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By Cherie Preville

December 15, 2001

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A stove was given as a present to the colony of Virginia in 1770, and was used to warm the House of Burgesses in Williamsburg until 1779, when it was moved to the new capital city of Richmond. What type of stove was it?

a) box stove

b) plate stove

c) Buzaglo stove

d) pot-bellied stove

Answer:

c) Buzaglo stove

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