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• Square
  1704, describing resolutions pertaining to construction in Williamsburg, VA (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) “The House took into consideration the report
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• Portico
  Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, ed. Hunter D. Farish (Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg, 1943), view on Zotero. Fred Shelley, “The Journal of Ebenezer
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• Yard
  Journals of the House of Burgesses construction resolutions in Williamsburg, VA (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) “Ordered That the Grievances from King William
  70 KB (9,898 words) - 18:52, August 12, 2021
• Avenue
  February 2, 1712, describing a visit to the Governor’s Palace, Williamsburg, VA (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). “About 11 o’clock I went to see the Governor’s
  89 KB (11,855 words) - 18:59, August 10, 2021
• Piazza
  Journals of the House of Burgesses construction resolutions in Williamsburg, VA (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) “Ordered That ye said Henry Cary do cause the
  57 KB (7,617 words) - 13:34, April 1, 2021
• Orchard
  Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, ed. Hunter D. Farish (Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg, 1943), view on Zotero. Thomas Anburey, Travels through
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• Seat
  Prof. Thomas, 1770, describing the appearance of seats in Williamsburg, VA (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) “And the huts of the Negroes which are situated
  85 KB (11,717 words) - 17:54, April 7, 2021
• Pot
  and the Colonial Gardener, Colonial Williamsburg Archaeological Series 7 (Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg, 1974), view on Zotero. Karen Madsen
  31 KB (4,315 words) - 17:29, March 16, 2021
• Walk
  Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, ed. by Hunter D. Farish (Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg, 1943), view on Zotero. Barbara Wells Sarudy, “Eighteenth-Century
  146 KB (20,921 words) - 14:54, August 13, 2021
• Statue
  Benjamin Henry, April 24, 1800, describing a statue in Williamsburg, VA (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) “A very striking proof of the folly of expecting
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• Park
  Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, ed. Hunter D. Farish (Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg, 1943), view on Zotero. Karen Madsen, Karen Madsen, “William
  87 KB (12,484 words) - 13:27, April 12, 2021
• Canal
  —Elizabeth Kryder-Reid Jones, Hugh, 1722, describing the Governor’s Palace, Williamsburg, VA (1956: 70) “. . . the Palace or Governor’s House, a magnificent structure
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• Fence
  Patrick, “Partitioning the Landscape,” Colonial Williamsburg Research Report (Williamsburg, VA: Williamsburg Foundation, 1983), view on Zotero; Elizabeth
  105 KB (14,451 words) - 18:17, September 3, 2021
• Benjamin Henry Latrobe
  Benjamin Henry, April 24, 1800, describing a statue in Williamsburg, VA (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) “A very striking proof of the folly of expecting
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• Green
  June 12, 1777, describing the peace talks with Cherokee nation in Williamsburg, VA (Maryland Gazette) “After the talk was concluded, they [the members
  23 KB (3,079 words) - 14:14, March 31, 2021
• Mound
  Zotero. Examples of icehouses with mounds include the Governor’s Palace, Williamsburg, VA, and General Charles Ridgely’s estate, Hampton, in Baltimore County
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• Hermitage
  the Ladies of York, Pennsylvania (Williamsburg, VA.: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1850), view on Zotero
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• Bowling green
  April 26, 1720 and May 4–5, 1721, describing the bowling green in Williamsburg, VA (Wright and Tinling, eds., 1958: 399, 525–26) “After dinner we walked
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• Deer park
  Helmreich Gooch, Lt. Gov. William, 1727, describing the Governor’s Palace, Williamsburg, VA (quoted in Lounsbury 1994: 110) “[The Governor’s Palace contained]
  20 KB (2,747 words) - 13:13, April 12, 2021
• Quarter
  this period. —Anne L. Helmreich Grove, William Hugh, 1732, describing Williamsburg, VA (quoted in Stiverson and Butler 1977: 26) “I went by ship up the [York]
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• Plot/Plat
  Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, ed. Hunter D. Farish (Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg, 1943) view on Zotero. Thomas Lee Shippen, Westover Described
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• Copse
  the Ladies of York, Pennsylvania (Williamsburg, VA: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1850), view on Zotero.
