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01 Sep

First recorded reference of Harewood estate in diary of George Washington

Harewood, whose name derives from an English term for the sycamore tree, is the oldest and most famous of Jefferson County's Washington estates and the only one that remains in family ownership. Standing some three miles west of Charles Town, on t...

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