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John Hull  who, as every school child knows, on the day of his daughter's marriage to Judge Sewall, placed her in one of his weighing scales, and heaped enough new pine tree shillings into the other to balance, and then presented both to the bridegroom  held the first grant of land in the present town of Braintree (which originally included Quincy, Randolph, and Holbrook). JOHN HULL WHO AS EVERY SCHOOL CHILD KNOWS ON THE DAY OF HIS DAUGHTER'S MARRIAGE TO JUDGE SULE PLACED HER IN ONE OF HIS WEIGHING SCALES AND HEAPED ENOUGH NEW PINE TREE SHILLINGS INTO THE OTHER TO BALANCE AND THEN PRESENTED BOTH TO THE BRIDEGROOM HELD THE FIRST GRANT OF LAND IN THE PRESENT TOWN OF BRAINTREE WHICH INCLUDED ORIGINALLY QUINSY RANDOLPH AND HOLBROOK
. The old-fashioned furniture, utensils and pictures, the broad hall, fine old stairway with carved balustrades, and foreign wall-paper supposed to have been hung in honor of the approaching marriage of Dorothy to John Hancock, are still preserved in their original place. Of the Quincy family, whose sedate jest it was that the estate descended from 'Siah to 'Siah, so frequent was the name "Josiah," the best known is perhaps the Josiah Quincy who was Mayor of Boston for six years and president of Harvard for sixteen. The portrait of his long, thin face is part of every New England history, and his busy, serene life, "compacted of Roman and Puritan virtues," is still upheld to all American children as a model of high citizenship. But not even the long line of the Quincy family completes the list of the town's great men. Henry Hope, one of the most brilliant financiers of his generation, and founder of a European banking house second only to that of the Rothchilds, was a native of Quincy. URIST AND FATHER OF DOROTHY THE OLD FASHIONED FURNITURE UTENSILS AND PICTURES THE BROAD HALL FINE OLD STAIRWAY WITH CARVED BALUSTRADES AND FOREIGN WALL PAPER SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN HUNG IN HONOR OF THE APPROACHING MARRIAGE OF DOROTHY TO JOHN HANCOCK ARE STILL PRESERVED IN THEIR ORIGINAL PLACE OF THE QUINCY FAMILY WHOSE SEDATE JEST IT WAS THAT THE ESTATE DESCENDED FROM SIAH TO SIAH SO FREQUENT WAS THE NAME JOSIAH THE BEST KNOWN IS PERHAPS THE JOSIAH QUINSY WHO WAS MAYOR OF BOSTON FOR SIX YEARS AND PRESIDENT OF HARVARD FOR SIXTEEN THE PORTRAIT OF HIS LONG THIN FACE IS EVERY PART OF NEW ENGLAND HISTORY AND HIS BUSY SERENE LIFE COMPACTED OF ROMAN AND PURITAN VIRTUES IS STILL UPHELD TO ALL AMERICAN CHILDREN AS A MODEL OF HIGH CITIZENSHIP BUT NOT EVEN THE LONG LINE OF THE QUINSY FAMILY COMPLETES THE LIST OF THE TOWN'S GREAT MEN HENRY HOPE ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT FINANCIERS OF HIS GENERATION AND FOUNDER OF A EUROPEAN BANKING HOUSE SECOND ONLY TO THAT OF THE ROTHSCHILDS WAS A NATIVE OF QUINSY
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