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Rosewell and Werowocomoco NW8 |
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 Picture courtesy of John Musgrove.
 Picture courtesy of John Musgrove.
Several miles west is Rosewell, built about 1750, home of the Page family, and the largest of colonial Virginia houses. On York River, probably at Purtan Bay some miles west of Rosewell, was Werowocomoco, chief town of the Indian ruler Powhatan in 1607.
Conservation and Development Commission 1928
US 17 (northbound), at White Marsh. Gloucester County Virginia.
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