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History on Dogue Run

Fairfax County · 7.1 miles south of Alexandria. · location approximate

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Land on this stream, first patented in 1657, was later owned by William Dudley, one of Bacon's supporters in the rebellion of 1676. Rankin's Point near by was bombarded by British ships in 1814.

1948 text, presented as a historical document.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)

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