Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from John Hancock and His Times: Read Before "the Bostonian Society" In the Old State House
Thomas Hancock was born July 13, 1703, and apprenticed to Samuel Gerrish, a bookseller, in 1718. Both Quincy and Arthur Gilman erroneously gave the bookseller, Henchman, as his master. Thomas Hancock soon became so famous that he established a bookstore, known as the Stationer's Arm-s, in Ann street. In 1729 Thomas Johnson, a stonecutter of Middletown, Lt, furnished the brown stone for the Hancock house for �300, pay to be taken in goods, and the granite ashlar, similar to the stone of King's Chapel, came from the town of Quincy. The furniture, the window glass, the wall papers, the carpets, the hangings, the tall clocks, etc., were brought from England. The garden contained many mulberry and other rare trees and shrubs, although the bleak climate seldom spared the beautiful fruit trees. From the summer house opened a capital prospect of the harbor and the country round about. This beautiful estate extended from Mt. Vernon to Joy Street.
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