. Historic homes of New England . sall house, he rarely lived there,using it simply as a place where he could spendweek-ends if he so desired. Andrew Craigie was the next prominent ownerof the house, purchasing it on January i, that time the grounds had been enlarged untilthey comprised one hundred and fifty acres, apart of which is now used for the Harvard Ob-servatory. This Craigie was an apothecary-general or, as he would be known now, a com-missary, for the Continental army. He was amost eccentric man but clever enough to acquirea large estate. This house appealed to him, bothfrom
. Historic homes of New England . sall house, he rarely lived there,using it simply as a place where he could spendweek-ends if he so desired. Andrew Craigie was the next prominent ownerof the house, purchasing it on January i, that time the grounds had been enlarged untilthey comprised one hundred and fifty acres, apart of which is now used for the Harvard Ob-servatory. This Craigie was an apothecary-general or, as he would be known now, a com-missary, for the Continental army. He was amost eccentric man but clever enough to acquirea large estate. This house appealed to him, bothfrom the fact that it had been Washingtons head-quarters and from its own beauty both of exteriorand interior. He married a Miss Shaw of Nan-tucket, who had been in love with a young sailorof limited means. The wealth of Craigie dazzledher, and while she never forgot her early lover,treasuring his love letters until just before herdeath, she made a charming mistress for themansion. Craigie, like other wealthy men of his time, was[2a6]. u-a 3O K bO C oI) XX s-<
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