HISTORY OF BOSTON,

THE

Metropolis of Massachusetts,

FROM ITS

ORIGIN TO THE PRESENT PERIOD;

WITH SOME

ACCOUNT OF THE ENVIRONS.

BY CALEB H. SNOW, M. D.
Mons Idæus ubi et gentis cunabula nostræ.-Virgil.

PUBLISHED BY ABEL BOWEN, No. 2, CONGRESS-SQUARE,