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Title: Antique views of ye towne of Boston
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Stark, James Henry
Subjects: Dwellings Historic buildings
Publisher: Boston : Published by ye Photo-electrotype engraving co. ...
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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d playfully flickered on the brow of Tulliola. Thepanelling of the parlor was of the dark, richly shaded mahoganyof St. Domingo, and ornamented with the same elaborate skill asthe hailjusl quitted. The busts of George III. and his youugqueen were placed in front of a splendid mirror with bronzelamps on each side covered with beautiful transparencies, one rep-resenting the destruction of the Spanish Armada, the other giv- inga tine, view of a lleet of line of battle ships, drawn up beforethe Rock of Gibraltar. On either side of the room were archessurmounted with the arms of England. The library was hungwith tapestry, representing the cornation of George II.. inter-spersed with the royal arm-. The portraits of Anne and theGeorges, hung in massive frames of antique splendor, and the crowded shelves were -unnounted with busts of the house of Stuart. In the centre of the apartment stood a table of polishedoak. The garden of the old mansion extended back to Hanoverand to Fleet streets. ♦
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ANTIQUE VIEWS OF BOSTON. Here Lieut.-Governor Hutchinson surrounded himself with hisbooks and works of art; here he collected precious manuscriptsand compiled his interesting History; and here, on the night ofthe 26th of August, 1765, he was sought by an infuriated mob,and would have been assassinated but for his daughters devotion.His house was sacked and his rich furniture of all kinds destroyed,and his priceless manuscripts scattered to the winds. It is impos-sible to estimate the great loss this was to the history of the coun-try. A few years more of contention, and this courtly represen-tative of an ancient and honorable family, this sincere lover of hiscountry, this patient student of her histoiy, this skillful man ofaffairs, this persuasive speaker, this upright and merciful judge,once so beloved, unable to discern or unwilling to adopt the courseof the revolutionists, hindered perhaps by his great possessions,preferring to remain on the side that represented law and author-ity

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