“He was buried in the tomb of his fathers; but his epitaphs are only to be read on the numerous mile-stones that skirt the roads…” Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, in History of Norfolk County, referring to Paul Dudley. One more entry (#14) from my Walking the Post Road Project. The purpose of these entries is to… (read more)
‘Feria secunda, July 14, 1707. Mr. Antram and I, having Benjamin and David to wait on us, measured with his wheel from the Town-House Two Miles, and drove down stakes at each mile’s end, in order to place Stone-posts in convenient time. From the Town house to the Oak and Walnut, is a mile wanting… (read more)
. “One if by land, and two if by sea; And I on the opposite shore will be” Paul Revere’s Ride Henry Wadsworth Longfellow . “Parting is such sweet sorrow” Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2 William Shakespeare This entry is another (#5 in the original project) from the Walking the Post Road project. I… (read more)
“March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life’s path.” Khalil Gibran The Voice of the Master This entry is a transfer of Entry #4 from my Walking the Post Road Project. In this walk I make… (read more)
“ As to politeness and humanity, they (the northern provinces of colonial America) are much alike except in the great towns where the inhabitants are more civilized, especially att Boston” Dr. Alexander Hamilton, Gentleman’s Progress: The Itinerarium, 1744. (*) In this entry I have brought over from my Walking The Post Road project entry #3,… (read more)
Where to begin this project? On the road, of course! But which road? Well, my natural inclination is to travel the oldest roads as I often find them to be the most interesting, and I have some previous experience doing just that. As I mentioned in my first post, I previously walked the Post… (read more)
The “hub” of the Hub. The Old State House, Boston A couple of years ago, I walked from Boston to New York along the original road to New York, the Old Boston Post Road. This route took me from downtown Boston, in front of the Old State House (shown at left), to Battery Park in… (read more)
