Papers regarding the history of Alexandria, Va. [manuscript] 1669-1930.

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Papers regarding the history of Alexandria, Va. [manuscript] 1669-1930.

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Transcriptions or printed versions of the town charter & laws, town council minutes and acts, and patent & deed records. Minutes, 1810-77, of the Friendship Fire Company. Diary, 1853-54, of William F. Carne a teacher. Miscellaneous papers, ca. 1887-90, regarding St. John's Academy. Research notes, drafts, and newsclippings by Carne on the city. Notes & correspondence, ca. 1920-30, on the portrait of George Washington by Elisha Cullen Dick. And photographs, and scrap books.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Carne, William F., 1832-1909

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Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

St. John's Academy (Alexandria, Va.)

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Carne, William F., 1832-1909

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Friendship Fire Company (Alexandria, Va.)

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Dick, Elisha Cullen, 1762-1825

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Dr. Dick received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania; he was a physician, a colonel in a Virginia cavalry regiment, and mayor of Alexandria, Va. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, after 1799. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 190789789 Mayor of Alexandria, Va., and physician. From the description of Elisha Cullen Dick newspaper clipping and signatures, 1791. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79423849 ...