians, and his party was fairly showered with arrows. When help came, not one nuin was living. At present, Pawtucket is the princi- pal thread manufactory in America, and steam fire-engines, rope, braid, &c., are made here. The Bunnell Manufacturhig Co. has 3(j buildings, and prints 22,500,000 yards of calico yearly. The Pawtucket Tack Co. makes 360,000,000 tacks yearly, and 35,000,000 spools are made here every year. ^ » .**i»^^«x;«*«;«s«B.j-.t»a(^d6««r>sa«s8* BOSTON TO NEW VOUK. liuHte 6". 03 isconset iv-view- ■saoacha I short! ). rs ; but :r which =,, where vill call ind^ the lirs.). or rs.) ,, at Iho Jamaica for the House, the seat preach, lue Hill I and its wept the Algerian gunboat Dwii, tlie 11, on the ig to^vn. through :, Attle- hjev'dle, Rhode bloody |ic rivei' Wlien princi- hraid, fiklings, k Co. ide here V Providence. Providence (Hty Hotel, ^4-4.50 a day, Aldrich Housf: Central HottJ, G-lO Cuiiul St., European plan), is the sect^nd city, ui wealth and popul.ilion, of New Eui^iand, and a .scuii-capital of Rhode Island. It is beautifully situated on hills at the head of Narra^Musett Bay, a cove of wliich lies far in the city and is surroundetl hy promenades. The view of the city IVoni the Bay, or from the heights E. of the river, isi very i»lefi.sing. The Cliina trade was once largtdy enjoyed l)y Providence, but since its loss the energies of the citizen, li.vt'. turned to manul'actures, and now large jewelry, iron, stove, and loiomutivc works are kept going. The Corliess engint-s, the Peabody ritlcs, the Gorham silver-ware, Perry Davis's Pain-lviller, and millions of cigars are made here. 44 banks take care of the money. Provi(U;ncfi was founded and named by Roper Williams, who w is banished f^'oni M;iM viclmsi'tts in lO:!'!, for his advaiiccil idt-as rebilivi' lo Ciiurch and iStatf. Ho was horn in Wales, l,')'.i',t, cducattMl ,it Pfnihroisi! Colk'Lit', Caiiibri(l;,'t', and pp ached for some time at Salem, Mass. .\fter his o.xile he .settled at Seelconii, whnice he was .soon warned away l)y the Gnvcrnor of I'lymouth. In a eanoo, with five companions, he droppe'.> Williams became a Baptist, ami in ltt4M - t went to Kiigland, and got a charter I'nr the new colony. In king Philip's War, every lionse l)etween Stonington and iwidgewater (save Providenet) was destroyed, and the little eolony was onee liereely atttieked, and lost .'50 housi In the royal census of 17.'50, Provide!, 'C had :'>,'.»l(i inhabitants. De Warville visitnl it in 1788, and reported it " deeaytd, and in the silence of death." In ISOO, it liad 7,014 inhabitants, and in 1670, (>.s,'.>04. The R. R. station, fronting on E.xchange Placi-, is a large, liandsome budding, near which is a costly * monument, erectetl by the -tate in honor of her dead soldiers. The base of this work is of l»lue Westerly granite, bearhig the arms of the U. S., and of R. I. Surrounding this are four 7-ft. bronze statues repr'isenting the Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, and the Navy ; above winch is a statue of militant America (10 ft. high), bearing a sword and laurel wreath in one hand, and a wreath of imnuir- telles in the other. The names of 1,680 R. I. soldiers who died in the War for the Union are inscribed on the monument, which was designed by Randolph Rogers, of Rome. Near Exchange Place, and parallel to it, is Westminster St., the main thoroughfare of the city. From this street to Weybosset St. runs the Arcade, a fine granite building (built 1828), on the plan of the European "galleries," containing a great number of bliops rar' < d along a glass-roofed jiromenade. In the vicinity is the massive granile building of the Custom House and Post Otlice. The most notable chuvi'ies are St. Joseph and St. Mary (Roman Catholic), the Union Congregational, the Roger Williams Baptist, the ancient First Baptist (.society founded 1G39), Grace Churcli, and St. Stephen's (Ei)iscopal), a in > bS^ IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) / «^ ^/u 1.0 "i |iO "■^~ 2J M 1.8 1-25 1.4 I.O .« (,» ■ — ► m e ^ /a ^1 ■V. ■>'*^^ *^.!>> w m ^ # 1^ Photographic Sdences Corporation ^^^ ■^^ <^ ^s^ o' 33 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, NY. 14580 (716) 872-4503 6^ "^ A ^^ m^. o i <^ t f: 04 Jioute 8. BOSTON TO NEW YORK. '■I; n It . I ! if 11 ( massive edi{ic<; of rugged brown stone, with a deeply recessed cliancel, an ornate roof, and riclily stained windows. Tliere are 69 cliurches in tlie city. In tht: S. part, and fronting on the harbor, is the stately building of tlie *R. I. Hospital, surrounded by pleasant grounds. Some distance S. of this, the city is i)re]>aring a i)ark on ihe bold shores of the Narra- gunsett Bay. On the E. side of Providence River are two long business streets and a line of h('i;j;hts covered with residences. On N. Main St., near Presi- dent, is the quaint old chuich of the First Bai)tist Society, and beyond it, on the corner of S. Court St., is the small brick building used for the State House. Fine views ;>f the "seven hills of Providence" are gained fiom Benefit St. above the State House. On the comer of Collega and Benefit Sis. is the * AtheneDum, a .sturdy little granite building, con- taining a lilti-ary of 32,000 volumes. Several busts are preserved here, and some fine paintings, among which are a copy of Stuari's Washington, by Allston ; portrait of (.'banning, AUston ; Churles II., long thought to be by Van Dyk, now held to be by Cas2)ar ; portraits of Gen. (ireene, J. (}. Percival, and Phillips Brocks; -portrait of a young lady, (his niece ?) reading, by Sir Joshua Iteynolc one of his finest works. But the gem of this collection is Malbone's masterpiece, * " The Hours," painted in Avatcr-colors on a sheet of ivory 6 inches Ity 7, and i)resented to the Athenanim in 1S53, by 130 subscribers. The picture represents Eunomia, Dice, and Irene, the Past, Present, and Future. The President of the lloyal Academy said of it to Monroe, " I have seen a picture, painted by n young man by the name of Malbone, which no man in England could excel." On the heights near the Athenaium is the line of buildings (Iv. I. College, Hope, Manning, and University Halls, &c.), pertaining to Brown University. There is here a fine library of about 40,000 volumes, a museum of Natural History containing 10,000 specimens; and in the portrait gallery 3S portraits, some of which are of value. Rhode Island CoUef^e was foun.led at Warren in 1764, and removed to Provi- dtMi'.'e ill 1770. Its lmililiii;,'.s served iis a liospital for the Franco-Auierican army durin^c K'rcat part of the Itcvohition. Nieliolas Brown, and others of that dis- tinguished R. I. family, iiaviii;^ greatly aided the college, in 1804 Hs name was elianged to Rrown University. Tw(. thirds of tlie Boards of Fellows and Trustees are rc(iuired by the charter to be Bu,i)tists. The iiall of the R. I. Historical Society is near the University, and contains many relics of the Indians and early settlers, together with 6,000 books, 30,000 pamphlets, and 7,000 MSS. On Hope St., N. W, of the University, are the extensive buildings, surrounded by fine grounds, of the Dexter Asylum (for the poor), near which are the ornate buildings of the Fiiends' Boarding School, The Butler Hospital for the Insane has large and stately edifices, surrounded by 115 acres of ornamental grounds, on the heights which look down on the widenings of the Seekouk River J ~Agsj»3» i i- .s s •s II I, r y e n e •> Si h n r- '» e l- ir is rt ■1 ";e % b f 1 , t i»ho\ii)i:n(]e . 