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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: January 2, 2015
Caption: George Washington
Additional Description: “Friday July 1st. Dined at one Cookerlys 13 miles off & lodged at Tawnytown only 12 miles farther…Tawny town is but a small place with only the Street through wch. the road passes, built on. The buildings are principally of wood…” — Taken from President George Washington’s July 1, 1791 diary entry. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. Close-up of quotation on marker
Submitted: January 22, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p298788
File Size: 1.721 Megabytes

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