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28: The Sea Captain's Daughter and Her House 259

Acknowledgments 263

Chapter References 265

Bibliography 272

Index 275

CHAPTER DRAWINGS

CHAPTER 1: Ramsay house. After restoration plans by Milton L. Grigg.

CHAPTER 2: Keystone from Carlyle House, basement level.

CHAPTER 3: John Dalton's frame house. Hypothetical restoration with false
front removed.

CHAPTER 4: Fairfax coat of arms. From Belvoir fireback. Preserved in the
Mount Vernon collection.

CHAPTER 5: George William Fairfax house, south facade.

CHAPTER 6: John Gadsby's famous hostelry and tavern sign, "Bunch of
Grapes."

CHAPTER 7: Michael Swope house, showing flounder type ells.

CHAPTER 8: Dr. William Brown house, west facade.

CHAPTER 9: Peruke shop. Hypothetical restoration with false front removed.
Showing an Alexandria alley house adjoining.

CHAPTER 10: Christ Church through open gates of churchyard.

CHAPTER 11: Presbyterian meetinghouse before fire of 1835 and subsequent
enlargement. _From an old print._

CHAPTER 12: Fire engine of Friendship Fire Company, said to have been
presented by George Washington. This old rotary type pumper is preserved
in the Maryland Building at Druid Hill Park, Baltimore.

CHAPTER 13: Ship model, believed to represent the _Lexington_ owned and
commanded by Captain James MacKenzie, who presented it to the Alexandria
Library Association.

CHAPTER 14: Fawcett house, south facade.

CHAPTER 15: Benjamin Dulany house, south facade.

CHAPTER 16: Dr. James Craik house, north facade.

CHAPTER 17: Old Apothecary Shop Museum and adjoining antique shop.

CHAPTER 18: Spring Gardens, north facade.

CHAPTER 19: Robert E. Lee house, south facade.

CHAPTER 20: George Washington's tenements, appearance before remodeling.

CHAPTER 21: Flounder house of the type said to have been the nucleus
of the Georgian Cottage. Example shown (demolished 1944) stood
on the grounds of the Alexandria Hospital.

CHAPTER 22: Vowell-Snowden house, east facade.

CHAPTER 23: Edmund I. Lee house, showing wisteria-covered gallery.

EPILOGUE MEMORIAL MOTIF, incorporating swords used on Washington's
casket, owned by Alexandria-Washington Lodg