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an honorable and wealthy merchant, who had
spent much of his time in former years in
England, and had long indulged in antiqua-
rian researches, and especially in genealogical
investigations.
" Nathaniel Whiting should be remembered,
not only as a man of purity and integrity,-and
an honorable and successful merchant of the
elder generation, but as one of the chief ben.
efactors of Boston, and as a man whose breadth
of view, energy and perseverance have seldom
been equalled. Boston is especially indebted
to him for the levelling of Fort Hill, and laying
it out for business purposes; for the establish-
ment of the manufacturers' exchange; the
general betterment law, and its incidental
improvements. Fort Hill, which had once
been the stylish quarter for residence, had on
the change of fashion, from its location and
formation, become a vast nuisance in the heart
of the city, and a block to its business and
improvement. But the number of owners was
so great and the interests so conflicting, that
the ablest men had again and again tried in