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• William Hamilton
  letter from Bush Hill to George Washington “I engaged a person of the name of Turner, newly arrived from England, to do some stucco work at Bush Hill. While
  82 KB (12,725 words) - 21:28, September 15, 2021
• The Woodlands
  letter from Bush Hill to George Washington “I engaged a person of the name of Turner, newly arrived from England, to do some stucco work at Bush Hill. While
  110 KB (15,513 words) - 20:48, August 30, 2021
• Statue
  (1754) and Daniel Fisher (1755) written with respect to the garden of Bush Hill, near Philadelphia, suggest that they ranged widely in quality. Stiles
  60 KB (7,896 words) - 19:37, August 12, 2021
• Grove
  November 21, 1790, describing Bush Hill, estate of Lt. Gov. James Hamilton, near Philadelphia, PA (1841: 2:207) “Bush Hill, as it is called, though by the
  80 KB (11,541 words) - 13:25, April 12, 2021
• Hannah Callender Sansom
  diary entry describing Bush Hill, estate of James Hamilton, near Philadelphia, PA (2010: 67) “. . . concluded upon a party to bush hill. . . in the afternoon
  23 KB (3,065 words) - 21:24, October 5, 2021
• Springettsbury
  which he enlarged through subsequent purchases to form the country seat Bush Hill. Penn's son Thomas (1702–1775) arrived in Philadelphia in 1732 and assumed
  35 KB (4,404 words) - 17:33, August 26, 2021
• The Hills
  Morris arranged for a navigable canal to be dug from Bush Hill to the northwest boundary of The Hills. Failed land speculations and other financial embarrassments
  24 KB (2,854 words) - 18:21, August 17, 2021
• Henry Pratt
  seventy-seven, Pratt sold Lemon Hill to Knowles Taylor, a speculator and merchant, for $225,000. The city of Philadelphia purchased Lemon Hill in 1844 and leased the
  33 KB (4,445 words) - 21:19, October 5, 2021
• Orangery
  House [Fig. 2]; Fairhill [Fig. 3]; and Lt. Gov. James Hamilton’s estate, Bush Hill, near Philadelphia. This type had an architectural style consistent with
  26 KB (3,525 words) - 13:36, September 11, 2020
• Lemon Hill
  Plan of Lemon Hill and Sedgley Park, Fairmount and Adjoining Property, 1851. Benjamin R. Evans, Lemon Hill, 1852. Anonymous, “Lemon Hill,” in M. M. Ballou
  56 KB (7,302 words) - 14:17, September 1, 2021
• Avenue
  through the grounds and avenues.” Watson, John Fanning, 1857, describing Bush Hill, estate of Lt. Gov. James Hamilton, near Philadelphia, PA (1857: 2:479)
  89 KB (11,855 words) - 18:59, August 10, 2021
• Frances Palmer
  drawings that appear in the second and third volumes, including the Caper Bush [Fig. 7], and a portrait of the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778)
  20 KB (2,484 words) - 13:40, September 27, 2021
• Monticello
  story arches on three sides; the back or western side being close because the hill there comes down, and also to carry up stairs on the outside. the 2d story
  78 KB (10,171 words) - 00:22, August 25, 2021
• Thicket
  vista in various directions. . . “a thicket may be of Cedar, topped into a bush, for the center, surrounded by Kalmia. or it may be of Scotch broom alone
  31 KB (4,281 words) - 17:44, February 3, 2021
• Wood/Woods
  thick wood,” observed either from an elevated point, such as a hill, or from the foot of a hill looking upward. Whately referred to the latter as a “hanging
  58 KB (8,455 words) - 15:19, August 13, 2021
• Hothouse
  Lemon Hill at the very head of all similar establishments in this country.” [Fig. 11] Forman, Martha Ogle, October 12, 1830, describing Rose Hill, home
  51 KB (7,192 words) - 18:15, August 10, 2021
• Plot/Plat
  in the centre, & decreasing to the verge. Thus they represent a miniature hill clothed with choice vegetation.” Martin, William Dickinson, May 20, 1809
  54 KB (7,369 words) - 13:09, March 16, 2021
• Icehouse
  June 15, 1784, in a letter to George Washington, describing The Hills (later Lemon Hill), estate of Robert Morris, Philadelphia, PA (quoted in Riley 1989:
  44 KB (6,456 words) - 13:35, April 12, 2021
• Yard
  County Deed Book Holt Castle Hill, Queen Anne’s County, MD (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) “Upon the land called Holt Castle Hill . . . a new pateo yard.”
  70 KB (9,898 words) - 18:52, August 12, 2021
• William Bartram
  to go into a forest to collect there a plant or a bush. . . . Bartram deals in plants, flowers, bushes, etc.; he sells much to Europe. He is the best botanist
  42 KB (5,973 words) - 20:00, September 8, 2021

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