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Title: A Portrait of Old George Town

Author: Grace Dunlop Ecker

Release Date: January 6, 2009 [EBook #27716]

Language: English

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[Illustration: MAP _of_ GEORGE TOWN]

_A PORTRAIT_

_OF_

_OLD GEORGE TOWN_

[Illustration: EARLY GEORGE TOWN]

A Portrait of
Old George Town

BY

GRACE DUNLOP ECKER

[Illustration]

_1951_

THE DIETZ PRESS, INCORPORATED

_Richmond, Virginia_

COPYRIGHT, 1951
BY
GRACE G. D. PETER

SECOND EDITION
Revised and Enlarged

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF
MY FATHER AND MOTHER
GEORGE THOMAS AND EMILY REDIN DUNLOP
AND
MY AUNT, ELLEN DUNLOP
ALL THREE OF WHOM LIVED LONG, USEFUL
AND UNSELFISH LIVES
IN GEORGETOWN

GEORGE TOWN GHOSTS

_By_ WILLIAM TIPTON TABLOTT

_The ghosts of Georgetown when they meet
In haunted house or moonlit street
With pride recall the functions gay
When down the Philadelphia way
The Federal City overnight
Moved to its bare and swampy site,
For Georgetown then a busy mart,
A growing seaport from the start,
Where a whole-hearted spirit reigned,
Threw wide its doors, and entertained
With wines and viands of the best--
The Federal City was its guest._

_In memory of the good old days,
Whose ways to them were modern ways,
Congenial ghosts across Rock Creek,
With formal bows and steps antique,
Rehearse a spectral minuet
Where once in bright assemblies met--
Beruffled belles looked love