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The Domestic Architecture of Benjamin Henry Latrobe

By: Michael W. Fazio,Patrick A. Snadon

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The Domestic Architecture of Benjamin Henry Latrobe

By: Michael W. Fazio,Patrick A. Snadon

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JHU Press

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0801881048

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9780801881046

The Journal of Latrobe

By: Benjamin Henry Latrobe

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British-born Benjamin Latrobe is best known to American history for his design of the United States Capitol, as well as Baltimore's cathedral. After settling first in Virginia, then relocating to Philadelphia, Latrobe spent much of his later life in Washington, D.C., where he was hired as Surveyor of the Public Buildings of the United States. Latrobe worked in Greek revival and Gothic Revival styles, and was highly interested in urban planning, particularly as it was affected by public health. Covering the years 1796 to 1820, The Journal of Latrobe is a 'Äúcollection of observations and a record of facts.'Äù The work describes his life and projects in Virginia, Philadelphia, and finally New Orleans, where he died of the yellow fever he caught while working on a waterworks project there. These are the acute observations of an 'Äúarchitect, naturalist and traveler, 'Äù with commentary on social mores and manners, as well as the development of cities and towns, particularly Washington, D.C., in a booming post-war America.

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370

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Applewood Books

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1429004282

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9781429004282

The Journal of Latrobe

By: Benjamin Henry Latrobe

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By: Benjamin Henry Latrobe

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Small Boats and Daring Men

Maritime Raiding, Irregular Warfare, and the Early American Navy

By: Benjamin Armstrong

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Small Boats and Daring Men

Maritime Raiding, Irregular Warfare, and the Early American Navy

By: Benjamin Armstrong

Two centuries before the daring exploits of Navy SEALs and Marine Raiders captured the public imagination, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps were already engaged in similarly perilous missions: raiding pirate camps, attacking enemy ships in the dark of night, and striking enemy facilities and resources on shore. Even John Paul Jones, father of the American navy, saw such irregular operations as critical to naval warfare. With Jones’s own experience as a starting point, Benjamin Armstrong sets out to take irregular naval warfare out of the shadow of the blue-water battles that dominate naval history. This book, the first historical study of its kind, makes a compelling case for raiding and irregular naval warfare as key elements in the story of American sea power. Beginning with the Continental Navy, Small Boats and Daring Men traces maritime missions through the wars of the early republic, from the coast of modern-day Libya to the rivers and inlets of the Chesapeake Bay. At the same time, Armstrong examines the era’s conflicts with nonstate enemies and threats to American peacetime interests along Pacific and Caribbean shores. Armstrong brings a uniquely informed perspective to his subject; and his work—with reference to original naval operational reports, sailors’ memoirs and diaries, and officers’ correspondence—is at once an exciting narrative of danger and combat at sea and a thoroughgoing analysis of how these events fit into concepts of American sea power. Offering a critical new look at the naval history of the Early American era, this book also raises fundamental questions for naval strategy in the twenty-first century.

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277

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806163178

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9780806163178

Chemical Examination of Alcoholic Liquors

By: Albert Benjamin Prescott

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Chemical Examination of Alcoholic Liquors

By: Albert Benjamin Prescott

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

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162

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385378729

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9783385378728

Building the White House

By: Benjamin Proudfit

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Building the White House

By: Benjamin Proudfit

Even though millions of people visit the White House each year, it’s also a home to the president and his family. It’s a workplace for both those in the East Wing and West Wing, and it’s a place where history is made through legislation and visits from foreign dignitaries. Because of all these functions, the White House has needed maintenance and additions over the years. This unique look at the most famous building in the United States uses a lens focused on fun as well as history! Full-color photographs and surprising fact boxes engage readers through 200 years of construction.

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Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP

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1482419327

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9781482419320

The Papers of Benjamin Franklin

Volume 41: September 16, 1783, through February 29, 1784

By: Benjamin Franklin

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The Papers of Benjamin Franklin

Volume 41: September 16, 1783, through February 29, 1784

By: Benjamin Franklin

After the signing of the definitive peace treaty on September 3, 1783, Franklin’s official duties as minister plenipotentiary diminished. Great Britain refused to negotiate a commercial agreement, and Congress failed to act on the draft treaties of commerce with Denmark and Portugal that Franklin had sent them the previous summer. In the six months after the peace was settled, Franklin’s sole diplomatic achievement was a draft consular convention with France. With his welcome leisure time, however, Franklin eagerly followed scientific developments (witnessing the first balloon ascensions in Paris), advised the French government on schemes for civic improvement, and wrote three of his most remarkable pieces about what it meant to be American.

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Yale University Press

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0300210817

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9780300210811

Book's by Benjamin Henry Latrobe

The Domestic Architecture of Benjamin Henry Latrobe

The Domestic Architecture of Benjamin Henry Latrobe

The Journal of Latrobe

The Journal of Latrobe

The Journal of Latrobe

The Journal of Latrobe

Small Boats and Daring Men

Small Boats and Daring Men

Chemical Examination of Alcoholic Liquors

Chemical Examination of Alcoholic Liquors

Building the White House

Building the White House

The Papers of Benjamin Franklin

The Papers of Benjamin Franklin

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