. The New England magazine . butescaped and made his way to Halifax,and gave the royal forces the warningthat led to troops being sent to St. house which he erected is still stand-ing in that part of the city of St. Johnformerly known as Portland. It issituated at the corner of Simonds andBrook Streets, and was erected prior to exceedingly comfortable. The frame andother materials probably came from NewEngland, the frame being of oak, whichis not found in abundance in New Bruns-wick. The clapboards on it are of astyle not often seen at the present day,some of them being thirty-five or
. The New England magazine . butescaped and made his way to Halifax,and gave the royal forces the warningthat led to troops being sent to St. house which he erected is still stand-ing in that part of the city of St. Johnformerly known as Portland. It issituated at the corner of Simonds andBrook Streets, and was erected prior to exceedingly comfortable. The frame andother materials probably came from NewEngland, the frame being of oak, whichis not found in abundance in New Bruns-wick. The clapboards on it are of astyle not often seen at the present day,some of them being thirty-five or fortyfeet long. They are of clear pine, andappear to have been cut out of the logfull length, by hand, with a whip-saw,after which they had been planed, andhad a bead run on the edge. Althoughthey have been more than a centuryexposed to the weather, the material is soexcellent that they are just as sound asthe day they were put on the This house was the scene of many fes-tivities in the earlydays of the The Lyon House, Kingston. 10 THE LOYALISTS.
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