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Les River on the west; for which he paid the magnificent sum of nine
hundred and sixty-seven dollars! It was called "Allen's Farm." The
Capitol lot, containing ninety-five thousand square feet, was bought by
the town of Boston of John Hancock (who, though a devoted patriot to the
American cause, yet in all his business transactions had an eye to
profit), for the sum of thirteen thousand three hundred and thirty-three
dollars; only _twenty_ times as much as he gave for it! The town
afterward conveyed it to the Commonwealth for five shillings, upon
condition that it should be used for a Capitol. In 1846, the city of
Boston paid one hundred and forty-five thousand one hundred and seven
dollars for the reservoir lot containing thirty-seven thousand four
hundred and eighty-eight square feet. In 1633, the town granted to
William Blackstone fifty acres of land wherever he might select. He
accordingly selected upon the south-westerly slope of Beacon Hill, which
included the Common. Being afterward compelled by the town to fence in
his vacant land, he conveyed back to the town, for thirty pounds, all
but the six-acre lot at the corner of Beacon and Spruce Streets, and
extending westerly to Charles River, and northerly to Pinckney Street,
where he lived until 1635, when he removed to Rhode Island, and founded
the town which bears his name. It will thus be perceived that the
portion of Beacon Hill, included between Beacon Street, Beaver Street,
Cambridge Street, Bowdoin Square, Court Street, Tremont Row, and Tremont
Street, containing about seventy-three acres, was sold, less than a
century ago, at prices ranging from twenty-two to nine hundred dollars
per acre, aggregating less than thirty thousand dollars. It now
comprises the ninth ward of the city of Boston, and contains within its
limits a real estate valuation of sixteen millions of dollars. Its name
and fame are associated with important events and men prominent in Ameri