Word: picket
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...small section of picket fence, and the gate, which adorn the entrance to the Yard next Wadsworth House, are so perfectly useless, that they might well be removed, even though they do add originality to the Yard, being entirely different from the rest of the fence. They cause some delay there at times when men are coming to and from Holyoke House and Little's, and are an unmitigated nuisance. I hope they will be taken away as soon as possible...