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have offered Stoddart another venue for gener- at-ing profit through an ordinary business. It is unclear who would have been living in the struc- ture and operating the ordinary during the early eighteenth century, but possible keepers include Alexander and Salome d’Hinoyossa, Ann Skinner, John Middleton, Mary Gwynn, and others.
The property was improved considerably with the addition of the quarter to the west, and perhaps a third structure beyond the quarter. The
15 by 20 foot quarter may have been occupied by one of Stoddert’s many slaves, or a servant of one of the ordinary keepers. Adding the structure with the cellar to the south would have aided the pres- ervation of cider, and completed the development of the lot. If this complex of structures does rep- resent Stoddert’s lot, then it was improved by at least 1700 and was likely used as an ordinary at some point during the early eighteenth century.
The distinct concentration of archaeological
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Combined magnetometer, magnetic susceptibility, and ground penetrating radar data suggesting the location of Thomas Hollyday’s store, Structure C.
MAP BY TIM HORSLEY COURTESY OF THE MARYLAND-NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION
