Q^ Arc there any univcrfities in Mafl<ichufetts ?

A. There are three, bcfide fevcral ?.c;idemies. Harvard
College is the bdl endowed of any in New-England, and h
very llourlfhing.. Williams-College is an infant ioftitution,
and there is another in the diAriift of Maine.
Q. What is the capital oF Muliichufetts ?

A. Bodon, which is alfo the principal tov/n in New-Eng-
hiud.
tJ^Give a dcfcrlption of Bofton ?

A, It (lands on a pcninfulii, and is iiinioti inc]o(ed by
water. It contains about 2,goo houfcs, and fifteen thou(and
inhnbitants. There arc in Bollon fevcntv-ninc iciecis,
thirty-tight lanes, and twenty-one alleys, bcfide fcvciiil
f^uares. Tlvcre arc fi:;teen houfes for public vvorfliip 5 nine
ior Congregationaliils ; three for Epifcopaliiins ; two for
Baptids ; one for Univerfalifls ; and one for Qiiakcrs ;
Leftde one lately occupied by Roman Catholics. Tl\e pub*
Jic houfss in Bollon are the Staie-hoi.fc, C'ourt-hiiufe, Van-
cuil'h'Alf an alms-houfc aiid a \vo\VAvovA^. The long*



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on one fide is a range of above 70 warehoufcs, while the
other is open for the Jading and unlading of veflcls. Boflon
harbour is fafe and large enough to contain five hundred
fhips. In Bodon there arc feven free fchools, befidc many
others : The education of children being v/el! regulated.
