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- “Planted the remainder of the Ash Trees—in the Serpentine walks—the remainder of the fringe trees in the Shrubberies—all the black haws—all the large berried81 KB (11,408 words) - 14:15, March 31, 2021
- Bloomingdale Asylum for the Insane, New York, NY (quoted in Hawkins 1991: 86) “The approach to the Asylum from the southern entrance, by the stranger who associates66 KB (9,707 words) - 12:44, February 18, 2021
- describing the Bloomingdale Asylum for the Insane, New York, NY (Hawkins 1991: 89) “. . . a liberal space, which is laid out and planted in one of the most approved33 KB (4,627 words) - 14:28, February 17, 2021
- View/Vista of the town of Baltimore and the Point with the shiping in the harbour, the Basin and all the Small craft, with a very distant prospect down the river57 KB (7,849 words) - 15:06, August 13, 2021
- description of the Friends Asylum for the Insane, in Charles Bulfinch’s 1818 plan of two wings added to Pleasant Hill to create McLean Asylum [Fig. 9], and70 KB (9,898 words) - 18:52, August 12, 2021
- describing Bloomingdale Asylum for the Insane, New York, NY (Journal of Medicine 10: 63) “Airing Courts, or Yards.—There are three of these courts for the men29 KB (3,841 words) - 13:35, March 29, 2021
- Hospital for the Insane, Philadelphia, PA (American Journal of Insanity 4: 347–52) “The pleasure grounds and farm of the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane58 KB (7,874 words) - 14:42, March 10, 2021
- Earle, Pliny, January 1848, describing Bloomingdale Asylum for the Insane, New York, NY (Journal of Medicine 10: 64) “The Physicians who object to yards, or33 KB (4,443 words) - 08:18, April 8, 2021
- importance of the house as the base of operations for the landowner, was a visual shorthand for the landowner’s affluence and power. Observers such as William85 KB (11,717 words) - 17:54, April 7, 2021
- to the West of the Mansion. . . "The Stable Yard, tho contiguous to the house, is perfectly concealed from it, the Lawn, & the Garden. . . From the Cellar87 KB (12,484 words) - 13:27, April 12, 2021
- taken out of the pond. The sketch of the mound also illustrates the character of the mounds in the Cherokee country; but the last have not the highway or avenue89 KB (11,855 words) - 18:59, August 10, 2021
- glazed only on the sides, the back being a solid brick wall. The situation of the garden being low, and the adjacent ground in the rear of the conservatory62 KB (9,081 words) - 13:02, April 1, 2021
- linked the American lawn to English parks. In addition, in the second half of the 18th century the lawn referred to the agrarian roots of the new republic108 KB (14,954 words) - 15:38, August 13, 2021
- 24, in the outer dimensions, and half the width disposed of for two rooms, back of the part designed for the green house; leaving the latter in the clear122 KB (17,951 words) - 18:15, August 10, 2021
- Writing the Landscape (section Texts as Representations of and Sources for American Landscape Design History)imprisoned by the British garrison in New York. The text is no less complicated than the author. Writing letters addressed to the Abbé Rayal, F.R.S., the book opens160 KB (19,096 words) - 16:27, September 1, 2021
- Hammond 1982: 160) “the Vault under the Summerhouse is equal to any spot for the Construction of an icehouse & the distance (from the mansion house) is no54 KB (7,141 words) - 13:18, April 12, 2021
