Historic Shrines of America

Paul Revere's house, Faneuil Hall, the Craigie House where Longfellow wrote, a hundred more — an American pilgrimage told building by building, when many of these places were still fighting to survive.

The Quincy Mansion, Quincy, Massachusetts

4 shrines in this part of Historic Shrines of America.

The Quincy Mansion, Quincy, Massachusetts

THE HOME OF THREE DOROTHY QUINCYS Among the settlers to whom Boston granted large allotments of outlying lands were William Coddington and…

The Quincy Mansion, Quincy, Massachusetts: Edmund

Edmund Quincy, who succeeded to Coddington's house, probably would have been banished if he had not died before the decree could be…

The Quincy Mansion, Quincy, Massachusetts: Court

The second of the Quincy line was a leader in the town. At one time he was its representative in the General Court, and as colonel of the…

The Quincy Mansion, Quincy, Massachusetts: Dorothy

The oldest child of this generation was Edmund, whose daughter, Dorothy Quincy, married John Hancock, while the fourth child was Dorothy…

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