Alte Wahrzeichen und historische Persönlichkeiten von Boston. Samuel Adams war der Anführer. Hancock, Otis, Samuel Dexter, William Cooper, Town Clerk, Dr. Cooper, war-ren, Church, Josiah Quincy, Jr., Thomas Dawes, Samuel Phil-Lips, Royal Tyler, Paul Revere, Thomas Fleet) John Winslow, Thomas Melvill und einige andere waren Mitglieder. In diesem Raum wurden die meisten der plansfor-Widerstände gegen die britische Usurpation gereift, vom Stempelgesetz bis zur Formung des Provinzkongresses in Der Wasserstadt. Nachdem die Alleen aus der Stadt von General Gage geschlossen wurden, machte Edesseine Flucht bei Nacht, in einem Boot, mit einer Presse und ein paar Typ

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Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . Samuel Adams was the leader. Hancock, Otis, Samuel Dexter, William Cooper, town clerk, Dr. Cooper, War-ren, Church, Josiah Quincy, Jr., Thomas Dawes, Samuel Phil-lips, Royal Tyler, Paul Revere, Thomas Fleet) John Winslow, Thomas Melvill, and some others, were members. In thisroom were matured most of the plansfor resistance to British usurpation, from the Stamp Act to the formationof the Provincial Congress at Water- town. After the avenues from the townwere closed by General Gage, Edesmade his escape by night, in a boat, with a press and a few types, withwhich he opened an office in Water-town, and printed for the ProvincialCongress of Massachusetts. John Gill, his partner, remainedin Boston and was imprisoned for printing treason, sedition, and rebellion. Green and Russell, in 1758, became occupantsof the corner, and printed the Weekly Advertiser therein, which may be considered the progenitor of the present journalof that name. Court Street was long the headquarters of the newspaper4* f. 82 LANDMARKS OF BOSTON. press. During exciting political controversies abuse sometimes waxed warm. In the language of a writer at the beginning of the present century, — Press answers press ; retorting slander flies, And Court Street rivals Billingsgate in lies. The first book printed in Boston was an election sermonpreached to Governor John Leverett, the Council, and Deputiesof the Colony, May 3, 1G76. It was a small quarto pamphletof sixty-three pages. John Foster was the printer. The first regular newspaper was the News Letter, issuedApril 24, 1704, by John Campbell, Postmaster of Boston atthat time. Bartholomew Green was the printer. Green con-tinued to print it until the close of 1707. The building inwhich the News Letter was printed stood very near the eastcorner of Avon Street, on Washington. Tudors Buildings are named from Colonel William Tudor, who lived on the site. He was a member of the old Boston Bar, having studied with Joh

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