. The old cannon foundry above Georgetown, and its first owner Henry Foxall . First Foundry Chapel. 14th and G Streets, Washington, D. C. Built by Henry Second Foundry and G Streets N. W., Washington, D. C. The Foxall Cannon Foundry. 29 lie illustrated his love of peace; and he ardently hopedthat the time would come when nation would not battlewith nation any more. But as a man of strong com-mon sense he knew that in the state of society thenexisting war would almost inevitably sometimes occur,and that the American people, to preserve their inde-pendence and maintain
. The old cannon foundry above Georgetown, and its first owner Henry Foxall . First Foundry Chapel. 14th and G Streets, Washington, D. C. Built by Henry Second Foundry and G Streets N. W., Washington, D. C. The Foxall Cannon Foundry. 29 lie illustrated his love of peace; and he ardently hopedthat the time would come when nation would not battlewith nation any more. But as a man of strong com-mon sense he knew that in the state of society thenexisting war would almost inevitably sometimes occur,and that the American people, to preserve their inde-pendence and maintain their rights and their self-respect, should keep themselves prepared for it. Hebelieved that when a man is to start out on a journeythrough a place of danger, he should arm himself, atleast, with a stout cudgel, not for the purpose of at-tacking other people, but to protect himself fromattack. The building thus given by Foxall in 1814 waschanged in 1848 to a larger one of somewhat moremodern style on the same site, which was torn downin 1864 in order to erect in its place a still handsomerstructure. This in its turn was sold and demolished in1902, to make way
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