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The Ross Home

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In this home, General Lafayette lodged as a guest of Colonel John McPherson from December 29 to 31, 1824. In 1840, Francis Scott Key, author of the National Anthem, was inspired here to write the poem that honors his cousin Mrs. Eleanor Potts, then the owner of the home.
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