. The Lee mansion, what it was and what it is . BACK CHAMBER, THIRD FLOOR12. GUEST CHAMBER, THIRD FLOOR FRONT later occupants of the house carrying out the same hospitable ideas as theoriginal owners. What the mansion was in the days of the Lees, it practically is today inbuild, if not in purpose. Across its antique portico still falls the shadows of the elms, while itsbroad freestone steps have been worn smooth with the tread of many feet, someon business intent, others to view the old mansion, for scarcely a visitor toMarblehead has been allowed to depart without this inspection. On May 9, 1
. The Lee mansion, what it was and what it is . BACK CHAMBER, THIRD FLOOR12. GUEST CHAMBER, THIRD FLOOR FRONT later occupants of the house carrying out the same hospitable ideas as theoriginal owners. What the mansion was in the days of the Lees, it practically is today inbuild, if not in purpose. Across its antique portico still falls the shadows of the elms, while itsbroad freestone steps have been worn smooth with the tread of many feet, someon business intent, others to view the old mansion, for scarcely a visitor toMarblehead has been allowed to depart without this inspection. On May 9, 1898, the Marblehead Historical Society was organized, itsmembers being the trustees past and present of Abbot Public Library. Its firstcollection was placed in the library. In August, 1899, its first loan exhibitionwas held, and a wealth of articles of rare historic value was brought out fromthe homes of the town, many of them brought from foreign ports, by the mer-chant men of the town, and held as treasures by their descendants. When theexhibition ended, so many of thes
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