Devonshire Street; una raccolta di fatti e incidenti insieme a riproduzioni di illustrazioni appartenenti ad una vecchia Boston Street. E angolo nord-ovest di Milkand Devonshire Street è venuto nel 1714 nelle mani di SamuelKeeling, un commerciante, che era capitano della Artiglieria antica e Hon-orable, una giustizia, e un uomo di preminenza. E finallyin 1755 questa parte della terra divenne proprietà di Edwardand William Tyng. Gli edifici qui sfuggiti al fuoco del 1760, e il lato est di Joyliffs Lane a Water Street è stato thendeamped a venticinque piedi. John Rowe, il mercante della festa del tè

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Devonshire street; a collection of facts and incidents together with reproductions of illustrations pertaining to an Old Boston street . e northwest corner of Milkand Devonshire Streets came in 1714 into the hands of SamuelKeeling, a merchant, who was captain of the Ancient and Hon-orable Artillery, a justice, and a man of prominence. And finallyin 1755 this portion of the land became the property of Edwardand William Tyng. The buildings here escaped the fire of 1760, and the east side of Joyliffs Lane at Water Street was thenwidened to twenty-five feet. John Rowe, the merchant of tea-party fame, bought in 1763 John Comrins estate, and the familyheld it until it became part of the post-office site, about the middleof the last century. On the site of the post-office next to theComrin property stood the Harvey house, which early in 1812was leased by Bernard Fitzpatrick, an Irish tailor, who came toBoston in 1805; and here was born in November, 1812, the RightRev. John Bernard Fitzpatrick, the first American, native born, bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Fitzpatrick died Feb-ruary 13, 1866. s* ° 3 S 0 2 -« to- H 1 =HO. 40 DEVONSHIRE STREET STACKPOLE HOUSE The southwesterly corner of the post-office property was thesite of the famous Stackpole House, which was long one of Bostonsmost noted taverns, at a time when a tavern played an importantpart in the business and political life of the town. In 1790, whenWilliam Stackpole, a wine merchant, bought the site at auction, it was held by the trustees of the estate of Joshua Winslow. Stack-poles daughter married Francis Welch, and they lived there until1821, when the old mansion became a restaurant, like Juliensthat adjoined it on the east. It was an imposing colonial brickstructure, with rooms on either side of the hall that ran down thecentre. The politicians, the actors, and many of the representa-tive men, as well as those of a social or convivial nature, sippedtheir toddy, gossiped, or exchanged the news in the front

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• bookcentury1900
• bookdecade1910
• booksubjectstreets
• bookyear1912