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Quarterly newsletter about the history and restoration of Cloverfields and the people who lived there, by Sherri Marsh Johns

Cloverfields Preservation  Foundation
  • History/
    • Story
    • Philemon Hemsley
    • William Hemsley
    • Construction Phases
    • Timeline
    • Mobile Phone Tour
  • Restoration/
    • Process
    • Team
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    • Exterior 3D Site Tour
    • Interior 3D House Tour
    • Post Restoration Interior 3D Site Tour
    • 1965 Historic American Building Survey Photos
    • 2018 Historic American Building Survey Photos
    • 2022 Historic American Building Survey Photos
  • Archaeology/
    • Lead Cloth Seal
    • German Stoneware
    • Eighteenth-Century Shoe Buckle
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    • Ice House
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February 25, 2024

Negotiating Friendship, Courtship, and Love in the Eighteenth Century

February 25, 2024/ Sherri Marsh Johns
Negotiating Friendship, Courtship, and Love in the Eighteenth Century

In honor of the recent Valentine’s Day holiday, this month’s newsletter highlights stories of romantic relationships involving the Hemsley family. Also in this issue is new research on artist John Hesselius (1728-1778), his work, and his family connection with Cloverfields.

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February 25, 2024/ Sherri Marsh Johns/ 1 Comment
Historic Preservation, architectural conservation, gentility, entertaining, John Hesseilius, Lynbrook of Annapolis, Kimmel Studio Architects, Marriage, Courtship, Rebecca Lloyd Nicholson (1771-1848), Joseph Hopper Nicholson (1771-1817), Anna Maria TIlghman Hemsley (1750-1817), Charlotte Hemsley (1762-1822), portraiture, John Jesselius (1728-1778)
February 28, 2023

In This Edition, a New Art Acquisition, and Reconsidering the Attic

February 28, 2023/ Sherri Marsh Johns
In This Edition, a New Art Acquisition, and Reconsidering the Attic

A life in Profile: Acquiring the silhouette of Colonel Joseph Forman, Reconsidering the Attic, The Invention of Comfort.

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February 28, 2023/ Sherri Marsh Johns/ Comment
Forman Family, Rose Hill, Foodways, Food Preservation, Comfort, garret, Mary Hemsley Forman, Colonel Joseph Forman, decorative arts
Historic Preservation, architectural conservation, staircase, gentility, entertaining, John Hesseilius, William H. Forman, Marcia Watts Forman, Lynbrook of Annapolis, Rose Hill, garret, attic, foodways, food preservation, Colonel Joseph Forman, Mary Hemsley Forman, lodging, sevants, enslaved, Decorative arts, portraiture, Charles Balthazar Julie Fevret de Saint-Memin, Ezekiel Forman
January 24, 2022

Recreating a Missing Staircase

January 24, 2022/ Sherri Marsh Johns
Recreating a Missing Staircase

The Discovery of a Missing Staircase. Plus Stairs and Status.

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January 24, 2022/ Sherri Marsh Johns/ 3 Comments
Historic Preservation, architectural conservation, stairs, staircase, gentility, entertaining, John Hesseilius, William H. Forman, Marcia Watts Forman, Lynbrook of Annapolis