Curiosities of History: Boston, September Seventeenth, 1630-1880
Curiosities of History: Boston, September Seventeenth, 1630-1880
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^^ku ^Sfy Uijf^ oc P3 ^ «« ^ M > fl a o ^ O 11 TOPOGEAPHY OP BOSTON THE ORIGINAL PENINSULA.
There is a line of Cowper to the effect that " God made the country, and man made the town ; " and there is probably no more striking evidence of the truthfulness of the axiom than is to be found in the history and growth of Boston, between the years 1630 and 1880, confirming in a remarkable manner Capt. Wood's prophecy concerning the town, in 1650: viz. , ''whose continuall inlargement presages some sum...ptuous city. " The original territory which has formed the basis, so to speak, of Boston proper, was a peninsula, and appeared like two islands, or, by the continued operation of the sea, was likely to become so. Its distinguishing feature was to be found in its three prominent hills, or, perhaps, its two hills and its three-peaked mountain. These were her jewels : they have since represented her fame, her history, her sentiments ; for these were all wrapped around them. The peninsula was a point of land projected into the harbor, with a narrow neck con- necting it with the mainland, and another narrow 13 14 CURIOSITIES OF HISTORY.
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^^ku ^Sfy Uijf^ oc P3 ^ «« ^ M > fl a o ^ O 11 TOPOGEAPHY OP BOSTON THE ORIGINAL PENINSULA.
There is a line of Cowper to the effect that " God made the country, and man made the town ; " and there is probably no more striking evidence of the truthfulness of the axiom than is to be found in the history and growth of Boston, between the years 1630 and 1880, confirming in a remarkable manner Capt. Wood's prophecy concerning the town, in 1650: viz. , ''whose continuall inlargement presages some sum...ptuous city. " The original territory which has formed the basis, so to speak, of Boston proper, was a peninsula, and appeared like two islands, or, by the continued operation of the sea, was likely to become so. Its distinguishing feature was to be found in its three prominent hills, or, perhaps, its two hills and its three-peaked mountain. These were her jewels : they have since represented her fame, her history, her sentiments ; for these were all wrapped around them. The peninsula was a point of land projected into the harbor, with a narrow neck con- necting it with the mainland, and another narrow 13 14 CURIOSITIES OF HISTORY.
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