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Edmunds' Birthplace -- Site of Homestead of Lawyer and Statesman

Edmunds' Birthplace -- Site of Homestead of Lawyer and Statesman is a Vermont historical marker in Richmond, Chittenden County.

1949 East Main Street (Route 2), Richmond

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Site of Homestead of Lawyer and Statesman George F. Edmunds, one of this nations foremost legislators, was born on this farm, Feb. 1, 1828. After serving at Montpelier as Speaker, he represented Vermont in Washington as Senator for 25 years and presided over the Senate when Arthur was President.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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1823 · Vermont (Carey, 1823) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1826 · New England States. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · New Hampshire (A. Finley, 1827) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1831 · Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1832 · New Hampshire (A. Finley, 1832) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Vermont (Carey, 1823), 1823, covering the location of Edmunds' Birthplace -- Site of Homestead of Lawyer and Statesman, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Vermont (Carey, 1823), 1823, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Edmunds' Birthplace -- Site of Homestead of Lawyer and Statesman

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