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interesting historic association, than Newbury and Newbury- 

 port, from the earliest to the latest dates in their history. 

 Many of the inhabitants oi these towns, or their descend- 

 ants, had held very prominent' positions among the literary, 

 the commercial, and most distinguished men of the country 

 in all departments of active life. Taking up the several 

 localities visited in order, Mr. W. resumed the remarks 

 which he had made at the various points of interest visited 

 in the morning. Prominent among these were the " Dexter 

 Museum'- now occupied by Dr. E. G. Kelly, and illustrating 

 in its restoration, and in the beautiful gardens about it the 

 well known taste of its hospitable proprietor ; The u Mall" 

 once the Camp ground of a portion of Arnold's Expedition 

 to Canada ; the house of the Misses Tracy where are depos- 

 ited the beautiful paintings by Copley, of Col. and Mrs. Lee 

 Of Marblehead. Copley is said to have remarked of these, when 

 in later life asked which were his best paintings, that those 

 at Newburyport were regarded by him as foremost among 

 his works. Mr. W. then spoke of the " Wolfe Farm" now the 

 Merrhnack House ; the Tracy Mansion, where Washington, 

 Lafayette, Talleyrand, Louis Phillipe, Chateaubriand and 

 others were .at various times guests ; " St. Pauls Church" 

 with its old altar piece, and the exquisite memorial Chapel 

 erected by Rev. Dr. Hoi-ton ; the tomb of Bishop Ban, the 

 first Bishop of Massachusetts ; the Perry Way ; the residence 

 and work shop of Jacob Perkins, the famous Inventor and 

 Engraver ; the law office of Chiet Justice Parsons, where J. 

 Q. Adams, Rufus King and Robert Treat Paino and other 

 eminent men studied ; the "Old South Church" with the 

 monument and tomb of Whitfield ; the ancient Colonial Jail; 

 the l 'Old-Town Meeting House" ; the Green where another 

 portion of the Canada Expedition encamped ; the ancient 

 Grave Yard of Newbury, where the party found many 

 unique epitaphs ; several old houses of historical interest ; 

 among others, the Garrison house now the Pettingell Farm 



