Tudor Place houses many items — correspondence, journals, books and photographs — that trace the history of the family and the city. There was no signature, but it was clear the manuscript was a draft for a visitor’s guide to Washington. To confirm he wrote the manuscript, Kail bought one of his letters from a Delaware bookseller. Lanman’s life is detailed in an article Kail wrote that is posted on the Tudor Place website. In 1958, the master of Tudor Place was Armistead Peter III.

Source: Washington Post March 18, 2020 21:00 UTC