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Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans (page 1/3)

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Pictures from English Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton, Philadelphia and London, J. B. Lippincott and Company, MCMXV [1915].

Anne Hollingsworth Wharton was born on 15th December 1845 and died on 29th July 1928, more than 70 years ago, so that this work is out of copyright. She was a descendent of Joseph Wharton and hence related to Thomas Wharton Jr. (1735-1778), the first President of Pennsylvania.

Title: Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans

Author: Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth

City: London

Date: 1915

Total items: 12

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

Some sample images

[picture: The Post-Office at Penshurst]

The Post-Office at Penshurst

Perhaps Tudor or older? [$]

[picture: Sulgrave Manor]

Sulgrave Manor

The English home of the Washingtons [more...] [$]

[picture: Room in which Lawrence Washington was born, Sulgrave Manor]

Room in which Lawrence Washington was born, Sulgrave Manor

“It was in this rrom that Lawrence Washington, sone of Robert, and great-great-great grandfather of George Washington, was born.” (p. 106) [more...] [$]

[picture: The Manor House, Austerfield]

The Manor House, Austerfield

Where Governor William Bradford was born. [more...] [$]

[picture: Church of St. Mary, Redcliffe, Bristol]

Church of St. Mary, Redcliffe, Bristol

Admiral Sir William Pen (1621 – 70), son of Giles Penn of Redcliffe, was buried at St Mary Redcliffe Church. He was a squadron commander in Cromwell’s Navy. He received Pennsylvania as a land grant in exchange for services rendered to King Charles II, and founded a Quaker colony there. Admiral Penn is buried in the church shown here. I don’t [...] [more...] [$]


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