. Book of the Royal blue . to he called Georgetown, in honor of thereigning sovereign. The land selected wasthe property of George Gordon andGeorge Beall. As no agreement could bereached as to the price to be paid, condem-nation proceedings were held and the sumof 280 pounds sterling fixed as a properamount, each of the owners to be allowedto choose and retain one lot of the Beall refused to choose a lot, or in anyway acknowledge the right of the commis-sioners to confiscate his property, but inP^bruary, 1852, he was notified that if he. WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS still displayed on th
. Book of the Royal blue . to he called Georgetown, in honor of thereigning sovereign. The land selected wasthe property of George Gordon andGeorge Beall. As no agreement could bereached as to the price to be paid, condem-nation proceedings were held and the sumof 280 pounds sterling fixed as a properamount, each of the owners to be allowedto choose and retain one lot of the Beall refused to choose a lot, or in anyway acknowledge the right of the commis-sioners to confiscate his property, but inP^bruary, 1852, he was notified that if he. WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS still displayed on the street cars, and theconductors at transfer stations call to pas-sengers to change cars for Georgetown,instead of the newer and proper WestWashington. Long before the Capital City was estab-Hshed this was a place of some 1751, Alexandria, about eight milesbelow, was a thriving place, and with a viewof securing some of the trade coming upthe Potomac, the Maryland legislatureappointed commissioners to select a sitenear the head of navigation of the Potomac,purchase a tract of sixty acres and divide itinto eighty lots and offer inducements forbusiness men to settle there, the new town did not make a choice within ten days theoffer would be withdrawn. Under the circumstances he yielded andmade a selection, filing a protest against theinjustice, stating that he only gave way toavoid being demolished. For someyears the town grew slowly but steadily;in 1776 it had one of the few (about sev-enty) postoflices in the colonies, and in17
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