" It is my wish," he says, " that my son Gouverneur shall have the best education that can be furnished him in England or America, but my express will and directions are that under no circumstances shall he be sent to the Colony of Connecticut for that purpose, lest in his youth he should imbibe that low craft and cunning so incident to the people of that country, and which are so interwoven in their constitution that they ean not conceal it from the world, though many of them, under the sanctified garb of religion, have attempted to impose themselves upon the world as honest men." 1 It was during the period of the events recorded in this chapter that Faneuil Hall. identified so conspicuously with the subsequent a citation for American libertv. was built in T,P.oston. , _ , ^ . whom . Peter Faneuil... for it.. was

and Peter obtained employment with him and inherited his fortune. In 1740 the people of Bogt(m were rtivi(led in opinion llpon the ques,. . ., ,, . „. . , ,, , . lion of the erection of a new Central Market

of New was a native of our Town named, Rochelle, whence he went to Boston in the year 1720, at the age of eighteen. His uncle Andrew was a wealthy merchant of that city,

bltter fee,mg was aroused. Hal1' and mneh Thereupon, Peter Faneuil, actuated by public spirit, erected Faneuil Hall, and presented it to the city.

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