Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston (1901)
Drake, Samuel Adams, 1833-1905 · Boston : Little, Brown, and company · leaf 28
while atShawmut they would probably have seen only the latter river. In William Blackstone, Episcopalian, we have the first whitesettler of the peninsula. The date of his settlement has beensupposed to have been about 1626, although there is nothingconclusive on this point known to the writer. Here… … TRIMOXJNTAIN. The place where Blackstone located his dwelling has givenrise to much controversy, but can be fixed with some degreeof certainty. Like a sen-sible man, Blackstone chosethe sunny southwest slopeof Beacon Hill for his res-idence. The records showthat in April, 1633, it isagreed that…
Dwellings
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