A time of change: Colonial coins
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A lack of hard currency plagued colonial America in the 1600s. European coins made their way to the country through port cities, augmenting the disorganized colonial monetary system, and continued to circulate until the 1850s. In Jul. 1861, Congress authorized the first legal paper tender.
Publication Name: Colonial Homes
Subject: Architecture and design industries
ISSN: 0195-1416
Year: 1997
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A Tennessee waltz
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Historic buildings found along the route from Knoxville in the east, south to Chattanooga and then northwest to Nashville, TN, are described. Among these are the James White Fort, Armstrong-Lockett House, Marble Springs and Ramsey House.
Publication Name: Colonial Homes
Subject: Architecture and design industries
ISSN: 0195-1416
Year: 1999
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Country style in Connecticut
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The 14-room house of decorator Ellie Cullman and her business executive husband started out as a dark two-room farmhouse. Its present structure is the result of a two-phase restoration project undertaken in 1974 and 1989.
Publication Name: Colonial Homes
Subject: Architecture and design industries
ISSN: 0195-1416
Year: 1997
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