Historic Shrines of America: Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them NotableFaris, John T. (John Thomson)
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Historic Shrines of America: Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable
Faris, John T. (John Thomson)
Historic buildings -- United States; United States -- Biography
Washington, George, 21, 31, 40, 72, 88, 93, 95, 96, 98, 99, 105,
108, 110, 124, 133, 137, 139, 157, 173, 174, 178, 189, 192, 194,
206, 218, 226, 234, 241, 246, 252, 256, 272, 281, 283, 285, 290,
294, 305, 308, 311, 315, 316, 321, 374, 377, 378
Washington, Laurence, 241, 253
Washington, Mrs. George, 42, 127, 177, 245
Wayne, Captain Isaac, 192
Wayne, General Anthony, 107, 157, 192
Waynesborough, near Philadelphia, 192
Wayside, The, Concord, Massachusetts, 61
Weare, Meschech, 108
Webster, Daniel, 384
Weems, Parson, 313
Wentworth, Governor Benning, 395
Wentworth House, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 395
West Church, Boston, 37
Westover, Virginia, 278
West Point Military Academy, 100, 106, 362
Wheelwright, Rev. John, 50
Whitefield, Rev. George, 75
White Haven, St. Louis, Missouri, 362
White House, Washington, 230, 236
Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania, 181
Whitley's Station, Kentucky, 359
Whittier, John G., 54, 79
Whittier, Thomas, 54
Wilkinson, General, 158
William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia, 259, 289, 291
Williamsburg Court House, Virginia, 262
Williamsburg, Virginia, 289
Williams, Roger, 80
Wilson, Daniel Munro, 44, 47
Winthrop, Governor, 34, 66
Wirt, William, describes Patrick Henry's first public speech, 264
Witherspoon, John, 132
Wolfe, Colonel James, 220
Women's Centennial Executive Committee, 339
Wren, James, 249
Wren, Sir Christopher, 82, 292
Wythe, George, 290
Yonkers, New York, 88, 91
York, Pennsylvania, 174
Yorktown, Siege of, 271, 279
Zinzendorf, Count, 197
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Transcriber's note:
Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have
been preserved. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
Page 107: "1872" possibly should be 1782.
Page 309: "Hampdon Sidney" possibly should be "Hampden Sydney."
Various references to Newcastle or New Castle, Delaware have been
left as printed.
All illustrations except the frontispiece have been moved to their
references in the text.
Unmatched quotation marks were left as printed.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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