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Stetson, Charles W. Washington and His Neighbors. Richmond: Garrett and Massie, Incorporated, 1956.
Verrill, A. Hyatt. Romantic and Historic Virginia. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1935.
Washington, George. The Diaries of George Washington 1748-1799. Edited by John C. Fitzpatrick. 4 vols. Boston: Houghton Mifflin for the Mount Vernon Ladies Association, 1925.
. The Writings of George Washington From the Original Manuscript Sources 1745-1799. Edited by John C. Fitzpatrick, 39 vols. Washington: Prepared under the direction of the United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission and published by authority of Congress. 1931-1934.
Watkins, C. Malcolm. The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia: An Archaeological and Historical Investigation of the Port Town for Stafford County and the Plantation of John Mercer. United States National Museum Bulletin, No. 253. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1968.
Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson. The Old South: the Founding of American Civilization. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1942.
Whiffen, Marcus. The Eighteenth Century House of Williamsburg. Williamsburg Architectural Studies Series. New York: Holt, Rinehart, & Winston, Inc., for Colonial Williamsburg, 1960.
Periodicals
Clark, James Albert. "Along the Shore of the Potomac." American Genius, supplement. 1882, p. 13.
"Committee of Correspondence." William & Mary Quarterly, 1st series, XII, April 1904, p. 233.
"Descendents of Two John Washingtons." Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, XXIII, January 1915, p. 100.
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Gottschalk, L. C. "The Effects of Soil Erosion on Navigation in the Upper Chesapeake Bay." The Geographical Review, XXXV, April 1945, p. 219.
Grayson, Fred W. "The Grayson Family." Tylers Quarterly Magazine, V. January 1924, p. 195.
Hayden, Ethel Roby. "Port Tobacco, Lost Town of Maryland." Maryland Historical Magazine, XL, December 1945, p. 261.
Heite, Edward F. "Markets and Ports." Virginia Cavalcade, Autumn, 1966, p. 29.
"Letter from Governor Gooch to the Bishop of London, May 21, 1739." Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, XXXIII, January 1925, p. 56.
McGroarty, W.B. "Elizabeth Washington of Hayfield." Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, XXXIII, April 1925, p. 156.
"Naval Office on the Potomac." William & Mary Quarterly, 2nd series, Il, October 1922, p. 292.
Peterson, Arthur G. "The Alexandria Market Prior to the Civil War." William & Mary Quarterly, 2nd series, XII, April 1932, p. 104.
Rowland, Kate Mason. "Merchants and Mills: From the Letterbook of Robert Carter of Nominy, Westmoreland County." William & Mary Quarterly, 1st series, XI, April 1903, p. 245.
Shelley, Fred. "The Journal of Ebenezer Hazard in Virginia 1777." Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, LXII, October 1954, p. 402.
"Westwood Genealogy." William & Mary Quarterly, 1st series, XXVI, April 1918, p. 286.
Newspapers
Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, Virginia). Published under varied titles in its early years. Those which have been microfilmed include:
Virginia Journal & Alexandria Advertiser, 1784-1789 Virginia Gazette & Alexandria Advertiser, 1789-1793
Columbian Mirror & Alexandria Gazette, 1792-1800 The Times, & D.C. Daily Advertiser, 1797-1802 Columbia Advertiser, 1802
Alexandria Advertiser & Commercial Intelligencer, 1800-1803 Alexandria Daily Advertiser, 1803-1805?
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Alexandria Daily Gazette, Commercial & Political, 1809-1816 Alexandria Gazette & Daily Advertiser, 1817-1822 Alexandria Gazette & Advertiser, 1822-1824 Phenix Gazette, 1825-1833 Alexandria Gazette, 1833, 1839 Alexandria Gazette & Virginia Advertiser, 1839-1855 Alexandria Gazette, 1855-1861 Local News, (October-February) 1861-1862 Alexandria Gazette, (May) 1862-
Alexandria Globe (Alexandria, Virginia). February 11, 1971.
Democratic Recorder (Fredericksburg, Virginia). February 4, 1862.
Dumfries Virginia Gazette & Agricultural Repository. 1791-1793.
Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), 1862 -. Fairfax County Sun Echo. June 16, 1961; January 21, 1965. Maryland Gazette (Annapolis, Maryland). 1728-1800.
Potomac News (Dumfries, Virginia). October 8, 1971. Virginia Gazette (Williamsburg, Virginia). 1738-1800. Washington Post (Washington, D.C.). 1965-1969.
