the town's militia. An
Alexandrian closed his eyes, and Alexandrians carried his pall.

Washington belongs to Alexandria as Alexandria belongs to him. This is
_George Washington's Alexandria_.

GAY MONTAGUE MOORE.

Alexandria, Virginia
September 1949

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CONTENTS

PREFACE vii

PART ONE: PROLOGUE

_AN ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST CENTURY OF THE
SEAPORT OF ALEXANDRIA_

PART TWO
THE PRESENCE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, 1749-1799

CHAPTER

1: William Ramsay: Romulus of Alexandria 52

2: John Carlyle and His House 62

3: The Married Houses 71

4: The Fairfaxes of Belvoir and Alexandria 77

5: The George William Fairfax House 87

6: John Gadsby and His Famous Tavern 99

7: The Michael Swope House 112

8: Dr. William Brown and His Dwelling 119

9: The Peruke Shop 127

10: Historic Christ Church 131

11: The Presbyterian Meetinghouse 139

12: Presenting The Sun Fire Company 147

13: Captain John Harper and His Houses 156

14: Dr. Elisha C. Dick and the Fawcett House 162

15: The Benjamin Dulany House 173

16: Dr. James Craik and His Dwelling 184

17: Alexandria's Old Apothecary Shop 195

18: Spring Gardens 197

19: William Fitzhugh and Robert E. Lee 202

20: George Washington's Tenements 210

21: The Georgian Cottage 217

22: The Vowell-Snowden House 222

23: The Edmund Jennings Lee House 225

EPILOGUE: Washington in Glory--America in Tears 230

PART THREE

_FIVE SKETCHES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY_

24: The Yeaton-Fairfax House 232

25: The Lafayette-Lawrason-Cazenove House 239

26: Enter the Quaker Pedagogue: Benjamin Hallowell 247

27: The Alexandria Lyceum