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General Lafayette lodged in this home as the guest of Colonel John McPherson on Dec. 29-30, 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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Frederick, Maryland · United States