Project Gutenberg 2007-05-30 Public domain in the USA. 120 Crawford, Mary Caroline 1874 1932 02023427 The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees Reading ease score: 64.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees" by Mary Caroline Crawford is a collection of historical sketches written in the early 20th century. This work aims to present the intriguing tales associated with the remaining old houses in New England, appealing to those seeking to understand the romantic history of the region through its architecture and former inhabitants. At the start of the book, the author introduces the reader to the story of Bishop Berkeley, who settled in Newport, Rhode Island, during the early 18th century. It recounts Berkeley's idealistic vision of establishing a college in Bermuda to educate American youth and Indigenous peoples for the propagation of Christianity, reflecting on his dedication to education and moral improvement. The opening also touches on relationships with notable literary figures of the time, including Jonathan Swift and the tragic tale of Vanessa, providing a glimpse into the interconnected lives influencing the history and culture of Old New England. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Historic buildings -- New England New England -- Biography F001 Text Browsing: Architecture Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - American 438897 438820 2024-10-09T11:25:23.404579 2023-09-10T03:41:13.167792 text/html text/html 434946 2021-01-02T16:58:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2431039 2021-01-02T16:58:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2444372 2024-10-09T11:25:38.003611 application/epub+zip 2446872 2024-10-09T11:25:28.933531 application/epub+zip 232271 2024-10-09T11:25:26.509527 application/epub+zip 2664441 2024-10-09T11:25:43.606455 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2609684 2024-10-09T11:25:35.606510 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 389209 2022-09-10T08:31:34.747277 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 342114 341986 2024-10-09T11:25:21.663666 2023-09-10T03:41:11.824792 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 341973 2021-01-02T16:58:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 133671 2021-01-02T16:58:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 341963 2021-01-02T16:58:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 133620 2021-01-02T16:58:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21330 2024-10-09T11:25:43.754418 application/rdf+xml 14587 2024-10-09T11:25:27.162496 image/jpeg 3525 2024-10-09T11:25:26.837524 image/jpeg 2842626 2024-10-09T11:25:23.532521 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog