Upper left-hand cor- 
ner—The Doorway of 
the Rice house. 
In 1894, behind this 
doorway, a thriling 
party was held. Bales 
and bales of calico had 
been ‘captured from 
English merchant men 
on the high seas by 
William Rice’s  priva- 
teers, and bronght 
home to their master 
in Portsmouth. One 
evening the jocose old 
soul—Rice—invited all 
the dames of  Ports- 
mouth to his house and 
gave them all as mueh 
calico as they could 
take away. 
Sanabiea amin eee 
« 
ee LSet eae 
Upper right-hand ecor- 
ner—Doorway of the 
Boardman house— one 
of the most ornate in 
the town, 
Doorway of the War- 
ner house is shown in 
the lower picture. It 
is here that Franklin 
set up the lightning 
rod in 1762. The house 
is said to have been 
built, “-iny 727s. The 
Corinthian pillars are 
admirable executed, 
and the old lateh and 
foot  serapers are e#x- 
cellent example of their 
kind. 
