Beacon Hill

Soon after, the king's jack was set up at the Fort, and a pair of colors at Beacon Hill: which gave notice to some thousands of soldiers on Charlestown side that the controversy was now to be ended; and multitudes would have been there, but that there was no need.

1689, Samuel Prince, [Letter]; republished as “Samuel Prince to Thomas Hinckley”, in MHS Collections, series 4, volume 5, Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1861, →OCLC, page 194

The work on Beacon Hill should be repaired, and, in my opinion, be made strong, as it commands Fort Hill and all the lower works, and would endanger the loss of them, if it should be possessed by the enemy.

1776, George Washington, [Letter]; republished as “Letters from Washington to Heath”, in MHS Collections, series 5, volume 4, Massachusetts Historical Society, 1878, →OCLC, page 5

Some British officers, soon after Gage's arrival in Boston, walking on Beacon-Hill after sunset, were affrighted by noises in the air (supposed to be the flying of bugs and beetles) which they took to be the sound of bullets, and left the hill with great precipitation

1782, John Trumbull, M'Fingal: A Modern Epic Poem, in Four Cantos, Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, →OCLC, page 38

Beacon-hill is the second of a range of three hills which runs from the head of Hanover street W. to the water. This hill is the highest within the peninsula, and is situated on the western side of the Common. It affords an extensive prospect of the harbour, a considerable distance into the bay, and of the surrounding adjacent country. On the top of this hill was fixed a beacon, whence the hill has its name; the design of it was to alarm the country in case of invasion, by setting fire to a barrel of tar fixed on the top of it.

1794, Thomas Pemberton, “A Topographical and Historical Description of Boston”, in MHS Collections, series 1, volume 3, Massachusetts Historical Society, →OCLC, page 244

A magnificent State House is erected in Boston, on the south side of Beacon hill, fronting the mall, the corner stone of which was laid with great formality and parade on the 4th of July, 1795: this superb edifice over-tops the monument on Beacon Hill.

1798, The Boston Directory, Rhoades and Laughton, →OCLC, page 7

There are only 45 units in this low-density and extremely prestigious development on Beacon Hill. It faces south with spectacular views over Kowloon Peninsula, Victoria Harbour and the mountains of The Peak.

2019 December 4, Peta Tomlinson, “Elite living in Central Kowloon’s Beacon Hill, Ho Man Tin and Kadoorie Hill”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Dec 2019, Special Reports