triumph through the abandoned works of the enemy, inaugurating by their valor and constancy the hope of a successful issue to the conflict just begun. The stay of the French was improved by a round of reviews, balls, dinners, and receptions. The officers found quarters and genuine hospitality among the inhabitants, and the men were well cared for. Both officers and men parted with keen regret from the friends they had found, a regret sincerely shared by the inhabitants. At a fire which occurred in the town the French displayed such good-will and gallantry in assisting to extinguish it that they were publicly thanked. On the 11th, Governor Hancock and the council gave one of their solemn feasts to the general and field officers, the Marquis de Vaudreuil, and principal officers of the fleet. The fleet of the Marquis lay in the roads, consisting of the eighty gun-ships Le Triomphant, Le Couronne, and Le Duc de Bourgogne; the seventy-fours L'Hercule, Le Souverain, Le Neptune, La Bourgogne, Northumberland, Le Bravo, Le Citoyen, and the two frigates L'Amazone and La Néréide. At this time the squadron was joined by a most notable volunteer in John Paul Jones, who was, at his own solicitation, permitted to accompany M. de Vaudreuil. He was received with distinction by the Marquis on board his own vessel, Le Triomphant, and lodged with the Baron Vioménil. The destination of the squadron a secret which was well kept was Jamaica. On the 24th of December the fleet set sail from Boston for the rendezvous at Porto Cabello, which after numerous disasters it reached in February. While lying there, Paul Jones fell dangerously ill of the fever. Peace ensued before the fleet of D'Estaing, which was to co-operate, arrived from Cadiz. It will be remembered that Jones was compelled, by a resolution of Congress, to surrender the America, the building of which he had for sixteen months superintended, to M. de Vaudreuil, to replace Le Magnifique, which had belonged to the fleet of the Marquis. The reader, who has patiently followed us in the attempt to reconstruct to some extent the Boston of our fathers, to rebuild in imagination their habitations, and to revive their venerable customs, may, in a measure, realize those changes which have swept over the ancient peninsula, and wellnigh totally effaced its landmarks; and while he feels a just pride in that growth which is the expression of power, he may yet render due tribute to the solid traits and heroic deeds of those antique characters who laid the foundations deep and permanent on which have risen the Metropolis of New England. INDEX. A. Abbott, Colonel, 379. corner-stone of New State House, Academy of Music, first established in Adams, Samuel, senior, 380. Boston, 259. Adams, Charles Francis, birthplace, Adams Express Company, 76, 80. Adams School, 314. Adams, Seth, printing-office, 253. Admiral Vernon Tavern, 111; kept Adventure, Galley (Kidd's vessel), Advertiser Building, 79. Preston, 249, 309; description of Alboni, Madame, 394. Alcott, A. Bronson, school, 312. Adams, John Quincy, library of, 37, 39, lays corner-stone of Boylston Market, Allen, Rev. James, old stone resi- Adams, Laban, innkeeper, 392. dence, 363. Allen, Jeremiah, 261; residence, 363. Allen, Wm. H., 197; W. H., 390. |