Chapter II: Introduction: George Perry Morris 1

PORTLAND Samuel T. Pickard 53

RUTLAND, MASS. Edwin D. Mead 81

SALEM George Dimmick Latimer 121

BOSTON {Thomas Wentworth Higginson 167
{Edward Everett Hale 187

CAMBRIDGE Samuel A. Eliot 211

CONCORD Frank B. Sanborn 243

PLYMOUTH Ellen Watson 299

CAPE COD TOWNS Katharine Lee Bates 345

DEERFIELD George Sheldon 403

NEWPORT Susan Coolidge 443

PROVIDENCE William B. Weeden 475

HARTFORD Mary K. Talcott 507

NEW HAVEN Frederick H. Cogswell 553

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Plymouth in 1622[1] _Frontispiece_

PORTLAND

WHITE HEAD, CUSHING ISLAND 55

DEERING’S WOODS 59

Showing brook which the soldiers had to ford in the fight with the Indians in 1689.

FIRST PARISH CHURCH 63

Containing the Mowatt cannon-ball.

THE BIRTHPLACE OF LONGFELLOW 67

HENRY W. LONGFELLOW 73

N. P. WILLIS 77

RUTLAND

DR. CUTLER’S CHURCH AND PARSONAGE AT IPSWICH HAMLET, 1787[2] 83

VIEW OF RUTLAND STREET[3] 85

MANASSEH CUTLER[4] 91

NATHAN DANE[5] 92

RUFUS PUTNAM[6] 95

SITE OF MARIETTA AND HARMAR, 1788[7] 101

THE “CENTRAL TREE”[8] 103

THE OLD RUTLAND INN[9] 104

VIEW OF RUTLAND CENTRE FROM MUSCHOPAUGE HILL[10] 107

BRITISH BARRACKS[11] 112

THE RUFUS PUTNAM HOUSE[12] 114

SALEM

GOVERNOR ENDICOTT’S SUN-DIAL AND SWORD[13] 122

THE FIRST MEETING-HOUSE, 1634-39[14] 123

GOVERNOR SIMON BRADSTREET[15] 125

GOVERNOR JOHN ENDICOTT[16] 126

THE PICKERING FIREBACK[17] 128

OLD CRADLE[18] 131

THE ROGER WILLIAMS’ OR “WITCH HOUSE”[19] 137

WITCH PINS[20] 142

TIMOTHY PICKERING 153

SOME OLD DOORWAYS[21] 155

BOWDITCH DESK AND QUADRANT[22] 158

WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT 160

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE 163
From an engraving from a painting by C. G. Thompson.

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE--BIRTHPLACE OF HAWTHORNE--HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES--GRIMSHAWE HOUSE--THE OLD TOWN PUMP[23] 165

SEAL OF THE CITY OF SALEM[24] 166

BOSTON

SUCCORY OR “BOSTON WEED” 167

TRINITY CHURCH[25] 169

BOSTON IN 1757 172
From a drawing by Governor Pownall.

“OLD CORNER BOOKSTORE”[26] 175

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES 177

PUBLIC LIBRARY 179

MAP OF BOSTON IN 1722 180

CHARLES SUMNER 182

PHILLIPS BROOKS 184

FANEUIL HALL IN THE 18TH CENTURY 189

GOVERNOR THOMAS HUTCHINSON 190
From a portrait in possession of the Massachusetts Historical
Society, once the property of Jonathan Mayhew.

THE OLD SOUTH CHURCH IN ITS PRESENT CONDITION. BUILT IN 1729 193

OLD STATE HOUSE 197

JAMES OTIS 199

SAMUEL ADAMS 201

BOSTON MASSACRE 203
From a painting by A. Chappel.

LANDING OF BRITISH TROOPS AT BOSTON, 1768 205

MAP OF BOSTON IN 1775 206

THE FROG POND ON THE COMMON AS IT NOW APPEARS 209

SEAL OF THE CITY OF BOSTON 210

CAMBRIDGE

HARVARD COLLEGE GATE 213

HOME OF LONGFELLOW 215

“THE MUSES’ FACTORIES.”--LOWELL 221

STATUE OF JOHN HARVARD AND MEMORIAL HALL, HARVARD COLLEGE 225

HOLWORTHY HALL, HARVARD COLLEGE 229

HOME OF LOWELL 231

WASHINGTON ELM 233

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL 235

GYMNASIUM, HARVARD COLLEGE 237

WILLIAM E. RUSSELL 240

CONCORD

CONCORD RIVER, BY THOREAU’S LANDING 245

RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1858) 252
From a sketch by Rowse.

THE LIGHT AT THE BRIDGE[27] 255
Redrawn from Ralph Earle’s sketch of 1775.

THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON, APRIL 19, 1775 263
From an old print.

MUSKETS OF CAPTAIN JOHN PARKER 266

THE MINUTE-MAN[28] 269
French’s first statue.

HAWTHORNE’S OLD MANSE 274

REVOLUTIONARY INN[29] 277

HENRY THOREAU (1857)[30] 280

GRAVES OF THE EMERSON FAMILY 283

HOME OF EMERSON 287

A. BRONSON ALCOTT (1875)[31] 292

LOUISE M. ALCOTT 295

SEAL OF THE CITY OF CONCORD 297

PLYMOUTH

FACSIMILE OF A PAGE FROM GOVERNOR BRADFORD’S MANUSCRIPT, “PLIMOTH PLANTATION” 301 The original is now in the Boston State House.

