ISBN: 0548771898

Text extracted from opening pages of book: COLONIAL MANSIONS OF MARYLAND AND DELAWARE JOHN MARTIN HAMMOND WITS SIXTY-FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS PHILADELPHIA tf LONDON J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 10U… Meer...

Text extracted from opening pages of book: COLONIAL MANSIONS OF MARYLAND AND DELAWARE JOHN MARTIN HAMMOND WITS SIXTY-FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS PHILADELPHIA tf LONDON J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 10U roiYKi ok, He who would collect old houses must possess Much enthusiasm, a determination that will not be dis; niraged, and a fine power of walking. Fully one-half t't the points that he visits because of hearsay will be found to be without interest, and of the others that he ** ek out only a few insignificant facts will at first be tt-teertainablo, A continual source of surprise to one who: em even in the immediate neighborhood in which Mey have stood for so many years. The material in this book has been gathered from jt* r. sonal vinJts and studies at first hand of the houses k I have had certain def inite ends. I wished to cull attention, first, to tht* many beautiful colonial survivals to be found in Maryland and Delaware. Then through the photography anil re production of certain architectural details ( sueh as* in particular, doorway**), 1 have hoped to bring . sugges tion to those about to build home* of the present day. Finally I have laid . some sirens on family history that the descendants of old families in the two States might feel an especially elose drawing to them* shrine* of the life of yesterday, The work of gathering together the photograph* ami data presented in the following pag** s hits meant mueh trumping, buggy ruling anil bunting, the first a no light task with a fift used books,books Books, Kessinger Publishing, LLC<