Houses of the founding fathers
2007
973.30922 H877 2007
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Title
Houses of the founding fathers
Variant Title
Houses of the founding fathers : the men who made America and the way they lived
Published
New York : Artisan, c2007.
Description
xiii, 354 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Call Number
973.30922 H877 2007
System Control No.
(OCoLC)77011433
Note
Cover title: Houses of the founding fathers : the men who made America and the way they lived
Domestic world of the Founding Fathers - their private lives, families, passions, culture, aspirations; tour of 40 stately 18th-century houses. We see the mansions of such legendary figures as Jefferson, Washington, Adams, and Hamilton, along with the homes of many other signers of the Declaration of Independence or Constitution.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-344) and index.
Contents: pt. 1. The Colonies Unite: The Declaration of Independence -- The George Wythe House, Williamsburg, Virginia -- John Dickinson' s Poplar Hall, Dover, Delaware -- The William Paca House, Annapolis, Maryland -- The James Iredell House, Edenton, North Carolina -- The Jeremiah Lee Mansion, Marblehead, Massachusetts -- The Peyton Randolph House, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Contents: pt. 2. A Time of War: The Vassall-Craigie-Longfellow House, Cambridge, Massachusetts -- The Lees' Stratford, Stratford, Virginia -- Governor Hoplins House, Providence, Rhode Island -- Richard Stockton's Morven, Princeton, New Jersey -- Cliveden, Germantown, Pennsylvania -- Drayton Hall, Charleston, South Carolina -- The Ford Mansion, Morristown, New Jersey -- The Heyward-Washington House, Charleston, South Carolina -- The Schuyler Masnion and Farm, Albany and Schuylerville, New York -- The Silas Deane and Joseph Webb Houses, Wethersfield, Connecticut.
Contents: pt. 3. The Federal Era: The Mathias Hammond House, Annapolis, Maryland -- The Homes of Governor John Langdon and William Whipple, Portsmouth, New Hampshire -- Amstel House, New Castle, Delaware -- Middleton Place, Charleston, South Carolina -- George Mason's Gunston Hall, Mason's Neck, Virginia -- William Livingston's Liberty Hall, Union, New Jersey -- The Deshler-Morris House, Germantown, Pennsylvania -- General Knox's Montpelier, Thomaston, Maine -- Washington's Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, Virginia -- The John Jay Homestead, Katonah, New York -- Alexander Hamilton's The Grange, New York, New York -- Jefferson's Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia -- The Owens-Thomas House, Savannah, Georgia -- John Adams's "Old House," Quincy, Massachusetts.
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Domestic world of the Founding Fathers - their private lives, families, passions, culture, aspirations; tour of 40 stately 18th-century houses. We see the mansions of such legendary figures as Jefferson, Washington, Adams, and Hamilton, along with the homes of many other signers of the Declaration of Independence or Constitution.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-344) and index.
Contents: pt. 1. The Colonies Unite: The Declaration of Independence -- The George Wythe House, Williamsburg, Virginia -- John Dickinson' s Poplar Hall, Dover, Delaware -- The William Paca House, Annapolis, Maryland -- The James Iredell House, Edenton, North Carolina -- The Jeremiah Lee Mansion, Marblehead, Massachusetts -- The Peyton Randolph House, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Contents: pt. 2. A Time of War: The Vassall-Craigie-Longfellow House, Cambridge, Massachusetts -- The Lees' Stratford, Stratford, Virginia -- Governor Hoplins House, Providence, Rhode Island -- Richard Stockton's Morven, Princeton, New Jersey -- Cliveden, Germantown, Pennsylvania -- Drayton Hall, Charleston, South Carolina -- The Ford Mansion, Morristown, New Jersey -- The Heyward-Washington House, Charleston, South Carolina -- The Schuyler Masnion and Farm, Albany and Schuylerville, New York -- The Silas Deane and Joseph Webb Houses, Wethersfield, Connecticut.
Contents: pt. 3. The Federal Era: The Mathias Hammond House, Annapolis, Maryland -- The Homes of Governor John Langdon and William Whipple, Portsmouth, New Hampshire -- Amstel House, New Castle, Delaware -- Middleton Place, Charleston, South Carolina -- George Mason's Gunston Hall, Mason's Neck, Virginia -- William Livingston's Liberty Hall, Union, New Jersey -- The Deshler-Morris House, Germantown, Pennsylvania -- General Knox's Montpelier, Thomaston, Maine -- Washington's Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, Virginia -- The John Jay Homestead, Katonah, New York -- Alexander Hamilton's The Grange, New York, New York -- Jefferson's Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia -- The Owens-Thomas House, Savannah, Georgia -- John Adams's "Old House," Quincy, Massachusetts.
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