Downtown Boston as it appeared at the founding of the colony.  The reasons for the Puritans coming to Boston, and their first decades in the New World are all spelled out in detail, with many specific points highlighted, and many little-known details included.  The new English Colony begins to take shape on this map.  The hanging tree on the Common, The beginnings of Boston Harbor, The Great Spring, and the reason why 'Beacon Hill is Called 'Beacon Hill'.  Follow the story in the margins along.  The next print takes up the narrative a few decades later.      

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