Places
| Place Name | County | State | Country | Place Type | |
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| Baltimore, Maryland | Maryland | United States | City/Town | ||
| Bank of Alexandria | Fairfax County (Va.) | Virginia | United States | Bank |
GW in 1795 and 1796 bought a total of twenty-five shares in the Bank of Alexandria, fifteen for $200 a share and ten for $197 a share (see Ledger C, 36). |
| Barbados (West Indies) | Barbados | Country |
In 1751, George Washington traveled with his older half brother, Lawrence Washington, to Barbados. Lawrence had been in poor health with a lung ailment and they traveled with the hope of finding a ... Read More |
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| Belvoir (estate; Fairfax County, Va.) | Fairfax County (Va.) | Virginia | United States | Estate/Farm/Plantation/Residence |
Belvoir, George William Fairfax's estate, was located on the west bank of the Potomac River not far from Mount Vernon. See also: Fields, Mason Faulkner. "Belvoir." The Digital ... Read More |
| Benedict, Maryland | Charles County (Md.) | Maryland | United States | City/Town |
A shipping town on the Patuxent River in Maryland, Benedict was about thirty miles south and east of Mount Vernon. |
| Berkeley County (Va., now W.Va.) | West Virginia | United States | County |
Berkeley County was formed in 1772 from the northern part of Frederick County, Va., and is now part of West Virginia. |
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| Berkeley Springs (Bath, Warm Springs; Va., now W.Va.) | Morgan County (W.Va.) | Virginia, West Virginia | United States | City/Town |
Berkeley Springs, also known in the eighteenth century as Warm Springs or Bath, is in present-day Morgan County, West Virginia. James Rumsey worked on building a house for GW at Bath from ... Read More |
| Blackmore's tavern (Va.) | Virginia | United States | Tavern/Ordinary | ||
| Bladensburg, Maryland | Prince George's County (Md.) | Maryland | United States | City/Town | |
| Boston, Massachusetts | Suffolk County (Mass.) | Massachusetts | United States | City/Town | |
| Botetourt County, Virginia | Botetourt County (Va.) | Virginia | United States | County |
In 1772, Fincastle County was formed from Botetourt County on the north side of the Great Kanawha River. Later, in 1789, a section of Botetourt County was added to Montgomery County. |
| Bristol, England | England | City/Town | |||
| Brown's ordinary (Va.) | Virginia | United States | Tavern/Ordinary | ||
| Bruin's ordinary (Winchester, Va.) | Frederick County (Va.) | Virginia | United States | Tavern/Ordinary |
Bruin's ordinary was run by Bryan Bruin who lived in Winchester, Virginia. |
| Bush's ordinary (Winchester, Va.) | Frederick County (Va.) | Virginia | United States | Tavern/Ordinary |
This ordinary was located in Winchester, Virginia, and was run by Philip Bush (c.1733-1812) |
| Byerley's | United States | Tavern/Ordinary |