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Plaque

US Embassy & Brooks Adams

Inscription

United States Embassy, 1863 - 1866.
Henry Brooks Adams, 1838 - 1918, U.S. historian lived here.
Greater London Council

Site: US Embassy & Brooks Adams (1 memorial)

W1, Portland Place, 98

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US Embassy & Brooks Adams

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Embassy of the United States

The first US Minister to the Court of St James, John Adams, rented No 9 Grosv...

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Henry Brooks Adams

Apart from the fact that he won a Pulitzer for "Education of Henry Adams," 19...

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US Embassy & Brooks Adams

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Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...

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