1. Stair ft Pit se. LCilyllall. 7t. ( 'us lot n Ihtusc. 4 . Slftli' l*rif •). Hroir/t I'/iifrnsili;. 10. Ili'xft'f .tfulufir 1 1. /mv/* //» ' School. ^i- 12. M?//// Cheer Hc-k: Hi 15. Hoslvn firN.y. SUithn . K5. w.itrisU " . h:) ('hiirches. 15. ///w/ Baplifit. F..1 1ft. lini/'i' ( fjpiA'ri/iMi ). E** II. .VA Stephen* " . (J> K.'r 18. ^.S.IUiro,t,n\ml. D4 ii2 lU. fienefhrnt iC^Hif) Ei ,i a Ot Route massive edilic ornate roof, c city. Tn the of tlic. *E. I S. of tliis, til gansett Bay. On tlie E. I line of licigi (lent, is the ( on the Lorne State House, from Benefit Benefit Sts.. tuining a lib some tine \n liy Allston ; lie by Van I (r. Percival, reading, i)y of this eoll( watcr-cohirs Athenanun j Dice, and I Koyal Acad a young ma excel." 0: (U. I. Colle Brown Un; a nmseuni portrait gal Rhode Isli (It'iice in 177 ibu'in.i; groa' tingiiislied J cliaiiged to ] are reciuired The hall contains ni books, 30,1 University Dexter As Friends' E and statel the heigh BOSTON TO NEW YORK. Rcnite S. G5 (which is tlie boundary of Massacliusetts). N. of the Butler Hospital is Swan Point Cemetery, a beautiful rural necropolis on undulating ground near the river. The Reform School and the Home for Aged Women are in the S. E. part of the city. Near tlie E. end of Power St., on the banks of the river, is the What Cheer Rock, on which Roger Williams first landed. N. of the Cove (»ear the R. R. Station), is the Rhode Island State Prison. Environs of Providence. On the N. (4| M.) is the great manufacturing town of Pawtucket. Cranston (4 M. to the W. ) is a busy working place, which has the Narra- gansett Trotting Park, famous in R. I. raues. The mile elliptical track is entered through a fine towered gateway, and the grand stand contains 5,000 seats. Himt's Mill, 'l M. distant, is a favorite drive. Steamers leave Proviopular resorts on the E, shore. Stations, India Point, Boston Switch, \'ue de I'Eau, Drownville, Nayatt, Barrington and Warren. The latter town (Cole's Hotel, estab- lished in 17G2) is a busy manufacturing place on the E. sliore of Narra- gansett Bay. It is a nursery of sailors, and has a well-protected harbor. The Sachem Massasoit had his favorite dwelling here on his territory of Sowamset, near a spring which is still called after his name. The Warren Veteran Artillery has two cannon whicli were made at Strasbourg in 17G0, taken from the French at Montreal, surrendereil with Burgoyne at Sara- toga, and used in the Porr Rebellion (1842). A railroad runs from Warren to Fall River. Tlie next station, 4 M. S. of Warren, is Bristol (a small hotel). This town is a pleasant summer-resort, and is built on a higli peninsula sloping to a deep, safe harbor. Three wide, grassy streets run down the penin- sula, — Water St., near the harbor ; Main St., with St. Michael's (Epis.) Church, and two or three old colonial mansions; and High St., with the common, the poor county buildings, and a fine Cong, church, in rambling mediaeval architecture. From this broad and quiet street may be seen Mount Hope, where was "King Philip's seat" (Arnold), or "Philip's sty at Mount Hope " (Palfrey). King Philip, or Metacoiiiet, was the son of srass.isoit, and chief of the Wam- panoags. After enduring various aggressions from his white neighbors, in 1671, thp Plyniouth people deniandorl that all the Indians should give up their arms, and Philij) demurred at this. Tlion, travelling throughout New England, he formed a powerful anti-English loague, and attacked the colonies in 1675. After a long war conducted with unexam]iled ferocity by both combatants, his power was broken by the Narraj;:uis('tt Fort Fight, and the repulse tVom Taunton. Having decimated the eoloiiisis and destroyed many of their fairest towns, he was hunted down and shot near the foot of Mount Hope, in midsummer, 1676. During the war 600 colonists were killed, and 12 towns were destroyed. In 16S0 the i>eninsula was bought from the Goveniment by a company of Bos- ton capitalists, who divided it into lots, and sold the land to actual settlers. In Oct., 177"), three British frigates bombarded Bristol, and in 1778 a raiding party of British soldiers plundered this town and Warren. Fine yaclits are made at Bristol, also cotton goods and refined sugars, while an immense rubber manufactoiy does a business of § 2,000,000 a year. The Providence and Worcester R. R. runs from Providence to Worcester (Route 10) ; and the Hartford, Providence, and Fishkill R. R. I'uns W. to Hart onl and M 4i i^ BOSTON TO NEW YORK. It^nik 8. G7 ^ 'Waterbiu7 (Route 11). A daily line of BteaiTier.s runs between Providenco and Nt'W York, cunyiny i>a.ssengers and freiylit. Alter leaving Providence, the Shore Line route to New York (Route 8, coulimicd) run.s S., passing the stations Ehnville, II ill's Grove, Apponaug, and Greenwich (Updikt House, Greenwich Hotel). Greenwich i.s a neat village on Cowesit Bay, and is the seat of a large Methodist Seminary. In 1G41, a trading-post and inn were erected here on the great Southern road, or " Pequot Path." Its site is now occui)ied by the Updike Houa^', into which many of its timhers are built. At this post the Mass. and Plymouth forces met before the Narragansett Fort Fight (1675), and liither they retreated with their wounded. Old War-wick is a U\\\ miles distant, across Cowesit I3ay. Sanuiel Oorton a layinau wlio intrudod into tiie arena of theological polemics, was banished from Plymouth in 1G37, liom N'e\vi>ort in lUll, from ProviJ.enee in lOl'J, from Cranston later in the same year, and then settled on Shawomet. la 1(14.'}, 40 .soldiers from Boston came here, and took Gorton and 10 colonists to IJoston, where they were tried and s'liteneed as "danniable heretics," and banished from America. The Earl of Warwick sent him back to Hhawomet (which ho named Warwick), and under tliat nobliiuian's i)rotection he spent the remaiudei* of his life in launching anathematic trt^atises at Massachusetts and R. I., among which were "Simplicitie's Defence against .Seven-Headed Policy," "Antidote against Pharasaic Teachers," &c. In 1052, the clerk of this unfortunate settle- ment was disfranchised on seven charges : first, for calling the oUicers of the town rogues and thieves; second, for calling all the town rogues and thieves; third, for threatening to kill all the mares in town. In 1070, the jdace was at- tacked and burnt. Nathaniel Creene was born at Warwick, in 1742. He It I the R. I. brigade to Cambridge in 177ii, connnanded the left wing, and toi>k the guns ai, Ti-cntou, saved the army at the Battle of tiie Brandywine, and led a brigade at (Jennan- town, Monmouth, and Xewiiort. In 17^0, he connnanded tlio sliattercd Army of the South in its celebrated retreat across South ai^d Nnrth Carolina into Virginia, and fought the drawn battle at Guilford C. II. In April, 1781, he was badly de- feated by Lord Rawdon, at llobkirk's Ilill, and was repulsed from Fort i)(i', but in September he won the sanguinary and decisive battle of P^utaw Springs, which ruined the British hoi)es in the South. Congress jjresented him with a medal, a British standard, and two captured cannon, and the Stiite of Georgia gave hiuj a line i)lantation near Savannah, where he resided until his death. George S. Greene, born at Warwick in ISOl, commanded a division at Antietam, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg ; and in N. and S. Carolina during the rest of the war. Silas Casey, born at E. Greenwich in 1807, commanded a division of the Army of the Potomac, and was greatly distinguished in the sanguinary battle of Fair Oaks, May 31, 1802. The celebrated summer resort .at Rocky Point is not far from Old Warwick. Station "Wickford. The village (Washinffion Hotel), a quaint and quiet old place, is on a broad bay, and is reached by a branch railroad in 2.