The atheneum is well worthy of a visit, and if you have a penchant for graveyards, you may wander over the Granary Burying Ground, where rest the ashes of Samuel Adams, Hancock, Sewell, Faneuil, Otis, and Revere.
"See America First"
Orville O. Hiestand
The translator has heard, that as late as 1815, he was frequently to be seen at the door of a house near where the atheneum Hotel was.
"The Physiology of Taste"
Brillat Savarin
Professor Morse's own statement was that he gained his knowledge of the working of the electro-magnet while attending the lectures of Doctor J. Freeman Dana, then professor of chemistry in the University of New York, lectures which were delivered before the New York atheneum.
"The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees"
Mary Caroline Crawford