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The Thomas Law House (Honeymoon House) was constructed between 1794 and 1796 near present day 6th and N Streets, Southwest in Washington, D.C. The builder was a syndicate headed by James Greenleaf, an early land speculator in the District of Columbia.〔(Clark, p. 139. ) Accessed 2012-12-02.〕 In March 1796, Thomas Law moved into the house after his marriage to Martha Washington's eldest granddaughter, Eliza Parke Custis.The house became known as "Honeymoon House" as the Laws lived there during their honeymoon while awaiting completion of their house. Law continued to live in the house during most of his life although he and his wife separated in 1804 and were divorced in1811.〔 Thomas Law was the son of Edmund Law, the Bishop of Carlisle. His brother John Law was Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh and Bishop of Killala and Achonry, and in 1795 was named Bishop of Elphin. His brother Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough, served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 1802 to 1818. Another brother, George Law, became Bishop of Chester in 1812 and Bishop of Bath and Wells in 1824. Thomas Law spent many years in India, where he made a fortune in trade. Law came to Washington, D.C., in the summer of 1794.〔(Bryan, p. 244. ) Accessed 2012-11-02.〕 He was one of Washington's wealthiest citizens and was active, although not successful, in business enterprises.〔 He eventually lost his fortune.〔 Law met Greenleaf in November or December 1794 and was deeply impressed with him.〔(Clark, p. 94. ) Accessed 2012-10-29.〕 On December 4, 1794,〔Dowd, p. 10.〕 Greenleaf sold 500 city lots to Law for £50,000 (or $133,000). The price per lot was $297.60, a 372 percent increase over the $80 per lot which Greenleaf had paid just a year earlier.〔Livermore, p. 165.〕 In 1816, former Congressman Richard Bland Lee and his wife Elizabeth (Collins) Lee purchased the house. During the Civil War, it was the Mt. Vernon Hotel. Starting around 1913, it was the Washington Sanitarium's Mission Hospital. Dr. Henry G. Hadley operated a clinic in the house from 1923 to 1961. The National Park Service listed the Thomas Law House on the National Register of Historic Places on August 14, 1973. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Law House」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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