Book/Printed Material William Blackstone, Boston's first inhabitant. Copy 1
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Image 1 of Copy 1 F 73 .B631 Copy 1 t^tacfistoiie jiSojiiton jQt Jftvst £n))«tittant sEcoNii Eiiirii):- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
- Date: 1877
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Image 2 of Copy 1- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
- Date: 1877
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Image 3 of Copy 1 ihomis Cb-^J^vrv AmoTK WILLIAM BLACKSTONE iJoflton s jfivst Kntiisftltattt- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
- Date: 1877
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Image 4 of Copy 1 •m? Copyright, 1877. RocKWKLL Churchill, Boston. Rockwell CbuToblll, Printers. 39 Aicb Street. Boston.- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 5 of Copy 1 TO E|)e ©Itr ^outi) Jlcctmg Hoxise ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING MONUMKNTS OF OUR PROVINCIAL PERIOD, OF KVENTS AND MEN THAT HELPED TO ESTABLISH OUR NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE AND FREE INSTITU- TIONS, THIS…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 6 of Copy 1- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 7 of Copy 1 Wh/T is Kf Y/I( of BLACKSTOf(E. For several j-ears previous to the first settlement of Boston, in September, 1630, William Blackstone, its earliest European inhabitant, occupied bj himself what formed for long…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 8 of Copy 1 WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. excepting six acres. He received six shillings from each householder, and, in some instances, larger sums in volun- tary contributions, for this release. It has been said that he disclaimed…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 9 of Copy 1 WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. J Cambridge Bay, opposite the mouth of Charles River. It seems not to have occurred to Shaw, Snow, Drake, and Shurt- leff that his name might attach at that period…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 10 of Copy 1 WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. his homestead to Richard Pepjs, who built a house on the land, of which her husband was the tenant, and possibly Pepys maj have occupied another himself on the property.…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 11 of Copy 1 WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. Study Hill, about sixty feet in elevation, he resided the rest of his days. Miantonimo, nephew of Canonicus, king of the Narragansetts, Ocamsequin or Massasoit, king of Wampa- noags, were…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 12 of Copy 1 lO WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. anity, from this seething caldron of corruption emerged later the furies of retribution and minister, primate, and another king, his son, quite as arbitrary, went to the block. No…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 13 of Copy 1 WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. |IGH on an eminence he stood, His thoughts beyond the sea, For he had left his native land That he might here be free, Free from the thrall of unjust…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 14 of Copy 1 12 WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. Save him, and one across the bay, One, whose island home lay near, He lived a solitary man. No kindred soul to cheer. Nor had he need his well-stored…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 15 of Copy 1 WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. I 3 Her measured mazes tread, Mayflower, violet, eglantine, Each morn new odor shed Roses from home, that cherished ties Kept in perennial bloom, Carols awakening memories Which living forms…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 16 of Copy 1 14 WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. Where stood his humble cot, Should one day magic works create, Not to be soon forgot. Yet still perchance, as lulled the storm, The stirring tones he hears Of…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 17 of Copy 1 WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. I 5 Beguile the hours away. He saw before their windows spread A paradise of shade, Where lake and turf cooed lovingly And gleaming fountains played. And all around, in…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 18 of Copy 1 1 6 WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. Nor Stuarts, gay or trist, Orange nor Brunswick, cared to know For subje6ls thrones exist. Not all of Marlborough s vi^loi Ies, Laurels by land or sea. Could…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 19 of Copy 1 WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. I J A sense of comfort came once more, And he his theme resumes. Now, in the Mayflower cabin grouped, The Pilgrims sign the deed, Which, basing rule on equal…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 20 of Copy 1 1 8 WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. They claim their honest rights as men, For freedom strike the blow. What need repeat that honored roll, Who fought on field or flood, Who, sage in council…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 21 of Copy 1 WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. 1 9 He knew that he was infinite, And his law happiness. Cahii and subdued, at peace with Heaven, Sweet sleep his being fills And sunshine, when he oped his…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 22 of Copy 1 20 WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. However sore distressed. Their barks but scanty food supplied Untilled as yet the fields And soon to fevered lips the spring No more refreshment yields. It was a sorry…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 23 of Copy 1 WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. 