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Rh &ensp;1. Commander's residence—Dr. McLaughlin and Mr. Douglas. &ensp;2. Commander's kitchen and servants' quarters. &ensp;3. Chaplain or Governor's temporary residence. &ensp;4. Clerk's Office—meteorological obj. made, etc. &ensp;6. Chapel for Catholic and Episcopal services. &ensp;7. Bakery—where soft bread and tea biscuit are baked. &ensp;8. Wash room, etc. &ensp;9. Quarters for subordinate officers and their families. 10. Blacksmith shop—four furnaces. 11. Store house (Called Missionary Store, having been used by the American Missionaries to store their property.) 12. Carpenter's shop. 13. Indian trade store, hospital, dispensary, etc. 14.Building for furs. 15. Magazine—the only brick building. 16. General store house, provisions, dry goods, hardware, etc. 17. General store house, provisions, dry goods, hardware, etc. 18. General store house, provisions, dry goods, hardware, etc. 19. Granary. 20. Two large field pieces mounted on carriages—the latter defective. 21. Bell stand or belfry. 22. A deep well in which the water rises and falls with the tide. 23, 23, 23. Entrances through folding gates.

The whole enclosure about 700 feet by 400, the posts forming the stockade being of pine, from 8 to 10 inches in diameter and about 20 ft long, 2 or 3 feet of which is buried in the earth to support the upright & as additional support pieces of scantlings are pinned together on either side near the top and bottom, running the whole length, and from the upper row of these an occasional brace led to the ground forming a lateral support like



Nearly all the posts are more or less decayed at the surface of the earth, and will soon require replacing by others.

Independent of this there is a Hospital near the river bank, also stockaded, a Coopers shop, Boat House and several other out buiildings [sic] about the premises, besides a