a_ (Anonymous), 213.]

[Footnote 54: Snowden, _The Laws of the Corporation of the Town of
Alexandria from 1779 to 1811_, 32.]

[Footnote 55: Fitzpatrick, _Writings of George Washington_, III, 18.]

[Footnote 56: Caton, _Jottings_, 115.]

PART TWO: THE PRESENCE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, 1749-1799.

Chapter 1. WILLIAM RAMSAY: _Romulus of Alexandria_.

[Footnote 57: Harrison, _Landmarks of Old Prince William_, II, 371,
quoting President Madison in 1827.]

[Footnote 58: Harrison, _Landmarks of Old Prince William_, II, 406.]

[Footnote 59: _Ibid._, 663. Alexandria, 1749. Record Hening, I, 214,
C.O. 5, 1895, No. 20. Description: "60 Acres ... parcel of the land of
Philip Alexander, John Alexander, and Hugh West, situate ... on the
south side of Potomack River about the mouth of Great Hunting Creek in
the county of Fairfax." Trustees: Thomas, Lord Fairfax, William Fairfax,
George William Fairfax, Richard Osborne, Lawrence Washington, William
Ramsay, John Carlyle, John Pagan, Gerard Alexander, Hugh West, Philip
Alexander.]

[Footnote 60: Hamilton, _Letters_, II, 164.]

[Footnote 61: Harrison, _Landmarks_, II, 414; Hayden, _Virginia
Genealogies_, 88; _William and Mary College Quarterly Historical
Magazine_, IV, 17; _Maryland Gazette_ (_Copy in Ramsay Family
records_).]

[Footnote 62: _Maryland Gazette_, December 1761, Ramsay Family records.]

[Footnote 63: Lipscomb, _The Writings of Thomas Jefferson_, IV, 90,
Memorial Edition.]

[Footnote 64: Letter of Martha Washington to Betty Ramsay, dated
Cambridge, December 30, 1775. Courtesy Pierpont Morgan Library.]

[Footnote 65: _Ramsay Family records._]

[Footnote 66: See reference No. 8, _supra_.]

[Footnote 67: _Deed Book P_, 365, December 20, 1784. Fairfax Court
House.]

[Footnote 68: _Deed Book B_, 168, July 14, 1785. Alexandria Land
Records.]

[Footnote 69: Fitzpatrick, _Diaries of George Washington_, II, 342.]

[Footnote 70: From a newspaper clipping in _Ramsay Family records_.]

[Footnote 71: Fitzpatrick, _Diaries_, II, 356.]

[Footnote 72: From a newspaper clipping in _Ramsay Family records_.]

_Alexandria Deed Book F_, 331.

_Alexandria Will Book 4_, 92.

_Fairfax Deed Books_: _D_, No. 1, Part I, 436; _D_, 380; _M_, No. 1,
286.

Chapter 2. JOHN CARLYLE AND HIS HOUSE.

[Footnote 73: _Will Book I-D_, 368. Fairfax Court House.]

[Footnote 74: _Minute Book_, 1753 Fairfax Court House.]

[Footnote 75: _Will Book, I-D_, 368. Fairfax Court Hou