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Rh merges into Pleasant Street and Spring Garden Road joins the latter thoroughfare, there is a group of buildings all of which invite the interest of the visitor. The Academy of Music, principal theatre of the province, is directly on the corner. Adjoining it is St. Matthew's Church, mother of Halifax Presbyterianism. Just beyond is Government House. Erected during the first years of the nineteenth century, it has been the seat of a long line of Provincial Governors and Lieutenant-Governors. The foundation stone of the mansion "placed in the field between Hollis and Pleasant Streets" was laid by the Duke of Kent shortly before his departure from Halifax.

In the green acre opposite Government House is the old colonial cemetery of St. Paul's. The gateway topped by a lion is a monument to two Nova Scotians who fell during the Crimean War. Within the quiet shadows lies the body of Captain David Gordon, great grandfather of "Chinese" Gordon, who died of an accident in 1752.

The "Chesapeake Stone" records the names of sailors killed in the engagement which took place off Boston Harbour in June, 1813, and which is said to have lasted but twenty minutes. The Shannon's dead numbered thirty men, the Chesapeake lost more than twice as many, including her Commander and First Lieutenant. The British