Where Washington’s Mother Lies.

Fredericksburg, Va., March 6.- Citizens of this city held a mass-meting Monday evening to consider the rumored sale of the land which lies buried the body of Mary Washington. Resolutions were adopted denouncing such a sale and pledging the people of the city to erect a monument over the grave. Mr. Shepard, owner of the land, denied that he had taken any steps whatever looking to the sale of the property, and had authorized no such steps by any other person. In addition he voluntarily gave a sixty-days option for the purchase of the land for $2,500.

source: Alton Daily Telegraph
location: Alton, Illinois