Robert and Ann Bass live in historic house in Washington, D.C.
Star-Telegram Saturday 5th May, 2012
McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON -- Fort Worth billionaire Robert Bass and his wife, Anne, own a piece of Washington history -- a Georgetown home where Gen. Ulysses S. Grant lived after the Civil War.
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