Potomac landings . Is tt ^ .ss ^ c S 11 o •- i^ C ^ V =. =^ o C J« s 9^ C s -2 — — r^\y j\ >^^.Ji POTOMAC LANDINGS 161 party before ascending to the Potomac to seek a site forsettlement, called on Governor Harvie of Virginia bywhom they were told that *when his Lordship shouldbe resolved on a convenient place to make himself aseat, he should be able to provide him with so muchbrick and tile as he should have occasion to employ,until his Lordship had made his own. The Pro-prietor is quoted as saying a year later: We have aloam as makes as fine bricks as any in England. It is true there are r
Potomac landings . Is tt ^ .ss ^ c S 11 o •- i^ C ^ V =. =^ o C J« s 9^ C s -2 — — r^\y j\ >^^.Ji POTOMAC LANDINGS 161 party before ascending to the Potomac to seek a site forsettlement, called on Governor Harvie of Virginia bywhom they were told that *when his Lordship shouldbe resolved on a convenient place to make himself aseat, he should be able to provide him with so muchbrick and tile as he should have occasion to employ,until his Lordship had made his own. The Pro-prietor is quoted as saying a year later: We have aloam as makes as fine bricks as any in England. It is true there are references in old papers to Eng-lish brick and to Dutch brick. This mistakenlyhas been supposed to refer to brick from Englandand brick from Holland. The fact is it refers totypes or sizes of brick burned here. Dutch brickwere large and English brick were a smaller size. So it is fair to assume that even the first presumablyof the brick mansions on the river was built of bricknot only not imported from Englan
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