CONTENTS

Preface[vii]
The Earlier Indians[1]
England Acquires Virginia[10]
The Passing of the Indians[20]
Settlement[31]
The Melting Pot[43]
Roads and Boundaries[60]
Speculation and Development[72]
The French and Indian War[83]
Organization of Loudoun and the Founding of Leesburg[97]
Adolescence[114]
Revolution[123]
The Story of John Champe[142]
Early Federal Period[159]
Maturity[182]
Civil War[198]
Recovery[222]
Index[235]

ILLUSTRATIONS

John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun [Frontispiece]Face Page
Map of Loudoun County[1]
Sir Alexander Spotswood[20]
Sir Peter Halkett, Bart[83]
The Fall of Braddock[93]
William Petty-FitzMaurice[116]
Nicholas Cresswell[129]
Noland Mansion[139]
Oatlands[171]
Foxcroft[173]
Rockland[175]
General George Rust[176]
Oak Hill[178]
Oak Hill, East Drawing Room[179]
Old Valley Bank[203]
Battle of Ball's Bluff[205]
Old John Janney House[226]