21 Life had been pleased content But every fibre of his soul The world had wrenched and rent. He placed implicit trust in Heaven, And, striving to do right, Solace,…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 24 of Copy 1 22 WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. His courage to renew. With swelling heart and radiant face He marked their splendors die His homeward path the evening star Beaconing from twilight sky. When once resolved, he,…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 25 of Copy 1 WILLIAM BLACKS TONE. 23 And funeral honors pay Wilson, their pastor, best of guides Through thorny paths to steer, Who cast the hated vestments off To keep his conscience clear Grave men,…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 26 of Copy 1 24 WILLIAM BLACKS TONE. The briny currents ebbed and flowed, Freshening the air around Mingling their fragrance with the flowers That decked his garden ground. His modest home of English oak, Like…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 27 of Copy 1 WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. 2$ To raise another house to God, And succor the distressed. Here Stoughton told of winnowed seed, Sewall CQnfessed his fault, And pious pastors by the score The Infinite exalt.…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 28 of Copy 1 26 WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. The telephone of fame. Yet in no feeble whispers breathe, With no uncertain sound, Their bugle notes stir valiant hearts, Where any despot found. Let not these glorious monuments,…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 29 of Copy 1 WILLIAM BLACKSTOjVE. 2 J In daily walks displayed Awoke an echo in his breast, On simple tenets stayed. Though all the land was his by law They could not well gainsay, He…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 30 of Copy 1 28 WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. If such had been its fate. Blackstone loved liberty of thought His views w^ere too defined For any subtle points like these To fret his equal mind. Perchance, as…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 31 of Copy 1 WILLIAM BLACKSTOXE. 29 When later Roger Williams came, Another State to plant, Religious liberty proclaim, More friends he did not want. Massasoit, Miantonimo, Knew well his modest worth, Allowed no Indian of…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 32 of Copy 1 30 WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. Death took her gently from his side, Nor wholly left alone. One only child engrossed his thoughts, Yet requited ill his care, For, when at fourscore Blackstone died, He…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 33 of Copy 1 WILLIAM BLACA S TONE. 3 I The Narragansett king of realms None fairer to behold, Refused to barter land for life, His faithful braves for gold. His sole request, no white man…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 34 of Copy 1- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 35 of Copy 1 WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. 33 NOTES. \_Page 7.] The following deposition of Mrs. Ann Pollard is tliat alluded to as identifying Blackstone s house as situated on Beacon, between Walnut and Charles streets, on…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 36 of Copy 1 34 WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. IPage 13.] Merry Mount, near Mount Wollaston, whore Tliom.as Morton held his revels. \Page 13.] According to tradition, roses, of English varieties, adorned the garden of Blackstone. In Merrymount,…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 37 of Copy 1 WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. 35 Xorth Square ■was till recent days the centre of many handsome residences Hutchinson s and Sir Henry Frankland s being the most costly and mem- orable. [Pa^e 23.] The…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 38 of Copy 1 2,6 WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. IPage 31.] King Philip, sachem of Pokanoket, youngest son of Ocamsequin, or Massasoit, succeeded his brother Alexander as king of the Wampanoags in 1657. His policy was to drive…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 39 of Copy 1 WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. 37 reservations of fifty acres and of six later were near his residence, it is rea- sonable to presume that his house stood somewhere between Charles and Walnut, and of…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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Image 40 of Copy 1 38 WILLIAM BLACKS TONE. uments always existed, much had been left for conjeAure. Neither quantities nor dimensions estimated on slopes hold out when reduced to a level. It had been argued that…- Contributor: Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin)
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About this Item
Title
- William Blackstone, Boston's first inhabitant.
Names
- Amory, Thomas C. (Thomas Coffin), 1812-1889.
Created / Published
- Boston : Rockwell & Churchill, printers, c1877.
Headings
- - Blackstone, William,--1595-1675--Poetry
- - Boston (Mass.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Notes
- - Attributed to Thomas C. Amory. Cf. NUC pre-1956 imprints.
- - Also available in digital form.
Medium
- 38 p. ; 19 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- F73.4 .B631
Library of Congress Control Number
- 07008591
OCLC Number
- 9487446
Online Format
- online text
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