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The Daily Dispatch: November 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], Articles for sick soldiers Solicited. (search)
Potomac, and that we shall have our bivalve, as fresh as ever. The friends of good oysters, are, however, impatient for the welcome days The estate of John A. Washington An application was made to Provost Judge Frieze, of Alexandria, yesterday, to have the Government take possession of the estate of the late John A. WashJohn A. Washington, at Mount Vernon, for the purpose of securing the claims of Union men. When John A. Washington left for the rebel army, he placed the care of the estate in the hands of one Turner. Turner, however, soon caught the Secession fever, and went down to Occoquan creek to join the rebels there. Nearly all the slaves were either John A. Washington left for the rebel army, he placed the care of the estate in the hands of one Turner. Turner, however, soon caught the Secession fever, and went down to Occoquan creek to join the rebels there. Nearly all the slaves were either taken away or ran away. The army captured all the horses and cows, and only one able bodied man, a slave, named Gabriel Johnson, was left on the place, with a few superannuated contrabands. Gabriel was, however, true to his trust, and worked the farm as best he could,--hiring help, selling grain, paying claims, and acting as gen