A House Called Morven: Its Role in American History, 1701-1954 - Revised Edition

Alfred Hoyt Bill

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A House Called Morven

Its Role in American History, 1701-1954 - Revised Edition

Alfred Hoyt Bill
Edited by: Constance M. Greiff

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1954

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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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History Regional and National History North America United States of America

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Foreword Walter E. Edge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Preface Alfred Hoyt Bill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Chapter I. By the "Light Within" and the "New Lights" Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter II. "In a State of Splendor" Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
Chapter III. "The End of All Perfection" Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
Chapter IV. "Ye Stately Elms! And Lofty Cedars! Mourn" Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
Chapter V. "The Old Duke" Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
Chapter VI. Robert the Magnificent Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
Chapter VII. "A Very Correct, High-Spirited Officer" Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
Chapter VIII. "The Commodore Is Irresistible" Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
Chapter IX. "The Old Order Changeth" Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
The Architecture of Morven Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
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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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