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Rope factory

The rope factory that Col. Rochester founded still exists today as Rochester Cable & Wire (Culpeper, VA), now owned by Tyco Electronics. Psalm 119:105 (talk) 10:39, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Great! Do you have a reliable source for that information? Powers ^T 13:28, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

An employee communicated this bit of company history to me some years ago. I looked for references online but couldn't find any (sorry). The only reliable source may be the company itself. Maybe someone else can help. Psalm 119:105 (talk) 10:33, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Strictly speaking

Regarding his inclusion in Category:People from Rochester, New York. If he founded the city as an older adult, he isn't really "from" there. Being "from" somewhere implies that you were born there or grew up there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.168.1.102 (talk • contribs)

"Fitzhugh" in Land Speculation

The "Col. William Fitzhugh" in the article is linked to the Wiki-article on "William Fitzhugh", a landed gentleman who owned Chatham Manor near Fredericksburg VA.

It's NOT the same man. William Fitzhugh of Chatham was NOT a Colonel and, as near as we can determine, didn't own property in Maryland. (He owned a lot of land but not there.) His death in 1809 also seems to contra-indicate that he was engaged in these Md. land deals.

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 ==Strictly speaking==
 Regarding his inclusion in [[:Category:People from Rochester, New York]]. If he founded the city as an older adult, he isn't really "from" there. Being "from" somewhere implies that you were born there or grew up there. <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:192.168.1.102|192.168.1.102]] ([[User talk:192.168.1.102|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/192.168.1.102|contribs]]) </span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->
+== "Fitzhugh" in Land Speculation ==
+The "Col. William Fitzhugh" in the article is linked to the Wiki-article on "William Fitzhugh", a landed gentleman who owned Chatham Manor near Fredericksburg VA.
+It's NOT the same man.  William Fitzhugh of Chatham was NOT a Colonel and, as near as we can determine, didn't own property in Maryland.  (He owned a lot of land but not there.)  His death in 1809 also seems to contra-indicate that he was engaged in these Md. land deals.