^ Zkl. (connecting with a steamer to Newport daily). In the edge of the village is a curious square Episcopal church, which was built in 1700, and has been long deserte'l. Station Kingston. The village (Kingston House) is on the heights, 2 M. E. of the station, and contains the county buildings of Wasliington Co. 9 M. from the station (carriages in waiting) is the fa.shionable sea- side resort at Narragansett Pier. 08 Route 8. BOSTON TO NEW YORK. i is r' ' lintels. *T(»\vor Hill IIouho, a noble building on Nurra^'ansttt Il(;i>;hts, wliidi ovcrlonk i\w. wliolc Hay, is ;i M. from the sIkuc (lior.su-t'ur») , Ucliivan iloiisif ; Contineiitil House ; Miixsoii, Ha/aid, Onai , .Mctatoxct, Hca-View, Kliiiwoml, Narraj,'ans('tt, Mattliewson, Allaiitii', Atwuod, Rtvere, Mount Hope, and .itiicrs. Most oi' tlii'Si! Iiotels accoiuniodate UO- SO guests, mid ehargf- § 1*2- Jjl 18.00 ii week. Th»! Towur Hill, Atwood, and two or three others, are larger and more ox- pensive. Music, Lectures, &c., In Cnnnnehet Hall. A liandaome Episoopal church, of sloiie, has receutiy been built. Narragaiisett I'ier 1*. O. receives two maild daily. SteatnerH leave daily for New]>ort and I'rovidence. In 1856, a fainily from Pliihidolpliia came licre, and boarded at a farm- liouso near tlic beach. The next year tliey returned witli some friends, and tlie farm was calh'd tlie Narraortant. G. C. Stuart, the celebrated portrait-painter, was bom in this town in 1754. Most of the time from 1772 to 1793 he s])ent in London and Paris, an(, aiioiuulin;^ in llsli. Fulitt JudltU is tlie site of an inii)ortant li^lithouse. Tiie Icj^eml inns, that far liack in the eolonial days, a storm-tossed vessel was driven in touds in S. Kingstown. In their simple theology they looked forward to some mystii' realms in tlie far 8. W., where the gods and pure s])irits dwelt, while the souls of innrderers, thieves, ami liai's are doomed to wander abroad. Tiiey fought freiiuently with the Mohegans and Peipiots, but lived more peaceably with the Massachusetts, which was the name they (living in a flat country) applied to the dwellers at Neponset, Milt"n, and Canton. It is from Massa (many) and Waschoe (mountains), and means the people of the many mountains (the high blue hills of Milton). Canonicus and Miautonomoh ruleil from about lOOO to 1(543 ; the former being "a wise anil i>ea( c- able prince" (Roger Williams), and the latter a "brave and magnanimous chief," who gave lands freely to the R. I. colonists. Rut the unvarying friendship b;'- tween the settlers and this great tribe was ended in 107'>, when the fiery eloquence and crafty subtlety of King Philip of the Wampanoags induced them to enter the anti-English confederation of the New Englaml tribes. The United Colonies took prompt action, and assembled 1,000 men under (Jen. W^inslow, on the verge of the tribal territory. Many of the Indians were r>ampaigning witli King Philip ; many fled to the N. W. ; and the rest abandoned their villages and took refuge in the ancient fortress of the tribe in the swamp near Worden's Pond. After a long march through the snow in Dec, 1(J7.^, the colonial troops came in sight of the hill, covered with a system of embankments, palisades, and abatis, and defended by the flower of the Narragan setts. The Massachusetts men, in the van, dashed into the Fort through an enfiladed entrance, and after a furious struggle, being 70 JioiUc s. BOSTON TO NEW YORK. I i-: iV unHUpported, tlioy worr clHvcn out, with luvivy Io.^b. Hio wliolc fnrrc imw Imving nnivfu, a iloublc uttack wan iiiailc ; tlic troojis of Coiiiiccticut HtoriiHfl the nnU\ ami, wliifo tin; atteiiti(tii of tin; wliolf^ Iiniiaii Ki*i''i«'»'» wih ct'iitrffl nii tliiii point, tlic riyinuulh (Miiii|iaiiic>s Itroke UhoukIi tiir uhatis and iialimuleH on tlu; other siile, and attacked ttieni in the rear, A J)ittcr coinliat ensued, tlic IndianH retir- ing to their wi^waniH and reiiulsiiig every attac-k of the colonials, who now held tlie walls. Fire \v,ih now ajiplied to thfl wiKwaniH, and Hpread ra|iidly, aniid a Hcenfi of nnntterahle contUNiou and carna^'e. A hand of chosen warriors dashed forth and cleared a way and covered t\\c retreat of fidl iJ.oOO peojih-, alter whii'li iho. colonials were left in full possession, liavin;^ lost so men killed and l.^') wt)unded. ;i()0 Wiirriors were killed, and (H»() prisoners taken, of whom most of the lightiuK men were either shot on JiOrtton Conmion, ilied on Deer Islaml, or wereH(dd into slavery. The tribe was annihilated. Nearly all the colonial captains were shot, and a considerahle i)ropoition of the wounded, borne through a road- less ';uuutry in midwinter, scoics of miles tu tliu settlements, diud un tho way homo. "The bitter cold, the tarled swami>, the tediojis march, tho stronR fort, tho iinm<;ruus and stubborn enemy they contended with lor their God, KiiiK, and country, be their trophies over death. "— Comi. Legislaturu on " tho.sc dead in tho Fort Fight in Narrugansctt. In 10-12 lain, aftci' leaving Kingston Station, the train passes tlirough the swamp wliero the battle took place. The next station is Carolina, with large woollen niilhi, 3-4 M. S. of which is a reservation, with church and school-house, where lives the sc.:hty renuiant of the Nan-agansett tribe. Stations, liichvuind Smitch, Charkstown, Westerly (Dixon House, $3.00 a day). In ]<'G5, a division of the Newport church moved to Westerly, and, in 1671, embraced the tenets of the Seventh Day Baptists^ so if the traveller chances to be here on Saturday, he will find but little business going on, and the church bells ringing. Westerly is noted for its extensive manufactures, and, among other tilings, turns out every year 442 miles of llannel and 1031 miles of cotton and woollen cloths. Many summer visitors stop at the elegant Dixon House, and avail themselves of the steamer which runs semi-daily down the Pawcatuck River to * Watch Hill Point. ITotelS' — * Ocean Ilcuse, on a far-viewing liill ; Watch Hill House, 30-40 years olil, the lirst hotel here ; Larkin Hou.se, near the lighthouse ; Atlantic House, Dickens, Bay View, and Plimpton Houses. There is but little ditfercnee in these liotels, and the ]>rices arc somewliat less than tluse at Narragansett Pier. Steamers in sunnner run from Westerly to Watch Hill twii'e daily ; from P.tonington 4-5 times daily ; from New Loudon, daily ; and from Norwich, touch- ing at New London and Mystic, daily. Watch Hill Point, the S. W. extremity of R. I., is a high, bold promon- tory, from which the sandy Narragansett Beach runs E., while to the W. Napatree Beach, a narrow strip of sand, runs out to Sandy Point. From the top of the hill a good sea view is obtained, with Block Island to the S. E., Fisher's Island to the S. W., and the town of Stoningtou close at hand in the W. From its fine views, excellent bathing beaches, and quiet and unpretentious hotels, this has become a favorite summer resort. In August, 1872, the passenger steamer ** Metis," bound from New + fl BOSTON TO NEW YORK. KoutcS. 