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 CHAPTER XXIII.

Boston, the Eastern Hub.

I passed on the way through the State of Connecticut, with a short stop at the "Elm City" and metropolis, New Haven, an important commercial and manufacturing center. I also stopped at Providence, the capital and largest city of Rhode Island, where there are important shipping interests.

I arrived at Boston, the capital and largest city in the State of Massachusetts, and fifth city of the nation. Boston is one of the chief commercial and literary cities of America; has an extensive foreign and coasting trade, with numerous steamship lines and is the terminus of many railroads. While here I visited all the important and interesting parts of original Boston,