The homes of America : with one hundred and three illustrations (1879)
Lamb, Martha J. (Martha Joanna), 1829-1893 · New York : D. Appleton and Company, 549 and 551 Broadway · leaf 37
pendent power of anold feudal chieftain within his territorial limits; and upon this manor therewere at one time several thousand tenants, their gatherings something likethose of the Scottish clans. When a Van Rensselaer died, these people 34 THE HOMES OF AMERICA. swanntMl ;il)<>iit tlic… … Hall, Van Rensselaer Manor-House. presiih-d adiniialily over the manor for many yeaix, dying in l(i74. He was a singularly handsome man, judging by his portrait. He is painted in a richly embroidered waistcoat, and large-cuffed, much-befrogtjetl velvet coat, ■ with ruffles about his well-shaped…
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