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Mt. Airy Plantation -- Richmond County, Virginia:
While not in Prince George's County, Mount Airy Plantation in Virgnia [sic], was home to some of Belair's extended family.
The Tayloe's at Mount Airy must have anxiously awaited news of the war as it sped through Prince George's County and Washington, DC.
Family concern was likely high for John Tayloe III's niece, Mary Tayloe Lloyd Key, and particularly for her husband, Francis Scott Key.
Held prisoner by the British, Key was on board a British ship during the bombing of Fort McHenry. He stood witness to the battle, and, upon seeing the victorious American flag by the "Dawn's early light," was inspired to write the "Star Spangled Banner." |