New letterbox: Old State House Boston
Boston, Suffolk, MA
Placed by: jp
Clues:
Follow Boston's Freedom Trail from Boston Common -- a painted red or brick line
winding through the streets of downtown. You will pass the Park Street Church,
Granary Burying Ground, King's Chapel, King's Chapel cemetery, the site of the
first school in America, the Old South Meetinghouse and the Globe Corner
Bookstore before arriving at the door of the Old State House.

Enter the Old State House. You will have to pay an entrance fee to visit the
museum, but it's worth it! Inside, you will learn about the importance of this
site in early American history, the Revolution, the Boston Massacre, and many
other things since those days.

Once inside, pay your way and wander around the rooms on the first floor. Cross
the central stairway hall with a beautiful circular stair and enter the exhibit
area called "From Colony to Commonwealth." This is the story of the Old State
House and the American Revolution. Make sure you visit all the stations and
learn more about what really happened in and around this building. When you've
followed the exhibit around the entire room to the very end (John Hancock's coat
and clothing will be near there), proceed to the last wall before the exit from
the room. There is an exhibit case there called "A New Nation Emerges." Face
that case and look for the panel that reads "In October 1789 President
Washington visited Boston as part of a triumphal tour."

On the panel there is a poster/broadside that reads PROCESSION! Sit down on the
window seat that is immediately to your right. Now, VERY CAREFULLY SO AS NOT TO
BE SEEN, look down to the right of the exhibit betwween the exhibit panel and
the wall and you will see the narrow letterbox.

Please be very careful taking this out and placing it back. The staff (and
other visitors) don't know it's there.

Make sure to visit the upstairs exhibits before moving on to Faneuil Hall, the
North End and Charlestown!

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