71 oiiion- le W. From o tlie )se at quiet New t York to Piovi'lciice, was run into by ai)other vcHsel of!" this point. She sank in i!'st," .iftcr tlic (ji'ftMt of the I'cciiiods, l)iit was sctticil in liijii from ('<)iuip<'tlcnt. Ill iSDl it Ix'c.iii;'' a boroiii^li nlmiit wliicli time I'l-csidctit Mwi;^'lit wrote that " Htoii- iii;;tnii juid all it,-, vicinity siitlcri in rc!i;,ioii froiii tlic no.iriit'ss of K. I." Aiij;. 0, isi 1, tln' l)on)ii;,di was attackc(| l)y the Idntiilirs, 71 : the I'm'tolns, '.\H ; ami ."cveral other Hiitish vessels, which lioiiiharded if for three days, throwm;<(lO tons of iron into it. Knur attempts to land were repnlse.l with „ia|iesh<)t, with heavy loss, and the Dispntrh, '22, was seriously injured ami driven off by a 3-Kun battel^ on the point. The town was deserted by its people, and 00 soldiers were scattered tliroii^di it to put out the llres. Stonington is built on a narrow, rocky point, with quiet streets, cnibel- lislied liero and there by iron relies of 1814. StcrtiiierH from Stonin;:ton to Watch Hill (5 times daily in summer (2.'!)c.). The StuiiiiiKtoii lAno of steamers (to New Yori<) has fine boats which leave tliis port nil the arriv.il of the steanilioat train from Hoston ('.>-l'» P. M.), and arrive at New Yorl< early in the nioriiinj^. Thi.s is one of the lour great routes to New York, tlu; others beiii;^ the [-'all lliver Steamboat Line, the Shore Line K. U., Hiid the U.K. route via S;)riii;j;fleld and Hartford. Anew line, via WlUlniantie and New Haven, is nearly ready for travel. A line of i)aekets has heretofore run from Stonington to Block Island, and a dailv steamer is iiromised for tlie s'l'iniier of 1S7.'?. Itlock iHland (.Mitiliell IIor;\ ■ S)»rin^' House) v/as named for Adrian Block, Ihe Dutch diseoven-r, and was called l>y the Indians Maiiisecs (the isle of the little god). The natives made most of the wanqjum (money) for the interior tribes. In Ki-'Ui, they captured a Hoston vesscd near tlie island, and killed the crew, shortly after which a t.'onii. coaster ran down on her, rakiii;,' the 1 an English settlenuiUt was maile here, which wat; ini-orporated in 1072 as New Shoreham, and nearly destroyed by a raid from French vessels in 1090. Block Island is 8 I\r. long by from 2 - 4 M. wide, and is nearly cut in two by a great salt-water pond, S. of which is the thin village of New Shoreham, witli 2 Baptist churches. There are many abrupt and un- covered hills, used for grazing. The men are mostly employed in fishing, and are of a simple, sturdy, and primitive race. The island belongs to R. I., and has about 1300 inhabitants, whose number is slowly decreas- ing. After Stonington comes the busy, ship-building village of Mystic (Hoxie House). 72 Route 8. BOSTON TO NEW YORK. i t I) ■ i. J Near Mystic, on tlic N., is Peqtiot Ilill, wliidi was attacked May 2Gtli, 1637 hy Mason, who had aiarchci from Nan-agansett willi 90 Englisliii.eii, and 400 Mohe- gans and Narragans«tts, under the yac)ienis Uncus and Miantononioh. On arriving before tlie Fort, tlic Indi'in allies were afraid to attiick, ancl drew oil', whereupon tlic colonial soldiers i>;eitared to do the work alone, and knelt down in prayer, ('he Sachem V/equash, the guide of the forces, was aninzed at liiis si^ht, and when he understood it, he l)fcanie iini)rcpsed and conveited, an(l preached throu^dio'it New Kngland until iic scaled his faith by a j^h rioiis mar- tyrdom.) The English now inovcil steadily to the assault, and, favored by the darkness, succeeded in getting inside the palisades, but they were soon over- wh(;lnied by vastly sinieri'-!' numbers, and fell back, after setting lire to th(! wig- wams. " The greatness and violence of the lire, the flashing and roari'.ig of the arniH, the shrieks and yells ol men, women, and children within the Fort, and the shoutings of Indians without, just at the dawning of tlu; morning, exliii>itcd a grand and awful s< cue. The Narragansetts, Mohegans, and colo.iials surrounded the hill and hhot down t!ie fugitives. (JdO re(niots were shot or burnt on this hice, within tliis jurisdi(;tion of Connecticut settled ujion that fair river Moiic^^un in the Peijnot country, bein;; an excellent harlx)r, and a tit and convenitnt i)lacefor future trade, it being also the only place in tliese parts which the English jiossessed by conquest, and tiiat upon a very ,Vist war, npon that gr;j.t and w.irlilte people, the IVpiots, we, theroforc, that we might thereby leave to j>i.sterity that wo memory of that renowned city of Lon- don, from whence we had our transportation, have thought lit. in hoi;or to that famous city, to call ine said jilantition. New London." In 1()'.)8, the i)iratc Capt. Kidd cruised along these shores, and imried on (lardiner's Island lb ounces of gold, (J.'W ounces of silver, and a large lot of precious stones, which were recov- ered by the Earl oT licUomont, governor at Hoston, in 1(V.>'.». Duriiig the Uevolu- tion, the navy of Conn., consisting of 2(5 vessels, made New Lonlundered and l)umt New Tjondon. At the sanu; time a strong detachment made an attiick on Fort Griswold (across the river), wiiich w,is defended by Ool. Led- yard with 150 militia-n\en. The siiarp fire of tlie Americans repulsed the first at- tiick, but a bayiiiet-charge ensued, which carried the enemy into the fort. The British commander was killed on the rampart, and the Tory Cijit. IJloomfleld (from New Jersey) took his place. As he shouted, " Who commands this Fort?" Ool. Ledyard gave him his sword, saying, "1 did command, sir ; Ijut you do now." The intamous renegade ran Ledyanl through witli his own sword, where- upon a general massacre ensued, and 70 Americans were killeil and 30 wounded after the surrender. In storming tlie Fort the British lost 11)1 men. An excursion .should Le made to Croton hoig ts, where are the remains of old Fort Griswold, near which is a l)usine.ss-like 20-gun battery, in ad- nurable order, which protects the channel. Witiiin .stone's-thrc)W of the fading rampai ... oi the old Fort is a Monument to the massacred militia, — a noble granite .shaft. 