| Description |
xiii, 354 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-344) and index. |
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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. |
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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, Wethersfiled, Connecticut. |
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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, Katohah, New York -- Alexander Hamilton's The Grange, New York, New York -- Jerffereson's Monticello, Charlottesville, Virgina -- The Owens-Thomas House, Savannah, Georgia -- John Adams's "Old House," Quincy, Massachusetts. |
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Statesmen -- Homes and haunts -- United States.
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Politicians -- Homes and haunts -- United States.
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Historic buildings -- United States.
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Dwellings -- United States.
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United States -- History, Local.
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Statesmen -- United States -- Biography.
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Politicians -- United States -- Biography.
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Statesmen -- Family relationships -- United States.
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Politicians -- Family relationships -- United States.
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United States -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Straus, Roger.
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| ISBN |
9781579652753 |
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1579652751 |
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