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Page 342
... BARTRAM'S BOTANICAL GARDEN , NEAR PHILADELPHIA . THE traveller leaving or coming into Philadelphia by the ... Bartram , whose farm it was forty - six years before the Revolution . James Parton , in his " Life of Thomas Jefferson ...
... BARTRAM'S BOTANICAL GARDEN , NEAR PHILADELPHIA . THE traveller leaving or coming into Philadelphia by the ... Bartram , whose farm it was forty - six years before the Revolution . James Parton , in his " Life of Thomas Jefferson ...
Page 343
... Bartram and his garden as they appeared to him during a visit before the American Revolution , in 1769. Mr. Bartram , his guest , his family , and his slaves , all sat down to one large table well stored with wholesome fare - the blacks ...
... Bartram and his garden as they appeared to him during a visit before the American Revolution , in 1769. Mr. Bartram , his guest , his family , and his slaves , all sat down to one large table well stored with wholesome fare - the blacks ...
Page 345
... Bartram's Garden was always celebrated , and Watson , in his ' Annals , " speaks of the founder and of his son with the great- est enthusiasm . All these incidents recur with peculiar force as the visitor stands upon this storied spot ...
... Bartram's Garden was always celebrated , and Watson , in his ' Annals , " speaks of the founder and of his son with the great- est enthusiasm . All these incidents recur with peculiar force as the visitor stands upon this storied spot ...
Page 346
... Bartram in these historic grounds are preserved with religious care by their present owner . The old mansion , built in 1770 , is in excellent condition . Bartram did the mason- work with his own hands . The Ionic columns of the ancient ...
... Bartram in these historic grounds are preserved with religious care by their present owner . The old mansion , built in 1770 , is in excellent condition . Bartram did the mason- work with his own hands . The Ionic columns of the ancient ...
Page 348
... Bartram by the Earl of Bute one hundred and thirty - four years ago . Excellent specimens of the firs and the pine ... Bartram's Garden was bisected by the passage of the old Philadelphia , Wilmington , and Baltimore Railroad ; but ...
... Bartram by the Earl of Bute one hundred and thirty - four years ago . Excellent specimens of the firs and the pine ... Bartram's Garden was bisected by the passage of the old Philadelphia , Wilmington , and Baltimore Railroad ; but ...
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