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Historic homes of New England (1914)

Northend, Mary Harrod, b. 1850 · Boston, Little, Brown, and company · leaf 303

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in the early period ofour history and before the estate was used forprivate grounds, that the early militia were wontto gather on Muster Day, dressed in the pictur-esque old-time uniform. Here they performed won-derful feats of skill that were viewed by the countryfolk for many miles around. [206]… … Plate LXXV.—Hallway, Kittredge House. THE KITTREDGE HOUSE On these same grounds was the first Kittredgemansion, and not far away were the slave quarters,significant of the fact that the owner of the oldhomestead was a man of means and also that heowned many slaves, as was customary in thosedays…

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