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Presbyterian Church 162 Presbyterian Memorial Chapel 62 Public School 288 Remarkable Tombstone 264 R., F. & P. R. R. Bridge 312 Rising Sun Tavern 52 Section Stone Wall 112 Sentry Box 102 Shiloh Church, N. S. 304 Shiloh Church, O. S. 272 Stevens House 192 St. George’s Church 62 Stone House 92 Sunken Road 82 Superintendent’s Lodge 256 Trinity Church 240 Trustees’ Office 112 Union House 212 View on Princess Anne St. 42 Wallace Library 142 Water Power Office 328 Wm. Paul’s Gravestone 280

 

 

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CONTENTS

Chapter I
Captain John Smith Explores the Rappahannock River—The Flight of Pocahontas—Major Lawrence Smith’s Fort—Governor Spotswood’s Miners at Germanna,		11
Chapter II
The Knights of the Golden Horse Shoe—Governor Spotswood’s Expedition over the Blue Ridge Mountains,		27
Chapter III
Fredericksburg Incorporated by the House of Burgesses—Col. Byrd Walks about Town—A Church Building Erected—Rev. Patrick Henry Rector—Augustine Washington a Town Trustee—Stock Fairs Inaugurated—Limits of the Town Extended,		37
Chapter IV
Encouraging Home Industries—Further Extension of the Town—Tobacco Inspectors Appointed—Modes of Punishing Criminals—Prosperity—Military Ardor—Under the United States Government—A New Order of Things,		46
Chapter V
Lease of the Market-House Lots—The First Serious Fire—Fredericksburg an Important Center—An Act Concerning Elections—Half of the Town Destroyed by Fire—Fredericksburg an Important Postal