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abound in querks and turns, cunning cupboards and 

 curiously carved closets and mantels, set in the thick walls. 

 There are seven rooms on the first floor, six on the second, 

 and six attic rooms, and over them again is a long loft, 

 but it seems likely from their appearance that one or more 

 of these rooms were made at a recent period. In the apart- 

 ments to the right, as you enter, a quaint den with curious 

 fastenings is noticeable, which leads out to the sunny front 

 porch. This doorway was somewhat altered by Mr. East- 

 wick, who erected on the interior a second door, thus making 

 a small closet, the wall being over half a foot thick ; this 

 second door should, undoubtedly, be pulled down, and the 

 front entrance to the house facing the river again be used. 

 In the kitchen, Mr. Eastwick's alterations are again notice- 

 able, as the old fire-place, about five and a half feet high 

 and well nigh six feet long, has been boarded up by a 

 wooden w r ainscoating of modern appearance, which runs all 

 around the room and detracts from the old-fashioned 

 character of the apartment. The old fire-place, however, is 

 still intact, and could be, with little trouble, restored to its 

 former appearance. 



All the walls of the house have, unfortunately, been 

 papered. In the sitting-room, also, the fire-place has been 

 boarded up, and the old Franklin stove, a present from 

 " Friend Benjamin," has been removed. In this room can 

 still be seen Ann Bartram's china closet, a very pretty piece 

 of old-fashioned wood-work. It is built in tire wall over the 

 mantel-piece. To the left, on one side of it, is a curious old 

 cubby-hole, a deep closet running from the floor to the ceil- 

 ing, with a recess behind in the solid wall, running back of 

 the chimney, where Bartram secreted his money and 