Public Documents-Published
Maryland. Calendar of Maryland State Papers. No. 3. The Brown Books. Edited by Roger Thomas. Annapolis: Hall of Records Commission, 1948.
U. S. Congress. American State Papers: Documents Legislative and Executive ... of the Congress of the United States. 10 vols. Annual Report of the Postmaster- General, 1790-1791. Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1832-1861.
· The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. 128 vols. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1880-1910.
. Senate. River and Harbor Reports. S. Exec. Doc. 25, 42nd Cong., 3rd Sess., 1872.
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U. S. Post Office Department. Table of Post Offices in the United States with their distance from Washington City and the names of the Postmasters. Washington City: Printed for the Post Master General, 1811.
U. S. War Department. Office of the Chief of Engineers. Annual Report, 1884. Washington, D.C .: Government Printing Office, 1884.
. Office of the Chief of Engineers. Annual Report, 1897. Washington, D.C .: Government Printing Office, 1897.
. Index to Reports of the Chief of Engineers 1866-1912, Vol. 1, Rivers and Harbors. Washington, D.C .: Government Printing Office, 1915.
. Office of the Chief of Engineers. Roads and Canals, 104 vols. Washington, D.C .: Government Printing Office, 1789-1971.
. Office of the Surgeon-General. Medical Men in the American Revolution T775-1783. By Louis C. Duncan. The Army Medical Bulletin. Number 25. Carlisle Barracks, Penna .: Medical Field Service School, 1931.
Virginia. Calendar of Virginia State Papers and Other Manuscripts Preserved in the Capitol in Richmond covering the period from 1652 to 1869. Edited by H.W. Flournoy, William P. Palmer, S. McRae, and R. Colson. 11 vols. Richmond: By authority of the Legislature, 1875-1893.
. Executive Journals of the Council of Colonial Virginia. Edited by Benjamin J. Hillman. 6 vols. Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1966.
. Journals of the Council of the State of Virginia. Edited by H. R. Mcllwaine. 3 vols. Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1932.
. Senate Journal. Report of Col. A.W. McDonald Relative to Boundary Lines. Special sess., 1861.
. The Statutes at Large, Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia .... Edited by William Waller Hening. 13 vols. New York: R. & W. & G. Bartow, 1823.
. The Statutes at Large of Virginia ... 1792-1806. Edited by Samuel Shepherd. 3 vols. New series. New York: AMS Press, 1970 reprint.
. Code of Virginia. 1819.
Fairfax County. Division of Planning. Mount Air: Fairfax County, Virginia. By Edith M. Sprouse. Fairfax: 1970.
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. Office of the Clerk of the Court. Official Records of the Colonial Period in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Public Documents-Unpublished
Great Britain. Public Record Office. List of Tobacco Warehouses on Virginia Rivers, September 1780. MSS. 30/11/3-4. Microfilm #510. Library of Congress, Manuscript Division.
United States. Bureau of the Census. Fourth Census of the United States: 1820. National Archives.
. Bureau of the Census. Census of Manufactures: 1820. National Archives.
Maryland. Charles County. Deed Books.
Virginia. Auditor-General's Office. Ledgers and Accounts. Virginia State Library. . Executive Papers of Governor Floyd. 1849. Virginia State Library.
. Land Tax Records of Fairfax County. Virginia State Library.
. Petitions. Fairfax County (1797). Virginia State Library.
Fairfax County. Book of Surveys.
. Chancery Cases.
. Court Order Books.
. Deed Books.
. Proceedings in Land Causes.
. Register of Marriages.
. Will Books.
Prince William County. Deed Books. . Will Books.
Stafford County. Court Order Books. 1664-1667; 1689-1693. . Deed Book Z-1.
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Manuscripts
Birch, Mary Catherine Shreve. Childhood Recollections. Typescript. Virginiana Collection. Lebanon file. Fairfax County Central Library.
Bogle Papers. Mitchell Library, Glasgow, Scotland. Microfilm #5803. Alderman Library. University of Virginia.
Glassford & Company. Records, 1753-1834. 288 vols. Volumes 184-196, 216, 225. Manuscript Division. Library of Congress.
Henderson, Alexander, Letterbook. Alexandria Library. Alexandria, Virginia.
. Letters. Manuscript Division, New York Historical Society.
