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Mosby Tavern is a historic Virginian tavern in Powhatan County dating from the 1740s. On June 3, 1766, Colonel John Chiswell quarreled with and murdered Robert Routledge. The story of the murder was published in detail in the Virginia Gazette.

National Republican newspaper was published in 1861 with Army supplies needed

Fairfax County Historic Courthouse, built in 1800, as it stands today

The plaque on the historic Fairfax County Courthouse

The National Republican is a publishing company based in Washington, DC reporting the aftermath of the First Battle of Bull Run.

This image depicts the violent outbreak following a heated exchange between Roger Griswald (Federalist) and Matthew Lyon (Democratic-Republican). The outbreak shows the tensions between political divisions in the early republic and the animosity…

A tavern keeper called William Dixon claimed that a Reverend called Patrick Lunan had stayed at his house for four days, during which he acquired two pounds, fourteen shillings, and ten pence of debt. However, due to the laws of the time, Dixon was…