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Identifier: magazineofamericv11stev (find matches)
Title: The magazine of American history with notes and queries
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Stevens, John Austin, 1827-1910. ed. cn DeCosta, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1831-1904. ed. cn Johnston, Henry Phelps, 1842-1923, ed. cn Lamb, Martha J. (Martha Joanna), 1829-1893. ed. cn Pond, Nathan Gillett, 1832-1894 ed Abbatt, William, 1851-1935, comp
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Publisher: New York : A.S. Barnes
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other-in-law of Earl Grey, and a celebrity whowas sixty-two years in parliament, and twice in the kings cabinet. Manyyears afterward meeting in London a New York gentleman of distinction,this illustrious Briton described the entertainment of the patroon, and pict-ured in glowing colors the remarkable elegance of the dinner appoint-ments. He said his surprise was unspeakable—that nothing he had everseen in Europe could excel the magnificence of the scene—as the party,including some twenty public characters of note, of whom was Governor THE VAN RENSSELAER MANOR 5 John Jay, the first chief justice of the United States, proceeded from thesuperb drawing-rooms, through the stately passages, to the dinner-table,where behind the chair of each guest stood an ebony black negro slave—the blackest* of the black—attired in white vest and white apron, to doduty on the occasion ; and the narrator dwelt upon other equally strikingfeatures of the memorable occasion with undisguised enthusiasm.
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THE DRAWING ROOM The chambers of the manor-house, on the second floor, correspondvery nearly in size, number, and general arrangement, with the apartmentsbelow. Large book-cases remain in two or three of these rooms, tellingtheir own story of the habits, tastes, and culture of the family. <The thirdfloor is divided into smaller sleeping-rooms—so numerous, that somefanciful writer has counted one hundred ! The real number is believed tobe fifl^en. Scattered through the entire house are pieces of massive and 6 THE VAX RENSSELAER MANOR exquisitely carved furniture, importations from Europe, undoubtedly man-ufactured for this house in particular, and too large ever to be used in anyordinary sized dwelling, elsewhere, but of such rare novelty and beautyof style and workmanship as to intensify our longing for further knowl-edge of that bewitching age, which always charms and never tires. Thestructure has an ample and admirably arranged basement for householdconvenience—kitchens and c

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