New Bedford Mansions:
New Bedford Mansions:

Author: Peggi Medeiros

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1626197911

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The early nineteenth century in New Bedford was a time of unimaginable wealth, intellectual ferment and artistic treasures. Prosperous whaling magnates like members of the Rotch, Morgan and Howland families commissioned the nation's finest architects to design and construct their majestic mansions. The city's architectural and cultural expansion brought great writers and artists like Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson into the homes of County Street's elite. Yet behind the elegant fa�ade of grand parties and notable house guests were the secrets and scandals of New Bedford's upper crust. Join author Peggi Medeiros as she chronicles the history of each mansion and the stories once hidden behind closed doors.

New Bedford Mansions
New Bedford Mansions

Author: Peggi Medeiros

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2015-06-01

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1625853122

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The early nineteenth century in New Bedford was a time of unimaginable wealth, intellectual ferment and artistic treasures. Prosperous whaling magnates like members of the Rotch, Morgan and Howland families commissioned the nation's finest architects to design and construct their majestic mansions. The city's architectural and cultural expansion brought great writers and artists like Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson into the homes of County Street's elite. Yet behind the elegant façade of grand parties and notable house guests were the secrets and scandals of New Bedford's upper crust. Join author Peggi Medeiros as she chronicles the history of each mansion and the stories once hidden behind closed doors.

History Of New Bedford
History Of New Bedford

Author: Oswaldo Pirc

Publisher:

Published: 2021-05-13

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13:

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In the 19th Century, New Bedford gained a worldwide reputation as the greatest whaling port and the richest city per capita in the world. Portuguese and Cape Verdean immigrants formed the backbone of the whaling industry, on the wharves and on the high seas. The city's architectural and cultural expansion brought great writers and artists like Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson into the homes of County Street's elite. Yet behind the elegant façade of grand parties and notable house guests were the secrets and scandals of New Bedford's upper crust. Join the author as she chronicles the history of each mansion and the stories once hidden behind closed doors.

Go Behind The Scenes At New Bedford Mansion
Go Behind The Scenes At New Bedford Mansion

Author: Gale Bostock

Publisher:

Published: 2021-05-13

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13:

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In the 19th Century, New Bedford gained a worldwide reputation as the greatest whaling port and the richest city per capita in the world. Portuguese and Cape Verdean immigrants formed the backbone of the whaling industry, on the wharves and on the high seas. The city's architectural and cultural expansion brought great writers and artists like Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson into the homes of County Street's elite. Yet behind the elegant façade of grand parties and notable house guests were the secrets and scandals of New Bedford's upper crust. Join the author as she chronicles the history of each mansion and the stories once hidden behind closed doors.

A Handbook On New Bedford's History
A Handbook On New Bedford's History

Author: Giuseppe Sackey

Publisher:

Published: 2021-05-13

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13:

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In the 19th Century, New Bedford gained a worldwide reputation as the greatest whaling port and the richest city per capita in the world. Portuguese and Cape Verdean immigrants formed the backbone of the whaling industry, on the wharves and on the high seas. The city's architectural and cultural expansion brought great writers and artists like Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson into the homes of County Street's elite. Yet behind the elegant façade of grand parties and notable house guests were the secrets and scandals of New Bedford's upper crust. Join the author as she chronicles the history of each mansion and the stories once hidden behind closed doors.

New England House Museums: A Guide to More than 100 Mansions, Cottages, and Historical Sites
New England House Museums: A Guide to More than 100 Mansions, Cottages, and Historical Sites

Author: Robert J. Regalbuto

Publisher: The Countryman Press

Published: 2018-03-06

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 1581574983

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A photographic guide to historical homes and dwellings across New England The one hundred sites in this guide are in all six New England States, dating from the early 17th century to the threshold of our time and the architectural styles reflect those popular over a period of four centuries. The sites are varied and were the homes of leaders and literati, merchants and millionaires, poets and Pilgrims, philosophers and farmers, and seafarers and Shakers. Each chapter lists the museum’s location, web address, and telephone number and provide a description of the historical occupants as well as an in-depth look at the house's place in national and architectural history. Sites include: Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, Hartford CT Sarah Orne Jewett House, Souther Berwick ME Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst MA Robert Frost Farm, Derry NH The Breakers, Newport RI

Harriet Jacobs in New Bedford
Harriet Jacobs in New Bedford

Author: Peggi Medeiros

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1467141704

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In 1861, Harriet Ann Jacobs published a masterpiece, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Her book is the first and only narrative to give voice to a woman who escaped slavery. Cornelia Grinnell Willis not only purchased Harriet's freedom, but she also developed a bond with Harriet and her daughter, Louisa, that lasted a lifetime. Both women suffered trauma as children and miraculously survived. They also had close ties to New Bedford that have not been examined previously. Cornelia married Nathaniel Parker Willis, considered an American Dickens during his lifetime though largely forgotten today. Join author and local historian Peggi Medeiros as she traces the fascinating lives of the Jacobs, Grinnell and Willis families in and out of New Bedford.

New Bedford
New Bedford

Author: Anthony Sammarco

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2003-07-17

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1439628882

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In 1765, when Joseph Rotch sailed across the bay from Nantucket, he brought with him the skills and knowledge to start New Bedford's whaling industry. By 1830 the town was a larger whaling port than Nantucket, with an immense fleet employing more than 10,000 people.

Harriet Jacobs in New Bedford
Harriet Jacobs in New Bedford

Author: Peggi Medeiros

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2020-03-09

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1439669260

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In 1861, Harriet Ann Jacobs published a masterpiece, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Her book is the first and only narrative to give voice to a woman who escaped slavery. Cornelia Grinnell Willis not only purchased Harriet's freedom, but she also developed a bond with Harriet and her daughter, Louisa, that lasted a lifetime. Both women suffered trauma as children and miraculously survived. They also had close ties to New Bedford that have not been examined previously. Cornelia married Nathaniel Parker Willis, considered an American Dickens during his lifetime though largely forgotten today. Join author and local historian Peggi Medeiros as she traces the fascinating lives of the Jacobs, Grinnell and Willis families in and out of New Bedford.