Peter Martin : "From Sufficiency to Elegance: Gardening in Eighteenth-Century Virginia," 1982.

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Peter Martin : "From Sufficiency to Elegance: Gardening in Eighteenth-Century Virginia," 1982.

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Working manuscript covering Williamsburg gardens at the Governor's Palace, Joseph Prentis, John Custis, and St. George Tucker; also includes landscaping at Westover and influence of Mark Catesby.

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Colonial Williamsburg is the largest outdoor living museum in the country, upholding our educational mission through immersive, authentic 18th-century experiences and programming for our guests. In 1926, the Reverend Dr. William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin, with the financial backing of John D. Rockefeller Jr., began to restore Williamsburg to its original colonial state, starting with the purchase of the historic Ludwell-Paradise House. Today, Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area houses resto...

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