Mount Vernon, near Alexandria, Virginia, USA mb-code 2378345 and in 1862 the site

and in 1862 the site was sold to the South Eastern Railway and Charing Cross Station was built on it

Income tax was reduced by 1penny in the pound and the duty on foreign corn was abolished

Goats of the Roman countryside

Margaret Hide and Agnes Stanley being burnt at the stake in West Smithfield

Mount Vernon, near Alexandria, Virginia, USA mb-code 2378345 and in 1862 the siteMount Vernon, near Alexandria, Virginia, USA, c18th century (1921). Mount Vernon was the plantation home of George Washington, the first President of the United States. Plate taken from Famous Colonial Houses, by Paul M Hollister, published by David McKay (Philadelphia, 1921).