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properties , the habit of splitting up estates into small farms was much less common than it was in Maryland . Councilman Carter owned , we are told , some sixty thousand acres situated in nearly every county in Virginia , six hundred ...
properties , the habit of splitting up estates into small farms was much less common than it was in Maryland . Councilman Carter owned , we are told , some sixty thousand acres situated in nearly every county in Virginia , six hundred ...
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... common , and all conveniences for trade thrown into the bargain . But the only really important towns in these colonies during the colonial period were Annapolis and Williamsburg . In these towns many of the planters had houses which ...
... common , and all conveniences for trade thrown into the bargain . But the only really important towns in these colonies during the colonial period were Annapolis and Williamsburg . In these towns many of the planters had houses which ...
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... common and were confined chiefly to the North , where this material could be easily and cheaply obtained . As early as 1639 Henry Whitfield erected a house of stone at Guilford , Connecticut , to serve in part as a place of defense ...
... common and were confined chiefly to the North , where this material could be easily and cheaply obtained . As early as 1639 Henry Whitfield erected a house of stone at Guilford , Connecticut , to serve in part as a place of defense ...
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... common type , though they differ greatly in the details of their paneling , mantels , cupboards , staircases , closed or open beamed ceilings , fireplaces , and the like . Some had slave quarters in the basement , others under the ...
... common type , though they differ greatly in the details of their paneling , mantels , cupboards , staircases , closed or open beamed ceilings , fireplaces , and the like . Some had slave quarters in the basement , others under the ...
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... common use in New England for any place where things were sold , and " store " was the usual term in Philadelphia and the South . An appren- tice writing home to England in 1755 and trying to explain the use of the terms said : " Stores ...
... common use in New England for any place where things were sold , and " store " was the usual term in Philadelphia and the South . An appren- tice writing home to England in 1755 and trying to explain the use of the terms said : " Stores ...
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