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At home with the president: As America goes to the polls, George Washington's house in Virginia is proving to be a vote winner
This is clear when visiting Mount Vernon in Virginia, the home of America’s first president, overlooking the Potomac River, 16 miles south of the White House. Before overseeing the writing of ...
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CHILDHOOD OF ADELINA PATTI; The House Near Mount Vernon in Which She Lived Still Standing -- She Saved a Companion's Life by Swimming.
MOUNT VERNON, N.Y., April 6. -- In the southern suburbs of this city stands a large brick mansion which many years ago was the home of the Patti family. There Adelina Patti spent her earlier years.