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INDEX.

Appendix 389 Archives of the Federal Government, The, 71. Records of the

executive departments, 72. Efforts to secure a Hall of Records, 74. First step in logical treatment of the archives, 77. Losses by fire, and because of insufficient space, 78. Records of the President's office, 79. Of the department of State, 80. Of the Treasury, 83. Of War, 88. Of the Navy, 90. Of Justice, 93. Of the Post Office, 94. Of the Interior, 95. Of Agricul- ture, 97. Of Commerce and Labor, 98. Of the Civil Service and of the Interstate Commerce Commission, 99.

Bo'indary lines, old District, With a camera over the, 1. Initial stone, 2, 3. Unlawful moving of some of the stones, 4. A stone that needs re-setting, 5. Probable location of missing "Southwest No. 2," 6. First Virginia milestone officially out of place, 7. A buried stump and a topless base, 8. " Exactly southwest from the White House," 9. A mutilated stone, and one thought to be lost, 10. The west corner-stone, 11. Some variations in inscriptions, 12, 13. Prompt action urged to pre- serve these stones, 14.

Bryan, W. B., Biographical introduction to the Sessford Annals.. 271 Cannon foundry, The old, above Georgetown, D. C, and its first

owner, Henry Foxall, 16. First cannon cast in the colonies, 17. Old stone flouring-mill, 18. No cannon cast in George- town during the Revolution, 19. Antietam Iron Works, 21-24. Private gun factories, 25. Building of the Columbian Foundry, 26. Some of its owners, 28. Partnership of Foxall with Robert Morris, Jr., 30. His contracts with the Govern- ment, 31. His sagacity in selecting foundry site, 33. Im- portant incidents in the history of the Columbian foundry, 34. Documentary supplement concerning, 52-56.

Committees 392 Communications to tne Society during 1907 400 Davis, Madison, Communication from 16 Foundry Methodist Chapel, 43. Enlarged, torn down, congrega-

tion build on new site, 44, 346. Foxall, Henry, and his cannon foundry above Georgetown, 16-70.

Biographical sketch of, 38-52. His two residences, 50. His will, 56.

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414 Index.

Gadsby, Mrs. J. Eakin, Tribute to Miss E. B. Johnston 407 Georgetown, Old, 120. Deprived of its legal identity; two early

historians, 121. John Smith sails up the Potomac, 122, 133. Earlier exploration and naming of the river by the Spanish, 123. Story of the Indian, Luis de Velasco, 124. Jamestown, an old Spanish site, 126. Probable derivation of Occoquan, 127. Early names of Arsenal Point and of islands in the Potomac, 128. Smith explores Chesapeake Bay, 132. Early trade in bison skins, 133. Fleete's account of the Potomac, 134. Forecast of what colonization in America might grow to be, 137. Duties of early justices of the peace; land grants, 138. A 1795 prophecy, 141. Customs, manners, and dress of the early Marylanders, 142. Lack of legal business; acts re- lating to lawyers, 144. Lawyer Macnamara disbarred, 146. First court in the present District of Columbia, 148. A doctor's bill in colonial days, 149. The founding of George- town, 151. Importance of the tobacco trade, 152. Saw Pit Landing, 153. Original metes and bounds of the town, 158. The town wharf, 161. Town fairs, 163. The race track, 164. Braddock's expedition, 165. Prominent merchants, 167, 193, 194. Trouble at the ferry, 169. Non-importation of tea, 171. Stamp act, 174. Efforts to secure commercial supremacy, 175. Ghostly traditions; flour inspectors, 183. Oaths of office, 184. Georgetown during the Revolution, 186. Her merchant marine, 194. Last meeting of commissioners, 201. Town incorporated, 202. Dog tax; new jail, 203. Location of old ravine, 205. Estimated expense of corporation; tax on player folk, 206. Lack of surveying instruments, 207. Yellow fever scare, 209. Founding of the City of Washington, 210. Major L'Enfant, 11, 213, 214-219. Public welfare, the cause of private dis- tress, 219. The story of Yarrah, 221-224.

