Front:
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ÞUBL. AND
CÖPYRIGH T
EIGRASWOL
BENNÍNGTO
CATA MOUNT TAVERN,
HISTORI0 BE NNINGTON, VERMON
Back:
Vermont's first State House, built in
1769 (from a drawing by J. Lawrence
Griswold).
Here met the famous “Council of
Safety," 1772 to 1778. Headquarters of
Gen. John Stark prior to Battle of Ben-
nington. Named “Catamount Tavern”
because of a stuffed catamount which
was mounted above the sign board,
facing and “Grinning defiance to the
State of New York” which claimed the
territory known as the New Hampshire
Grants. Destroyed by fire March 30,
1871, through the overturning of a lamp
by boys playing in the building.
One of a series of 100 interesting Post
Cards published by E. T. Griswold, Ben-
nington, Vt. Send for catalogue.
- The Albortype Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.
