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Old Carlyle House and Its Ghosts in Alexandria
A New York Tribune correspondent describes Alexandria's Carlyle house and Braddock dwelling as relics of colonial power and war. He chronicles the blue parlor, ghosts in stairways, and the legend of the Female Stranger who died in a tavern room with a mysterious husband and a tomb at St. Paul’s Cemetery.
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Carlyle House
New York Tribune
Alexandria
Braddock
George Washington
Washington
Carlyle
Sallie Fairfax
Gen. Braddock
Braddock House
Clagett Tavern
St. Paul's Cemetery