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Washington Hotel, Somerset County, Maryland

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According to Earle, "when Princess Anne was laid out in lots way back before the Revolutionary War, one of them, No. 15, was bought by John Done. Here he built a home and it is generally supposed this home embodied the nature of a tavern, for it is known that Zadok Long bought the place from Done on the 17th of June, 1797, and that Long had rented the property prior to buying it and had conducted it as a tavern. Here in the 'land of the cedar and vine, where the flowers ever blossom, the beams ever shine,' this old Washington Hotel has been the stopping place for travelers from all walks of life. Here they have dined upon the tempting viands prepared by good old cooks of long ago, here they have slept, laughed and sighed. The long list of those who found welcome and partook of its hospitality include the famous barrister. Luther Martin, the first Attorney-General of the State of Maryland. Luther Martin was of counsel for Aaron Burr in his trial for treason at Richmond. Judge Samuel Chase, one of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, a native of Somerset, was a frequent visitor, as was also his distinguished father, who was rector of Somerset Parish at one time. During the life of Governor Thomas King Carroll, he made this old Washington Hotel his headquarters. Here, too, Governor Levin Winder shook hands with his host of friends and felt the warmth of the support...
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Digital Reproduction Of 1 Hand Colored Lantern Slide, 5 X 9 Cm.
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