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. Civil War officers. Confederate . i. Nursery. 3. Mothers Room. 4. Dining Room. 5. Parlor. 6. Parlor Closet. 7. Library Closet. 8. Library. Stratford makes vivid the part that such afamily seat played through a century of early-American history. Its individuality and air ofindependence must have influenced the lives ofthe Lees. They in turn influenced the courseof events and the choice of the principles whichwould govern this nation. One of the very few really fine houses ofits period left in America, Stratford has beenpronounced of prime architectural impor-tance by the American Institute of
. Civil War officers. Confederate . i. Nursery. 3. Mothers Room. 4. Dining Room. 5. Parlor. 6. Parlor Closet. 7. Library Closet. 8. Library. Stratford makes vivid the part that such afamily seat played through a century of early-American history. Its individuality and air ofindependence must have influenced the lives ofthe Lees. They in turn influenced the courseof events and the choice of the principles whichwould govern this nation. One of the very few really fine houses ofits period left in America, Stratford has beenpronounced of prime architectural impor-tance by the American Institute of story is related in two modern books, Strat-ford Hall—The Great House of the Lees, byEthel Armes, and The Lees of Virginia, byBurton J. Hendrick. Many of the volumes in the original Libraryhave been returned to Stratford as a permanentloan. A rare collection of documents and bookson Colonial and Revolutionary subjects has beenassembled by a friend of the Foundation, andwill be housed temporarily in the Southwest.
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