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Weems–Botts House Museum is a small historic museum in Dumfries, Virginia, United States.The museum includes the landmark Weems–Botts House on the corner of Duke Street and Cameron Street and the Weems–Botts Museum Annex, which houses the Lee Lansing Research Library and Archive, located at 3944 Cameron Street.
The Dumfries Cemetery contains burials of some of the Dumfries pioneers. Alexander Henderson built a house known as the Henderson House which still stands on a hill in Dumfries, as well as owning various land in Prince William Forest Park. Alexander was a merchant when the ports were booming in Dumfries.
Archibald McCall (April 28, 1734–October 9, 1814) was a Scottish-born merchant and landowner. Born in Dumfries and Galloway, he settled in the British colony of Virginia in the 1750s. A supporter of the Stamp Act 1765, he required customers to pay the tax associated with the Act, and was tarred and feathered by a mob for his position.
John Carlyle (6 February 1720 – October 1780) was a Scottish merchant and landowner who emigrated to the British Colony of Virginia and became a leading social and political figure in Northern Virginia. He was a founding trustee and the first overseer of Alexandria, Virginia.
Sir Thomas Reid, 1st Baronet (1762–1824) was a Scottish-born London merchant who was a director and Governor of the East India Company.. He was born the son of merchant James Reid and Helen Davidson of Dumfries and moved to London to enter the world of commerce himself.
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