Went to another house about 4 miles off, belonging to the same Person, in
Monmouthshire, called Trediger, which is a Noble Building, but Modern, and only
one fourth of a square finished, with Elegant Stables for 90 horses. Proceded
Home thro' Newport, and Chepstow, with the Severn in View for many miles. past
by a House of one Mr. Van's, who married a sister of Mr. Morgan's, which is a
square building with a Court within, and said to Cost 20,000 Pounds. Newport
and Chepstow, have both been fortified Towns, and are both Sea Ports. The
first, a very dusty Place, the latter, not much better, but has the Ruins of an
Ancient and very fine Castle, formerly belonging to the Earls of Pembroke, now
in the possession of the Duke of Beaufort, and destroyed by Oliver Cromwell,
one Tower is still so perfect, that you can go to the top of it, with the
Battlements entire and Mutilated Stone figures on the top of them. The Castle
was composed of three large Courts, separated by cross Walls, and is very
extensive, lying on the River Wye, and Joining to the Town Wall, of which it
did form a part. The Bridge over the River is remarkable for its height, and
only curious on that Account. Monmouth is the County Town of the same name, a
great Market for Cattle from Wales, It lies on the Wye, down which River most
of the produce of the Country goes in Barges, that carry about 25 Tons, to
Chepstow, and from thence into the Severn, by Shipping it for Foreign Markets.
SOURCE: New York Historical Society, Publisher, Collections of
the New York Historical Society for the Year 1883: The Kemble Papers, Vol.
1 1773-1789, p. 22
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