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very pretty. All furniture worth seeing Indian Hill Farm Mr Ben Perley Poor Mosely Most original & crazy a full Museum of all tools etc from Colonial times. No architect. Old frame moved there by Miss Poors (over 80) father. Altered many times. Hall ceiling cut out to make a gallery. Low ceilings queer rooms interesting furniture, China silver. Bed with eagles heads from Bordentown [[NJ]] Stables & yard attached Fine negro boy to build houses. Lovely garden, lines straight path going up & down & over several hills flower borders about ten ft wide on either side 10 ft path set between arborvitae hedges Miss Poor wonderful witty gay & charming old lady brought up in house
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Major Benjamin Perley Poore (1820-1887), editor and newpaperman
Indian Hill Farm plans: https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.ma1824.sheet/?sp=6
Indian Hill Farm today: https://ecga.org/Stories-Indian-Hill-Conservation
Indian Hill Farm photo: https://www.si.edu/object/archives/components/sova-aag-gca-ref18386