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Metadata
Title |
Newspaper article titled "George Washington Slept Here; He Visited Here on a Tour of Frontier Forts in 1756" |
Catalog Number |
2009.1.288 |
Object Name |
Clipping, newspaper |
Scope & Content |
Visits of George Washington to Botetourt County and Fort William in October of 1756 and his ownership of land in Botetourt County are described in this Fincastle Herald article of May 3, 2006 by Anita Firebaugh. |
Subjects |
Visiting Land acquisition |
Search Terms |
Fort William James River Company |
People |
Washington, George Preston, William Lewis, Andrew Simpson, Solomon Gill, Edward Sr. Finnie, Christopher Cross, William Best, Christopher Cleveland, James |
Date |
2006/05/03 |
Collection |
Dorothy S. Kessler Collection |
Copyright |
Fincastle Herald, republished by permission |