Download or read book Rambles in Old Boston, New England written by Edward Griffin Porter and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This work is inscribed to the Bostonian Society, to whose custody the city has confided the Council Chamber and the Hall of Representatives in the old State House, in recognition of its enterprise in exploring and preserving the antiquities of Boston." "Mr. Tolman has made his sketches with conscientious accuracy from the houses themselves, and not from engravings or photographs. With the single exception of the old feather-store in Dock Square, which was drawn from an original pencil sketch by Bartholomew, he has not attempted to represent in detail any building which not now standing."