CONTENTS

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[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]
24:The Lafayette-Lawrason-Cazenove House[239]
26:Enter the Quaker Pedagogue: Benjamin Hallowell[239]
27:The Alexandria Lyceum[254]
28:The Sea Captain's Daughter and Her House[259]
Acknowledgments[263]
Chapter References[265]
Bibliography[272]
Index[275]