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dormer windows, and a large, two-storied ell.Its entrance door is nearly three inches through, with handsome, hand-made panels, and it swings on wrought-iron hinges two feet either way.It is adorned with a knocker and latch that were brought from England by the major.Ever since its erec- tion, this house has been occupied by a member of the Stark family, and the present owner, Charles Morris Stark, boasts the distinction of being of Revolutionary stock on both sides of the family, his mother being a lineal descendant of Robert Morris, the great financier of the Revolution.Another interesting colonial home is the Warner house at Portsmouth, occupying a corner section on one of the city's main thoroughfares.This fine dwelling was erected by Captain Macpheadris, a wealthy merchant who came to this country from Scotland, and it is built of Dutch bricks that were imported from Holland, with walls eighteen inches thick.It stands firmly on its foundation, a magnificent specimen of early con- struction ; and its gambrel roof, Lutheran win- dows, quaint cupola, and broad simplicity of entrance door, suggest the old-time hospitality that was so freely dispensed here.After the captain's death, the house came to his daughter, Mary, who [9]Plate CIII.-English Toddy glasses, Cut and Engraved Elizabethan Wineglasses ; Air Twist Stem Wineglasses.Plate CIV.-Venetian