Part 3 — Index

Acton, R.C., 44 Adam, James, 43 Adam, John, 43 Adam, Robert, 21, 25; disposition of property, 91; real estate transactions, 90, 157; Masonic activities, 91; migration to Virginia, 91 Adam silversmiths, 43f Adam, William W., 43 Advertisements, 32, 40, 44, 69, 100, 102, 104, 188, 198, 204, 220, 235 Alexander, Charles Francis, 215 Alexander, Gerard, 5 Alexander, John, 3; donation of land to Christ Church, 132; real estate transactions, 169, 182, 242 Alexander, Philip, 5 Alexander, William Thornton, 182; real estate transactions, 217, 223, 242 Alexandria Academy, 25 Alexandria, Town of. See Town of Alexandria Amusements, 28f Anderson, James, 224 Apothecary Shop, 195f Apprentices, 25 Architecture (See entry of specific structure); ability of citizens, 39; influence of English design, 40 Arrell, David, 182 Barcourt, Adolph, 111 Bakeries, 33 Balls, 29, 100 Barbee, David Rankin, 100 Bartle, Samuel, 215 Barton, Benjamin, 44 Beale, Howard, 226 Belhaven, name rejected, 12 Belle Haven, 4 Belvoir, settlement by Fairfax, 78; visitors to, 79 Berkeley, Sir William, 3 Bird, Thomas, 46 Black, Hon. & Mrs. Hugo L., 222 Bounties of land, 186 Braddock, Gen. Edward, 14; expedition, 16 Braddock House, 262 Brissot de Warville, 37 Brockett, Robert, 40, 140 Brook, James, 104 Brown, Dr. Gustavus, 192 Brown House, 119f; visitors to, 122 Brown, John, raid of, 196 Brown, John Douglas, 170 Brown, Ward, 161 Brown, Dr. William, antecedents, 120; civic services, 122; epitaph, 119; medical writings, 122; migration to Virginia, 120; necrology, 122; real estate transactions, 120; treasurer of Fire Company, 150 Building, delinquency in, 14 Buildings, municipal. See Public Works Burke, John W., 76 Burnett, Charles, 44 Capital, National, establishment, 39. See also District of Columbia. Capitol, cornerstone laid, 164 Captains' Row, 159 Captains' Walk, 244 Carlyle House, 62f; visitors to, 67 Carlyle, John, 5, 14, 17, 21; ability as architect, 39, 69; bequests, 67, 69; builds Christ Church, 132; civic services, 62, 64, 67f, 69; death, 69; mercantile activities, 64; real estate, 65 Carlyle, Sarah Fairfax, 67 Carlyle, Sybil West, 67 Caton, William, 104 Cazenove, Antoine Charles de, civic services, 246; migration to Virginia, 245 Chatham, 203 Christ Church, 131f; attended by R.E. Lee, 229; lands of, 226-227 Cincinnati, Society of the, 37 Circuses, 31 City Tavern. See Gadsby's Tavern Civil War, effect on town, 48f Claggett's Hotel, 242 Coachmaking, 42 Cockfights, 28 Coffee House. See Gadsby's Tavern Cohen, William, 44 Committee of Safety, 35 Confederate States Army, contribution to, 48 Conway Cabal, 187 Cook, Joseph Francis, 215 Coryell, George, 40, 187; civic services, 188 Coryton, Josiah, 46 Cox, Mr. & Mrs. Hugh B., 112 Craik, George Washington, 190 Craik House, 184f Craik, Dr. James, 47; antecedents, 184; attends Mrs. Washington, 194; attends Gen. Washington, 192; children of, 190; death, 194; migration to Virginia, 185; militia service, 185; real estate transactions, 187; Revolutionary services, 187 Crilly, Misses, 232 Cunningham, Ann Pamela, 75 Currency, use of pistoles, 9 Currie, James, 170 Customs, taboos, 223 Custis, George Washington Parke, 102 Custis, Nelly, 27 Custis, Washington, 204 Dade, Rev. Townsend, 135 Daingerfield, John B., acquires Lyceum, 256 Dalton, General, 112 Dalton House, 71f Dalton, John, 14, 21; bequests, 71, 72; civic services, 71; mercantile activities, 71; real estate transactions, 71; visits by Washington, 72 Danna, Rev. Charles B., 136 