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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Cities Tour At Presidential Sites 20161125

mrs. pratt had five of them. the largest collection outside of russia, more than the queen of england owns and she had them here in this house. later on she donated them to the virginia state museum. so today you could see them in one of the rooms down there. she predeceased mr. pratt by a number of years. he lived here by himself up until 1975 when well into his 90s he died and at that point he gave the house to the national park service. realizing its historical importance. thanks to the jens rossty of this man that we are able to show the house to you. i hope you enjoy it. if the you have any questions ask me and of course, we have a lot of interesting things going on on the front grounds today as well. so please take advantage of those as well. the gardens were on the front of the house. entirely obliterated. if you look at pictures, we have one on the fireplace, of that side of the house during the war, you ll see no garden. after the war was over in the 1920 s they then

Transcripts For CSPAN3 William Howard Tafts Boyhood Home 20160825

i would like to welcome everyone to william howard taft national historic site on behalf of the national park service. the significance of the house is that this is the birth and boyhood home of our 27th president and 10th chief justice william howard taft. the house was built around 1840. that s the time that we like to use here. taft s parents were fawnville and louise taft. they originally came from the new england states. well, alfonzo taft, when he first left townsend, vermont, which was his hometown area, he comes here to cincinnati, ohio, in 1838, and he actually begins to work with a law firm, nathaniel wright, becoming a lawyer here in cincinnati. this is where he first started to make money. the tafts were prominent individuals who would later leave downtown cincinnati and move up to the top of the hill here in mt. auburn. mt. auburn was once referred to as cincinnati s fifth avenue. the prince of wales when he came to visit the city, he actually would stay in a h

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A 19th-century Sheffield mortgage deed shows the work of a renowned American poet when he was a Berkshire lawyer