ALEXANDRIA  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and a See also:

• PORT

port of entry of Alexandria See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, - See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia, U.S.A., on the W. See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• POTOMAC

Potomac See also:

• RIVER

river, 6 m. below See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington, D.C., with which it is connected by a See also:

• FERRY (from the same root as that of the verb " to fare," to journey or travel, common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. fahren; it is connected with the root of Gr. 7ropos, way, and Lat. portage, to carry)
• FERRY, JULES FRANCOIS CAMILLE (1832—1893)

ferry . Pop . (189o) 14,339; (1900) 14,528, of whom 4533 were negroes; (191o, See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census), 15,329 . Alexandria is served by the See also:

• BALTIMORE
• BALTIMORE, GEORGE CALVERT, 1ST BARON (C. 1580—1632)

Baltimore & See also:

• OHIO

Ohio, the Chesapeake & Ohio, the See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern and the Washington Southern See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways; by the Washington, Alexandria & See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount See also:

• VERNON
• VERNON, EDWARD (1684-1757)

Vernon electric railway; and by several lines of river and See also:

• COASTING

coasting steamboats . It is a See also:

• QUAINT (O. Fr. cointe, from Lat. cognitus, known, probably influenced by association with Lat. corn plus, neat)

quaint, old-fashioned city, with quiet, shady streets, and a number of buildings dating back to the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century; of these the most interesting is the old See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church in which See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George Washington and See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert E . See also:

• LEE
• LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
• LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
• LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
• LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
• LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
• LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
• LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
• LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
• LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
• LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
• LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
• LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
• LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)

Lee worshipped . The city has a public library . About 21 m . W. of Alexandria is the See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant Episcopal Theological See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

Seminary in Virginia, opened here in 1823 and chartered in 1854; in 1906–1907 the Seminary had a See also:

• FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

faculty of 7 and 46 students . Alexandria is a distributing and jobbing centre for the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east counties of Virginia . Among its manufactures are fertilizers, bottles, carbonated beverages, See also:

• FLOUR

flour, See also:

• BEER

beer, shoes, See also:

• SILK

silk See also:

• THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)

thread, aprons, brooms, See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather, bricks, and tiling and structural See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron . The See also:

• TOTAL

total value of its, factory product in 1905 was $2,186,658 .

The See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality owns and operates its See also:

• GAS

gas-See also:

• LIGHTING

lighting plant . Alexandria, first known as Belhaven, was named in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander, who in the last See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter of the 17th century had bought the See also:

• LAND

land on which the city now stands from Robert Howison; the first See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement here was made in 1695 . Alexandria was laid out in 1949 and was incorporated in 1779 . From 1790 until 1846 Alexandria county was a See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• DISTRICT

District of See also:

• COLUMBIA

Columbia; at See also:

• PRESENT

present the city, although within the limits of Alexandria county, is not administratively a part of it . The city was re-chartered in 1552 . For some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time Alexandria seemed destined to become an important commercial centre, but the rise of Washington created a See also:

• RIVAL

rival that soon outstripped it, and since the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War the city's growth has been comparatively slight . At Alexandria in 1755 See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• BRADDOCK
• BRADDOCK, EDWARD (1695?—1755),

Braddock organized his fatal expedition against Fort See also:

• DUQUESNE
• DUQUESNE, ABRAHAM, MARQUIS (1610-1688)

Duquesne, and here, in See also:

• APRIL

April of the same See also:

• YEAR

year, the See also:

• GOVERNORS

governors of Virginia, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania and See also:

• MARYLAND

Maryland met (in a See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house still See also:

• STANDING

standing) to determine upon concerted See also:

• ACTION

action against the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French in See also:

• AMERICA

America . In See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1785 commissioners from Virginia and Maryland met here to discuss the commercial relations of the two states, See also:

• FINISHING

finishing their business at Mount Vernon on the 28th with an agreement for freedom of See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade and freedom of See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation of the Potomac . The Maryland legislature in ratifying this agreement on the 22nd of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November proposed a See also:

• CONFERENCE

conference between representatives from all the states to consider the See also:

• ADOPTION (Lat. adoptio, for adoptalio, from adoptare, to choose for oneself)

adoption of definite commercial regulations . This led to the calling of the See also:

• ANNAPOLIS

Annapolis See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention of 1786, which in turn led to the calling of the Federal convention of 1787 . In 1814 Alexandria was threatened by a See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• FLEET

fleet, but bought See also:

• IMMUNITY (from Lat. immunis, not subject to a munus or public service)

immunity from attack by paying about $1oo,000 . At the opening of the Civil War the city was occupied by Federal troops, and See also:

• GREAT

great excitement throughout the North was caused by the killing (May 24, 1861) of See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel E .

E . See also:

• ELLSWORTH
• ELLSWORTH, OLIVER (1745–1807)

Ellsworth (1837–1861) by See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James W . See also:

• JACKSON
• JACKSON, ANDREW (1767-1845)
• JACKSON, CYRIL (1746-1819)
• JACKSON, FREDERICK GEORGE (186o– )
• JACKSON, HELEN MARIA (1831–1885)
• JACKSON, MASON (c. 1820-1903)
• JACKSON, THOMAS (1579-1640)
• JACKSON, THOMAS JONATHAN (1824-1863)
• JACKSON, WILLIAM (1730-1803)

Jackson, a hotel proprietor, from whose See also:

• BUILDING

building Ellsworth had removed a Confederate See also:

• FLAG (or " FLAGGE," a common Teutonic word in this sense, but apparently first recorded in English)

flag . After the erection of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Virginia (1863), and until the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the war, Alexandria was the seat of what was known as the " Alexandria See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

Government " (see VIRGINIA) .