. Roose's companion and guide to Washington and vicinity . er the care of the Fathers of the Society ofJesus. The library contains many rare works and some valuable 136 manuscripts; and in the Museum are coins and medals, with in-teresting relics of Commodore Decatur. A new building, forming a frontage to the original main build-ing, and which of itself would constitute one of the finest col-legiate edifices in America, designed by Smithmeyer and finishedin 1879, has greatly increased its educational capacity. The Linthicum Institute and the Peabody Library are ac-commodated in the Public-Scho
. Roose's companion and guide to Washington and vicinity . er the care of the Fathers of the Society ofJesus. The library contains many rare works and some valuable 136 manuscripts; and in the Museum are coins and medals, with in-teresting relics of Commodore Decatur. A new building, forming a frontage to the original main build-ing, and which of itself would constitute one of the finest col-legiate edifices in America, designed by Smithmeyer and finishedin 1879, has greatly increased its educational capacity. The Linthicum Institute and the Peabody Library are ac-commodated in the Public-School building on 2d and Potomacsts.; three stories, basement, and mansard, designed by AdolfCluss, and cost $70,000 ; built 1875. Edward Linthicum, a retired hardware merchant, left by will$50,000 for the education of poor white boys. George Peabody,the world-renowned millionaire philanthropist, (and once a resi-dent of Georgetown,) funded $22,000 to institute the PeabodyLibrary. A Home for Aged Women is also a thoughtful and beautifulcharity of this Cabin-John Bridge, (p. 131.) 137 ALEXANDRIA. Alexandria is 6 miles distant from Washington. Boats plyevery hour during daytime between the two cities, and there isalso hourly railroad communication. The city was founded in1748, then called Bellhaven, the beautiful harbor. Populationin 1870, 13,570. Christ Church is an Episcopal church in Alexandria, over ahundred years old, (1773,) which General Washington used toattend. His pew is pointed out to strangers. A National Cemetery is near Alexandria, containing thegraves of 4,000 soldiers. MOUNT VERNON,the home and tomb of Washington, is about sixteen miles downthe Potomac from the Federal city. A boat starts daily, except-ing on Sunday, from 7th st. wharf, at 10 A. M., for Mount Ver-non ; returning, it reaches Washington at P. M., thus allow-ing excursionists ample time to explore the house and scenery between Washington and Mount Vernon is notonly beautiful, but
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