Chapter IV: The Spring House

[103] _Alexandria Gazette_, November 6, 1839, advertisement; John
Mosby Beattie, interview April 17, 1969.

[104] John Schlebecker, Curator, Division of Agriculture and Mining,
Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, D.C. Interview held February 26, 1969.

[105] Walter Macomber, interview July 16, 1968. It appears that no
drawings were made of the spring house as it appeared before
its conversion into a caretaker's residence, and no plans have
been preserved to show the construction undertaken for the
conversion.