the Metropolitan Museum acquired by
purchase the woodwork of the great ballroom, where so many of
Alexandria's social events had taken place. It is an outstanding exhibit
in the American wing.]

[Footnote 106: Custis, _Recollections and Private Memoirs_, 451-452.]

[Footnote 107: _Liber R_, _No. 2_, 372. 1809. Alexandria.]

[Footnote 108: _Alexandria Gazette_, October 19, 1824.]

[Footnote 109: Fitzpatrick, _Diaries_, IV, 298.]

[Footnote 110: _Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine_,
XVI, No. 4, 238.]

[Footnote 111: _Ibid._]

_Alexandria Liber P_, No. 2, 421. Indenture, July 8, 1802.

Chapter 7. THE MICHAEL SWOPE HOUSE.

[Footnote 112: _Minutes of the Trustees of Alexandria,_ 1749-1767.]

[Footnote 113: _Liber D_ (1755-1761), 452. Fairfax Court House.]

[Footnote 114: _Ibid._]

[Footnote 115: _Liber B_, 375. July 25, 1786. Alexandria.]

_Alexandria Deed Book X_, 330.

_Fairfax Liber I_, No. 1, 321-322; _N_, No. 1, 226.

Chapter 8. DR. WILLIAM BROWN _Author of the First American
Pharmacopoeia_ AND HIS DWELLING.

[Footnote 116: Fitzpatrick, _Diaries_, II, 64.]

[Footnote 117: Fitzpatrick, _Writings_, XXX, 133.]

[Footnote 118: Lund Washington's ledger, 148. Manuscript Collection of
the Mount Vernon Ladies Association.]

[Footnote 119: Washington's Papers, Ledger B, 119. Library of Congress.]

_Alexandria Liber B_, No. 3, 273; H, No. 1, 140.

_Fairfax Deed Books_: _D_, No. 1, Part 1, 436; _M_, No. 1, 25, 261; _O_,
No. 1, 82.

_Fairfax Liber M_, 259; _S_, No. 1, 419.

Chapter 9. THE PERUKE SHOP.

[Footnote 120: _Order Book_, 333-334. (April 18, 1759.) Fairfax Court
House.]

[Footnote 121: _Liber J_ (I), 236. Alexandria.]

_Alexandria Deed Books_: _F_, 483; _S_, 420; _V_, 114.

_Alexandria Liber O_, No. 2, 453.

_Fairfax Deed Books_: _C_, 306; _G_, 119; _P_, No. 1, 385.

_Fairfax Liber D_, 169.

Chapter 10. HISTORIC CHRIST CHURCH.

[Footnote 122: Truro Parish Vestry Book (Manuscript), _sub._ June 4,
1753.]

[Footnote 123: _Ibid._, November 22, 1754.]

[Footnote 124: _Ibid._, November 29, 1756.]

[Footnote 125: Slaughter, _Truro Parish_, 96-100.]

[Footnote 126: Papers of George Washington, Library of Congress, Vol.
258.]

Chapter 11. THE PRESBYTERIAN MEETINGHOUSE.

[Footnote 127: Dr. Muir's Report, in the files of the Presbyterian
Historical Society, Philadelphia.]

[Footnote 128: _Minutes of the Session._]

[Footnote 129: _Committee Book_, Octob