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Title: Some old historic landmarks of Virginia and Maryland, described in a hand-book for the tourist over the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric railway
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Snowden, William H. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric railway. (from old catalog) Historic buildings Historic buildings
Publisher: Alexandria, Va., Printed by G. H. Ramey & sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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THE STORY OF THE YOUNG SURVEYORS IS STRICTLY AUTHENTIC. IT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE STORY OF THE VOYAGERS GEORGE WASHINGTON AND HIS HALF BROTHER LAWRENCE WASHINGTON IN 1751-2. /maty—f \J o LI rv c) ^^ i-L r V c Y o
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And he dragged the mountains over with chain and rod—The blue sky was his cover, the Indian his lover,And his duty was his sovereign and God. , ry One spring morning, early in the month of March, 1747, eight years before the( French and Indian war, two young men might have been seen standing at the gatesj of Old Belvoir the elegant home of the Hon. Wm. Fairfax on the Virginia shore of the Potomac river, two miles below Mount Vernon, which latter place was then theresidence of Major Lawrence Washington, son of Augustine, and half brother ofGeorge Washington of ever honored memory, not yet sixteen years of age, thoughalready nearly of manly stature and possessing much of manly bearing and dignity.The other was George William Fairfax, son of the Belvoir proprietor, and older byeight years than his companion. The former after having completed his schooleducation under the limited tuition of school masters, Hobby and Williams in thecounty of Westmoreland, Virginia, had come up from the l

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