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Title: Sights in Boston and suburbs, or, Guide to the stranger
Year: 1856 (1850s)
Authors: Pulsifer, David, 1802-1894 Andrew, John, 1815-1875, egr. Billings, Hammatt, 1818-1875, egr. Hill George W., 1815-1893, egr. Barry, egr.
Subjects: Boston (Mass.)--Guidebooks Boston (Mass.)--History Boston (Mass.)--Public buildings Railroads--Massachusetts--Boston Railroads--Massachusetts--Boston--Stations Cemeteries--Massachusetts--Boston Boston Harbor Islands (Mass.)--Description Churches--Massachusetts--Boston Historic buildings--Massachusetts--Boston Theatres--Massachusetts--Boston Associations, institutions, etc.--Massachusetts--Boston Travel literature--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century Guidebooks--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century Advertisements--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century
Publisher: John P. Jewett & Co. Jewett, Proctor & Worthington
Contributing Library: Elms College
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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Passing up State Street, we soon reach The Exchange.It is a splendid building, fronting on State Street. Thecorner stone was laid August 2, 1841; the building com-pleted 1842, and cost, exclusive of land, $175,000. Thewidth on State Street is seventy-six feet, the height seventy THE KXCHAXCiE. 17 feet, the depth two hundred and fiitj feet, and it coversthirteen thousand feet of land. The front is of Quincy granite, and has six columns,each forty-five feet in height, and weighing fifty-five tons.The staircases are of iron and stone, and the entire build-ing is fire-proof. The front is occupied by banks, insur-ance and other ofiices, and the rear is a hotel, while at thetop is a telegraph station. There are three entrances,one on State, one on Congress, and one on Lindall Street.
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The Merchants Exchange is up stands, and is amagnificent hall, eighty feet by fifty-eight feet, havmg its2* \ 18 BOSTON SIGHTS. ceiling supported by eighteen imitation Sienna marblecolumns, with Corinthian capitals. There is a granddome overhead, filled with stained glass. Here news-papers from all parts of the world are received, read, andfiled. A superintendent, registrar, news collector, boat-men, messengers, &c., are attached to the room, and arein attendance from seven oclock.in the morning until tenat night. Vessels arriving are immediately registered, aswell as shipping news. telegraphed from distant ports.Clearances, invoices per railroad, ships, &c., are all en-tered, with the name of the consignee, on books kept forthe purpose. Sales of stocks, cotton, &c., are also regis-tered. Merchants, singly, are admitted to all the privi-leges of the room for eight dollars a year; firms of twopersons, ten dollars, &c. These are called subscribers,and have the privilege

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