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• Plantation
  our bricks.” Spotswood, Gov. Alexander, August 17, 1710, describing Williamsburg, VA (1952: 227) “The life I am likely to lead here is a perfect retir’d
  67 KB (9,385 words) - 19:03, February 3, 2021
• View/Vista
  Alexander Spotswood’s improvements to the gardens of the Governor’s Palace, Williamsburg, VA (quoted in Martin 1991: 38) “I happened to be at the Governors, and
  80 KB (11,249 words) - 19:23, August 12, 2021
• Icehouse
  1769, describing an expense at the Governor’s Palace, Williamsburg, VA (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) “To 1 Man 5 days filling the Ice House at 1s
  44 KB (6,456 words) - 13:35, April 12, 2021
• Beehive
  Anne’s County Deed Book, describing payment made to a carpenter in Williamsburg, VA (quoted in Lounsbury 1994: 31) “[The carpenter was paid for] plank
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• Kitchen garden
  Ebenezer, May 31, 1777, describing the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA (quoted in Shelley 1954: 405) “The Wings are on the West Front, between
  61 KB (8,699 words) - 13:31, April 12, 2021
• Obelisk
  the Virginia Gazette a decision to erect an obelisk in Williamsburg, VA (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) “Occassioned by a Resolution of the Honourable
  54 KB (6,939 words) - 19:38, August 12, 2021
• Ferme ornée/Ornamental farm
  England,” 1786, MS, Swem Library of the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA. George Frederick Frick and Raymond Phineas Stearns, Mark Catesby:
  22 KB (3,048 words) - 16:22, April 7, 2021
• Wall
  the House of Burgesses of Virginia the construction in Williamsburg, VA (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) “Ordered. That the consideration of the proposall
  72 KB (10,638 words) - 16:02, April 1, 2021
• Terrace/Slope
  Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, ed. Hunter D. Farish (Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg, 1943), view on Zotero. François Jean Chastellux, Marquis
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• Picturesque
  the Ladies of York, Pennsylvania (Williamsburg, VA: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1850), view on Zotero.
  75 KB (10,259 words) - 13:03, April 1, 2021
• Grove
  Documentary History of Virginia, 1606–1689 (Williamsburg, VA: Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Virginia, 1975), view on Zotero. Eliza
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• Fountain
  the Ladies of York, Pennsylvania (Williamsburg, VA: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1850), view on Zotero.
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• Porch
  describing the Capitol, Williamsburg, VA (quoted in Lounsbury 1994: 286) “[It was ordered that] the porches of the said Capitol [in Williamsburg] be built circular
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• Writing the Landscape
  Mid-Eighteenth-Century (Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1977), compiled titles from the records of the Williamsburg Printing Office, view
  160 KB (19,096 words) - 16:27, September 1, 2021
• Modes of Representations in American Landscape and Garden Design
  Brown, 1988), view on Zotero. Colonial Williamsburg, American Folk Paintings (Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg, 1988), 404, view on Zotero. Samuel
  69 KB (8,394 words) - 16:28, September 1, 2021
• Pavilion
  Greenbrier County, VA, 1857. Edward Beyer, Blue Sulphur Spring, Greenbrier County, VA [detail], 1857. Ernest Crehen, Blue Sulphur-Greenbrier, VA, in John J. Moorman
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• Prospect
  Sent by Thomas Lee Shippen, Student of Law in Williamsburg, to His Parents in Philadelphia (Richmond, VA: William Byrd Press, 1952), view on Zotero. William
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• Wood/Woods
  seat of William Byrd III, on the James River, VA (1952: n.p.) “You leave the main road from Williamsburg to Richmond about two miles from Westover, and
  58 KB (8,455 words) - 15:19, August 13, 2021
• Bath/Bathhouse
  Norfolk & Portsmouth Daily Advertiser Wigwam Gardens in Norfolk, VA (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) “Bathing imparts new vigour and elasticity to the system—It
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• Arbor
  Documentary History of Virginia, 1606–1689 (Williamsburg: Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Virginia, 1975), view on Zotero. Louis
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• Pleasure ground/Pleasure garden
  describing Maycox Plantation, estate of David Meade, Prince George’s County, VA (quoted in Martin 1991: 103) “. . . pleasure grounds of David Meade, Esq.
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• Labyrinth
  describing Mount Vernon, plantation of George Washington, Fairfax County, VA (quoted in Martin 1991: 216, n20) “. . . gravel the Walks in the Pine labyrinths
  35 KB (4,352 words) - 09:47, March 4, 2021
• Summerhouse
  Nicholson, who laid out the colonial capitals of Annapolis, Maryland, and Williamsburg, Virginia, suggested a summerhouse for the public grounds (view text)
  54 KB (7,141 words) - 13:18, April 12, 2021
• Gate/Gateway
  Benjamin Henry, November 1798, describing a prison at Richmond, VA (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) “The front Walls were built as high as the Ground line
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• Lawn
  Fredericksburg Advertiser a property for sale in Orange County, VA (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) “To be sold, The place where I reside in Orange County
  108 KB (14,954 words) - 15:38, August 13, 2021
• Arcade
  Henry Latrobe, November 28, 1798, describing a prison in Richmond, VA (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) “The Ground floor contains the Kitchen and Bakehouse
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• Fall/Falling garden
  in the Virginia Gazette a property for sale in Fredericksburg, VA (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) “For sale, eight valuable lots in the town of Fredericksburg
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• Cemetery/Burying ground/Burial ground
  joys.” Buckingham, James Silk, 1842, describing Wythe County, VA (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) “Soon after our setting out, we observed in the fields
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