The only surviving archeological remains of the
house rented from Robert Morris for George
Washington's Presidential Mansion in Philadelphia
is about to be destroyed by the Park Service to
make room for the new Independence Visitor
Center, where the Liberty Bell will be housed.

You can read about it here:

http://www.virginia.edu/gwpapers/project/news/icehouse.html

Sincerely, Frank


--
Frank E. Grizzard, Jr.
Associate Editor
Papers of George Washington
University of Virginia

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