The Old Corner Bookstore is the oldest business building in Boston.
 It was built in 1718 as an apothecary shop.

Before it became a business, Anne Hutchinson lived in this building.
 She used to hold religious meetings in her home, where she would read scripture.
 Sometimes as many as 80 people would come to the meetings.
This was more than 10% of Boston's population at the time.
 Eventually Hutchinson was accused of heresy for preaching without being a preacher.
 (At that time, no women were allowed to be preachers, and Hutchinson's ideas also disagreed with the Puritans'.)
 Hutchinson was excommunicated and exiled to Rhode Island in 1638.

In the 1800s, the Old Corner Bookstore was one of the United States' most important book publishing companies.
 It published books written by many famous authors, who would also meet at the Bookstore.
 These authors included:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Louisa May Alcott
Charles Dickens
The Old Corner Bookstore is the oldest business building in Boston.  It was built in 1718 as an apothecary shop.
Before it became a business, Anne Hutchinson lived in this building.  She used to hold religious meetings in her home, where she would read scripture.  Sometimes as many as 80 people would come to the meetings. This was more than 10% of Boston's population at the time.  Eventually Hutchinson was accused of heresy for preaching without being a preacher.  (At that time, no women were allowed to be preachers, and Hutchinson's ideas also disagreed with the Puritans'.)  Hutchinson was excommunicated and exiled to Rhode Island in 1638.
In the 1800s, the Old Corner Bookstore was one of the United States' most important book publishing companies.  It published books written by many famous authors, who would also meet at the Bookstore.  These authors included:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Louisa May Alcott
Charles Dickens
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