Hagner, Alexander B., Resolutions on the death of Miss E. B. Johnston 403

Historical work, Recent progress in, 225. Governments that are publishing their national archives, 226. Historical societies, their source of income and their publications, 227-229. Mean- ing of "scientific" history, 230. Its evils, 232. Its merits, 235. Bibliography and genealogy, 237. Is history a science, 238. Its real worth, 240-242.

Homes, Washington, Historic, 243. The Sumner and the Pomeroy houses, 244. The Matthew St. Clair Clarke house, 245. St. John's church, the Hay, Adams and Slidell houses, 246. Cor- coran house, 247. Admiral Shubrick's house, 248. The Davis, Bancroft and Decatur houses, 249. Temporary White House, Bureau of American Republics, Sickles, Blair and Lee houses,

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251. Dolly Madison house, 253. Houses marked with bronze tablets, 254. Rodgers house, 255. Tayloe mansion, 256. Famous Vermont avenue house and the Octagon House, 257. Van Ness mansion, and the Mexican Legation, 258. Home of the Joint High Gommmission and of Viscount Aoki, 259. Sher- man house, Franklin Row, Walker's Row and the Catacasy house, 260. Houses on I, on 15th and on K streets, 261. The Franklin Hotel, 262. " Douglas Row," 263.

Johnston, Miss Elizabeth Bryant, In Memoriam, 403. Tribute to the memory of, by Miss Minnie F. Mickley, 404. Tribute to, by Mrs. J. Eakin Gadsby, 407.

Leland, Waldo G., Communication from 71 Members, List of, on May 15, 1908 '. 393 Meriwether, Colyer (Ph.D.), Communication from 225 Mickley, Miss Minnie F., Tribute to Miss E. B. Johnston 404 Necrology for 1907 412 Officers for 1908 391 Proceedings of the Society during 1907 401 Report of the Recording Secretary, 1907 411 Report of the Treasurer for 1907 410 Smith, Hal H., Communication from 243 Smith, John, Capt., 102, 103, 106, 108, 109, 111, 116, 117, 118, 119,

122, 131. Spofford, A. R. (LL.D.), Communication from 101 Taggart, Hugh T., Communication from 120 Virginia three hundred years ago, 101. Records of "the Adven-

turers for Virginia," 102. Some accounts of the voyage, 103. "Letters Patent" to, 105., Causes of idleness, 106. The "Lost Colony of Roanoke," 107. Some early descriptions of Virginia, 107-110. Kind of settlers desired, 111. Newport's account of the aborigines, 112. Spelman's account, 115. Sun worship and tattooing, 116. Capt. John Smith and Pocahontas, 117- 119.

Woodward, Fred E., Communication from '

1 Yoast, John 16, 25, 26, 187, 188

The Sessford Annals. Armory 373, 376, 379 Arsenal 281, 285, 308, 313, 316, 319, 320, 323, 325, 328, 345, 358 Art Union (Corcoran Art Gallery) 381, 385 Assessments,

322, 324, 326, 329, 332, 334, 335, 337, 342, 363, 367, 370, 380 Asylums, Army (Soldiers' Home) 356, 366, 369

City 376, 379 Lunatic 323

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41 6 Index.

Orphan 292 Roman Catholic 341

Bells in the City, Church, Baptist 367 St. John's 273 Unitarian 274

Guard-house 386 Wendell building . 373

Botanic Gardens 300, 307, 314, 339

Bridges, 292, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 310, 319, 322, 323, 325, 336, 339, 340, 341, 344, 348, 349, 355, 376, 379, 383, 385.

Buildings, Coast Survey 336 Corcoran 336 Hook and Ladder 385 Smithsonian 336, 340, 342, 357, 364, 372 Wendell 373 Winder 335

Canal Company re-incorporated 277

Chesapeake and Ohio 299, 301, 302, 303, 305, 329, 331, 337, 340, 345, 346, 357, 384

City, 298, 299, 300, 303, 307, 312, 341, 344, 348, 352, 354, 360, 361.

Capitol, progress of work on, 274, 278, 281, 285, 288, 292, 300, 304, 307, 313, 314, 316, 336, 349, 350, 357, 362, 364, 369, 373, 376, 379, 388.

