Sulgrave manor and the Washingtons : a history and guide to the Tudor home of George Washington's ancestors / by H. Clifford Smith . With a foreword by Viscount Lee of Fareham

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Publisher's presentation copy. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 259, [1] pages : frontispiece, illustrations (including map, plans, coats of arms, genealogical table) plates, portrait, facsimile ; 27 x 21 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-247) and index. Contents; Introduction / Viscount Lee of Fareham -- Preface -- Map of Sulgrave -- Pedigree of the Washingtons of Sulgrave and Virginia -- The Scene -- The Earlier History of Sulgrave -- The Arrival of the Washingtons -- Lawrence Washington, the Builder of the Manor House -- The Descendants of the Builder -- Sulgrave After the Washingtons -- The Exterior of the Manor House -- The Porch, the 'Screens,' and the Great Hall -- The Great Chamber -- The Inner Chamber, and the Porch Room -- The Great Kitchen -- The Oak Parlour, and the White and Chintz Bedrooms -- The Garden and Orchard -- The Village of Sulgrave -- Sulgrave Church, and the Washington Memorials -- The Purchase and Restoration of the Manor House -- The Endowment of the Manor House by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America -- Appendix. Subjects; Washington family. Sulgrave Manor (Sulgrave, England). Sulgrave Manor. Sulgrave manor house. Local history. Sulgrave Manor (Sulgrave, England) ; Guidebooks. Sulgrave (Northamptonshire). Northamptonshire Sulgrave. England, Northamptonshire, Sulgrave History. Sulgrave (England) Dwellings. England Sulgrave. 1 Kg.

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Titel

Sulgrave manor and the Washingtons : a history and guide to the Tudor home of George Washington's ancestors / by H. Clifford Smith . With a foreword by Viscount Lee of Fareham

Verlag

London : J. Cape

Erscheinungsjahr

1933

Einband

Hardcover

Auflage

1st edition.

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