Main entry:

Armes, Ethel, 1876-1945, author.

Title & Author:

Stratford hall : the great house of the Lees / by Ethel Armes. With an introduction by Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Publication:

Richmond, Va. : Garrett and Massie, Incorporated 1936.

Description:

xxiv pages, 2 leaves, 575 pages : including frontispiece, illustrations (including portraits, maps, plans, facsimiles, coats of arms) ; 28 cm

Restrictions:

Closed stack.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 551-558), and index.
Book One, The Colonial Background of Stratford Hall 1635-1760: The Provenance of the Stratford Lees -- The Record of a Young Colonial -- The Building of the Great House -- Commander in Chief of Virginia -- The Second Master of Stratford -- The Plantation and the Waterfront -- Book Two, The Revolution and Its Aftermath 1760-90: The Band of Brothers, Intrepid and Unchangeable -- Vincit Amor Patriae Laudumque Immensa Cupido -- Alice Lee, Mistress of Shippen House -- Hannah Lee, Mistress of Peckatone -- The Fifth Generation of the Lees -- The Third Master of Stratford -- Book Three, A Century of Change 1790-1890: Chief Magistrate of the Commonwealth -- The Return to Westmoreland -- Through Carter's Eyes -- Storm Clouds Gather Over Stratford Hall -- To Secure the Blessings of Liberty -- The End at Dungeness -- The Last Lee Master of Stratford -- Consul to the Barbary Powers -- The Fifth Master of Stratford -- Elizabeth McCarty, Mistress of Stratford -- Book Four, The Restoration of Stratford 1928-1935: The Scene in 1928 -- The Historical Background -- The Great House and Its Dependencies -- Gardens, Grounds and Orchard -- Stratford Hall, A National Shrine -- Supplementary Records -- Bibliography -- Index -- Subscribes to Dedication Edition.
Read in Special Collections room with book support.

Summary:

History of the Lee family of Virginia and Stratford Hall the family home place.

Subject:

Lee family.
Stratford Hall (Va.)
Virginia Stratford Hall

Added entries:

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, writer of introduction.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 139959
Call No.: W4222; ID:85-B2583
Status: Available