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he first Washington of all. Washington, VA. was surveyed and laid out by a young George Washington in 1749. In his field notes, the 17 year old surveyors assistant refers to a town he laid off in the Blue Ridge Mountains that was a half day journey northwest of ( ulpeper
(irigmallv an Indian trading post. Washington was established by act of the General Assembly on
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