Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston (1901)
Drake, Samuel Adams, 1833-1905 · Boston : Little, Brown, and company · leaf 129
nizing at sight any vessel belonging to the port of Boston.Perpetually on the watch, as soon as a vessel could be discoveredwith a spy-glass he knew its name, and gave information to theowner. He had some small office in the Custom House at onetime. He who stood on the balcony of the Old State… … EXCHANGE COFFEE HOUSE. From our stand-point, at the lower end of the Old StateHouse, Devonshire Street opens at our right hand. The Pud-ding Lane of yore is suggestive of good living. Accordinglywe find the well-remembered Exchange CofFee-House was situ-ated in Congress Square, once known by the…
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