Increase Mather 1639 - 1723
Father of Cotton Mather, Minister of the North Church in North Square, President of Harvard College, 1685 - 1701. Instrumental in securing the Massachusetts Royal Charter of 1691. He lived in North Square and on Hanover Street, and lies buried in Copp's Hill Burying Ground.
Edward Holyoke 1689 - 1769
Pupil in the North Grammar School, and President of Harvard College, 1737 - 1769. Liberal in temper, his administration of thirty-two years was one of the longest and most prosperous in the annals of the college. He was born in North Square.
Edward Everett 1794 - 1865
Statesman and orator, Governor of Massachusetts, 1836 - 1840, and President of Harvard College, 1846 - 1849. He lived as a boy on Richmond Street and was a pupil of "Old John Tileston"
Christian Gullager 1862 - 1826
Among the artists who painted Washington, he was active as a portrait painter during the earlier Post-Revolutionary period. A skillful craftsman his work records in simple and honest realism the people of his day. He lived on Hanover Street.
| HM Number | HM1G8E |
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| Date Added | Thursday, October 16th, 2014 at 11:11pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 19T E 330871 N 4692451 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 42.36595000, -71.05395000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 42° 21.957', W 71° 3.237' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 42° 21' 57.42" N, 71° 3' 14.22" W |
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| Area Code(s) | 617 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 24 Paul Revere Mall, Boston MA 02113, US |
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