127 ft. high, and 2G ft. square at the base, on V'hich is inscribed, " Zebulon and Naphthali were s. iieojile that jeoparded their lives till death in the high places of the Lord." A marble tablet at the base contains the names of the slain, which will be seen to run in families ; out of 84 names, 9 are Aver\s, 6 Perkinses, 4 Allyns, 4 Lester*, &c. The a.scent of the inside of the monument .sliould be made (key, 10 c. at small hou.se close to the monument). From the top a *view Is gained which is "charming for the student of nature and yet more charm- ing for the student of the romance of American history." — LossiNO. To the W. is New London, with its spires and terraccu streets, its shipping, Fort Trumbull's massive walls, and up the river the wideiiings of the Thames where the U. ^. is preparing a Navy Yard. On the E. are the stony hills of Groton, with Fort Hill 4 M. away ; and on the S. the mouth of the Thames with its lighthouses, hotels, and .summer-cottages. Th<' long, in-egular line of Fisher's Island (t) M. long), belonging to New York and occupied by three farms, is in the S. E. over which the ocean is seen, and, if the day is clear. Block Island may lie made out with a strong glass. Many leagues to the S. E. over the W. end of Fi.sher's Island; may be seen the white cliffs of Montauk Point. A steam-ferry (4 c.) leaves the foot of State St. every 15 min. for Gro- 74: Itvutc S. BOSTON TO NEW YORK. 1 ■* ;;.' 1? '■ i ton. ^ M. E. of tlie old Fort, Col. Ledyard is buried under a monument erected by the State. New London if> Iniilt on a declivity, which is ascended by State St. from the II. R. Station to tlie County Court House, passing on the r. the brown- stone City Hall and Post Ollice, and a fine Cong. Church of granite with a spire of the same material. Near tlie Court House is St. James' Epis- copal Church, a large brown-stono c'difice in whose chancel is buried Samuel Seabury, the first Anglican bishop in the Republic. The English bishops (in 1784) would not consecrate him, })ut the ollice was performed by 3 bishops' of the Scottish Episcopal Church, after which he preached at New Loiidon for 12 years. On Federal St. in a lofty situation is a massive and extensive Cong. Church, near which is an ancient cemetery ^vhich overlooks the harbor. The lofty towered new stliool-house on the hill, and the sp, ?iou' (but unli'n.shcd) Catholic Church on Huntington St. are fine buildings. 1 M. N. is Cedar Grove Cemetery, Bank St. is the main business avenue of the city. Fort Trumbull is a massive and powerful granite fortress with a heavy armament, but built too near the city to keep it unscathed. " New London is a stagnant old town, where nothing moves except the fish and tlie boats in the harbor. Tlie natives, who loiter around oovfier groceries and fisli-stalls, live ho suinuolently that, when nnything happens, they pinch them- selves to (letermine if they are awake. Catching fish and eating them compre- hend the whole of existence, ; and sitting in the shadf .md smoking, the highest 'uxuries they long for." Such is Junius lirowue's slightly exaggerated descrip- tion. Cod and whale fishing is extensively carried on from this port, and in the summer of 1872, 6 vessels sailed thence to hunt seals about the S. Shetland Isles. The Harbor road leads by Fort Trumbull, and through a line of cot- tages, in 3 - 4 M. to the mouth of the Thames, near which is the * Pequot House, a costly and exclusive aristocratic resort, wliich accommodates al-viut 500 guests, at $5 a day each. A village cf pretty cottages has grown up in this vicinity. On the opposite side of the Thames is the Ocean House (quieter and much less expensive) and Thon\pson's Hotel. Steamers rnn twice daily (in summer) to Watch Hill Point. A line runs also to Siig Harbor, Long Island. Two steamers leave daily for New York (distance 126 JI.) by the Norwielt Line. The New London Northern Division of the Vermont Central R. R. runs N. W. from this city to Pahner, Amherst, and the State of Vermont. After leaving New London the Shore Line R. R. passes Waterford (Niantic Hotel,) and E. Lyme, Avhere at the village of Niantic (Howard House), on the bay o the same name, are found fishing and boating ad- vantages. This ten ory, from the Thames to the Connecticut, was formerly held by the Niantic Indians, a clan of the Narragansetts, who under their sachem, Ninigret (brother of Canonicus, and uncle of Mian- 1 iO 1*1 Ik ' . BOSTON TO NP:W YORK. Route S. 75 and in the S. 'terford [oward ing ad- it, was ;s, who Mian- U f tonomoh) conquered the Long Island Indians. Tlie colonies declared war against Ninigret twice, on absurd pretexts, hut )ie escaped without fighting, though his territories were ravaged, and in King Philip's War he kept his people from attacking the English. His great-grandson was sachem of the clan in 1746, and, selling the reservation in Lyme, moved his people to the Oneida country in New York. Lyme was settled in 1664, and long disputed about its boundaries with New London, until two champions were chosen by each plantation, wlio met on the debata- ttle ground, and in a pugilistic contest, in which the Lyme men were victorious, their town secured the boundary which it claimed. Sliortly after passing the venerable hamlet of Old Lyme (on the r.) the railroad crosses the Connecticut River on a long bridge, and stops at Saybrook, whence trains on the Conn. Valley R. R. run S. to Saybrook Point and the shore. On Saybrook Point a fort was built by Plynioutli in 1G35, and wcli armed, several of the cannon reinainiri;,' here in ISOO. In 1G;!(J Col. T'cnwick came here to rule llie plantation, which v.as ii.inied in honor of Lord Kay and Selc, and Lord Brook. In 1037 the Peqnots nmhushed and destroyed a delachment near tho fort, and atttinpted to carry tlie ^vorki^ by as.sault, but were received with such di.schar;j;cs of grapcshot that they f^ave it \\\>, and, capturing .several vessels above the Point, pat their crews to death with horrible tortures. Lady Fenwiek • lied in 1648, and her husband sold the territory to Conn., retunujd to England, and was one of the re,'jicide.iud;;cs. Tho iort effectually iirevente''. Dutch vessels from ascending to reinforce Ilartforc'., and in 1G7j forced Andros's fleet to lie out- siue of the river, ypringfielil vessels refused to pay the toll demanded at tho Fort, and appealed to Mass., which put a toll on all Conn, vessels cnterng Boston Harbor, and socm enforced a coloniiil rei-iprocity. In 170L Yale College was chartered and locoted at Saybrook, and remained tliere 1707- li , where it held its fuot 15 coinnien(!emeats. It then occuitied a one-story building 80 ft. long on the ]icninsula near the Fort. The celebrated Saybrook Platform was drawn up hero in 1708, because "the churches nuist have a public profession of faith agreeable to which the instruction of t!.e college shall be conducted." On Good Friday, 1811, 400 ]]ritish sailors, in the boats of the " La Ilogue," 74, took the Fort and ascended the river iiO M. destroying ■J7 vessels. The commander of this raid was Hir AVilliam E. Parry, afterwards lamous for his Arctic, voyages. "The .steep, solitary hill near the river, ' on which still stood the remains of the Fort, was cut away by the railroad in 1S71-2, to make embankments with. It is fortu:iatc that the Acropolis .and the temples of Baalbcc are not in America. In the cemetery at Saybrook Point is the transplanted monument of Lady Fenwiek, and H - 2 LI. beyond is the quiet, elm-shaded, and wealthy village of Old Saybrook. The railroad now runs across a wide cove, and stops close to * Fenwiek Hall, an elegant new hotel, accommodating 300 guests. A stony strand leads to Lynde's Point on the E. at the mouth of the river, with its lighthouse. On the W., near Cornfield Point, is a small Ijathing-beach. Several fine -ottages are near Fenwiek Hall, from which the Long Lsland shore is seen. In seasons of long adverse winds, a fleet of 150-200 sail sometimes collects in the mouth of the river. Steamers running between Hartford and the river villages and New York, New London, and Sag Harbor touch at Saybrook Point. The Connecticut Valley R. R. runs from Saybrook Point to Hartford (Route 14). 