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There are many touches to stir the memory in this Old North Church. THERE ARE MANY TOUCHES TO STIR THE MEMORY IN THIS OLD NORTH CHURCH
 its congestion of craft of all descriptions; Commercial Wharf, where full-rigged sailing vessels which traded with China and India and the Cape of Good Hope were wont to anchor a hundred years ago. All this region is crammed with the paraphernalia of a typical water-front: curious little shops where sailors' supplies are sold; airy lofts where sails are cut and stitched and repaired; fish stores of all descriptions; sailors' haunts, awaiting the pen of an American Thomas Burke. The old Custom House where Hawthorne unwillingly plodded through his enforced routine is here, and near it the new Custom House rears its tower four hundred and ninety-eight feet above the sidewalk, a beacon from both land and sea. The North End of Boston has not fared as well as the South End. The sons of Abraham and immigrants from Italy have appropriated the streets, dwellings, churches, and shops of the entire region, and even Christ Church (the famous Old North Church) has a Chiesa Italiana on its grounds. MMENSELY PICTURESQUE WITH ITS CONGESTION OF CRAFT OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS COMMERCIAL WHARF WHERE FULL RIGGED SAILING VESSELS WHICH TRADED WITH CHINA AND INDIA AND THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE WERE WONT TO ANCHOR A HUNDRED YEARS AGO ALL THIS REGION IS CRAMMED WITH THE PARAPHERNALIA OF A TYPICAL WATER FRONT CURIOUS LITTLE SHOPS WHERE SAILORS SUPPLIES ARE SOLD AIRY LOFTS WHERE SAILS ARE CUT AND STITCHED AND REPAIRED FISH DOORS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS SAILORS HAUNTS AWAITING THE PEN OF AN AMERICAN THOMAS BURKE THE OLD CUSTOM HOUSE WHERE HAWTHORN UNWILLINGLY PLODDED THROUGH HIS ENFORCED ROUTINE IS HERE AND NEAR IT THE NEW CUSTOM HOUSE REARS ITS TOWER FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY EIGHT FEET ABOVE THE SIDEWALK A BEACON FROM BOTH LAND AND SEA THE NORTH END OF BOSTON HAS NOT FARED AS WELL AS THE SOUTH END THE SONS OF ABRAHAM AND EMIGRANTS FROM ITALY HAVE APPROPRIATED THE STREETS DWELLINGS CHURCHES AND SHOPS OF THE ENTIRE REGION AND EVEN CHRIST CHURCH THE FAMOUS OLD NORTH CHURCH HAS A PIAZA ITALIANNA ON ITS GROUNDS
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