Gamble's Hill Monument, (South Third St.), Richmond, Va.
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- Source:
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Collection:
- Rarely Seen Richmond
- Date:
- Unknown date
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Richmond, Virginia
(inherited from source) - Description:
- Card Text \(transcribed from postcard\): Boulder Monument erected by the Assn. for the Preservation of Va. Antiquities in commemoration of the first visit of men of the Anglo-Saxon race, to the present site of Richmond. Here it was that Captain John Smith and a party of hardy adventurers, while on an expedition up the river from Jamestown, on June 10th, 1607, erected a cross and claimed the river and adjacent lands in the name of His Majesty James I of England. Note: Beautiful and Historical Richmond, Va. Series [illegible no.] City/Location: Richmond (Va.)
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