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To those men of the North Endwho defended with their livesthe integrity of the Union in theAmerican Civil War1861 - 1865Thomas Cass 1821 - 1862Born in Ireland, he attached himself devotedly to the ideals of his adopted country at the breaking out …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G9D_the-salutation-tavern-the-green-dragon-tavern_Boston-MA.html
The Salutation TavernOpened in 1662, stood on the north east corner ofSalutation and North Streetsadjoining this MallIt was the meeting place ofThe Committee of Safetyand in it was plannedThe Boston Tea PartyHere Samuel Adams, Josiah Quincy Jr., J…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G9A_st-stephens-church_Boston-MA.html
The first building on this site wasThe New North Meeting Houseerected in 1714 and enlarged in 1730At the request of General Washington, March 28, 1776immediately following the evacuation of Boston by the BritishThe Reverend Andrew Eliot, then mini…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G97_john-winthrop-nicholas-upsall-cotton-mather-john-hull_Boston-MA.html
John Winthrop 1588 - 1649In the early autumn of 1630, Winthrop and his company landed at the foot of Prince Street from Charleston. Thus was begun the settlement of Boston. The spirit of Winthrop is forever a challenge to America:"To avoid shipwre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G8H_sir-william-phips-joseph-warren-john-manley-edmund-hartt_Boston-MA.html
Sir William Phips 1651 - 1695First Royal Governor of Massachusetts under the Charter of 1691. One of twenty-six brothers and sisters. A poor boy apprenticed to a ship's carpenter in the North End. In 1687 he recovered from a Spanish galleon sunken…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G8G_john-tileston-to-those-men-of-the-north-end_Boston-MA.html
John Tileston 1735 - 1826Active patriot during the Revolution. Beloved master for more than seventy years of the North Writing School, now the Eliot School and teacher of many famous Bostonians. He lived and died on Margaret Street.To Those Men of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G8E_samuel-tucker-increase-mather-edward-holyoke-edward-everett-christian-gullager_Boston-MA.html
Samuel Tucker 1747 - 1833High on the roll of the valiant fighting men of the Old Navy, he captured sixty-two enemy vessels, more than six hundred cannon, and three thousand prisoners. A pride to the North End, he lived on Fleet Street.Increase Mat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G8D_john-greenwood-ann-pollard-harriot-keziah-hunt-charlotte-saunders-cushman_Boston-MA.html
John Greenwood 1729 - 1792Painter of Portraits and Mezzotint Engraver of a family long known in the North End as builders of ships. A nephew of Isaac Greenwood, first Hollis Professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Harvard College. Born …
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The oldest church building in Bostonafter its spire was blown down in a galeOctober 1804the present spire, sixteen feet shorter than the originalwas erected under the supervision of Charles BulfinchIts peal of bellsthe first in Americahas rung in …
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Printer, Scientist, Philanthropist,Diplomat and StatesmanA Man of Towering EminenceAs Publisher of Poor Richard's Almanache provided America in its upbuildingwith a practical Philosophyand enriched its common speechwith a wealth of proverbsHe beli…