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![]() The Fabulous History of the Dismal Swamp Company, A Story of George Washington's Times Charles Royster HISTORY 2000 PAPER 627 PAGES
The story of an enterprise that was conjured by "schemers and dreamers" to drain and develop the Dismal Swamp, a vast area along the Virginia and North Carolina border. Famous participants in the plan to use the land to raise tobacco for trade with Europe included George Washington, Robert "King" Carter, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson and Robert Morris. It's a tale of idealism and greed surrounding transatlantic culture in 18th-century America.
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