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ancient house built by the son of the above-named cler- 

 gyman for his father, and afterwards occupied by Rev. 

 Mr. Clark, 011 Hancock street, still stands nearly oppo- 

 site to Mr. Hayes's place. Here Samuel Adams and 

 John Hancock were visiting on the morning of the 

 Battle of Lexington, April 19th, 1775, and at the same 

 time Miss Dorothy Quincy, afterwards the wife of Gov. 

 Hancock, was a guest. Adams and Hancock, hearing 

 of the approach of the British troops, fled over the hills 

 to Burlington, and it was on one of these hills, 

 as tradition has it, that Samuel Adams exclaimed, 

 "What a glorious morning is this!" The highest 

 eminence on Mr. Hayes's estate has been known 

 for a century as Granny Hill, being one of the 

 loftiest, if not the highest, in Middlesex county, 

 from which the Mount Wachuset in Princeton, and 

 Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire, are clearly 

 visible. The scenery is not only wild and beautiful 

 but grand, being diversified by ravines, precipices, and 

 fertile valleys below. On the top of this hill is a pond 

 of about two acres, made by Mr. Hayes, and supplied 

 by living streams, from which water is carried all over 

 the estate. The aim of Mr. Hayes has been to follow 

 nature, making no attempt to produce striking effects 

 by changing the natural formation of the ground, but 

 only to develop its natural beauties. The extensive 

 avenues through the forests are made with special 

 reference to preserving the native woods and fields, 

 and planting the borders with shrubs suited to the 

 various locations, so as to secure harmony, both in the 

 cultivated and the wilder growth. 



Within a few years Mr. Hayes has made most rapid 

 progress in horticultural improvement collecting exten- 

 sive importations from Europe, and purchasing at home 

 a vast quantity of ornamental trees and plants. His 



