Samuel Tucker / Increase Mather / Edward Holyoke / Edward Everett / Christian Gullager

Samuel Tucker / Increase Mather / Edward Holyoke / Edward Everett / Christian Gullager (HM1G8E)

Location: Boston, MA 02113 Suffolk County
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Country: United States of America
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N 42° 21.957', W 71° 3.237'

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Samuel Tucker 1747 - 1833
High on the roll of the valiant fighting men of the Old Navy, he captured sixty-two enemy vessels, more than six hundred cannon, and three thousand prisoners. A pride to the North End, he lived on Fleet Street.

Increase Mather 1639 - 1723
Father of Cotton Mather, Minister of the North Church in North Square, President of Harvard College, 1685 - 1701. Instrumental in securing the Massachusetts Royal Charter of 1691. He lived in North Square and on Hanover Street, and lies buried in Copp's Hill Burying Ground.

Edward Holyoke 1689 - 1769
Pupil in the North Grammar School, and President of Harvard College, 1737 - 1769. Liberal in temper, his administration of thirty-two years was one of the longest and most prosperous in the annals of the college. He was born in North Square.

Edward Everett 1794 - 1865
Statesman and orator, Governor of Massachusetts, 1836 - 1840, and President of Harvard College, 1846 - 1849. He lived as a boy on Richmond Street and was a pupil of "Old John Tileston"

Christian Gullager 1862 - 1826
Among the artists who painted Washington, he was active as a portrait painter during the earlier Post-Revolutionary period. A skillful craftsman his work records in simple and honest realism the people of his day. He lived on Hanover Street.

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Date Added Thursday, October 16th, 2014 at 11:11pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)19T E 330871 N 4692451
Decimal Degrees42.36595000, -71.05395000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 42° 21.957', W 71° 3.237'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds42° 21' 57.42" N, 71° 3' 14.22" W
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Area Code(s)617
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 24 Paul Revere Mall, Boston MA 02113, US
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