Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 172
boxes and parcels, and to open gates.Southern estates were distinguished by de-scriptive names, such as Mount Vernon, Monticello, Ingleside, The Oaks.Particular mansions were known, also, by ro-mantic titles,—such as Bclvoir, LibertyHall, Greenway Court,—reminding us ofold English manor-houses.… … THE LADY GUESTS WERE HANDED FROM THEIR COACHES. at the period of which I write. Drayton Hall isyet standing, a fair specimen of old-fashioned 158 A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. [December^ architecture. The wainscot and mantels are of solidmahogany. The walls were once hung with tapestry. The planters, like…
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