a port-town of Lincolnshire, situated near the mouth of the river Witham, about twenty-six miles south-east of Lincoln: E. long. 1° 5', and N. lat. 53°.

Boston, is also the name of the capital of New-England, situated on a peninsula, at the bottom of a fine bay, covered with small islands and rocks, and defended by a castle and platform of guns: W. long. 71°, and N. lat. 42° 24'.

It is a flourishing town, wherein are ten churches, six of them belonging to independents. The number of its inhabitants are computed to be about fourteen thousand.