Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . persons, that puttingconfidence in their ships and sails, shall offer any injury tothe people, or contemn their Government; and they havecertain signals of alarums, which suddenly spread throughthe whole country. By these alarums is meant the can-non and beacon light upon the great natural pinnacle ofBeacon Hill. It was afterwards rebuilt with pine trees and earth. Ina short time this also became useless, and a small castlewas built, with brick walls, and had three rooms in it; adwelling room, a lodging room over it, and a gun roomover t
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Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . persons, that puttingconfidence in their ships and sails, shall offer any injury tothe people, or contemn their Government; and they havecertain signals of alarums, which suddenly spread throughthe whole country. By these alarums is meant the can-non and beacon light upon the great natural pinnacle ofBeacon Hill. It was afterwards rebuilt with pine trees and earth. Ina short time this also became useless, and a small castlewas built, with brick walls, and had three rooms in it; adwelling room, a lodging room over it, and a gun roomover that. The erection of this castle gave rise to thepresent name of the island. At one time there was like-wise a strong building erected on the island for the recep-tion of convicts whose crimes deserved the gallows, butby the lenity of the government had their punishment28 ;(3G BOSTON AND VICIMTY. changed. Here abode the celebrated Stephen Burrongh.This island belongs to the United States, by which Foi tLidependence has been erected on the castle ruins.. On the west side of the wall a tombstone stands, beneathwhich sleeps the good old Edward Pursley, whose spirit,