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| Keywords: Colchester Inn, 10712 Old Colchester Road, Lorton vicinity (Fairfax County, Virginia).jpg photograph en At the end of the eighteenth century this tavern elicited the warmest praise form the Englishman John Davis who was a visitor in the household of the Ellicott family in Occoquan Davis wrote as an habitue who frequently enjoyed the food and drink dispensed therein On the side of this bridge stands a tavern where every luxury that money can purchase is to be obtained at the first summons where the richest viands cover the table and where ice cools the Madiera that has been thrice across the ocean The apartments are numerous and at the same time spacious; carpets of delicate texture cover the floors and glasses are suspended from the walls in which a Goliath might survey himself No man can be more complaisant than the landlord Enter but his house with money in your pocket and his features will soften into the blandishments of delight; call and your mandate is obeyed; extend your leg and the bootjack is brought you http //memory loc gov/pnp/habshaer/va/va0400/va0432/photos/161358pv jpg Author Accession number HABS VA 30-COLCH 1-3 1959-04 79003037 VA 30-COLCH 1-3 National Register of Historic Places in Fairfax County Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Houses built in the United States in 1750 1750s houses in Virginia Built in Virginia in 1750 | ||||
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