New Castle, historic and picturesque . C AND PICTUBESQUE 29 stone-wall, flanked on the right by a long gully between twoledges, on which Avere two other, and perhaps more, was a deep well of good water. They were on the north-easterly side of the promontory, and quite close to the believe that here is where were planted the six brass piecesgiven to the colonists by the merchants of London, and thatthis site was fortified earlier than that of the present Fort Con-stitution ; I believe it to have been under the direction of Neale. I endeavored to save these an
New Castle, historic and picturesque . C AND PICTUBESQUE 29 stone-wall, flanked on the right by a long gully between twoledges, on which Avere two other, and perhaps more, was a deep well of good water. They were on the north-easterly side of the promontory, and quite close to the believe that here is where were planted the six brass piecesgiven to the colonists by the merchants of London, and thatthis site was fortified earlier than that of the present Fort Con-stitution ; I believe it to have been under the direction of Neale. I endeavored to save these ancient memorials ofthe forefathers of New Hampshire, in vain. Then 1 requestedthe engineers to make an accurate drawing of their position andform, so to preserve at least the record and evidence of theirformer existence; but they did not listen; and this page, and theaccompanying drawing, which I have made from memorjs butwhich may be trusted, must be the only testimony concern-ing them. They were wantonly and needlessly destroyed, for. To^ MTlv« ^xould <J\ rtvi. PliCAT^l^UK they were neither in the way of the new works, nor did theyfurnish much available material for them; and in the end haveonly been a contribution toward what has been abandoned tobecome itself a ruin. There were other more recent earthworks on Jaffrey Pointwhich Avere also thrown into tlie new; so that here, as at FortConstitution, ruins overlay ruins, of three or four were built in 1812-14. and were garrisoned by sixtyyeomanry militia under Capt. Marshall, of whom mention hasbeen made in connection with Walbach Tower. He was accus-tomed to drill liis men in the parlor of the Jaflrey Cottage, 30 NEW CASTLE ?which is directly behind JattYey Point, and they used tlie liomo-stead barn for l)arracks. Tlie same Jaffrey parlor was usedalso as the meeting- place of the Provincial Asseml)ly in 1082-83,when Crautield was Lieutenant-Governor of New parlor (or hall, as sometimes cal
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