Davis, Rev. Thomas, 135 Dawe, Philip, 43 Decatur House, bought by Gadsby, 111 De Cazenove. See Cazenove De Kalb, Baron, 37 Delacour, Joshua, 42 De Lancey, Governor, 15 Delarue, Joseph, 43 Dick, Dr. Elisha Cullen, 28; attends Washington, 163, 192; Masonic services, 164; medical advice, 166; migration to Virginia, 162f; militia service, 164; real estate transactions, 170 Dick, Hannah Harmon, 163 Dinwiddie, Governor, 15 District of Columbia, cession of land to, 39; withdrawal from, 48 Dixon, John, real estate transactions, 114 Domestic economy, 31f Doughton, Francis, 139 Dowdney, William, 43 Duffey, George, 44 Duffey, John, 44 Dulany, Benjamin, acquaintance with Washington, 173; behavior, 176; poem dedicated to, 178; steward of Jockey Club, 176 Dulany House, 173f Dunmore, Governor, 35 Du Quesne, Fort, 16 Education, early, 22. See also Schools English, Samuel, 170 Epidemics, 46, 164 Fairfax, Anne, 77 Fairfax, Bryan, 35, 77, 135 Fairfax, Deborah Gedney Clarke, 77 Fairfax family, antecedents, 77; contribution to Alexandria, 237; intermarriages of, 237 Fairfax, George, 5, 8 Fairfax, George William, 7, 77; aspersions on birth, 83; letter to Sally, 83; move to England, 84; real estate transactions, 88 Fairfax, Hannah, 77 Fairfax (George William) House, 87f Fairfax, Henry, 77 Fairfax, Dr. Orlando, 235 Fairfax, Sally Cary, social activities, 79 Fairfax, Sarah Walker, 77 Fairfax, Thomas, 5, 53, 77; incensed with Washington, 34; real estate transactions, 234 Fairfax, William, 5, 8, 77; civic services, 78; Fairfax Street home, 60; migration to Virginia, 77; real estate transactions, 88, 157 Fairs, 31; source of income, 9 Fawcett, House, 162f Female Stranger, legend of, 106f Fire companies, 47 Fire engines, purchase of, 149f Fire fighting techniques, 150 Fire insurance, list of properties covered, 154 Fires, 46 First Virginia Regiment, 186 Fitzhugh House, 202f Fitzhugh, Mary Lee, 204 Fitzhugh, William, 7, 8, 202f; association with Washington, 203; bequests, 205; real estate transactions, 202 Fitzhugh, William Henry, 206 Fleming, Mary E., 207 Fleming, Thomas, 25, 40 Fowle, William, 40, 218 Fox hunting, 31 Frazer, Margaret, 160 Freemasons, Lodge of, 25, 91; contribution to, 106; entertains La Fayette, 110 French, hostile attitude of, 14 Friendship Fire Company, 150, 154 Fry, Joshua, 13 Gadsby, John, 99f; buys Decatur House, 111 Gadsby's Tavern, 242, 99f; fame of, 102; fare, 102; meetings held in, 103; patrons, 100f, 102; visit of Female Stranger, 106; Washington's association, 110f Galt, James, 46 Galt, William, 46 Ganet, James, 44 Georgian Cottage, 217f Ghost, of Spring Gardens, 201; of Swope House, 112f Glebe lands, 226 Goat Castle, 137 Goldsborough, Anna Maria, 206 Goldsmiths. See Silversmiths Gooch, Governor, 5 Governors, conference of, 15 Great Hunting Creek warehouse, 3 Green, Rev. Charles, 131 Green's Mansions, 262 Greetner, Margaret, 42 Gregory, William, 215 Griffith, Rev. David, 135 Hadsel, Mr. & Mrs. Fred Latimer, 210 Halket, Col. Peter, 15 Hallowell, Benjamin, 40, 208, 240; civic services, 251; describes La Fayette's visit, 247f; early difficulties, 248; financial difficulties, 250; migration to Virginia, 247; reputation grows, 251; sponsors Lyceum, 254 Hamilton, Mrs. Donald M., 246 Hansen, Samuel, 27 Hardware merchants, 44 Harper Houses, 156f Harper, John, 91; civic services, 161; family history, 160; division of Fairfax property, 93; real estate transactions, 157, 160 Harrison, Mrs. Burton, 237 Harrison, Rev. Elias, 142 Herbert, William, 28 