Laird & Lee's guide to historic Virginia and the Jamestown centennial ..Full statistics and itinerary .. . , is the fact that theywere in actual use by his own forbears. The pro-prietor, Mr. J. B. C. Spencer, is the gentleman whofirst conceived the idea of the Jamestown Ter-Cen-Icnnial and organized the first committee in its in-terests. Carters Grove.—This beautiful Colonial residence isseven miles from Williamsburg on the James grove was originally owned by Col. Robert Car-ter, known as King Carter, and the mansion waserected by his grandson in 1722, and was the homeof Rebecca Burw
Laird & Lee's guide to historic Virginia and the Jamestown centennial ..Full statistics and itinerary .. . , is the fact that theywere in actual use by his own forbears. The pro-prietor, Mr. J. B. C. Spencer, is the gentleman whofirst conceived the idea of the Jamestown Ter-Cen-Icnnial and organized the first committee in its in-terests. Carters Grove.—This beautiful Colonial residence isseven miles from Williamsburg on the James grove was originally owned by Col. Robert Car-ter, known as King Carter, and the mansion waserected by his grandson in 1722, and was the homeof Rebecca Burwell, whom Jefferson wooed and the Revolution, Tarletons troopers raided theplace and their saber cuts can still be seen on thebanisters of the staircase. CHAPTER X. YORKTOWN, ENGLANDS WATERLOO. There have been far greater battles fought thanthose at Yorktown, but no other campaign on Ameri-can soil was fraught with so many significant resultsas was the siege of Yorktown—results as far reachingas the events which followed the Battle of Waterloo. Yorke Toune was laid out in 1619, but not. YORKTOWN, AS IT IS TODAY. legally established until 1705. At the opening of theRevolution, it was quite an important little town,having an extensive sea trade. Today the inhabitantsnumber less than two hundred. Sept. 27, 1781, the British commenced to cannonadethe opposing forces, the American, army being a miledistant and the French a mile to the left of theAmericans. The siege lasted until October 19, the — 83 —
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