The Washington Post, June 18th, 1992
In 1853, while doing research for his biography of George Washington, Washington Irving set out from Winchester, Va., with a carriage and driver and two companions, John and Andrew Kennedy. They were looking for Greenway Court, where Washington had worked as a young man surveying land for Thomas, sixth Lord Fairfax. But the roads were poor, and the party was unable to return to Winchester that night. Instead, they set out in search of Long Branch. In a letter to his niece, Sarah, Irving wrote an account of the expedition. "It seemed very much of an intrusion for three persons to drive up to a ...
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