Average (mean) square footage for new single-family homes fell from 2,736 to 2,714 for the second three months of the year. On a less volatile one-year moving average, the recent trend of leveling home size can be see on the graph above, although current sizes remain elevated.
Washington obliged and would soon foil Benedict Arnoldâs attempt to betray his country. Arnold was one of six children to his father Benedict Arnold III and his mother Hannah King. He was born in Connecticut Colony on January 14, 1741. Arnoldâs childhood was rough but typical of that day.
Soon he began his schooling at Roxbury Latin School where he would graduate and go to college at Harvard University. After graduating he taught for about a year and married a young eighteen year old woman, Elizabeth Hooten in 1764. she would die 8 years later, leaving him with 4 children. Even though he had lost much, Warren became an ardent patriot. Warren later was appointed to the committee of correspondence. Each of the 13 colonies had a committee of correspondence. These committees would communicate with each other and became vital during the revolution. It was when Warren served in this committee that he drafted the Suffolk Resolves.