Historic Houses of Early America

xv, 464 pp. Green boards with gilt title on spine and front board. Extensively illustrated with black-and-white plates from photographs. CONTENTS: The Oldest Surviving House in the United States; The First European Settlement; Early Charlestonians' Country Estates; The First English Settlement; Pioneer Homes in Virginia, and Their Ghosts; Houses Connected with the Washington Family and Other Virginia Estates; The Earliest Colonial Houses Now Standing; The Royall Mansion and Slave Quarters; The Witches and Indians; New Bedford and the Early Fishermen; Other Old Massachusetts Coast Towns; The First American Baronet and His Home; Stories Thrilling and Romantic in Connecticut; In Old New York; New Jersey and Pennsylvania's Historic Old Houses; Homes of the Pioneers; Caesar Rodney, the Rider; Maryland, the Palatinate, and Her Mansions; Bibliography; A Record of Historic Houses by Towns and States.