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Domestic News
February 15, 1881
Oxford Democrat
Paris, South Paris, Oxford County, Maine
What is this article about?
Gustavus A. Colburn of Pittston occupies a house used by General Arnold and officers during the 1775 Kennebec expedition; his grandfather built batteaux nearby without payment, and the interior remains largely unchanged.
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A Historic House.—Gustavus A. Colburn, Esq., of Pittston, lives in the same house which was occupied by his grandfather when General Arnold's expedition went up the Kennebec, and the corner closet or buffet still stands just as it did when General Arnold and his officers took their nippers out of the well-stocked bottles therein. The parlor and chamber are nearly as they were then. Mr. Colburn's grandfather made the batteaux for Arnold's expedition, near this house, but it is said he never got his pay for the job. The house, of course, has been greatly modernized, but is still one of the most interesting objects of antiquity on the Kennebec.
What sub-type of article is it?
Local History
Historic House
What keywords are associated?
Historic House
Pittston
Kennebec
Arnold Expedition
Batteaux
Gustavus Colburn
What entities or persons were involved?
Gustavus A. Colburn, Esq.
General Arnold
Where did it happen?
Pittston, Kennebec
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Pittston, Kennebec
Key Persons
Gustavus A. Colburn, Esq.
General Arnold
Outcome
mr. colburn's grandfather never got his pay for making the batteaux.
Event Details
Gustavus A. Colburn lives in the house occupied by his grandfather during General Arnold's Kennebec expedition; the corner closet remains as when Arnold and officers used it; parlor and chamber nearly unchanged; grandfather built batteaux nearby; house modernized but interesting antiquity.