Little, J. Glenn. Aerial Photoarchaeological Interpretation Notes on Colchester, Virginia. Typescript for the Fairfax County History Commission. 1971. Virginiana Collection. Fairfax County Central Library.
Richmond, Fredericksburg, & Potomac Railroad Company. Letter File. Broad Street Station, Richmond, Virginia.
Russell, T. Triplett. Letter to the author. February 1971.
Thompson, Gilbert. Journal. 1863. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.
Truro Parish Vestry Book. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.
Vaughan, Samuel. Diary. 1787. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.
Young, W.W., Sr. Letter to the author. February 1971.
Interviews
Alexander, Mrs. L. L. Interview at Woodstock Farm, Stafford, Virginia, November 1962.
Beach, Arthur. Interviews at Colchester, Virginia, 1971.
. Mary. Interviews at Arlington, Virginia, 1971.
Bowers, William. Interview at Richmond, Fredericksburg, & Potomac Railroad Company, Richmond, Virginia. February 1971.
Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. Robert. Interviews at Alexandria, Virginia, 1970-1971.
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Enochs, Mrs. Elisabeth. Interview at Mount Air, Lorton, Virginia, 1971.
Horan, Michael. Telephone conversation with the author, at Davis & Ruffner, Title Attorneys, Alexandria, Virginia, December 1971.
Little, J. Glenn. Interviews at Colchester and Arcturus, Alexandria, Virginia, 1970-1971.
Lynn, Mrs. Carl S. Interview at Occoquan, Virginia, 1971.
Metzger, Elmer. Interview at Colchester, September 1971.
Ritzer, Michael. Interviews at Colchester, 1969-1971.
Russell, T. Triplett. Interview at Colchester, February 1971, and at Coral Gables, Florida, January 1971.
Selecman, Mrs. Rosemary. Interview at Occoquan, Virginia, 1971.
Summers, John. Telephone conversation with author, at Eastern Branch, Fairfax County Health Department, December 1971.
Swoboda, Mrs. Otto. Interview at Colchester, February 1971.
Williams, Mrs. Peg. Interview at Occoquan, June 1971.
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MAPS AND PLATS (Manuscript Maps are in Map Division, Library of Congress)
1729
Survey by John Savage. Division of Bourne's Patent. Fairfax County Proceedings in Land Causes, Justice Book I.
John Warner. A True and Accurate Survey of the Rivers Rappahannock and Potowmack to their first heads of springs .... 1:160,000 scale (ca. 1"=2} miles).
1737 1754 Survey by George West. A Plan of Colchester Town. Fairfax County Record of Surveys.
1776 Survey by Anthony Smith, pilot of St. Marys. A New and Accurate Map of the Bay of Chesapeake .... Sayer and Bennett, London, 1:225,000.
1781
Chantavoine. From French map in Min. de la Guerre. Scale 1"-12 miles.
Plans des différents camps occupés par L'Armée aux Ordres de Mr le Comte de Rochambeau. Amerique Campagne. Campe a Colchester. Plate 14.
1782 1810 Survey by John Ratcliffe. Samuel Bayly's 376 acre tract (lower half of Bourne's Patent). Fairfax County Deed Book L-2, p. 155.
1862
Surveys for Military Defenses. Map of North Eastern Virginia and the vicinity of Washington ... Topographic Engineers Office, Division Headquarters Gen. McDowell, Jan. 11, 1862. 1:63,360.
1879 G. M. Hopkins. Atlas of Fifteen Miles Around Washington. Mount Vernon District. Number 3, 12" = 1 mile scale.
1913 U. S. Engineer Office. Survey of Occoquan Creek, Virginia. Section 3. ca. 1" = 350' scale. (U.S. Cong., H. Doc. No. 661. 63rd Cong., 2nd sess., 1913) Office of Records, Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad Company. Broad Street Station, Richmond, Virginia.
- 1913 Survey of RF&P Railroad right-of-way, Colchester, Virginia. Office of Records, Richmond, Virginia.
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1915 Survey. Occoquan Creek, Virginia. Old and New Railroad Bridges. March 16, 1915. 1"=100'scale. Office of Records. Richmond, Virginia.
1948 National Geographic Magazine. . A Pocket Map of Central Washington, District of Columbia. Washington: National Geographic, September 1948.
1948
U. S. Corps of Engineers, Army Map Service. Belvoir Quadrangle, Virginia-Maryland (Topographic). Washington: Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1948. 1:24,000.
1971 Fairfax County Property Map, Section 113.
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