Historic fields and mansions of Middlesex . in Boston, and son of theold Indian fighter, for whom it was erected. The entry fromthe Presidents MS. book, in the College Library, which follows,fixes the date with precision : — The Presidents House to dwell in was raised May 24,1726. Nolife was lost nor person hurt in raising it; thanks be to God for hispreserving goodness. In ye evening those who raised ye House, hada supper in ye Hall; after wch we sang ye first stave or staff inye 127 Psalm. 27 Oct. 1726. This night some of our family lodged at ye NewHouse built for ye President; Nov. 4 at nig
Historic fields and mansions of Middlesex . in Boston, and son of theold Indian fighter, for whom it was erected. The entry fromthe Presidents MS. book, in the College Library, which follows,fixes the date with precision : — The Presidents House to dwell in was raised May 24,1726. Nolife was lost nor person hurt in raising it; thanks be to God for hispreserving goodness. In ye evening those who raised ye House, hada supper in ye Hall; after wch we sang ye first stave or staff inye 127 Psalm. 27 Oct. 1726. This night some of our family lodged at ye NewHouse built for ye President; Nov. 4 at night was ye first time y* mywife and I lodgd there. The house was not half finished within. Miss Eliza Susan Quincy, daughter of President Quincy, whoresided in this house for sixteen years, has lately given theannexed description of the old mansion.* She says : — My sketch represents the house as Washington saw it, exceptthat there were only two windows on each side the porch in the * Charles Deane, in Mass. Hist. Societys A DAY AT HARVARD. 207 lowest story. The enlargement of the dining and drawing rooms,which added a third, was subsequently made under the direction ofTreasurer Storer, as his daughter informed me. The room in therear of the drawing-room, on the right hand as you enter, was thePresidents study, until the presidency of Webber, when the end ofthe house was added, with a kitchen and chamber and dressing-room,very commodiously arranged, I was told, under the direction ofMrs. Webber. The brick building was built at the same time forthe Presidents study and Freshmans room beneath it, and for thepreservation of the college manuscripts. I went over the house withmy father and mother and President Kirkland, soon after his acces-sion. As there were no regular records kept during his presidencyof eighteen years, he did not add much to the manuscripts. Wethen little imagined that we should be the next occupants of themansion, should repair and arrange the
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