Places
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Patapsco River (Md.) | Maryland | United States | River/Creek/Stream |
The Patapsco River is formed about twenty miles west of Baltimore, flowing about sixty-five miles southeast to the Chesapeake Bay. On 6 May 1775, while traveling to Philadelphia to attend the ... Read More |
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Patuxent, Maryland | Charles County (Md.) | Maryland | United States | City/Town | |
Perkins's (Parkins's) mill, Virginia | Frederick County (Va.) | Virginia | United States | Mill |
Isaac Perkins (Parkins) of Winchester, a captain in the militia and a leading citizen of Frederick County, had been operating his mill just outside Winchester since the 1740s. |
Perquimans County, North Carolina | North Carolina | United States | County |
In 1766 GW and Fielding Lewis, Sr., purchased from Marmaduke Norfleet 1,093½ acres in Perquimans County, N.C., which is located in the northeastern part of the state (see Ledger A, 239). |
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Piscataway, Maryland | Prince George's County (Md.) | Maryland | United States | City/Town |
Piscataway is in Prince George’s County, Maryland, southeast of Mount Vernon. |
Popes Creek (plantation; Westmoreland County, Va.) | Westmoreland County (Va.) | Virginia | United States | Estate/Farm/Plantation/Residence |
GW’s half brother Augustine Washington (1720–1762) lived at Popes Creek. See also: Santelli, Stephen. "Popes Creek." The Digital Encyclopedia of George Washington. Accessed October ... Read More |
Port Royal, Virginia | Caroline County (Va.) | Virginia | United States | City/Town |
Port Royal was a small port town on the Rappahannock River downstream from Fredericksburg. |
Portsmouth, Virginia | Virginia | United States | City/Town |