. The Narragansett historical register . up between the floor abovethe basement and the windows above, which is now clearlyoutlined though covered by a coating of cement. It was built by Deputy Governor Elisha Brown about theyear 1760. An advertisement in the Providence Gazette ofApril 23, 1763, offering it for sale, represents it as being M anew brick dwelling house, conveniently built, and well situatedtowards the upper end of the town street of Providence. Apurchaser was not found until August 21, 1770, when sold it to Paul Bunker, of Nantucket, Mass., subject toa mortgage held by
. The Narragansett historical register . up between the floor abovethe basement and the windows above, which is now clearlyoutlined though covered by a coating of cement. It was built by Deputy Governor Elisha Brown about theyear 1760. An advertisement in the Providence Gazette ofApril 23, 1763, offering it for sale, represents it as being M anew brick dwelling house, conveniently built, and well situatedtowards the upper end of the town street of Providence. Apurchaser was not found until August 21, 1770, when sold it to Paul Bunker, of Nantucket, Mass., subject toa mortgage held by Thomas Owen. Bunker held it untilApril 12th, 1786, when he sold it to Thomas Jenkins, also ofNantucket. As Jenkins became a resident of Providenceabout that time, it is fair to presume that he occupied thehouse as a home, at first, although subsequently he resided atthe south end of the town, where he acquired by purchaseother real estate. Under Jenkins the estate became divided,and November 12th, 1782, the southern half part was bought. m 272 Narragansett Historical Register. by Samuel Hamlin, pewterer, of Providence. Mr. Hamlinwas father of Samuel E. Hamlin, who succeeded him aspewterer and brittania ware maker, pursuing the vocationmany years in a building that stood where the south end ofthe Lonsdale Block is located opposite the Friends MeetingHouse, on North Main street; also the father of WilliamHamlin, mathematical instrument maker on South Waterstreet, who died in 1869, aged 97 years. The next ownerwas Esek Aldrich, innkeeper, and if he set up a tavern thereand Lafayette, as tradition has it, was a guest there; Aldrichwas probably the Generals host. Aldrich was afterwardsproprietor of the Aldrich tavern, on Weybosset street, laterknown as the Washington Hotel. The next purchaser of the south end was Capt. JamesWestcott, mariner, who bought it of Aldrich, January 3d,1787. And here it loses its shifting proprietorship and settlesdown to a quiet homelike habitation where
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