Government House, Maryland

Government House has been the official residence of the Governors of Maryland since 1870. It is here that the governors and their wives or official hostesses have greeted and entertained important visitors to the state. Some of these illustrious guests have included Mark Twain, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, sports legend Sugar Ray Leonard, Annie Leibovitz, Oprah Winfrey and many government officials and dignitaries.

Eastern Point Lighthouse

Eastern Point Light is a historic lighthouse on Cape Ann, in northeastern Massachusetts. It is known as the oldest seaport in America. The harbor has supported fishermen, whalers, and traders since 1616. 

In 1880, the lighthouse was occupied by American landscape painter Winslow Homer. It was automated by September 1985 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. The lighthouse is currently operated by the United States Coast Guard and is closed to the public.

Dorchester House

Dorchester House was a mansion in Park Lane, Westminster, London, which had many different forms over time. The last version used as a private residence was that built in 1853 by Robert Stayner Holford. It was demolished in 1929 to make way for the present Dorchester Hotel.

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Mark Twain in Context

PART I LIFE 

1 Biography: Gary Scharnhorst 

2 Reading: Alan Gribben 

3 Autobiography: John Bird 

4 Biographies: Kevin Mac Donnell 

PART II LITERARY CONTEXTS

 5 Southwestern Humor: Henry B. Wonham 

6 Literary Comedians:  David E. E. Sloane 

7 Local Color and Regionalism: Joseph A. Alvarez 

8 Early Periodical Writing:  James E. Caron

9 Travel Writing:  Jeffrey Melton

Tarrytown, New York

The writer Washington Irving described Tarrytown in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820). Irving began his story, "In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson, at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators of the Tappan Zee, and where they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St. Nicholas when they crossed, there lies a small market town or rural port which by some is called Greenburgh, but which is more generally and properly known by the name of Tarry Town.

Villa Paulhof

Villa Paulhof is a building in Kaltenleutgeben, Mödling District, Lower Austria which is located on Karlsgasse. Villa Paulhof is situated nearby to the town hall Gemeindeamt Kaltenleutgeben, as well as near the building Rathaus Kaltenleutgeben.

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Onteora Park Historic District

Onteora Park Historic District is a national historic district located at Hunter in Greene County, New York. The district contains 94 contributing buildings and seven contributing structures. It is composed of a golf course and extensive hiking trails planned during the late 19th century. The small residential area was laid out in 1880. The district is characterized by woodlands and open space and features breathtaking panoramic mountainous landscape views.

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New Bedford, Massachusetts

Up through the 17th century, the area was the territory of the Wampanoag Indians. English colonists bought the land on which New Bedford would later be built from the Wampanoag in 1652, and the original colonial settlement that would later become the city was founded by English Quakers in the late 17th century. The town of New Bedford itself was officially incorporated in 1787.

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Montauk Club

The Club was founded in 1889 as a traditional men's social club by a group looking for a club located in the rapidly-developing Park Slope area. The initial group of 25 charter members quickly grew to 300 and became the most prominent club in Brooklyn. Charles Pratt, Richard Schermerhorn, Edwin Clark Litchfield and Robert Pinkerton were early members. Of the hundreds of clubs in Brooklyn at the time, the Montauk Club is the only one still in existence. 

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