. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress. ^^^^ THE;-W£rfTWo\T^l; NEW CASTLE AND THE the spring or earlysummer of 1623,David Thomp-son, with a smallcompany, madea settlement atLittle Castle, orGreat Island, must have been occu-cupied shortly thereafter ; for in 1635many houses had been built thereon,and the settlers had erected a ffortand mounted it with tenn Guns forthe Defence of said Island and RiverPiscataqua. New Castle is, therefore, one ofthe very oldest settlements in theUnited States, Its situation at th
. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress. ^^^^ THE;-W£rfTWo\T^l; NEW CASTLE AND THE the spring or earlysummer of 1623,David Thomp-son, with a smallcompany, madea settlement atLittle Castle, orGreat Island, must have been occu-cupied shortly thereafter ; for in 1635many houses had been built thereon,and the settlers had erected a ffortand mounted it with tenn Guns forthe Defence of said Island and RiverPiscataqua. New Castle is, therefore, one ofthe very oldest settlements in theUnited States, Its situation at themouth of a broad and deep river, with a good harbor on either side of it, re-commended it to the early settlerswho sought a livelihood from theneighboring ocean, and still com-mends it to the people from the inte-rior, who periodically seek on itsshores the pleasure and benefit ofbrine-laden ocean breezes. SirFerdinando Gorges and CaptainJohn Mason planned to create on theseshores a feudal estate, the princelyrevenues of which would for countlessyears revert to their lordly descend-ants. They died before tiieir dreamswere realized. On the banks of
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