George Washington's Alexandria

By

GAY MONTAGUE MOORE

DRAWINGS BY WORTH BAILEY PHOTOGRAPHS BY WALTER WILCOX

THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE

The University Press of Virginia Copyright © 1949 by The Rector and the Visitors of the University of Virginia Second printing 1972 SBN: 0-8139-0183-9 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 73-188711 Printed in the United States of America

TO MY HUSBAND CHARLES BEATTY MOORE TOGETHER WE HAVE DELVED INTO WHAT RECORDS WE COULD FIND THAT MIGHT THROW UPON THE SCREEN SOME SHADOW OF THOSE WHO BUILT AND LIVED IN THE OLD HOUSES IN ALEXANDRIA