Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast
CHAPTER XIII.
NEWCASTLE AND NEIGHBORHOOD.
The Way to the Island.--The Pool.--Ancient Ships.--Old House.--Town Charter and Records.--Influence of the Navy-yard.--Fort Constitution.--Little Harbor.--Captain John Mason.--The Wentworth House.--The Portraits.--The Governors Wentworth and their Wives.--Baron Steuben 196