Historic Pilgrimages in New England; Among Landmarks of Pilgrim And Puritan Days And of the Provincial And Revolutionary Periods
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Increase ]Mather"s house, near by, was also destroyed in that fire, but his remarkable librarj- was saved. The " Old North " was built upon the ruins of the first meeting-house, and stood till the winter of the Siege of Boston, when it was pulled down by the British soldiers, and used for firewood. iSTear the point where we first entered the square from Prince Street stood the mansion-house of Sir Henry Frank- land, of whom we had heard A\hen at iMarblehead. It faced the square on the easterly ...corner. It was one of the grandest 260 HISTORIC PILGRIMAGES. houses of its time, built originally by William Clark, a mer- chant of prominence in foreign trade, and sometime member of the Provincial Council. From its broad halls and entries opened twenty-six rooms. The parlors were ornamented with fluted columns, wainscoted walls, panels covered with land- scapes, elaborately carved mantels, porcelain fireplaces display- ing foreign views. The main stairway was exceptionally broad and easy, and over it Sir Harry is said to have ridden his pony.
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