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Anne completed the room with a straw carpet, a popular floor covering. New additions included an oil-burning lamp with counterweights that allowed it to be raised and lowered. Photographs show the mahogany writing desk used by the poet in a new role as a sideboard. The room was furnished with mahogany drop-leaf dining tables and rosewood-grained side chairs. As the fireplace was not needed, the fireplace opening was closed with a fireboard covered with wallpaper, a popular nineteenth-century technique. The northern exposure with a view to the garden offered cool, welcome relief from the noisy street. Downing recommended this painted finish: "The great advantage which grained woodwork has over that which is simply painted white, is that it is so easily kept clean…The grained surface being made smooth by varnishing, does not readily become soiled." This durable decoration has survived remarkably well for 150 years. The 1850 book The Architecture of Country Houses, by A.J.

"The paint is to be oak, very light and the back entry to match-it all needs the renovation badly, but I do hate to change any thing so much." In March 1853, Anne wrote "of the charming paper" brother Sam provided. A large punch bowl bearing a transfer of an American ship on the interior and five historical scenes on the exterior sold for $5175.The small room behind the parlor, a place for quiet reflection, was where Henry wrote his poem "The Rainy Day." During the 1840s, it served as an office for his brother Alexander, but after Alexander left the house, it was converted for use as a summer dining room. The top-priced historical ceramic item sold on Saturday was a jug with the black transfer motto "Prosperity to the United States" and a list of the population numbers recorded in the 1790 census. the Designer County-level demographics from the 2000 Census. Ringer T-Shirtmy daddy says grandma is in the census but i am sure mummy said she is in iowa.

Public Service Advertising for the 1950 CensusĬensus Director, Kenneth Prewitt in Alaska in January 2000 The Great Tribulation, The Saturday Evening Post, 1860 Liverpool Creamware Pitcher, Orozimba of Baltimore, ca 1810įrancis Edmonds, The Bashful Cousin, c.