. Colonial Echo, 1921 . Page 20 Zbt Colonial OBcbo, 1921 8 i i IB CDe prcsiDcnrsIpouse In 1732, one month after thededication of the Old Chapel,the foundation of the Presi-dents House was laid in thepresence of a large concourseof towns-people, students, andgentry from the country. Asthe President wrote his Chan-cellor, the bishop of London:The Faculty laid the first fivebricks in order opposite theBrafferton. * * » Thesetwo buildings will appear ata small distance from the EastFront of the College, beforewhich is a garden planted withEvergreens kept in very goodorder. In the months pre-ceding

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. Colonial Echo, 1921 . Page 20 Zbt Colonial OBcbo, 1921 8 i i IB CDe prcsiDcnrsIpouse In 1732, one month after thededication of the Old Chapel,the foundation of the Presi-dents House was laid in thepresence of a large concourseof towns-people, students, andgentry from the country. Asthe President wrote his Chan-cellor, the bishop of London:The Faculty laid the first fivebricks in order opposite theBrafferton. * * » Thesetwo buildings will appear ata small distance from the EastFront of the College, beforewhich is a garden planted withEvergreens kept in very goodorder. In the months pre-ceding the Yorktown cam-paign, the Presidents Housewas occupied by Lord Corn-wallis but no damage was doneby the British troops to eitherof the three buildings. In Oc-tober, after the surrender atYorktown, French officers thenoccupying the house, it wasbadly damaged by fire, but re-stored by the ill-fated LouisXVI out of his own »ft»i^*T/»r/»tr«\r?»^ia\r/«Kiy*y»«vM*« ? ?^fiTifff^lflriBr/ Page 21

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