Faneuil, Hall

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Faneuil, Fan"l, Hall, a public building, given to Boston by Peter Faneuil in 1742. As originally planned, it comprised a market house, being enlarged to provide a public hall but it was burned in January, 1761, the walls alone being saved. The town speedily erected a new building, funds for which were raised partly through a lottery. This building was enlarged in 1805. Faneuil Hall, known as the "Cradle of American Liberty," is one of the most cherished landmarks of Revolutionary times. Here, in 1772, the first Boston Committee of Correspondence was organized in 1773, the Boston Tea Party was planned and in 1837, Wendell Phillips made his first anti-slavery speech. See BOSTON TEA PARTY PHILLIPS, WENDELL.