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Washington trip myths in Hoosac Valley lore revisited
A historical debate reopens over a reported 1790 ride by President George Washington and Congressman William Smith to Bennington Centre. Researchers note prior misreadings by Grace Greylock Niles and summarize Irene Niles’s defense, citing Vermont’s admission context and the couple’s movements from New York to New England.
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William Loughton Smith
South Carolina
Pownal and Bennington
New England
Smith
New York Post
Troy
N.Y
New England Journal
Pownal- Bennington
Grace Greylock Niles
Hoosac Valley
Washington
Ira Allen
Ethan Allen
Green Mountain Republic
Federal Union
William Smith
Moses Robinson
Isaac Tichenor
Bennington Centre
Vermont
Ethan
Bennington
George Washington
New Lebanon Springs
Gen
Samuel Sloan
Williamstown
Mass
Stone Hill
Free School of
Congressman Smith
Hoosac River
Pownal Intervale
Pownal Centre
Hoosac
Taconacs
Mt. Anthony Road
Walloomsac
Miss Niles
North Adams
Dewey
Mr. Tichenor
Col. Dewey
Lebanon Springs
Benningtonians
Pownal Village
Hoosac Pass
Taconac
Sic