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Identifier: someoldhistoricl03snow (find matches)
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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CARLYLE HOUSE.—FRONT VIEW. pcmj: old historic landmarks .vi.si and its spacious veranda on the east, comntianding an extensive view of the riverand the heights of the Maryland shore beyond. The lower apartments are wainscoted10 the ceiling and ornamented with carved work in oak. The builder of the Mansion House with a commendable reverence for the associa-tions of the older days, which witnessed the founding of the town, while he had to
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CARLYLE HOUSE, REAR VIEW. obstruct the building on two sides would not allow it to be altered nor hidden, and itno»v stands apart with its lower floors, ^council chamber and all, just as the council leftit in 1755. The personages who composed the council were: Gen. Edward Braddock, *The council house where the governc-rs and commandevs of the king deliberated in secret sessions, ishut little changed. Its mnssive structure has endured well through the long years. In its untenantedchombnrs the cricket chirps and the spider fashions its web. OF VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND. Commodore Keppel; and the colonial governors: Shirley of Massachusetts, De L .of New York; Morris of Pennsylvania, Sharpe of Maryland, Dinwiddie of Vinii) -,Dobbs of North Carolina, GenejalSt. Clair and /enjamin Franklin. They met ■provide against the alarming emergencies from the encroachments of the French anIndians on the western frontiers. Alexandria is connected with other towns and cities by the Southern Railwa\.Pen

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  • bookauthor:Snowden__William_H___from_old_catalog_
  • booksubject:Washington__Alexandria_and_Mount_Vernon_electric_railway___from_old_catalog_
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  • bookpublisher:Alexandria__Va___Printed_by_G__H__Ramey___sons
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  • booksponsor:Sloan_Foundation
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