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Show tvtaently Did Not Fear Washington David Burns owned the farm on n-liich the executive mansion and many department buildings now etand at Washington, a thrifty Scot, who objected ob-jected to giving the land for Lafayette square. When Washington reminded him he wold have been a juIt tobacco tobac-co raiser had the federal government not chosen his farm, he replied that but for a fortunate marriage Washing-ron Washing-ron would have been an ordinary surveyor, sur-veyor, but Washington got the land ha wanted. |