Entrée principale:

Smith, H. Clifford (Harold Clifford), 1876-1960.

Titre et auteur:

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 ...

Publication:

London : J. Cape, 1933.

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.
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.

Résumé:

Here at last we have the book for which all who are interested in the more intimate and romantic aspects of Anglo-American history have been waiting, and, for the first time, we can read an authoritative, scholarly, and exhaustive account of the English home of George Washington's ancestors. -- Introduction.

Sujet:

Washington family.
Sulgrave Manor (Sulgrave, England)
Sulgrave (England)
England Sulgrave Sulgrave Manor
England Sulgrave

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 41579
Cote: W9393
Statut: Disponible