Alexandria Canal Company Survey Book and Account of Tolls Collected, 1831-1853

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Alexandria Canal Company Survey Book and Account of Tolls Collected, 1831-1853

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Alexandria Canal Company (Alexandria, Va.).

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Fairfax, Wilson M. C.

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Chancery Causes are cases of equity. According to Black's Law Dictionary they are "administered according to fairness as contrasted with the strictly formulated rules of common law." A judge, not a jury, determines the outcome of the case. Alexandria, in Fairfax and Arlington counties, was named for John Alexander, an early owner of the tract on the which the town was located. Alexandria was established in 1749. Its site had been known as Hunting Creek Warehouse and as B...