Hill, Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm Westcott, 259 Hodgson, William, disposition of Fairfax property, 96; migration to Virginia, 95; political offenses, 95; real estate transactions, 207 Hog, Peter, 13 Homes, designed layouts, 41 Hooe, James H., 166 Hooe, John Daingerfield, 258 Hooe, Robert Townsend, 255 Horse racing, 28, 176, 198 Horses, importation of, 29, 69 Hough, John, real estate transactions, 157 Houses, distinguished: Apothecary Shop, 195f; Braddock House, 262; Brown House, 119f; Captains' Row, 159; Carlyle House, 62f; Christ Church, 131f; Coffee House, 99; Craik House, 184f; Dalton House, 71f; Dulany House, 173f; Fairfax House, 87f; Fawcett House, 162f; Fitzhugh House, 202f; Gadsby's Tavern, 99f; Harper Houses, 156f; La Fayette-Lawrason-Cazenove House, 239f; Lee House, 225f; Lloyd House, 248; Married Houses, 71f; Marsteller House, 25; Peruke Shop, 127f; Presbyterian Meetinghouse, 139f; Ramsay House, 52f; Sea Captain's Daughter's House, 259f; Sea Captains' Houses, 159; Spring Gardens, 197f; Stratford Hall, 93; Swope House, 112f; Thompson House, 71f; Vowell-Snowden House, 222f; Washington Public School, 25; Yeaton-Fairfax House, 232f Howsing, Robert, 3 Huges, Benjamin, 215 Hussey, Melissa Ann (Wood), 259f Hussey, Capt. Samuel Bancroft, 259 Imports, 33f Indians, hostile attitude of, 14 Industries, 42 Janney, John, 46 Jefferson, Thomas, ability as architect, 39 Jewelers, 44 Jockey Club, 29, 198; Washington's disagreement with, 176 Johns, Bishop, 136 Johnson, Alexious, 215 Johnson, Thomas, 47 Johnston, George, 14, 21, 53 Jones, Charles, 42 Jones, John Paul, 37 Joynt, Mr. & Mrs. John Howard, 173, 183 Keith, Rev. Isaac Stockton, 140 Klipstein, George T., 215 Knox, Henry, letter from Washington, 213 Korell, Mr. & Mrs. Franklin F., 225 Ladd, John Gardner, 96 La Fayette, Marquis de, 37; entertained by Masonic lodge, 110; toast to town, 49; visit to Alexandria, 176, 239; visit described by Hallowell, 247f; visit to Henry Lee, 208; visit to Lawrason home, 239f La Fayette-Lawrason-Cazenove House, 239f Lamphire, Going, 39 Latrobe, Benjamin H., 183 Laundries, 42 Lawrason, Mrs. Elizabeth, 44, 242 Lawrason family, origin of, 244 Lawrason House, visit of La Fayette to, 239f Lawrason, James, 242 Lawrason, John, 46 Leadbeater, Mr., 195 Lear, Tobias, 192 Lee, Arthur, bequest, 226; civic services, 225f Lee, Cassius, 134, 227 Lee, Charles, 227; real estate transactions, 226 Lee, Edmund (I.) Jennings, 28; bequests, 227; civic services, 227; real estate transactions, 226, 227; visitor to Mount Vernon, 226 Lee (Edmund Jennings) House, 225f Lee, Francis, 21 Lee family, connection with Mount Vernon, 226 Lee, Henry ("Light Horse Harry"), 37, 208 Lee, Ludwell, 28 Lee, Mary Custis, 208 Lee, Robert Edward, 27, 196, 202f, 227; accepts Confederate command, 229; association with Lloyds, 252; attends Hallowell school, 248; confirmed at Christ Church, 136; member of Christ Church, 229; resigns from Army, 229 Lee, Thomas, 93 Lee, William, civic services, 93 Lewis, Lawrence, 27 Lewis, Lorenzo, 27 Library, municipal, 255 Lloyd family, association with Lees, 252; idiosyncrasies, 253 Lloyd House, 248 Lloyd, John, 251 Lodge, Henry Cabot, description of Virginia society, 225 Lodging, cost of, 197 London Company, 3 Lots, auction of, 7f; division of town into, 6; prices paid for, 9 Lotteries, source of income, 9, 21 Lyceum, municipal, 254f; sold to Daingerfields, 256 Lyle, William, 92; civic services, 92; mercantile activities, 92 Lynn, Adam, 44 MacCrea, Mrs. Donald, 237 