. The New England magazine . Lovejoys Gr; , fe^ii^--i:3qAlMl- , ..■.i> .. The Oldest House in Washington. THE OLDEST HOUSE IN WASHINGTON. By Milion T. Adkins. DOWN at the foot of SeventeenthStreet, away from the usual routeof the guide-book sightseer, standsthe oldest house in Washington. Themoss had grown thick upon its humbleroof long before quarrelling Congresseswrangled and disputed over the locationof the future Federal City, and whenat last the dispute was ended, and a defi-nite site selected, it was found that theunpretentious home and paternal acresof a sturdy old Scotchman, David B
. The New England magazine . Lovejoys Gr; , fe^ii^--i:3qAlMl- , ..■.i> .. The Oldest House in Washington. THE OLDEST HOUSE IN WASHINGTON. By Milion T. Adkins. DOWN at the foot of SeventeenthStreet, away from the usual routeof the guide-book sightseer, standsthe oldest house in Washington. Themoss had grown thick upon its humbleroof long before quarrelling Congresseswrangled and disputed over the locationof the future Federal City, and whenat last the dispute was ended, and a defi-nite site selected, it was found that theunpretentious home and paternal acresof a sturdy old Scotchman, David Burnsby name, occupied a large portion of theproposed situation. Of the previous history of the Burnsfamily little is known or recorded beyondthe statement that the estate had de-scended to David through several gener-ations of Scottish ancestors ; all, probably,farmer folk like himself. They were, nodoubt, a part of the same thrifty Scotch element that had contributed so much tothe colonial prosperity of Maryland andVirginia, and which had borne so large ashare in the fou
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