dozen miles from the Capital of the United States. It was named Mount Vernon in 1743 by Lawrence Washington, an elder half brother of George and, like him, a great-grandson of the original owner, John Washington, who secured a land grant of 5000 acres in 1674 and called it Washington Planta- tion. Here

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make merchant bar and rods." Inasmuch as the members of the firm were local businessmen without much iron experience, James A. Richards was employed to manage the mill. One year later, the firm was advertising itself as Smith, Richards and Company." In operation only thirty-four weeks in 1856, the mill

characteristics between the Borough of Lancaster, and the rural townships in the year 1798. There has not been a great deal of factual information about the architec- tural character of this early period and what is available seems too often to be in conflict. Also, the few existing houses available to be studied

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Hall Seminary is a girls' school located in Lititz, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1742 by the Moravian community, it is the oldest continuously operated girls' school in the United States. Source of Acquisition: Items were collected by the LancasterHistory. Custodial History (Provenance): Accruals