MacKenzie, Lewis, 96 Madison, James, comment on immigrants, 52 Makemie, Francis, 139 Married Houses, 71f Marshburn, Mrs. Herbert E., 71 Marsteller House, 25 Mason, George, 7, 53; ability as architect, 39 Matthews, Miss Frona, 60 McGuire, Dr. Hugh, 258 McGuire, Sara J., 258 McIver, Colin, real estate transactions, 130 McKenzey, William, 170 Meade, Rev. William, 136 Mercer, George, 188 Merchants, activities of, 42 Meredith, Reese, letter to Washington, 157 Merryman, Joshua, 42 Militia, attachment to Braddock's command, 16; composition, 14 Miller, Mordecai, 44 Moncure, Rev. John, real estate transactions, 127 Moore, Col. & Mrs. Charles B., 87, 99, 215 Moore family, 127; acquisition of Sewell property, 130 Moore, Cleon, 27 Morris, Governor, 15 Morris, Gouverneur, 236 Morris, Patsy J., 236 Mount Vernon, associated with Lee family, 226; funds hidden, 76; visitors to, 57f, 120 Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, 75 Muir, Rev. James, 140; burial of, 141 Murray, Mrs. Alexander, 112 Murry, John, 189 Murry, Patrick, real estate transactions, 169 Mutual Assurance Society, 154 New Theatre, 28 Newspapers, 28; Alexandria Gazette, oldest, 222 Newton, William, 170 O'Conner, Eliza Harriot, 27 Organ, Christ Church, 136 Orme, Lt. Robert, 15 Osborne, Richard, 5 Pagan, John, 5 Pain, William, 40 Parsons, James, 39; builds Christ Church, 132 Pastors, distinguished, 135f Patterson, James, 39 Patton, James, 217; indebtedness, 218 Peake, Col. W.H., 201 Peruke Shop, 127f Peterkin, Constance Lee, 134 Pew marker, Washington's, 134 Pickens, Mrs. Andrew, 217 Piper, John, 46 Pistole, use in Colony, 9 Pittman, John, 44 Pohick Church, 134 Port of Alexandria, activity, 33; decline in activity, 46f; importance of, 17f Porter, Thomas, 28 Potomac Navigation Company, 47f Potomac River, navigation of, 47 Potts, John, 202 Powell, Mary G., 25, 161, 211, 222 Powell, Molly Gregory, 134 Presbyterian Cemetery, 146 Presbyterian Manse, 40 Presbyterian Meetinghouse, 39, 69, 139f Public works, 12, 21 Publishers, 42 Railroads, 48 Ramsay, Alexander, 52 Ramsay, Ann McCarty, memorial to, 61; patriotic activities, 55 Ramsay House, 52f Ramsay, William, 5, 14, 17, 21; activities of sons, 56f; bequests, 59; civic services, 54; family, 55; funeral, 60; initial founder, 52f; letter to Dennis, 56; memorial to, 60; mercantile activities, 53; real estate transactions, 55, 114f, 130 Reese, Mrs. Robert M., 99, 195 Relief Fire Company, 150 Religious tolerance, 139 Revolution, aftermath of, 34 Ricketts, John Thomas, 170 Riddle, Joseph, 28, 46 Roberts, Reuben, 259 Robinson, Joseph, 188 Rochambeau, Count de, 37 Rochefoucauld, Duc de la, 39 Rogers, Walter G., 215 Roofers, 46 Rush, Dr. Benjamin, 56, 162 Saint Mary's Church, 255 Saint Paul's Church, 183 Salkeld, Henry, 9 Sandford, Edward, 43 Sayers, Dr. & Mrs. R.R., 203 Scheffer, Lloyd L., 62 Schools, 22, 141; Hallowell's, 247f Scott, Gen. Winfield, 196 Sea Captain's Daughter's House, 259f Sea Captains' Houses, 159 Servants, 31, 128 Seventeenth Virginia Infantry, 48, 258 Sewell, William, indebtedness, 128; real estate mortgaged, 130; real estate purchases, 128 Sharpe, Governor, 15 Sheen, Gordon, 112 Shipbuilding, 18 Shippen, Dr. William, 162 Shipping. See Port of Alexandria Shirley, Governor, 15 Short, John, 46, 188 Shreve, Benjamin, 242 Shuter's Hill, anonymous poem, 178f Silversmiths, 42 Sinclair, Mrs. C.A.S., 99 Slaves, 115, 164, 165, 262 Smith, William, 170 Smoot, Mr. & Mrs. W.A., 253 Snowden, Edgar, civic services, 222 Snowden, Samuel, 222 Spaatz, Gen. Carl, 