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By BETTY DEBNAM from The Mini Page by Betty Debnam © 1999 The Mini Page Publishing Company Inc.

A Governor's Home and Meeting Place

Margaret's Palace THE PALACE

REMINDI UI OF ENCLAND, OUR HOME. FATHER BROUCHT THE

More than 200 years ago, a little girl named Margaret Tryon and her c:

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parents sailed from :~ England to the colony 3 of North Carolina. ~

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during "Colonial" t S times, before our country became ] the United States. ~ l:l

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tell her own story.

There are no portraits of Margaret, so we will have to imagine what she looked like.

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MY FATHER, WILLIAM t TRYON, WAS AN OFFICER IN THE BRITISH ARMY.

KINC CEORCE III OF ENCLAND SENT HIM TO

BECOME NORTH CAROLINA'S ROYAL

CO VERNOR.

King George III

The palace as it looks today. The Tryons lived here only a little over a year, but since Governor Tryon built it, most people call it Tryon's Palace. After the Tryons moved out, other North Carolina governors lived there.

ENCL/IH ARCHITECT WITH UI WHEN WE

IAILED TO AMERICA.

After the capital was moved to Raleigh, rooms were rented out. The palace burned in 1798. More than 100 years later it was rebuilt on the original site. Thousands of tourists visit there each year.

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"Some people think the big building cost too much of the taxpayers' money.

Colonnades or walkways

"My father is the most important man in the colony. All of the laws passed there have to be approved by the king. My ,

Ifather is the Kitchen and Main building Stables

A coat of arms is a symbol for families or even countries. The lion represents England, the unicorn Scotland.

COATS OF ARMS BECAN WHEN KNICHTS

IN ARMOR PUT DESICNS ON THEIR SHIELDI SO THEY

COULD BE IDENTIFIED.

J king's man. servants' quarters "The coat of arms of the - "One of the "It is perhaps the fmest house in all the King of England hangs

many things Colonies. While most other families in the over the entrance door. It he did was to select the site for the North Colonies live in one room, my palace has shows that the governor Carolina capital. He chose New Bern, a 18 rooms, plus a kitchen wing and stable represents the king in town near the coast." wing." North Carolina."

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What Happened to Margaret?

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This drawing is based on a portrait that some people think might have been of Margaret as a young lady.

We know little about Margaret Tryon's life. Much of what we do know is from letters written more than 200 years ago. From one of her father's letters we know that she was a healthy child. We know she could write in French from a thank-you note she wrote herself

One hostess wrote about the little girl who came to tea. She wrote that Margaret sat "stuck up" in a chair and did not "dare to taste tea, fruit cake, or any trifle offered." From this letter we can tell that the Tryons were very strict with their discipline and that Margaret was well-behaved. The second floor plan

A. The Tryons' bedroom ~~~c.

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From the architect's drawings, we know that Margaret had a room next to her parents and a smaller dressing room.

Margaret's room

Margaret lived in her palace for about 13 months. The Tryons moved when her father was appointed governor of New York.

The governor there did not have a palace. He had a house inside a fort. We do know that their house caught fire and Margaret escaped by jumping from the dining room window.

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2. Houses did not have closets in Colonial times.

True False

True: People did not have as many clothes as most folks do today. They hung their clothes on pegs or folded them into chests. In Colonial times, the word "closet" meant a small room such as a dressing room.

the British rule, Governor Tryon sent Margaret and her mother back to England in 1777. She became a lady-in-waiting to Queen Charlotte.

3. Fire screens, or small screens on poles placed near fireplaces, were used to protect women's makeup

>./~ from melting. Women often used r--------------------' wax to cover smallpox scars.

In Colonial times 1. There were no nails in

colonial times. True False

False: Nails were used as far back as the Roman Empire. Sometimes Colonial carpenters did not use nails when another method would serve better.

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True False

False: Women did wear makeup made of some wax, but not very often. Firescreens were used because they were pretty and because they could shield anyone from the heat, not just women.

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",!\5~~~ M-m.~5D'5 TRYON TRY'N "'~ CJ!)J \\OU~ PALACE FIND Mini Spy ...

Mini Spy and her friends are visiting Tryon Palace. See if you can find:

• number 7 • heart • knife • alligator • pumpkin • letter B • bell • word MINI • squirrel • ladder • ruler • pencil

Words that remind us of Tryon Palace are hidden in the block below. Some words are hidden backward or diagonally. See if you can find: TRYON, PALACE, MARGARET, GOVERNOR, ROYAL, ENGLAND, NORTH CAROLINA, COLONIAL, TEA, COLONY, PARLOR, ROOM, KING, HOME, DINING.

