Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . twentv miles. Groton thirty-five miles, and Fitchbnrg fiftymiles from l>o-ton. Coits Hill, not far from tlie Fitcliburg Dejiot. wasformerly called Snow Hill. It came into the possessionof the Ancient and Ilonyrable Artillery Company; andwhen, in 177;), they were tinbidden by General Gage toparade un the Conuiion, they went to this, theii- own noSiON AND VICIMTV. 11, J ground, ami diilkil in detiance of his threats. The ibrt,or battery, that was built there by the British, just beforethe buttle ol Bunker Hill, stood near the brow of th
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Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . twentv miles. Groton thirty-five miles, and Fitchbnrg fiftymiles from l>o-ton. Coits Hill, not far from tlie Fitcliburg Dejiot. wasformerly called Snow Hill. It came into the possessionof the Ancient and Ilonyrable Artillery Company; andwhen, in 177;), they were tinbidden by General Gage toparade un the Conuiion, they went to this, theii- own noSiON AND VICIMTV. 11, J ground, ami diilkil in detiance of his threats. The ibrt, or battery, that was built there by the British, just beforethe buttle ol Bunker Hill, stood near the brow of the hill, adjoiuintj the buryiiii>:-iiroui;d. The remains of manyeminent men repose in this little cemetery. Close by theEMitrance is the vault of the Mather family, covered by aplain oblong structure of brick, three feet high and aboutsix feet long, upon which is laid a heavy brown stoneslab, with a tablet of slate, bearing the following inscrip-tion : —. The Reverend Doctors Increase, Cotton, and Samuel Mather wereinterred in this vault. IxcuKASE died August 27, 1723, iE. 84.CoTTox Feb. 13, 1727, 65.S.MrEL Jan. 27, 178.5, 79. Tlie whole is surrounded by a n<^at iron railing. 116 BOSTON AND VICINITY. The Boston and IMatm: Railuoad Depot frontson Haymarkft Square. It is a fine large brick building, two stories liigli, and is more centrally located than anyother depot iu the city. This road is seventy-four mileslong, and reaches to Portland. The ears pass throughCharlestown, which is distant one mile, Maiden, four