Keim's illustrated hand-bookWashington and its environs: a descriptive and historical hand-book to the capital of the United States of America . he proprietors were George Gordon andGeorge Beall. In 1789 it was incorporated, and Robert Peterwas cliosen fii-st mayor. Georgetown may be reached from Washington by twolines of horse-cars—the Metropolitan on F st., (Georgetowncars,) and the Washington and Georgetown on Pennsylvaniaav. For convenience, it would be well to go out by the for-mer and return by tlie latter. Arriving at Washington st.,Georgetown, the visitor will leave the cars, and a sho
Keim's illustrated hand-bookWashington and its environs: a descriptive and historical hand-book to the capital of the United States of America . he proprietors were George Gordon andGeorge Beall. In 1789 it was incorporated, and Robert Peterwas cliosen fii-st mayor. Georgetown may be reached from Washington by twolines of horse-cars—the Metropolitan on F st., (Georgetowncars,) and the Washington and Georgetown on Pennsylvaniaav. For convenience, it would be well to go out by the for-mer and return by tlie latter. Arriving at Washington st.,Georgetown, the visitor will leave the cars, and a short walkto the head of the street will bring him to the entrance toOak Hill Cemetery^ {open every day^ except Sunday and holi-days^ from sunrise to sunset.) The old portion, 10 a., incor-porated by Congress in 1849, was the gift of W. W. Corcoran;(211) 212 GEORGETOWN. from whom it has an endowneiit of $120,000. The presentarea is 30 a. It occupies a romantic spot, formerly Parrott-swoods, on the north-ern slope of George-town Heights, at thebase of which Avinds ^Rock creek, and has a ^ ^fine chapel and public 5 ]vault of the time of ^^ -. Heniy VIII. Here is the Van Ness Mau-soleum, designed by Hadfield,after the Temple of Vesta atRome, erected by Gen, VanNess, and containing the re-mains of the General and hiswife, Marcia Van Ness, neeBurns, of the family of DavidBurns, one of the original pro- VAN NESS MAUSOLEUM, prietors of Washington. It formerly stood on H, bet. 9th and loth sts. NW., Washington. In this Cemeteryare the Corcoran Mausoleum, in white marble, Linthicum Memorial Chapel, thegraves of Chief Justice Chase, Secretary Stanton, Generals Towson, of the war of1812, Plummer and Reno, killed in i86i-65. Commodore Morris, distinguished inthe Algerine war, and Lorenzo Dow, the religious enthusiast, removed from Hoimead Cemetery in 1S74. Returning t-o the same line of street-cars, and alighting onthe r. side, at Market St., at tlie head of the street is the George-toion H
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