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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: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Snowden, William H. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric railway. (from old catalog)
Publisher: Alexandria, Va., Printed by G. H. Ramey & son
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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arrange plans for the prosecution of theFrench and Indian war on the Ohio river. This meeting of the colonial governorsmight be called the second congress in America. That of the council at Albany in 17-47, the first. Christ Church, built in 1767 on Washington street near to King with its unalteredpew of George Washington will bring back forcibly the plainer days when the greathero mingled so often in religious service with his neighbors and friends of old Fairfax. The spacious rooms of the Old City Hotel on Royal street between King and Cam- 14 SOME OLD HISTORIC LANDMARKS eron will call up many festive scenes when the same revered personage was wont tolay aside his dignity for the time and trip gaily through the mazes of the dance, withfair women and brave men ; here also, he had his headquarters when he visited Alexan-dria, and here in 1799 he gave his last military order to the Alexandria volunteers. The Marshall House on King street above Royal, will make fresh the tragic circum-
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CIIRIST CHURCH, ALEXANDRIA, VA. stances of the killing of Col. Ellsworth of the New York Zouaves, May 24th, 1Z&1.That was the first blood shed in Virginia during the war. The following tragic ac-count of the occurence is from the Alexandria Gazette: Probably no survivor of the Army of the Potomac visits Alexandria without inquir-ing for the Marshall House. It became famous in history in the early days of the late OF VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND. 15 war, and has so remained ever since. It was in this building that one of the bloodiesttragedies of the war was enacted, in which two men met their death in a terrible en-counter. The spring of 1861 found Alexandria, as well as many other Southern cities, in aferment of excitement. The place was held by a few companies ot Confederatesoldiers, who flaunted the stars and bars literally within sight of the Capitol and underthe guns of the Federal steamer Pawnee, which was anchored off the city at the time. One beautiful Saturday afternoon, a few w

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