Seaport in Virginia

About this eBook

Author

Moore, Gay Montague

Title

Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria

Credits

E-text prepared by Mark C. Orton, Graeme Mackreth, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

F206: United States local history: The South. South Atlantic States

Subject

Alexandria (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Category

Text

eBook-No.

30747

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30747

Release Date

December 23, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SEAPORT IN VIRGINIA — Seaport in Virginia
2. 2.George Washington's Alexandria — GAY MONTAGUE MOORE — DRAWINGS BY WORTH BAILEY PHOTOGRAPHS BY WALTER WILCOX — 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
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.CHAPTER DRAWINGS
6. 6.PART ONE: PROLOGUE — SITE AND ANTECEDENTS — THE TOWN BUILT — HEADQUARTERS AND PORT OF SUPPLY — EARLY GROWTH — EARLY EDUCATION — EARLY AMUSEMENTS — DOMESTIC ECONOMY AND A NEW MONEY CROP — AFTERMATH OF REVOLUTION — THE FEDERAL PERIOD — ARTISANS AND TRADESMEN — DECLINE AND RESURGENCE — L'ENVOI
7. 7.PART TWO — The Presence of George Washington 1749-1799
8. 8.Chapter 1
9. 9.Chapter 2
10. 10.Chapter 3
11. 11.Chapter 4
12. 12.Chapter 5
13. 13.Chapter 6
14. 14.Chapter 7
15. 15.Chapter 8
16. 16.Chapter 9
17. 17.Chapter 10
18. 18.Chapter 11
19. 19.Chapter 12
20. 20.Chapter 13
21. 21.Chapter 14
22. 22.Chapter 15
23. 23.Chapter 16
24. 24.Chapter 17
25. 25.Chapter 18
26. 26.Chapter 19
27. 27.Chapter 20
28. 28.Chapter 21
29. 29.Chapter 22
30. 30.Chapter 23
31. 31.EPILOGUE
32. 32.PART THREE
33. 33.Chapter 24
34. 34.Chapter 25
35. 35.Chapter 26
36. 36.Chapter 27
37. 37.Chapter 28
38. 38.Acknowledgments
39. 39.Chapter References
40. 40.Part One: Prologue
41. 41.Part Two: The Presence of George Washington, 1749-1799.
42. 42.PART THREE: FIVE SKETCHES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
43. 43.Bibliography
44. 44.Index

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