70 Route 8. BOSTON TO NEW YORK. ■i ^' After Saybrook, the Shore Line R. R. passes Westbrook (Westbrook Hotel) and Clinton (Clinton House, Bacon House), near which, on tlie N., is the pretty and sechided village of Killingworth {RedfieliTs 11 aid) where Asahel Nettleton, the evangelist, was born in 1783. The Indian name of this place was Hammonasset, but the settlers changed it to Kenil- worth, which was registered, by accident, Killingworth. Tlie pastor of this parish was chosen first President of Yale College, but as he refused to go to Saybrook, the students were obliged to come to him, and so the college was practically here, 1701 -7, though holding its commencements at Saybrook. Longfellow's poem, "The Birds of Killingworth," will l)e remembered here. Stations, lifaditmi (Hammonasset House), 7']. River, and Guilford. Guilford (Guilford House) was settled by 4 immigrants from Kent and Surrey in 1639, on the Indian tract billed Menuncatuck, Tliey were led by their pastor, Henry Whitcfield/'a man of marvellous majesty and sanctity." The regicides were hidden here for some time, and in 1781 3 frigates landed a force near the village, but the rapidly gathering militia drove them off. During the extermination of the Pequots, in 1637, the Mohegan Sachem Uncas pursued a Pequot chief to this point, and having shot him on the shore, put his head in the fork of an oak-tree, Avliere it stayed many years, and the point is still called Sachem's Head. Fitz Green Il.illook, the versatile poet, was born at Guilford in 17^0, and in his later years retired here and li\-('d on a handsome pension allowed him by the As- tors, of New York. lie died in 1S07. "\V. II. II. Murray, the i)oi)ular i)ulpit orator, and pastor of Park St. Church, Boston, since 18G8, was born at Guilford in 1840. The village is a very pretty one, built around an extensive tree-studded and enclosed green, on which 5 chiirches front. Near the village on the S. is Guilford Point (Pavilion, Guilford Point House, &c. ), and across the harbor is the bold and picturesque promontory of Sachem's Head, where formerly stood a large hotel. Station, Stony Creek (Stony Creek, Brainerd, Thimble Island, and In- dian Point Houses, all small and inexpensive), famed for its large and delicif^us oysters. The romantic group of the Thimble Islands lies off shore here, and may be reached by boat from the Indian Point Hotel (25- 50.C. ). Oil Money and Pot Islands ai'e small and primitive hotels, with cabins and cottages, while around and between these rocky and wooded islets rowing and sailing is full of pleasant surprises. Money Island was one of the rover Capt. Kidd's resorts, and it has been dug all over by treasure-seekers. Station, Branford, (Branford House , on land sold by the Sachem of Quinnipiac to the English in 1638, he being glad to get an ally against the dreaded Mohawks. It was named from Brentford, where Edmund Ironside fought the Danes. The shore hereabouts is lined with sum- 4 4 ^ I I ;^. t \\ Vestbrook h, on the 'I's Hotel) lie Indian to Kcnil- pastor of e refused 111 so tlie ncements " will 1,0 E. River, iniigraiits mcfituck. arvellous ne time, s rapidly : of the chief to fork of 11 callevooded nd was •ver by achem igainst Iniund sum- 4 t ^ 8. Trinify •' • C"? .. M .('5 ('5 1 mmm k-i» II ii* m m Will t-M^CtiOmflftt*^ •i ' 'ij--' 'i *»-'■•' D 6 H D :; 5 4. OldStaURcusf. C5 10. Scmitifu'Schk^lSi^ X Jti Gatterr . C^l 1 1. / % /iW/ . T .'. fi •■MMMaMMk* Ma^^teM**a ¥<■ * .i I I •i 1 A: Hon whoi II anil Wort this togc collq at Ha rem a and ( from Thoy majoi and i gathe PcqiK this r an oa Sache Fita later y torf!, W. 1 Bostoi The and ei Nea House of Sac Stat dian I dc'licio shore (25- 5( cabins islets I one of treasin Stati of Qui the dn Ironsid > ^.i •> u ' ■>( t i'-.i ' ,* > Jnlii.J , ft} ^^ ;i . "if a ' >'% \ -^ *, -» ? BOSTON TO NEW YORK. Jioule 8. 77 mcr hotels, — tlie Montana, Sea View, Totoeket, Pino Ordianl, &p. On Indian Neck are the Indian Neck and Montowese (200 guests) Houses, hoth about 2 M. from Hranfnrd station. At the head of " the rocky- shored and ishmd-sprinkh'd bay of Branford " is the hirgo • IJraiifonl Point House (1(JO-200 guests), distant 8 iM. from New Haven, and near by is the favorite Doubh' Beach House (100 guests, §3-3.50 a day). In lGOr», tlie colonies of Hartford and New Haven were united by royal order and Ihe coninion ronsent. The i>eoj)le of Branford had steadily opposfd this union, and wlien it was consuinniated, tliey moved in a solid bo hours. Fare 8L u;,'li tliuir lioiiscs only oc* iiiiit'tl tarn a small apace on tiie present (leor^P Mt., between Cluircli iiinl ('ol!ej,'e tSts. The? colony was K«v- erned for many yoara by its 7 most prominent chnrcli-meniliers, niter a cnrions and impressive sermon by Davenport troin the text, '* Wisdom hatli builded her house ; she hath hewn out lier 7 iiillars." One of tlie diiff of these was the pure and learned Davenport, who was revered by the Indians as " so big study man," and for whom Cotton Mather composed "Epitaphiutn .lohnaniicN DuvcnpnrtuR, in Portiitn dclatuf. VivuH, Nov-Anjiliip oc KcclfHitt! Orniiiiicnt'ini, Murtuus, utriusquu trJHtc Ui-Hldvriuiii." In 10.'}8 the 7 pillars bought of the Indians l:tO scpiare M. of laml for 13 eoatii, and in 1UM!» the trucident Nepaupiick was tried for munler and l)ehea(led on the (jreen, where his heail was long exposed. Tiie tratiing-itosts ol New Haven on the Delaware River were broken up by the Swedes, and other losses combined to discourage the settlers, who resolved to go to Jamaica, and tiien c(»nipleted negotiations to buy Galloway, in Ireland. The shiii whicli bore their "commer- cial esUites," sailed under Capt. Lanil>ert(tn for (Jalloway, in .Jan., 1647, but never was heard from aftcirwards, save when, as the legend says, the spectre of the shij) sailed into the harbor in the teeth of a head-wind, ami wlicn in full view of the anxious ite(ti)Ie, it slowly melted into thin air, and vanished. The colonists remained at New Haven, and in lG(i5 thl.. plantation was united with that of Con- necticut (Hartford) on comlition that each town should retain the dignity of cap- ital ; so to this day the State lias two semi-capitals. In 1755, the "Conn. Gazette " was established here, and became the pioneer of the 8 weekly and semiweekly, and the :i daily i)apers of New Haven. In Jan., 1701, 7 companies of militia and the council convened, and proclaimed George III. King, drinking to him, the royal family, and the King of Prussia. In 1775, Ilenedict Arnold (afterwards so fanujus and infamous) led to Canjbridge the Governor's Guards, the best company in the army. At sunrise, July 5th, 177i>, 