Richard Peters

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Peters_(Continental_Congress)

http://www.archives.upenn.edu/people/1700s/peters_rich_hon.html

Sites

Belmont

Terms

Avenue, Green, Hedge, Labyrinth, Obelisk, Prospect, Statue, Summerhouse, Temple, Vase/Urn, Vista, Walk, Wood

Texts

• Callender, Hannah, 1762, describing Belmont mansion, estate of Judge William Peters, near Philadelphia, Pa. (quoted in Vaux 1888: 455)

"A broad walk of English Cheery trees leads down to the river. The doors of the house opening opposite admit a prospect of the length of the garden over a broad gravel walk to a large handsome summer house on a green. From the windows a vista is terminated by an obelisk. On the right you enter a labyrinth of hedge of low cedar and spruce. In the middle stands a statue of Apollo. In the garden are statues of Diana, Fame and Mercury with urns. We left the garden for a wood cut into vistas. In the midst is a Chinese temple for a summer house. One avenue gives a fine prospect of the City. With a spy glass you discern the houses and hospital distinctly. Another avenue looks to the obelisk."

• Watson, Joshua Rowley, 17 June 1816, describing Belmont Mansion, estate of Judge William Peters, near Philadelphia, Pa. (quoted in Foster 1997: 292-93)

"Belmont house is old, but is well built of stone and like all the Country houses, has a Piazza in front. I don't see why those in England should not have the same, which would secure a fine airy walk in all weathers, besides being ornamental to the building."

Images

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  William Russell Birch, "View from Belmont Pennsyla. the Seat of Judge Peters," from The Country Seats of the United States of North America (1808), n.p.