Alexander Spotswood ( 1676 – 6 June 1740) was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the British Army and a noted Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. He is noted in Virginia and American history for a number of his projects as Governor, including his exploring beyond the Blue Ridge Mountains, his establishing what was perhaps the first colonial iron works, and his negotiating the Treaty of Albany with the Iroquois Nations of New York.
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| - Alexander Spotswood ( 1676 – 6 June 1740) was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the British Army and a noted Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. He is noted in Virginia and American history for a number of his projects as Governor, including his exploring beyond the Blue Ridge Mountains, his establishing what was perhaps the first colonial iron works, and his negotiating the Treaty of Albany with the Iroquois Nations of New York.
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| - Governor's Palace, Williamsburg, Colony of Virginia
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| - Annapolis, Ann Arundel, Maryland
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| - Portrait by Charles Bridges. Collection of Colonial Williamsburg
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| - Anne Catherine Spotswood
- Dorothea Spotswood
- John M. Spotswood
- Robert Spotswood
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Parents
| - Robert Spottiswoode and Catharine Maxwell
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| - Alexander Spotswood ( 1676 – 6 June 1740) was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the British Army and a noted Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. He is noted in Virginia and American history for a number of his projects as Governor, including his exploring beyond the Blue Ridge Mountains, his establishing what was perhaps the first colonial iron works, and his negotiating the Treaty of Albany with the Iroquois Nations of New York.
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