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Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston (1901)

Drake, Samuel Adams, 1833-1905 · Boston : Little, Brown, and company · leaf 247

An illustration from Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston, 1901, leaf 247 — said, moreover,that Hannah Hull, his daughter, received for her wedding por-tion her weight in pine-tree shillings when she married JudgeSewall, — a statement probably originating in an ingenious com-putation of the weight of the sum she actually received. Fromthis marriage, remarks Quincy, has… … COPPS HILL AND THE VICINITY. 213 Salem Street was, in 1708, from Mr. Phipss corner inCharter Street to Prince Street; from thence to Hanover it wasBack Street. Christ Church sj)ire has long dominated over this locality,and served as a landmark for vessels entering the harbor. It isthe oldest church…

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