. Here and there in New England and Canada . st was expecting a Nis^it from the •• Queens navee. Tlie worksthen begun were never finished, and probably never will be. The Peppcrrell mansion dates fiom about the year 1730, havingbeen built by Col. William Pepperrell, a wealthy ship-builder; and itbecame the home of his son, Su* AVilliam Pepperrell, the first Americanbaronet, commander of the Provincial forces at the Aictorious siege ofLouisburg, in 1745, and lieutenant-general in the British Armj-. Hisgrandson, William Sparliawk, succeeded to his name and estates, andfled to England with the To
. Here and there in New England and Canada . st was expecting a Nis^it from the •• Queens navee. Tlie worksthen begun were never finished, and probably never will be. The Peppcrrell mansion dates fiom about the year 1730, havingbeen built by Col. William Pepperrell, a wealthy ship-builder; and itbecame the home of his son, Su* AVilliam Pepperrell, the first Americanbaronet, commander of the Provincial forces at the Aictorious siege ofLouisburg, in 1745, and lieutenant-general in the British Armj-. Hisgrandson, William Sparliawk, succeeded to his name and estates, andfled to England with the Tory refugees, upon which the great domainsof the famih, covering many thousands of acres, sufiered confiscationby the American government. The house was formerly much laigerthan it is now, with a broad deer-park leading down to the river, and anoble avenue of trees extending to the Sparhawk place. The Pepper-rell tomb dates from 1733, and contains the remains of thirtj personsof this proud faniilj, walled up in a crypt. foRT Mc. Clary—. The Sparhawk mansion was built over one iiundred and fifty yearsago by Col. Nathaniel Sparhawk, who married Lady Elizabeth Pep-perrell, in a dress of-white padusoj- silk, flowered with all sorts ofcolors. The rooms were richly hung with damask, of red, blue, j-el-low, and other bright hues, each of which gave its name and key ofcolor to the room. It remained in the Sparhawk family till 1815. Gerrish Island, two miles from Kittery Point, fronts the oceanfor a long distance, a picturesque region of woods, farms, and beaches,joined to the mainland by a bridge, and traversed l)y a rugged, lonelyroad commanding exquisite sea-views. On the promontorj of Poca-hontas Point, at the mouth of the Piscataqua, with rocks on one sideand a firm sandy beach on the other, stands the Hotel Pocahontas, withextensive grounds, fishing and boating and bathing for the active, andillimitable ocean air and views for the tranquil. The island covers twothousand acres
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