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 . vans of whitesheet topped wagons from the rich lands of the Shenandoah and adjoining The old towns historical associations are of surpassing interest to every lover of thelore of Colonial timrs. No locality in the thirteen original provinces was more inti-mately connected with the beginnings and subsequent development of the spirit andfeeling which led to the declaration of American Independence. It was indeed a hot bed of
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 . vans of whitesheet topped wagons from the rich lands of the Shenandoah and adjoining The old towns historical associations are of surpassing interest to every lover of thelore of Colonial timrs. No locality in the thirteen original provinces was more inti-mately connected with the beginnings and subsequent development of the spirit andfeeling which led to the declaration of American Independence. It was indeed a hot bed of patriotism all throughthe long struggle. Her peoplewere early imbued with the spiritof resistance to the oppressivemeasures of Great Britian andno town in all the colonies re-sponded more promptly andcontinually for troops and re-sources, through the it was says a cotempo-rary English traveler that amid the plauditsof the inhabitants first steppedforth as the patron of seditionand revolt and subscribed fiftypounds for the support of hostili-ties. The town was then abouttwenty-five years old and itspopulation about five THE LLOYD HOUSE. WASHINGTON AND QUEEN STS. 14 SOME OLD HISTORIC LANDMARKS Through the years of the continental strife and general trouble incident to it, aseverywhere else, the industries of the town were greatly depressed, but prosperity re-turned with the dawn of peace. The wagon trains again came down with their freight,from the far frontiers, and commerce again unfurled her sails as in the years 1814, the population was nearly 8000. In 1816, two years after the capitulation to
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