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Pictures from English Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton, Philadelphia and London, J. B. Lippincott and Company, MCMXV [1915].
Anne Hollingsworth Wharton was born on 15th December 1845 and died on 29th July 1928, more than 70 years ago, so that this work is out of copyright. She was a descendent of Joseph Wharton and hence related to Thomas Wharton Jr. (1735-1778), the first President of Pennsylvania.
Title: Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans
City: London
Date: 1915
Total items: 12
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: Room in which Lawrence Washington was born, Sulgrave Manor]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wharton/wm/big/106-Room-Lawrence-Washington-Born-Sulgrave-Manor-q75-287x200.jpg "[picture: Room in which Lawrence Washington was born, Sulgrave Manor]")
Room in which Lawrence Washington was born, Sulgrave Manor
“It was in this rrom that Lawrence Washington, sone of Robert, and great-great-great grandfather of George Washington, was born.” (p. 106) [more...] [$]
![[picture: Penshurst Place, Kent]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wharton/wm/big/147-penshurst-place-kent-303x200.jpg "[picture: Penshurst Place, Kent]")
![[picture: The Post-Office at Penshurst]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wharton/wm/big/151-Penshurst-PostOffice-267x200.jpg "[picture: The Post-Office at Penshurst]")
Perhaps Tudor or older? [$]
![[picture: Church of St.Mary, Redcliffe(bg)]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wharton/wm/big/210-Church-of-St-Mary-Redcliffe-Bristol-bg-q82-267x200.jpg "[picture: Church of St.Mary, Redcliffe(bg)]")
Church of St.Mary, Redcliffe(bg)
Version cropped for use as a wallpaper (screen background for computer desktop) [$]
![[picture: Church of St. Mary, Redcliffe, Bristol]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wharton/wm/big/210-Church-of-St-Mary-Redcliffe-Bristol-q84-314x200.jpg "[picture: Church of St. Mary, Redcliffe, Bristol]")
Church of St. Mary, Redcliffe, Bristol
Admiral Sir William Pen (1621 – 70), son of Giles Penn of Redcliffe, was buried at St Mary Redcliffe Church. He was a squadron commander in Cromwell’s Navy. He received Pennsylvania as a land grant in exchange for services rendered to King Charles II, and founded a Quaker colony there. Admiral Penn is buried in the church shown here. I don’t [...] [more...] [$]
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![[picture: Methley Hall, Yorkshire]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wharton/wm/big/290-Methley-Hall,-Yorkshire-q75-299x200.jpg "[picture: Methley Hall, Yorkshire]")
