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The History of the
City of Fredericksburg
Virginia
The HISTORY
of the
City of Fredericksburg
Virginia
Prepared and printed by authority of theCommon Council thereof,under the direction of its Committee onPublication, consisting of the followingCouncilmen: H. B. LANE, WM. E.BRADLEY and S. W. SOMERVILLE
S. J. QUINN, Historian
1908
The Hermitage Press, Inc.
Richmond, Va.
Copyright, 1908,
On all original matter herein,
By
H. B. Lane, Chairman of History Committee,
for the City of Fredericksburg, Va.
Dedication
TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO BRAVED THE DANGERS OF LAND AND
WATER IN 1608, AND DISCOVERED THE SPOT UPON WHICH THE CITY OF
FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA, NOW STANDS, AND TO THOSE WHO
WROUGHT SO HEROICALLY AND SUCCESSFULLY IN THE SETTLEMENT
AND PROSPERITY OF THE SAID CITY TO THE
PRESENT TIME, 1908, A PERIOD OF THREE HUNDRED
YEARS, THESE PAGES ARE RESPECTFULLY
AND AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY
THE PRESENT COMMON COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG
PREFACE
To Messrs. H. B. Lane, Wm. E. Bradley and Prof. S. W. Somerville,Committee on History of the Common Council:
Gentlemen—When I was requested by your predecessors to write a history ofFredericksburg, I regarded it as quite an honor, and in the discharge ofthe duty I have found great pleasure. Not that the material needed wasready at hand and the task was easy, but because I found so many of thebest of our citizens eager to assist in getting the material together,that had been laid away for ages, and placing it at my disposal. Moreover,their kind words very much encouraged me, and I wish I could here recordtheir names, but as it might not be proper, I take much pleasure inextending to them my grateful thanks.