Winnisimet Ferry, which was probably originally Winnissipit Ferry, is the ferry to Chelsea, which was then called Winnisimet. Winnissipit would mean "the place of fine streams,” and seems a proper name for the junction of the Mystic and the Charles Rivers.

Of the various ante-revolutionary governors there are many memorials in Boston. It would perhaps be dangerous to imply that the popular governors have been remembered and the unpopular ones forgotten. Winthrop, the first governor after the great emigration, is commemorated by a statue at the head of Court Street and by the names of several squares, places, and streets. Dudley, the second governor, has no statue, but is commemorated by Dudley Street in Roxbury, and by an avenue, a place, and a square. Haynes, the third governor, has a street and a park named for him. Of Henry Vane there is a statue in the public library; this was studied from a good original portrait of Vane. Bel

lingham is commemorated by Bellingham Place. Endicott, who would seem to deserve a statue, has his name preserved in Endicott Street at the North End. This street was formerly called The Old Way.

Leverett's name was early given to Leverett Street. Governor Leverett's house stood where the great Ames Building is now, at the foot of Court Street; and it would be well if a bronze tablet there reminded the passers-by of a loyal man and good magistrate. There is a Bradstreet Avenue in Dorchester. Phipps Place, at the North End, leading out from Charter Street, preserves the name of the picturesque New England skipper who, while he was governor, knocked down with his own fist the captain of one of the king's vessels. Of Richard, Earl of Bellomont, of Samuel Shute, and of Richard Burnet, all royal governors of the province, there are no such memorials. Bellomont is believed to have lived in the Province House, where he was probably better lodged than ever before in his life. Belcher, if there

were anything to remember about him, might be meditated on by any one who crosses from Atlantic Avenue to High Street through Belcher Lane.

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Of all the "royal governors," as we call them, the most distinguished was William Shirley. It was under him that Louisburg was taken; it was with him that Washington conferred after Braddock's defeat. was, indeed, a great war governor. His house, which was an elegant monument of his time, was on Dudley Street in Roxbury; there is scarcely anything left of it now which will interest the antiquarian. Shirley's life has never been properly written, and his papers, if they exist, are hidden somewhere where the historian has no access to them. His name is preserved in a street, not inconsiderable, in the neighborhood of his old house in Roxbury.

Pownall, who was the only royal gov ernor who was really interested in the development of the province, has no memorial which is known to me. Hutchinson, who was re