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A House Called Morven
Its Role in American History, 1701-1954 - Revised Edition
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Alfred Hoyt Bill
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Constance M. Greiff
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English
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2015
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"Mr. Bill has brilliantly rendered the stately progress of life in and out of Morven through its two hundred and fifty years. He has brought history home to us as a warm and living thing."—Christian Science Monitor.
Originally published in 1954.
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Foreword
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Preface
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Contents
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Chapter I. By the "Light Within" and the "New Lights"
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Chapter II. "In a State of Splendor"
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Chapter III. "The End of All Perfection"
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Chapter IV. "Ye Stately Elms! And Lofty Cedars! Mourn"
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Chapter V. "The Old Duke"
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Chapter VI. Robert the Magnificent
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Chapter VII. "A Very Correct, High-Spirited Officer"
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Chapter VIII. "The Commodore Is Irresistible"
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Chapter IX. "The Old Order Changeth"
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The Architecture of Morven
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Bibliography
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Manuscript Sources
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Index
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May 10, 2016
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9781400874682
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Revised Edition
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Keywords for this book
Nassau Hall; Richard Stockton (Continental Congressman); East Wing; Mr.; Drawing room; Princeton University; Residence; Dwelling; Benjamin Rush; Twickenham; His Family; Aaron Burr; Georgian architecture; Old House (Cutchogue); Virginia House; Fireplace; Continental Congress; Midshipman; Mary Harrison; Palladian architecture; Robert Field (painter); Hartford Convention; Slavery; Vestibule (architecture); John Witherspoon; Inigo Jones; Dower; Elias Boudinot; Samuel Stanhope Smith; Philip Hone; Thomas Sully; Howard Russell Butler; Battle of Rowton Heath; Fort Dearborn; Charles Willson Peale; Andrew Hamilton (lawyer); Thomas E. Dewey; Castle Howard; Furniture; Astor House; Stairs; William Trent; Franklin Pierce; Peter Stuyvesant; Francis Hopkinson; Charles Steadman; Household; George Washington Parke Custis; Continental Army; Brickwork; John Pintard; Robert F. Stockton; Entrance Hall; Provincial Congress; Internal improvements; William Wickenden; Richard III of England; Israel Putnam; Harold Stassen; Fort Moultrie; Hampton Roads; Horace Walpole; Crinoline; In This World; Vitruvius; Edward L. Pierce; Renaissance architecture; Coronation Chair; Woodrow Wilson; Morven (Princeton; New Jersey)
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
