Inside Out Library · Explore

Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston (1901)

Drake, Samuel Adams, 1833-1905 · Boston : Little, Brown, and company · leaf 274

An illustration from Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston, 1901, leaf 274
ThePrince of Orange, afterwards King William of England, stoodgodfather for him at the baptismal font. His father wasthe celebrated Bishop Burnet, author of the History of theEeformation in England. The elder Burnet, falhng under the displeasure of King James, re-tired to the Continent, enteredthe… … ^^^fS Ptoftince oftftes©affacl)U fettg. June 1722 238 LANDMARKS OF BOSTON. received subsequently from the House of Hanover the gov-ernment of New York, and afterwards that of MassachusettsColony. The new governor was received with enthusiasm on hisarrival. He was met at the George Tavern, on the…

Dwellings

Internet Archive · Boston Public Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston

More like this