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Title: 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
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Snowden, William H. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric railway. (from old catalog)
Publisher: Alexandria, Va., Printed by G. H. Ramey & son
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ved five score of yearsAnd ten more added to. You must have seen the Britishers, And heard the cannons roar ;Why, bless you, chil, was mos a man,And heard and seen de war. And Washington, you must have seen, That great and good heroWho led the Continentalers, And fought our battles through ! 70 SOME OLD HISTORIC LANDMARKS Why surely I has seen him, And knowd him well : for, boss, I was the de Ginerals sarvant,Took care de Ginerals hoss ! Fine man he was for sartin,Good friend to all de poor— Dars none in dese days like him,And none, folks said, before. Enough, I said ! Im well repaid ; And grasped his trembling hand-No honor hath a man like this. In all our glorious land ! No further did I question him About the long ago,And when I said to him good-by. He took his garden hoe. Who hath beheld our Washington, And lived to tell us so,Deserves as well a storyAs many others do. And hence our homely ballad, A triliute slight to payTo this departed colored man, And ancient—Thornton Gray.
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ti^1- ^gjtwfc ^__ THORNTON GRAY, ONE OF WASHINGTONS SARVENTS. The James, the York, the Rappahannock and the Potomac flow from the Blue Ridgeand the Alleghanies through their rich and lovely valleys and mingle with Atlanticwaves and form the Chesapeake, which seems a sea of diamonds with its phosphores-cent lights scintillating under the twinkling stars. Virginia has nearly 2000 miles ofnavigable tide waters, abounding in fish and oysters and other luxuries of the sea. Along these beautiful valleys are some grand old mansions and magnificent planta-tions. At the gate of one of these old homes, we saw not long ago a relic of a pastage—an old, decrepit darkey, leaning against the fence looking with sad and wistfuleyes over the broad fields and beautiful grounds. Years had passed since I had beenin this part of old Virginia, and I had no idea of meeting anyone I knew. He came tome with feeble steps and bent form; and as he looked back through the years of longseparation he called me to

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