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JAMES ARCHER ABBOTT is the Executive Director of the Lewes Historical Society in Lewes, Delaware. His publications include JANSEN, JANSEN...
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Andrew Jackson's Servants
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Did Slaves Build the White House?
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State Dining Room
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The East Room
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David M. Rubenstein
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The Red Room
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