Name/Title
Napoleon of Gotham: A Study of the Life of Charles Broadway Rouss, TheEntry/Object ID
LIB801Description
A biography of Charles Broadway Rouss (1836-1902), Winchester, Va., merchant who became a successful merchant in New York City. He was a generous benefactor to Winchester and to a much lesser degree Charles Town.
Rouss' father, Peter Hoke Rouss, owned Shannon Hill, along the Shenandoah River near Kabletown. Charles B. Rouss built Shannon Park near Shannon Hill as a summer home in the 1880s. Other members of the Rouss family lived in the area for many years.
Physical Description: Inscribed on first page "Mrs. W. P. C. Perry, 525 S. Samuel St."Acquisition
Accession
134Source or Donor
Perry, Roger and WandaAcquisition Method
GiftBook Details
Author
Mullin, Larry A.Publisher
Published through the auspices of Farmers and Merchants National BankPlace Published
* Untyped Place Published
Winchester, VADate Published
1974