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_Chapter_

I. BEGINNINGS OF A TOWN 3

II. THE ORIGINAL TOWN AND ITS PEOPLE 13

III. THE TAVERNS, SHOPS, AND SCHOOLS 24

IV. THE STREETS OF GEORGE TOWN AND SOME OF THE
HAPPENINGS 40

V. WASHINGTON AND L'ENFANT IN GEORGE TOWN 51

VI. BELOW BRIDGE STREET 65

VII. ALONG BRIDGE (M) STREET 80

VIII. HIGH STREET, PROSPECT AVENUE, THE COLLEGE, THE
CONVENT, AND THE THRELKELDS 104

IX. ALONG FIRST STREET (N) FROM COX'S ROW TO HIGH
STREET (WISCONSIN AVE.) 125

X. GAY (N) STREET--EAST TO ROCK CREEK 135

XI. THE THREE PHILANTHROPISTS 161

XII. THE SEMINARY, WASHINGTON (30TH) STREET AND
DUMBARTON AVENUE 179

XIII. THIRD STREET, BEALL (O) STREET, WEST (P) STREET 208

XIV. STODDERT (Q) STREET 224

XV. TUDOR PLACE AND CONGRESS (31ST) STREET 261

XVI. EVERMAY, THE HEIGHTS AND OAK HILL 281

BIBLIOGRAPHY 311

INDEX 313

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Early George Town _Frontispiece_

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Rev. James McVean 6

Henry Foxall 73

Home of Henry Foxall 75

Old Presbyterian Church 84

General James Maccubbin Lingan }
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Benjamin Stoddert } 88
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Uriah Forrest }

William Marbury 94

Philip Barton Key }
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Mrs. Philip Barton Key (Elizabeth Plater) }

Home of Francis Scott Key 100

Francis Scott Key 102

Benjamin Stoddert's House 110

Home of Dr. Charles Worthington 114

John Threlkeld 122

Colonel John Cox 124

Old Dr. Riley's House 139

3017 N Street. The House that Thomas Beall Built 145

John Laird }
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James Dunlop, Senior }

Major George Peter }
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Judge James Dunlop } 152
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William Redin }

Edward Magruder Linthicum 162

William Wilson Corcoran 164

George Peabody 175

Miss Lydia English 184

Dr. Grafton Tyler 188

Home of Judge Henry Henley Chapman 193

Old McKenney House 195

St. John's Church 198

Bodisco House 203

Christ Church 211

Washington Bowie 223

The Sevier House (Built by Washington Bowie) 225

The George T. Dunlop House 228

Home of Francis Dodge 231

Francis Dodge, Senior 233

The Sons of Francis Dodge, 1878 238

William A. Gordon 249

Dumbarton House 255

Tudor Place 260

Thomas Peter 262

Mrs. Thomas Peter (Martha Parke Custis) 264

Lloyd Beall 278

The Old Mackall House 285

Home of Brooke Williams 290

Madame Bodisco 294

Mount Hope. The William Robinson House 296

The Oaks (Now Dumbarton Oaks) }
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Montrose }

William Hammond Dorsey 302

_A PORTRAIT_

_OF_

_OLD GEORGE TOWN_