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from The Mini Page by Betty Debnam © 1999 The Mini Page Publishing Company Inc. 9 Rookie Cookies Recipe Jumbles

This recipe is from Tryon Palace . You'll need:

• 1 cup butter • 3 cups all-purpose flour, sifted • 11/4 cups sugar • 2 teaspoons nutmeg

• 1 egg • 1/2 teaspoon mace

• 1 tablespoon vanilla What to do:

• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1. In a large bowl, combine butter and sugar until smooth and creamy.

2. Stir in egg and vanilla. Mix well. 3. Stir in remaining ingredients. Mix well. 4. Wrap dough in waxed paper and chill 3 hours. 5. On lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4 inch thick. Cut out

using cookie cutter of your choice. Place on a baking sheet. 6. Bake in a preheated 375-degree oven for 12 to 15 minutes. 7. After cooking, sprinkle with sugar. Makes about 4 dozen.

Meet Robin Williams Few actors are as funny as Robin

Williams. He has been one of the world's

favorite performers for about 20 years.

He grew up in Michigan and later moved to California. He got his start by doing stand-up comedy.

From there he got the part as Mork in the TV show "Mork and Mindy." Soon he got parts in movies

including "Pop eye," "Jumanji," "Hook" and "Mrs. Doubtfire." In 1998 he won the Academy Award for best supporting

actor in "Good Will Hunting." Robin has two sons and a daughter. He lives with his

family in San Francisco. He helps raise money for the homeless.

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MIGHTY FUNNY'S

Q: What did the beaver say to the log? A: "It's been nice knawing you!"

(both sent in by Andy Kohl)

Q: What do you get when you cross a dinosaur with fireworks?

A: Dyno-mite! (sent in by Anelia Knight)

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Life in Margaret's Palace of 200 Years Ago What was it like to live in

Margaret's palace? Let's pretend Margaret is showing us around.

"My father keeps his 400 books in this library. He often looks up

SUCH A B/(J L/BRARr IS

VERr UNUSUAL.

BOOKS COST A LOT.

information. My mother also likes to read."

"The council chamber is the biggest room in the palace. This is where the group that governs the colony meets."

''We eat our main meal in the .LJ..l.LUUJl'-'

of the day in this big dining room. Servants have to carry the food into the house from a nearby kitchen, which is in a separate building."

"My mother often serves tea in the parlor. When we have guests, she might entertain by playing the harpsichord." (The harpsicord has a softer sound than our modern piano. It sounds similar to plucking the strings on a guitar.)

SERVIN(J TEA IS A REAL

ART. WOMEN LEARN TO DO IT JUST SO!

LIKE MANr (JIRts, I LOVE

TO PLAr HOUSE AND TO

PLAr WITH DOLLS.

"My room is upstairs. I go there to study, play and sleep. Unlike most girls my age, I am being taught to read and write. I am also learning to keep house."

''While a lot of the cooking is done by boiling food in pots over the flames, some of it is done on the hearth, using hot coals raked from the fire and set under pots."

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Guide For use by teachers and parents at home and at school. . For use with issue: Margaret's Palace ~ Main idea: This issue is about Tyron Palace. The following is a list of activities to be ( used with this issue. They are listed in order of difficulty, with the easier pre-reader ~ assignments listed first. Most of the activities are for younger readers. Ask the r children to do the following: ~

1. Find the following pictures in this issue: a map of North Carolina, a lamp, Tryon ~ Palace, people riding with a horse and buggy, a ship, a girl riding a bicycle, a knight, a t fireplace, a candle, a sink. i

2. Pretend you lived during the time that Margaret did. Draw a picture of what ~ you might have looked like and the outfit you might have worn. ~

3. Get another copy of this issue. Cut apart the photos in one issue. Mix them up, I then find their matching photo in the other issue. ~

4. Pretend you are Margaret and you keep a diary. Write several days of entries ~ describing what you did. 2i

5. Find North Carolina on a U.S. map. Which states would you travel through to ! get there from where you live? };

6. Look through the weather section of your newspaper for the forecast for a town t in North Carolina. ~

7. Discuss the following: What would it have been like to live in Tyron Palace? How :i would it have been different from the way we live today? Have you ever been to North ~

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Height: 6-3 Birthdate: 9-27-65 Weight: 180 College: Arizona

Steve Kerr is in his first year as a guard with the San Antonio Spurs. Before joining them, he played for the Chicago Bulls, the Orlando Magic, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Phoenix Suns. He helped the Bulls win three championships.

Last year with the Bulls, he averaged 7.5 points, 1.9 assists and 1.5 rebounds per game. He missed part of the year because of injuries.

His best game was 21 points against the New Jersey Nets. Steve was born in Beirut, Lebanon. In the off-season, he lives with his wife, Margot, and children,

Nicholas, Madeleine and Matthew, in Lake Forest, Ill. After his basketball career is over, he will probably work in broadcasting. Carolina? If so, what did you see and do? ~ ' _____________________________ ...

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