Downtown Through History • I
Boston at the founding of the colony: the early peninsula, harbor, Great Spring, Beacon Hill, and the first decades of settlement.
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Original Historical Boston map print by Ed McCarthy.
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The opening plate in the Downtown Boston Through History series focuses on the colony’s earliest years. It traces the new settlement on the peninsula and identifies early landmarks, resources, and details that explain how the first Boston took shape.