332 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDIEANS May, 1906 
The Library of the Stark Mansion 
Nr AGUN ED YNS. 
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Saddle Given to Pres. 
Pierce by the Citizens 
of New Hampshire 
during Mexican War 
Webster, done by Lawson. 
Miniature paintings and curi- 
ous old prints adorn the 
walls. Hepplewhite tables 
and chairs, a queer old roll- 
top desk with drawers under- 
neath, that originally _ be- 
longed to Robert Morris, are 
among the multitudinous hall 
furnishings. 
The parlor opens at the 
right. Here again is seen an 
abundance of ancient furnish- 
ings. A large gilt mirror 
hangs at one side, once the 
property of Robert Morris. 
There are fine old paintings, 
including those of Goy. and 
Mrs. Pierce, and Lieut. John 
and Mrs. McNeil, painted 
over a century ago; a brace 
of flint-lock pistols, carried 
by Gen. Stark at the battle 
The Old Chaise in Which Mistress Stark Drove to 
Portsmouth Once Every Year 
a Baskerville Bible in two volumes, il- 
lustrated by valuable prints from the old 
masters and owned by the financier oi 
the Revolution and a set of old Dresden 
china, originally in the possession of the 
first French Minister to America, and 
presented to Mr. Morris by him on his 
return to France. 
Opening out of the parlor is Mr. 
Stark’s den, an interesting room, exem- 
plifying his sportsman’s life. 
The library lies opposite the parlor. 
It is fitted up with bookcases, filled with 
queer, old, valuable books. Cozy seats 
of Bennington; a magnificent gold-headed cane with its in- are placed in the windows. A banjo clock hangs on the wall, 
scription, ‘‘Robert Morris, from his friend John Hancock; while Gen. McNeil’s mahogany desk does service in one 
