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Brookeville’s Capitol for a Day and Early Town Life
In 1800 Richard Thomas laid out 56 quarter-acre plots at Brookeville, selling some for $10 or $12, with Quaker investors. The town grew around the Madison House, hosting President Madison during the 1814 War of 1812, and earned the motto Capitol for a Day. Brookeville became a regional center with the Brookeville Academy established in 1808 and early schooling for Young Ladies, before relocation of Mrs. Porter’s School to Poolesville.
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Richard Thomas
Debra Brooke Thomas
Brookeville
James Brooke
Montgomery County
Brooke
Brooke Grove
Sandy Springs
Seneca Creek
Laytonsville
Debra
Madison
Capitol
Washington
Chesapeake Bay
Bladensburg
James Madison
White House
Dolly
Virginia
Rockville
White's Ferry
Washington, DC
Ellicott City
James Bush
U.S
Sylvia Nash
James B. Pleasants
Pleasants
Madison House
U.S. Capitol
Tallulah Bankhead
Brookeville Academy
Market Streets
Porter
Poolesville