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By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 1, 2020
Addison Family at National Harbor Marker
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| | Bird's Eye View of Alexandria, 1863
Ships that docked at Alexandria's bustling wharves carried tobacco all over the world and brought fine goods from Europe for wealthy Maryland planters.
Addison Family at National Harbor . . . — — Map (db m144024) HM |
| | Articles of Confederation
To all to who these Presents shall come, we the undersigned Delegates of the States affixed to our Names send greeting. Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union between the states of New Hampshire, . . . — — Map (db m144023) HM |
| | Free Blacks Owned Parts of Oxon Hill Manor By the end of the 1700s, there were a number of free African American families living in the Oxon Hill area. Several of these free blacks were manumitted by members of the Addison family, including . . . — — Map (db m149917) HM |
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One of the unique offerings of Garrett Van Sweringen's lodging house was an arbor. It is the only known arbor in 17th-century Maryland or Virginia. Van Sweringen was probably following a popular Dutch practice when he built it. As a shaded . . . — — Map (db m138884) HM |
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On May 10, 1692, Maryland's new governor, Sir Lionel Copley, met with the colony's legislature for the first time. This meeting marked the beginning of royal control of Maryland and it occurred at Garrett Van Sweringen's Council Chamber. The . . . — — Map (db m80278) HM |
Apr. 29, 2024