1,500-2,000 Hessians and Tories were landed at W. Haven Point, from 48 Uritish vessels. They took tin; fort and town, which they plundered and jtartially burnt. They were much galled by the militia who hovered on their flanks ami fought them in the streets. Rev. Dr. Napthali Daggett, President of Vale College, was caiitured by them with fowling- piece ill hand, and forced to guide their columns. When wellnigh dead from mortllii!ation, and sore from rejteated bayonet-wounds, he was asked, "Will you Ijgiit again ? " The militant divine answered, "I rather believe I shall, if I have an opportunity." He or another pa.stor of the town was forced to ] tray for the King, which he did as follows: "(> Lord, ))less thy servant King George, and grant him wisdom, for thou knowest, O Lord, he needs it." Yale College was transferred to New Haven in 1717. In 1820 the town had 8,:i20 inhabitants ; in 1870 50,840. New Haven, "The City of Elms," a, .semi-capital of Conn., is built on a flat, alluvial plain, at the head of a bay which sets in from Long Island Sound. It is a handsome city, of modem appearance, rich in stately elm- trees, and surrounded by picturesque hills. The city has a large West India trade, and has about §10,000,000 invested in manufactures, which in 3869 turned out 6,000 hay-cutters, 50,000 scales, 200,000 corsets, 1,200 Eureka organs, 600 Colibri pianos, and about 20 carriages daily. Fish- lines, saws, Baumgarten church-organs, and cars are also made in great numbers, while Sargent & Co. employ SOO men in vast hardware works. Chapel, State, and Church are the principal streets, the two former in- tersecting near the cavernous railroad station. There are several hand- some chtirches here, and a very interesting old cemetery (on Grove St., at the head of High). .*/ 9 BOSTON' TO XKW YORK. A' ./'/■<• S. 70 Aiii(»nK tliost' ImritMl lien* ait* Jt'liiuli Aslnniiii, a.'ctit, fDrlilhT, ami . I)., nranoet, and I'n'Hident of Yale, 1705-1817, who rode horseltael< through New Knj;laiid and N. Y. and inilv lished an aecnimt of it in 4 vnliiines, also a system of llieolo;,'y in T) volmnes ; I)en- ison Olmsted, LL. I)., jirofessor of natnral philosnidiy and astronomy at Yali», 18'J>-59, and h ji'-olonnd astronomer; C. A. (ioodrieh, l>. !>., theohvian ami lexieo'^'rajdier, ])r()tessor of rlntoric at Yale, 1817 -li.*; Noali Welister, LL. I)., anthor and pnlilieist, whose " Kleuieiitary Spellinj^'-Rook " had a sale of r<0,()no,0(tO copies, and who iirepared (1>S(»7 -"JS) and jmblished a Hictionary of tiie Km^lish lan^^na^'e whieii has since been tiie standard ; Henjamin Sillinian, jirofessor of eliemistry nt Yale, 1802 -.'>.'■), one of the ioremost scientists of his time ; .leiiodiali Morse, I). D., " the father of American Kcography"; S. F. H. Morse (Ixtrn 17itl, died 1872), who, in 18U, put in operation tlie tlrst electrii^ tele;,'raph in the U. S., who was covered with honors by Kiiroi>ean sovereij^ns and societies, and in 18.')7, was jtresented with 4t)«),0iH) fran<'s liy a continental assembly at I'aris ; ElbridKO Gerry, Vice-l'residcnt of tlie U. «., 181J- 10 ; U. S. Skinner, (Jov. of Conn., 1H44- 6, and U. H. Senator, 1847-51 ; David Da^CKctt. sometime ('iiief .Instice, nnd II. .S. Senator, 18in-l!> ; S. W. S. Dutton, I). 1)., and (iov. Henry Dutton ; I'rnf. Mur- doek and Sidney K. Morse ; .James llillhouse, U. S. Senator, 17i»4 -ISK), antl James A. Hillhon.se, tlie ]io(!t of Sachem's Wood ; Andrew H. Foote, Kear admiral U. S. Navy, lH)rn in New Haven, 18()(i, died 18(5;{. He foiij^lit tht; West India nnd Sumatra jiirattis, ami in 1856 attacked tlie 4 IJarrier-Forts at Canton, China, with the " Portsnionth 'i and " Ijevant." After a bomb:irdnient, at the head of 280 men, ho landed and stormed the forts in aucecHsion, thoii;,'li they were lieavy granite works, monntiny 170 cannon, and defended by 5,000 men. In 1802 (Fel^ - April) in u shttrt, sharp campaign at the head of the iron-claiscopal), and preserve a curiously ancient appear- * I; - 1 I 1' ■ I 80 /.'.'*//.■ .V. TIOSTON TO NEW YollK. ance. Bmk of the CViitn- Chun li is tin- mominit'iit to the ro;?irith', .Tolui Dixwcll, a iiuinltcr of a iiroiniiiciit Kentish fiimily, a coloiul in tlu! Par li.iiiu'iitiirv army, ann of llarvanl liiiveisity, the Orthoijox ehnrelinien rallied on Yale. This eiille-;e has done a iioMe work of education, and especially in KJuipiiiK and slreii;,'tlieniii;; thos" niintis of L'onn. which have been so bnsy and lionorcd throii^dioiit the Hepiililic. .Said De Toc(|iieville in a Poiiith of .Tnly dinner at Paris : " Von day I vas in tho f^allery t r the lloii.se of nepresciit.it ives. I held in my hand a nuip of the Con- federation. Dere vas one Icctle yellow spot called Conneet-de-eoot. 1 fonnd by do Constitution he was entitled to six of his boys to rejjre.scnt him on dat tluor. lUit when I make the acquaintance ]iersonelle with the member, I find •lat more than tiity (:i(>) of the Keprcsentative on dat tloor w.is born in Connect- tle-coot. .\iid dell ven I vas in tie gallery of the Honse of the .Senate, I llnd de Constitution permit dis .State to send two of his boys to represent liim in dat le^dslatnre. Hnt once more, ven I make de aetpiaintance jiersonelle of the Senator, I lind nine of the .Senator was born in Conneet-de-Coot. ".\nd now for my j.'iand sentiment -- Conne<'t-de-Coot, the leetlo yellow spot dat niakc de cloek-iledler, the schooliiiast<'r, and the Senator ; de tirst give yon time, tho second till you what to do with him, and de third make ycmr law and civilization." The line of ancient Imildings fronting on Temple St. compri.se.s S. College (bnilt 1793), Athenanini (built for a chapel, 17t)l), S. Middle College (175(1), Lyceum and N. Middle College (1803), Chapel (1824), N. College (1822), and Division College (1835). These a'-e used for dormitories ami recitation rooms, as i.s also Durfee Hall (1871,) and Farnum Hall (1872), two handsome new buildings on the N. end. Three line buildings are aligned on lligli St., on the N. the Alumni Hall, a a neat red-.sandstone building with v large hall in which are hupg portraits of many distinguished graduates. In this Hall are conducted tl»e ex- aminations of new men, the Commencement e.xerci.ses, and the meetings of the alumni. The liinonian S(jciety and the Brothers in l^^nity have halls iu this building. Next S. i.s the ornate turreted building of the I » •4- it'T:, BOSTON TC NKVV YORK. lioutf S. 81 I 1^ I College Lilirnry, with mirnerouH ivy-vincH (|»lante«l with ureut <*frt'mony by fitch gmtluiitiiiK 'liiMH) cliinbiiiK up its Miiiulstotit; wuIIh. Thu liilimry I'oiituiiis S>0,(MH) voIuiniit'H. Nt'Xt 8. is tho Ohl C'oiuiuoiih' Hall, now um«'«1 for li'cturt'-rooius, and for the disjilay of tho great gt'ologinil caltiiiets, fn'., prcparol hy Silliman, in which is the (Jihits collection of 2;'), (KM) .specimens, indmling several Eiiroitean collections. Next conies the costly modern b.iilding ol the Art (Jallery (see below). Among the smalltr houses on the S((uare are the old Trumluill (iallery, and the little labora- tory formerly used by the elder Silliman, and preserved as a relic of that eminent scientist. Tlu! (Jymnasium (said to lie the best in the U.S.) is on Library