[13] Ibid.

[14] Ibid.

[15] Ibid.

[16] In 1748 George Washington made a survey of the site of Belle Haven, and the following year, 1749, a plan of the town, doubtless for his brother, Lawrence, who purchased lots. Now with the Washington papers in the Library of Congress.

[17] Minutes of the Trustees of Alexandria, 1749-1767.

[18] Ibid.

[19] From data contributed by Robert C. Gooch, Chief of General Reference and Bibliography Division, Library of Congress, Letter dated April 11, 1947.

[20] Minutes of the Trustees of Alexandria, 1749-1767.

[21] Ibid.

[22] Ibid.