Boston, Mass.
[1789. I suppose you call Baltimore the Centre Peg; but here we say Fredericksburg.—Letter from Williamsburg, Maryland Journal, Jan. 29.]
1858. Boston State-House is the hub of the Solar system. You couldn’t pry that out of a Boston man if you had the tire of all creation straightened out for a crowbar.—Holmes, ‘The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table,’ ch. vi. (N.E.D.)
