. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress. :,^ of /e j)o|ph;,n;i::;f T>/)i!^,i:/i.||:^,i^i;|:;,tVi,.. .,,1 ^ ing libertie to entertain strangers andto sell and brew beare,—at the signof ye dolphin. All about New Castle are the mostromantic and attractive places. Inthe first place there is Portsmouth,with its quaint streets and picturesquehouses, where the old and the new arenear neighbors. Across the harbor isthe Kittery navy yard, where thelargest ships-of-war can be built, andfloat without hindrance from the wharfto the o
. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress. :,^ of /e j)o|ph;,n;i::;f T>/)i!^,i:/i.||:^,i^i;|:;,tVi,.. .,,1 ^ ing libertie to entertain strangers andto sell and brew beare,—at the signof ye dolphin. All about New Castle are the mostromantic and attractive places. Inthe first place there is Portsmouth,with its quaint streets and picturesquehouses, where the old and the new arenear neighbors. Across the harbor isthe Kittery navy yard, where thelargest ships-of-war can be built, andfloat without hindrance from the wharfto the ocean. Further down the riv-er there is Kittery Point, defended byFort McClary; close by is what isleft of the old Pepperrell house, so 76 New Castle and the ^([ALK5Kck,l^GHT. famous in colonial times, and stillmassive in its old age. At the mouthof the river and harbor is WhalesBack Light; while a few miles out tosea are the Isles of Shoals. AcrossLittle Harbor is Odiornes Poiut, thesite of Mason Hall, where Thompsonand his little party settled in 162o. The show place of the neighborhoodis the old Governor Wentworth man-sion, which is open to the public for a small fee. This fee becomes neces-sary for repair and protection of thecouncil chamber, the best specimen ofof a colonial interior in this property should, be owned andcared for by New Hampshire, for it isthe most interesting monument of thecolonial period in the state. It wasbuilt in 1750 by Governor BenningWentworth. He was governor ofNew Hampshire for twenty-five years, New Castle and the Piscataqua. 77
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