The New England magazine . and they sold their land and re-moved farther north, to Pennacook. The 185 186 NEW ENGLAND MAGAZINE old Spalding House, the subject of thissketch, stands on land once a part of theWamesit grant, while Pawtucket andWannalancit Streets, close by, serve to com-memorate the first proprietors and theircelebrated chief. The Daughters of the American Revo-lution throughout the country have pre-served many historic houses, some of whichhave sheltered Washington, Lafayette, orother distinguished men. Others markthe scenes of memorable events; but this deeds made by a former h
The New England magazine . and they sold their land and re-moved farther north, to Pennacook. The 185 186 NEW ENGLAND MAGAZINE old Spalding House, the subject of thissketch, stands on land once a part of theWamesit grant, while Pawtucket andWannalancit Streets, close by, serve to com-memorate the first proprietors and theircelebrated chief. The Daughters of the American Revo-lution throughout the country have pre-served many historic houses, some of whichhave sheltered Washington, Lafayette, orother distinguished men. Others markthe scenes of memorable events; but this deeds made by a former historian of theMolly Varnum Chapter shows that thishouse, built about 1761 by one Robert Hil-dreth, had been the property of four differ-ent soldiers of the Revolution: AndrewFletcher, Joseph Tyler, Captain JohmFord,and Moses Davis. The last was knownas an innholder, and it was to his owner-ship, doubtless, that we owe many of thetreasures unearthed during our period ofrestoration. From Moses Davis the estate next passed,. Upper large hall, showing swinging partition, landseape paper, and restored seats place is entered on the old Middlesex coun-ty records for many years, in deed afterdeed, as part of the Wamesit grant, thuspointing like an index finger to a just andgenerous act of the white men toward theIndians. Eliot saw to it that their interestswere in every way safeguarded. No whiteman could buy their land without permis-sion of the Court; hence when, in 1686,the Wamesits themselves asked permissionto sell, the citizens of Chelmsford were al-lowed to buy only on condition that theIndians should receive full value. An exhaustive search through the old in 1790, into the hands of Joel Spalding, thefirst of that name to possess it. He alsohad served in the Revolution, and his father,Col. Simeon Spalding, a most distinguishedofficer and citizen, owned land close the Spalding House may lackthe distinction of many others in whichWashington and Lafayette have been ent
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