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I. BEGINNINGS OF A TOWN 3

II. THE ORIGINAL TOWN AND ITS PEOPLE 13

III. THE TAVERNS, SHOPS, AND SCHOOLS 24

IV. THE STREETS OF GEORGE TOWN AND SOME OF THE
HAPPENINGS 40

V. WASHINGTON AND L'ENFANT IN GEORGE TOWN 51

VI. BELOW BRIDGE STREET 65

VII. ALONG BRIDGE (M) STREET 80

VIII. HIGH STREET, PROSPECT AVENUE, THE COLLEGE, THE
CONVENT, AND THE THRELKELDS 104

IX. ALONG FIRST STREET (N) FROM COX'S ROW TO HIGH
STREET (WISCONSIN AVE.) 125

X. GAY (N) STREET--EAST TO ROCK CREEK 135

XI. THE THREE PHILANTHROPISTS 161

XII. THE SEMINARY, WASHINGTON (30TH) STREET AND
DUMBARTON AVENUE 179

XIII. THIRD STREET, BEALL (O) STREET, WEST (P) STREET 208

XIV. STODDERT (Q) STREET 224

XV. TUDOR PLACE AND CONGRESS (31ST) STREET 261

XVI. EVERMAY, THE HEIGHTS AND OAK HILL 281

BIBLIOGRAPHY 311

INDEX 313

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Early George Town _Frontispiece_

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Rev. James McVean 6

Henry Foxall 73

Home of Henry Foxall 75

Old Presbyterian Church 84

General James Maccubbin Lingan }
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Benjamin Stoddert } 88
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Uriah Forrest }

William Marbury 94

Philip Barton Key }
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Mrs. Philip Barton Key (Elizabeth Plater) }

Home of Francis Scott Key 100

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