St., and the boat-liouse of the Yale Navy i-t m^ar 'I'ondinson's Ihidge. Curious l)uildings near the square are occupied by the college 8o<'ieiies : the Psi Upsilon, on High, near College St. ; the Delta Kajipa Kpsilon, on York, near Library St. ; tlu^ Scndl anel St. ; the School of the Fine Arts, and the Theological Sehool in a large new buililing, eoriu-r of Elm and College Sts., with the neat Manpiand Chapel attached. Jn 1871 there were 044 men in the academic department, with G8 instruc- tors ; and liir» in the professional schools, with 20-25 instructor.s. The Annual (Jommencement (la.st Thursday in July) is a great day in New Haven, the exercises being (onducted iu the Centre Church and tho Alumni Hall. A large reading-room is in S. Middle College. George Pcabody left §150,000 to Yale, which is to be used in building a tine Museum on Chapel St., and a Memorial Chajicl is also in projection. The lower part of the Art Building is occupied by stud'-^s, &c., and the second floor contains some valuable pictures. The works of art in the first room, to a large extent, belong to gentlemen of New Haven, and are often withdrawn and new ones are added. Anions tliose on exhibition licre iu 1872, worn Vi*w in tlic Catskills, Giffnrd; Portniit iif (ii'or^;t! Pealxniy, Iliintiifjton ; ' Iiiterinr of Wcstniinster Abbey, and * Interior (if St. Marlv's, Vi'iiice, Dor'ul Krnl ; lur^'c copies of the Madonnudi Foligno, tlie Transllyuratioii, ami tiio Last Coniiiiunion of Ht. Jerome ; * Autumnal Scene, GiJi'oiil ; AuHuoaoosuc Valley, ll'iir; Takinj,' the Veil, Weir; ami a large number of portraits, sketches, &c. by (.'ol. TriDnhnll. In the sccoiid room are many easts from antique sculptures ; 130, east of Jupiter, afler I'hld'uts; l.'il, Ilioneus, after Praxitcki: V,Vl,\\\\i\\, Lnnihardi ; \'.V,\, Jephthali, yli((/wr; 135, Edwin Booth ; 136, Col. Trumbull, Ball HunhcK; 137-8, busts by Powers; l.'U), statuette of Apollo; 1, head of Apollo ; 2, i-Esculapius ; 3, *he River-God of the Cephi-Sdus ; 4, Theseus, after P kid ins ; ij, Y'u'Aory, after Phidias; (J, Kanephora ; 7 - -'H, Pauathenaic pro- cession, from the outer frieze of the oella of the Parthenon : 2'.) -33 Con»bat of the Greeks and Anjazous, from the frieze of the Mausoleum at Curia. In the corridor are works of the same ehuss : 1, east from Eleusis ; 3, 4, 11, Metopes of the Theseum : 12, 13, Combat with Centaurs. In tin: third room is the famous * Jarvid collection of early Italian pictures (line catalotjue and "Manual of the 4* 9 X I if 82 Bouff 8. nOSTON TO NEW YOIIK. study of early CliriHliaii Ail," for walo bv (In- Juiiiloi), TI.c iiichin'M from I to l( an' 13yzai\tin<' llaliaii, ol tlw cloviMitli ami twclKli ceiitinitH : I. an altar jiiccc, tlu rnii'itivion, lU'iiosition. and IsiitomltiiiiMit : 'J, tlic Nativity ; :t, a triptyrli, Ma (liiiiiKi •iiiilf*1ki1.l 41111I V'liiiltj • ,1 IttuiiKilt iiii>4iii-itu 1*1-. till ii<«t 111' I'liiMul 111 I the • ■ ' • ■ • 1 ■ •■■" " ■ ■ ■ 1 .■ - • — donna and Vliild and .Saints ; 4, I'.'siiiall |iirtnn>s from ilic history of Clirist, in n Iriptycli ; '>, " a lar^,(' alt^ir |ii(- '.,.»: If ...I ].. I ... . 10 M...I ..I > 'I.M.I /'.' I I (,'1 ^l<>lll«llllill,> ; , II', iiltliii'iiii'i iMi'i \ iiii'i , I I, \ iiii iii.\ii'ii, 'rtiirfiif iiM I r.Mr , ij, fiiiiii- Itii'i'o in 7 S('iiiiihli ; 'Jl, ^SS. .lames, .lulian, .'iiid the Archangel Michael ; '22. the Madonna and Child, &c. ; 2'.\, H.S, Au^nstine and laieia, O/fff/ixj ; 24, .ss. Uominicand .Vk'"'"*. "reo;/)!." ; 'J."», S. .lohii tlh Haptisl, (hnujun ; 2(1, " H. Teter, OrciT(;)iii ,• 27. Tlie 'rnnity and Adoring Saints, ('iipnnii ; 2S. St. KraneiH u......,;..:>..-4i. .h^'i.:_.....4.. a .r./* .31:. iiiv 'IM... i. „.....:.. ii.. ji.. .. 1 . tti\ 1 .1 /iiMKi ; 2K. St. rraneiH ny in the Oarden ; :tO, Legend 10 reeeivinjj; the Stiumata, Aijiiolo (,'i,ilili ; 2'.i, The A;,iiii,v m nic ^i.-uuvn , .n>, i,i-j;i uu of S. tiiovanni Cnalheno Vnscnliuo ; 'M, M;idoniia;inii Child, vte., (liottiiio ; :;j, 'fho \dor;ition of tlw Shepherds, (iiottiiio; '.V.\, Cincitixion, Antiiio; ;U, Vision of Con.^tnnti'ie, and Kail of Satan, Ari'li)io: 'M'l, The Assnm]>tioii ol' tin- Virgin ; lUl, !SS. Co.'^mo and naniiaii, Jiirci ; 'M, the l)"positioii Irnni the Cioss, IVjirc/iia.i ,• 'AH, The * Tri imph of l,ove{on wood). (U'litilr tin luthrinno ; :('.t, iMadonna anil I'hiM, i}^nt;l^ .:., <.'.i.ii,-.'.i<... • III Ms; '/,.i...iii.> l.'i-..i.,ii., ..I' A....:..! \.. 11. ...... ..r i>,.,i.,.. l\... > iiiiv (I in.ii liiiii^ viii'iii, iri'Mrc .iti/r(, 11^. w\itiiiii>"iia, \^(iiiii I'l villlit, I 'Uitt kino; 116, * Madonna holding the Crown of Thorns, itukiioifn ; IKi, Spai S'oblo, I'thiAiuez; 117, Head of the Dead (."hrist. Altnrl Dilnr; US, I'ortrait of 2inyeior Charles V., Holbein; 119, The ri-ooession to Calvary, Breiujhcl. nish the Environs of New Haven. Besides the beaches at Braufonl and Guilford (before spoken of), there is a tine drive down the E. side of the liarbor, by tlie old Forts, Hale and Wooster. The Urove (ateanier from Ne\v Haven 4 limes daily) and the Love Houses are near the lighthouse, 5 M. from the city, the latter ($10 -$15.00 a week) being on a long, smooth, curving beach of white f Dili 1 to 10 |ii»'('('. tlu» ityili, Ma lirist, ill n i'ls ; (i. HI. laili'M, \o ; Ciilhi'iino ; IJ, allar- , Cimaliiir ; iKinlnni'iit, >tS. hoiiii- Anlmnnd I, (»;("((/»l(I ; a ; 2(1.' ' H. ,'iii : 'M\, i^iiiHii ; .SS. iitnl Chilli, 'ail nil, hi a iiiriilc ; 42, ill, ]>aiiitt'(l till .'i;i, Nativity, fi (/(( Siviiii ; III-: (i;<. Aii- w Princess )f a liailv, llrllini ; 77, (fiiirjiinie ; ml Actn'on, () ili Cnili ; ioinia sup- lonna, Ao f FairJiavfir, f»n tlih mIiIi', U fuirions for itMlarf^f and jlelicioiis oystcrH.) Fort Wooster, l.Jj M. rmni thf city, w.-is l»uilt in isl J, iind is now in niins , a noli|(< view is ^'aincd from tin- liill on which it stands. Ahotit 200 yanls N. of this F'ort was the rcitKdcry of the Qninniptacr Indians. l.\-2 M. frotn this ])oint Is Tort flah-. wliich was (li*'any strcni^llicncil during,' the war of IHOI -('».', Imt is now dismantled. The Kast and West Kocks are hold and 'ofty masses of trap-rock, on the plain near the city, which ^'c olo^isls tliink wen. driven np throni^di other strata hy Home great throe of the ceidra! forces. They h)rni the soiilhern limit of the grent system of monntains which extends from Hereford, in Canada, forming the valley of tlie (!onneetient lliver, which many helieve once flowed hctwiien the.s(! elilfs to th(! Sound. East Rook (carriage roMil to the lop, horse-cars to tln! I»ase from the (Jreen) is l.J^-2 M. from the c(!ntre of the city, hy way of State St. A small stono hotel is on its summit. An extensive * vi(!W is alford'-d Ikmhu-, cmhracing the hroad valleys and hright waters of Mill and Quimiipi'ic RiverM, iVc. rural districts of North Haven and llamden, the high hills toward Mount Car- nu'I, lh(! frowning elilfs of West llock, the '"ity of New Haven, its har- bor, and a long sw(!ep of Long Island Sound. •West Rook (hor.se-cars from Chupcd St.) is 2-2.\ M. N. W. of the (Jreen, and rises sharply from the jdain to an elevation of nearly 400 ft. The ftH'.'-ent (ilillieult for ladies) is over a rugge(l and rocky j)ath beyond the