Author: Eben Norton Horsford

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-09-14

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 9781333590642

Excerpt from The Indian Names of Boston, and Their Meaning It will be seen that the region of Me Neck to which Shawmut (sha-um-ut) applied had its nar rowest part between Haymarket Square and North Street, about on a line at right angles to the front of Oak Hall. In the time of Winthrop a canal was cut along what is now Blackstone Street, per mitting small craft loaded with wood or other supplies procured on the shores of the Charles or Mystic to pass through for the needs of the dwell ers on the east side of the peninsula. The Neck proper extended scarcely a hundred yards along what is now Hanover Street, and comprised with it a strip on either side, a little more than twice the width of the present street, as laid down on Winsor's map. The farthest reach of the water from the east was a point about midway between Union and Blackstone streets, and equally distant from North and Hanover streets. The late Dr. T. W. Harris, librarian of Harvard College, as I am informed by Mr. Charles Deane. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.