Identifier: sightsinbostonsu1856midg2 (find matches)
Title: Sights in Boston and suburbs : or, guide to the stranger
Year: 1856 (1850s)
Authors: Midgley, R. L
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Publisher: Boston : J. P. Jewett & company Cleveland, Ohio : Jewett, Proctor & Worthington
Contributing Library: Boston College Libraries
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d Conants Island. It was de-mised to Governor Winthrop in 1632, and for many yearsafter was called the Governors Garden. Here the UnitedStates government is building a fortress called Fort Win-throp. Its situation is very commanding, and in somerespects superior to Castle Island. It is a pleasing occupation, as we glide along, to -watch17* 198 SUBURBAN SIGHTS. the outward-bound vessels, their canvas first becomingdim as they tend towards the distant horizon, and finallyblotted out in the misty obscurity of the sea distance.The imagination loves to follow them in their flight, andpicture their adventures on that vast watery expansewhose daily history is full of marvel, and whose darkdepths shroud mysteries never to be unfolded to mortalken. Few visitors, after landing at Liverpool Wharf, (once,under the title of Griffins Wharf, so celebrated for thewaste of English tea that occurred there,) do not cherishthe most pleasing reminiscences of their visit to Nahantand sail up Boston Harbor.
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CHAPTER XXI. BLACKSTONE SQUARE. FRANKLIN SQUARE. WILLIAMS MARKET. FOREST HILLS CEMETERY. Forest Hills Cemetery is situated between Norfolkand Bristol Turnpike, Walk Hill, Canterbury, and Scar-borough Streets, in Roxbury. It may be reached fromthe Providence Depot, or by omnibus ; but it will be foundmore pleasing to go by omnibus, and return in the cars.As the omnibus rolls along, we can catch a hasty viewof Williams Market, of the high stone walls of the Ceme-tery, and of Blachstone and Franklin Squares. The former (Blackstone Square) on the west side ofWashington Street, beyond No. 773, containing one hun-dred and five thousand feet of land, and now laid outwith young trees, is an ornament to this portion ofthe city. The fence is constructed of iron, and has alength of thirteen hundred feet, the cost of which was fivethousand dollars. Of this sum, two thousand dollars werecontributed by the property holders or residents around the square. (199) 200 SUBURBAN SIGHTS. Franklin Square i

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