le genealogy and
for permission to photograph John Carlyle's snuffbox.

To Mrs. William Boothe, for Lee family notes and Christ Church
anecdotes.

To Mrs. Charles Baird, and her sister, Mrs. Gerhard Dieke, for
permission to quote from the books of their father, the late Fairfax
Harrison, and from the books of their late grandmother, Mrs. Burton
Harrison; for photographs of Sally Gary, George William Fairfax and Ben
Dulany.

To Mr. Taylor Burke, for the anecdote of the purchase money for Mount
Vernon.

To Judge Walter T. McCarthy, for permission to open court-sealed deed
books.

To the late clerk and assistant clerk of the Fairfax Court House,
Messrs. F.W. Richardson and Alton R. Holbrook, and to the present clerk,
Mr. Thomas P. Chapman Jr., for documents, photostats and unfailing
patience and courtesy.

To the attendants of the manuscript division, the map room and the rare
book room of the Library of Congress.

To the attendants of the Virginia state archives in Richmond, for
assistance in uncovering Alexandria records.

To the ladies at the Alexandria library.

To Miss S. Frances Leary, for the Michael Swope family notes.

To the late Mr. Charles Callahan, and to Mrs. Callahan, for permission
to quote from Mr. Callahan's works and for many inspirational talks with
Mr. Callahan.

To Captain George H. Evans for old photographs.

To Mrs. Arthur Herbert, for photographs of Herbert furniture from the
Carlyle house.

To Mr. Courtland Davis, for generous aid and valuable Alexandria records
and the use of his personal manuscripts and to Mr. Davis and the
Reverend Doctor William B. McIllwayne, for access to the old
Presbyterian meetinghouse session books.

To Miss Cora Duffy, for the records of the Sun Fire Company.

To Mrs. Margaret Gill Davis, for use of an old customs house journal.

To the late Mr. Ward Brown, for loan of architectural documents.

To Messrs. I.D. Matthews and Milton Grigg, for floor plans.

To Mrs. Howard Tolley, for the photograph of Dr. Brown and his obituary.

To Mr. Gardner L. Boothe and the vestry of Christ Church, for permission
to photograph the church.

To Mrs. Helen Lawrason Kirkpatrick, Miss Margaret Lawrason and Mrs.
Edward Butler, for a wonderful day at the Lawrason plantation,
Greenwood, in Louisiana, and the photographs of the Lawrason portraits.

To the Misses Carne, for the loan and use of valuable Alexandria
documents.

To Miss Belle da Costa Green, of the Pie