Census 273, 276, 283, 343, 366, 377 Churches, African 319, 347, 350, 355

Baptist 296, 325, 362, 367, 381, 387 Brick Meeting House 385

Catholic, 334, 347, 351, 362, 376, 388

Epiphany 375, 378

Episcopal 273, 292, 325, 327, 347, 352 F street church sold and fitted up for a ball-room .... 381 Lutheran 327, 375 Methodist 292, 327, 333, 341, 346, 347, 365, 376, 387 Mission 376, 386 Place of worship 368

Presbyterians, 288, 292, 319, 330, 333, 356, 362, 365, 382, 386, 387

Saint John's Church 273, 325

Summary of all the churches 361 Unitarian 376

City Hall 277, 283, 285, 288, 341, 345, 383, 388

Colleges, Columbian 279, 328, 331, 357, 369

Georgetown 332 Colonization Society 387 Deaths in D. C, Causes of, 274, 278, 282, 285, 289, 293, 296, 298, 317,

318, 321, 323, 348, 353, 364.

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Index. 417

Engine House 316, 367, 372, 375 Gas 336, 339, 349, 350, 362, 365, 378, 381 Georgetown 280, 308, 310, 322, 330, 344, 347, 353, 355, 357, 374 Glass Works 287 Grave Yards 308, 314, 353, 356, 365, (3), 376, 379, 383 Georgetown town-hall 347 Halls, German 333

Jackson . 331 Masonic 288 Odd Fellows 330 Sixth street and Virginia avenue 352 Temperance 333 Washington 334

Horse Railroad, Efforts to obtain a charter for 383 Hotels and Taverns,

276, 284, 287, 288, 292, 327, 328, 331, 336, 339, 351, 352 Houses, kind and number, 273, 275, 280, 283, 286, 289, 290, 294, 295,

297, 302, 306, 309, 311, 313, 315, 317, 318, 319, 322, 324, 325, 326, 328, 329, 332, 335, 337, 342, 348, 354, 358, 359, 363, 366, 370, 374, 377, 380, 381.

Jail 316, 323, 328 Library of Congress 357 Lime kilns 303, 329, 341, 350 Lunatic Hospital 325, 328, 356 Marine Barricks 274 Measurements of the City 369 Medical Hospital and Infirmary 328, 331, 361, 383 Mills and Factories . . . .332, 333, 334, 336, 337, 347, 352, 353, 361, 372 Naval Monument 300, 307 Navy Yard, Work at, 278, 281, 285, 292, 299, 300, 308, 313, 314, 316,

319, 320, 323, 325, 328, 331, 339, 342, 346, 350, 357, 364, 369, 373, 379.

Observatories, Georgetown College 332 Naval 325, 327, 329, 330, 335, 338, 358

Patent Office 312, 314, 316, 319, 320, 323, 341, 350, 358, 362, 364, 368, 372, 376, 379, 387.

Penitentiary .285, 288, 292, 299, 308, 313, 340 Post Office, Department of, and City,

316, 319, 320, 323, 358, 361, 368, 372, 376, 379, 387 President's House, 276, 280, 284, 287, 298, 304, 307, 311, 338, 341, 349,

350, 358, 362, 364. Railroads 311, 336, 345, 349, 353, 356, 360, 366, 368, 373, 383 Roads and Turnpikes .274, 279, 341, 356, 362, 373, 374, 378 School Fund ; 283, 344 Schools, Public 283, 349, 360, 363, 385, 386

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418 Index.

Seminary, Catholic 376, 37ft., Stages and Steamboats 293, 323, 352, 356, 384 Statues, Jackson 358, 362

Washington 378, 381, 386

Springs and Fountains, 276, 292, 300, 304, 305, 316, 327, 333, 339, 382 Theatres 311, 351

Treasury Building, 312, 314, 316, 319, 320, 323, 341, 350, 368, 371, 376, 379

Washington Monument ....340, 342, 346, 350, 357, 364, 373, 376, 379 Wharves 278, 320, 347, 348, 352, 379, 384

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