188 Sports, 31 Spring Gardens, 197f Stabler, Edward, 195 Star Fire Company, 154 Stratford Hall, 93 Stuart, Dr. David, 27 Stuart, Lt. J.E.B., 196 Sun Fire Company, 147f; membership, 151 Swope House, 112f Swope, Michael, civic services, 116; migration to Alexandria, 117; real estate transactions, 117 Taverns, fame of, 197 Taylor, E.P., 42 Taylor, George, 218 Taylor, J. Frank, 215 Taylor, Lawrence B., 223 Taylor, Robert I., 104, 183, 218 Theatres, erection of, 28 Thom, Rev. William, 140 Thompson House, 71f Thompson, Jonah, 28; real estate transactions, 74 Tobacco, supplanted by wheat, 32; use as exchange, 4, 17 Tolley, Hon. & Mrs. Howard R., 119, 126 Town of Alexandria, building of, 9f; capital of West Virginia, 48; decline and resurgence, 46f; early growth, 17f; effect of Civil War, 48; effect of War of 1812, 47f; enlargement, 21; establishment, 5; genesis, 3f; name adopted, 12; paradox of location, 49; part of federal district, 39; post-Revolution building, 40; re-ceded to Virginia, 48 Towns, colonial, authority asked to erect, 5 Tradesmen, activities of, 42 Trott, Mr. & Mrs. Harlan, 210 Turner, Charles, 43 Twining, Thomas, 39 Van Braam, Jacob, 13 Virginia Bill of Rights, 103 Virginia Colony, development of, 3f Vowell, John Cripps, 160 Vowell-Snowden House, 222f Vowell, Thomas Jr., 160; real estate transactions, 223 Warren, Anne, 110 Washington, Augustine, 7, 14; letter to Lawrence, 7; real estate transactions, 114 Washington, city of. See District of Columbia Washington, George, 7; ability as architect, 39; activities as farmer, 32; advice to Braddock, 16; association with Fitzhughs, 203; attends Ramsay funeral, 61; bequests, 193, 212, 214; association with Fairfaxes, 78f; disposition of real estate, 215; domestic purchases, 20f; education as surveyor, 79; elected town trustee, 21; encourages navigation, 47; envisions waterways, 186; last illness, 192; letter from Meredith, 157; letter to Cary & Company, 18; letter to Knox, 213; letters to Sally Fairfax, 82, 85; Masonic funeral, 140; mercantile interests, 212; necrology, 230; patron of Gadsby's, 110f; patron of learning, 25; patron of Spring Gardens, 200; pew marker saved, 134; real estate transactions, 210f; resigns commission, 14; service as vestryman, 134; steward of Jockey Club, 29; supervises Fairfax interests, 84; tenements owned by, 210; tomb designed by Yeaton, 237; visit to French commandant, 13; warned of Cabal, 187 Washington, George Steptoe, 27 Washington, John Augustine, 76 Washington, Lawrence, 5, 7, 53 Washington, Lawrence Augustine, 27; real estate transactions, 215 Washington, Lund, 35 Washington, Martha, 35; attended by Dr. Craik, 194; letter to Betty Ramsay, 58 Washington Public School, 25 Washington, Robert W., 215 Washington, Samuel, 27 Watchmakers, 44 Watson, Josiah, 28 Weld, Isaac, 39 West, Anne, 188 West, Hugh, 4, 5 West, John, 8, 17 West, Thomas Wade, 28 West Virginia, town becomes capital of, 48 Weylie, John, 27 Wheat, supplants tobacco, 32 Wheat brokers, 32 Widows, fashion affecting, 253 Wilkinson, Thomas, 242 Williams, William A., 44 Wilson, Daniel, 188 Wise, John, 99f Wise, N.S., 104 Wood, Melissa Ann Hussey, 259f Wood, Robert Lewis, 262 Wormley, Ralph, 7 Wren, James, 40; designs Christ Church, 132 Wren, William, 25 Yates Tavern. See Spring Gardens Yeaton, William, 40; designs Washington's Tomb, 237; migration to Virginia, 232; real estate transactions, 232, 234 Yeaton, William C., 207 Yeaton-Fairfax House, 232f Yellow fever epidemic, 46 Zimmerman, Henry, 226