Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . actories, of which the glass works are the mostimportant. Somcrvillc, thre(^ miles distant. Medford, five miles from Boston, is at the head of navi-gation on the Mystic River, and noted for its ship building. Woburn, ten miles, has a varied and pleasing aspect,and contains ^ome beautiful farms. Horn Pond, m this110 BOSTON AM) Vl< IMTV. 1 1 I town, is a delightful sheet of water, surrounded by ever-greens, and is so remarkable ior its rural beauties as toattract many visitors from a distance. Wilmington is fifteen miles, Billerica nine
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Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . actories, of which the glass works are the mostimportant. Somcrvillc, thre(^ miles distant. Medford, five miles from Boston, is at the head of navi-gation on the Mystic River, and noted for its ship building. Woburn, ten miles, has a varied and pleasing aspect, and contains ^ome beautiful farms. Horn Pond, m this110 BOSTON AM) Vl< IMTV. 1 1 I town, is a delightful sheet of water, surrounded by ever-greens, and is so remarkable ior its rural beauties as toattract many visitors from a distance. Wilmington is fifteen miles, Billerica nineteen miles, Billerica Mills twenty-two miles, and Lowell twenty-sixmiles from Boston. The Eastern Railroad Depot, which is built ofbrick, stands on Causeway Street, at the foot of Fiiendand Canal Streets. The length of the road to Ports-mouth is tifty-six miles, or to Portland one hundred and 112 BOSTON AND VI CI MTV. seven miles. On the way to Port, mouth the followingtowns are passed through : — Lynn, nine miles distant, is noted for its shoe trade.. Salem, sixteen miles, was formerly engaged in the EastIndia trade, but has declined in commercial importance, most of its shipping having been removed to Boston, although continuing to be owned in Salem. The INIuseumof the East India Marine Society is well worth a visit, forwhich tickets of admission can be procured gratis, on ap-plication. It is remarkable for the variety and extent ofits natural and artificial curiosities, collected from every BOSTON AND VICINITY 113 jiart of the world. The road jiasses tluoiigh a tunnelbuilt under E-^sex and Washington Streets, and is thenceearried over a bridge of considerable length to Beverly. Beverly, sixteen miles from Boston, is connected withGalem by a biidge across the North River fifteen hundredieet in length. Wenham is twenty-two miles, Ipswich twenty-sevenmiles, Rowley thirty-one miles, Newburyport thirty-sixmiles, The celebrated George Whitetield died in thistown in September, 1770.