PULPIT ROCK, CLARKE’S ISLAND[32] 302

THE EARLY NORMAN DOORWAY AT AUSTERFIELD CHURCH 305

THE OLD FORT AND FIRST MEETING-HOUSE, ON BURIAL HILL, 1621[33] 307

GOVERNOR EDWARD WINSLOW[34] 313

THE HARBOR[35] 321

PLYMOUTH IN 1622[36] 323

THE “MAYFLOWER” IN PLYMOUTH HARBOR[37] 333
From the painting by W. F. Halsall, in Pilgrim Hall.

THE OLD COLONY SEAL 334

THE LANDING OF THE FATHERS, PLYMOUTH, DECEMBER 22, 1620 335 Copied from an old painting on glass.

THE FULLER CRADLE 337

AN OLD ENGLISH SPINNING-WHEEL 338

THE DOTEN HOUSE, 1660[38] 339
The oldest house in Plymouth.

THE GRAVE OF DR. FRANCIS LE BARRAN, THE NAMELESS NOBLEMAN[39] 342

SEAL OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH 343

CAPE COD TOWNS

THE BEACH, FALMOUTH[40] 347

MAP OF CAPE COD SECTION[41] 349

PROVINCETOWN 355

WHARVES AT PROVINCETOWN 359

PROVINCETOWN IN 1839 363
From an old drawing.

HIGHLAND LIGHT 371

OYSTER POINT, WELLFLEET 373

BISHOP AND CLERK LIGHT, HYANNIS 376

OLD WINDMILL, EASTHAM 378

RUINS OF THE CHATHAM LIGHT 383

LIFE-SAVING STATION AT WELLFLEET 386

BASS RIVER BRIDGE, SOUTH YARMOUTH 387

BARNSTABLE INN 389

BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF FALMOUTH[42] 395

THE VILLAGE GREEN[43] 397

SHIRICK’S POND, FALMOUTH[44] 399

THE WHALE-SHIP “COMMODORE MORRIS” AND THE FALMOUTH CAPTAINS WHO SAILED IN HER[45] 401

DEERFIELD

OLD DEERFIELD STREET, 1671-1898 405

FRARY HOUSE, 1698 408
Oldest in the county.

THIRD MEETING-HOUSE, 1695-1729 419
(Old Indian house on the right.)

PARSON WILLIAMS’S HOUSE 421
Built by the town, 1707--standing 1898.

DOOR OF “OLD INDIAN HOUSE” HACKED BY INDIANS 423
Now in Memorial Hall.

TOMBSTONES OF REV. JOHN WILLIAMS AND HIS WIFE 425

STEPHEN WILLIAMS, 1693-1782 428
A captive of February 29, 1703-4.

GEORGE FULLER, 1822-1884 437

BUFFET FROM “PARSON WILLIAMS’S” HOUSE 439
Now in Memorial Hall.

NEWPORT

THE OLD STONE MILL 445

NEWPORT IN 1795[46] 447

GEORGE BERKELEY, DEAN OF DERRY[47] 451

WHITEHALL, THE BERKELEY RESIDENCE, BUILT 1729 453

“PURGATORY”[48] 457

ROCHAMBEAU’S HEADQUARTERS[49] 459

LIFE MASK OF WASHINGTON[50] 463
Made by Houdon in 1785.

THE PARSONAGE OF MRS. STOWE’S “MINISTER’S WOOING”[51] 466

DOORWAY OF OLD HOUSE ON THAMES STREET[52] 468

GENERAL NATHANAEL GREENE[53] 471
From one of Malbone’s best miniatures.

SEAL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT 473

PROVIDENCE

VIEW OF PROVIDENCE 477
From the south.

ROGER WILLIAMS RECEIVED BY THE INDIANS 479
From a design by A. H. Wray.

THE ROGER WILLIAMS MONUMENT 483

STEPHEN HOPKINS[54] 490

BROWN UNIVERSITY 493

FRANCIS WAYLAND 499

THE CAPITOL 503

SEAL OF THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE 506

HARTFORD

MAIN STREET 509

OLD CENTER BURYING-GROUND 513

THE CHARTER OAK 520

OLD STATE HOUSE, NOW CITY HALL 529
Built in 1794.

STATUE OF ISRAEL PUTNAM 539
J. Q. A. Ward, sculptor.

KENEY MEMORIAL TOWER[55] 541

THE CAPITOL 543

SOLDIERS’ MEMORIAL ARCH 545

HARRIET BEECHER STOWE 546

DR. HORACE BUSHNELL 547
From a crayon drawing by S. W. Rowse.

J. HAMMOND TRUMBULL, LL.D. 549

ARMS OF THE CITY OF HARTFORD 551

NEW HAVEN

TEMPLE STREET 555

JOHN DAVENPORT 557
From a portrait in possession of Yale College.

ROGER SHERMAN[56] 561
Photographed from statue on the east front of the Capitol
at Hartford.

JUDGES’ CAVE 567

A HUMANE ENEMY 571

PHELPS HALL 573

OSBORN HALL 577

THE ART BUILDING 579

NOAH WEBSTER[57] 581

ELI WHITNEY 583

EAST ROCK PARK 585

SEAL OF THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN 586