History of Concord, New Hampshire, from the original grant in seventeen hundred and twenty-five to the opening of the twentieth century; . 1048 HISTORY OF ~—Xtir* jr. ^_v Paison Walker House. house in a direct line between Haverhill, Mass., and the Canada bor-der. Its history is almost coeval with that of the town, of which itwell might say, Quaeque ipse vidi, et quorum pars magna fui. Thehouse has been much changed by modern improvements, but the orig-inal wooden pins, fastening thebeams of the garret, can still beseen. This house is particularlyrich in relics of the past, in-cludin
History of Concord, New Hampshire, from the original grant in seventeen hundred and twenty-five to the opening of the twentieth century; . 1048 HISTORY OF ~—Xtir* jr. ^_v Paison Walker House. house in a direct line between Haverhill, Mass., and the Canada bor-der. Its history is almost coeval with that of the town, of which itwell might say, Quaeque ipse vidi, et quorum pars magna fui. Thehouse has been much changed by modern improvements, but the orig-inal wooden pins, fastening thebeams of the garret, can still beseen. This house is particularlyrich in relics of the past, in-cluding the valuable collectionof Rumford portraits. The Countess of Rumfordhouse at the South end, builtin 1764, still retains the panel-ing and wainscoting in the front roomsand the carved balusters and cornicein the hall. The light of the settingsun twinkles from the twenty-four panes of glass in each of thefront windows just as it did in early days, and the great front door(recently replaced by a modern one) had huge bolts and hinges andother specimens of ancient iron-mongery. The house of the Rev-erend Israel Evans, built in 1786, occupied during the middle
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