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978:Samuel Sloan
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777:Interior of
569:Interior of
531:Mount Vernon
446:Rhode Island
421:Orono, Maine
256:
248:
242:degree from
237:
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188:Alfred Stone
169:
161:George Snell
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100:
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55:(1893-11-25)
39:June 3, 1818
1414:1893 deaths
1409:1818 births
529:Sundial at
153:Tremont Row
68:Nationality
1403:Categories
1061:References
789:, 1879–81.
765:, 1879–81.
690:, 1864-68.
686:(former),
631:, 1861–62.
615:, 1855–57.
596:, 1853–55.
540:House for
518:House for
472:House for
172:This house
96:, 1853–55.
76:Occupation
35:1818-06-03
958:downtown.
508:(1884–85)
494:(1879–81)
423:(1868–70)
405:(1864–67)
398:(1864–66)
374:(1863–65)
338:(1861–62)
331:(1860–62)
105:architect
79:Architect
1233:HVR.1027
1040:in 2018.
1010:in 1978.
945:in 1973.
915:in 1984.
898:in 1970.
145:Florence
137:New York
71:American
821:, 1885.
805:, 1883.
742:, 1874.
726:, 1869.
706:, 1867.
671:, 1863.
651:, 1862.
577:, 1852.
553:Gallery
1336:(1978)
1263:(1977)
1251:(1973)
548:(1890)
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441:(1869)
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381:(1863)
367:(1863)
356:(1862)
345:(1861)
324:(1859)
253:Legacy
830:Notes
277:Works
50:Died
29:Born
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135:in
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