Washington Exhibit Highlights Lord Fairfax Estate Inventory
The Washingtonia exhibit at Greenway Court features an inventory of the estate of the late Lord Fairfax, with items listed from mahogany furniture and silver plate to tea ware, pewter, china, and clothing. The document notes the inventory was recorded after the lord’s death with extensive counts of household goods, tools, firearms, and personal apparel.
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Washington
Greenway Court
Lord Fairfax
Washingtonia
George Washington
Thomas Lord Fairfax
Thomas ‘Ax
Arthur Chrisman
New York
Clarke County
Green Lord Ais
Carlsbad
Local Notes Parade of Visitors and Gatherings in Middletown
Middletown Virginia residents host and visit relatives from New York Washington Harrisonburg and Winchester over the weekend. Guests include Mrs Richard Mann and family Mrs Annie Henretty Miss Virginia Henretty Malcolm Henretty Mr Charles Propes Robert Pluum and more. A surprise birthday party for Mrs Walter McCauley features a large cake and multiple attendees.
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Middletown
Richard Mann
New York
Herbert Rhodes
Virginia Henretty
Malcolm Henretty
Washington
Annie Henretty
Charles Propes
Robert Pluum
Shenandoah
Cme
Claude Carper
Sunny
D. W. Rife
J. F. Weirick
Arthur Weirick
Robert Weirick
Hyattsville, Md
Dorothy Rhodes
Harrisonburg State Teachers College
Lexington
William Rhodes
May
Lula Lauck
Evelyn Wisecarved
Winchester
L. L. Sibert
Hagerstown
Mary Sibert
Lizzie Light
Bartinville
Roy Colfelt
Colfelt
Charles Little
Bertha Godlove
Lebanon Church
Agnes Conner
Willie Wade Kline
Walter McCauley
Russell
Harry
L. L. Trahan
Charles Pope
Elsie Pope
W. W. Kline
Lacey Conner
I. N. Conner
Wade Keeler
Clark Lege
Ent
John Legge
Notable List Reflects Lord Fairfax Estate and Revolutionary Names
A brief inventory hints at items Lord Fairfax died possessed such as clothing and furniture, and mentions some names used in the Revolutionary period. The fragment preserves a glimpse of personal possessions and onetime names tied to the era.
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Lord Fairfax
Surprise birthday dinner highlights Canterbury notes
Canterbury notes from CANTERBURG Virginia on April 27 report Mrs V D Hale’s return from Washington. Mrs Tom Perry recovering from surgery. a birthday dinner for Mr G W Chapman hosted by daughters with several relatives visiting from Maryland. local movers and farm activity noted.
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Canterburg
V. D. Hale
Washington, D. C
Doctor's Estimate: 90 of 100 Carriers Germs
A London Tit-Bits quip notes that ninety out of every hundred people carry germs and jokes the ten non carriers make the little beggars walk by contrast.
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London
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Walter Raleigh
Swift
Macauley
Monsieurr Boeleau
Common Prayer
Pharsamond
Pompey the Little
Patty Saunders
Tom Jones
Valet
Joseph Andrews
David Simple
Peregrine Pickle
Canterbury
Tom Perry
Memorial Hospital
G. W. Chapman
Albert Grim
Gladys Manaka
Madigan
Golda Chapman
Howard Brozeno
Baltimore
James Riddle and
James
West Friendship
H.C. Cave
Locust Dale
Junior Madigan
Ray Albin
Lloyd Painter
Ray Grim
Wise Kitchen
Cherry Grove Farm
Atniv
Power Company
o-Seum Rog
Imontgomery
Ward & Co
South
Loudoun St
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