This Is The Furnishings Report Of The Old House The Adams National Historic Site Quincy Massachusetts Vol 2 PDF Download

Excerpt from This Is the Furnishings Report of the Old House, 1966-1974, Vol. 10: The Adams National Historic Site, Quincy, Massachusetts Mr. Adams admired the 18th century ornamented brass thumb latch on the front door. This was Boston-made, he thought, since there were such craftsmen as John Clark, James Davis and William C. Hunneman who were known by his family. There was one very interesting characteristic of the front door; there was no keyhole. When I inquired about this, Mr. Adams explained that perhaps Leonard Vassall, the original builder, being from the West Indies had a household staff large enough that doors were always Opened for him. Then Mr. Adams remarked that here in Quincy, the inside of carriages of that period had no handles. A lady or a gentleman would have a frontman who sat beside the coach man and it was his duty to dismount and open and close the carriage door after the occupant was in or out. At the Old House since the time of John Adams. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.