. The old cannon foundry above Georgetown, and its first owner Henry Foxall . the mudand water of that almost disused passageway to thesouthern end. The property at present consists offour or five acres of land, two stone buildings formerlyused as molding and casting shops, two other stonehouses, where mills for boring and finishing cannonwere in use, and which contained also carpenter andpattern shops, other necessary branches of the cannonworks, and a frame dwelling, besides the large woodenice-house before referred to. In Foxalls time, and infact until some years subsequent to the deat
. The old cannon foundry above Georgetown, and its first owner Henry Foxall . the mudand water of that almost disused passageway to thesouthern end. The property at present consists offour or five acres of land, two stone buildings formerlyused as molding and casting shops, two other stonehouses, where mills for boring and finishing cannonwere in use, and which contained also carpenter andpattern shops, other necessary branches of the cannonworks, and a frame dwelling, besides the large woodenice-house before referred to. In Foxalls time, and infact until some years subsequent to the death of Gen-eral Mason, Foxalls successor, the property took inalso about two acres to the northward, part of whichwas a proving-ground, and on another part of whichwas situated a large four-story stone boring-mill andseveral buildings used as offices and as dwellings forsome of the employees of the institution. This por- > O 0 IT. n U) ^ nP x 7T 3 n> p o 3 n- T1 O c =- V. 3 p o *— P s n > X X ?ti o n 7, o 0 *A 7: c •-t <! — X a X H <. 14 The Foxall Cannon Foundry. 15,1804, from John Templeman and wife; and the thirdby deed dated April 1, 1815, from Thomas Tillotsonand wife. Other tracts of land in the immediate vicin-ity of the foundry were also bought by Mr. Foxallfrom time to time; so that he had a continuous tractfrom the river half a mile or more to the north, con-taining some sixty or seventy acres. The upper partof this tract, called the Spring Hill Farm, has been inthe possession of Mr. Foxalls descendants ever sincehis death. It is now owned by Mr. Charles H. Cragin,the well-known Washington lawyer, and his sister, McCartney, great-grandchildren of the originalpurchaser.* The foundry property was retained by Foxall until1815, when, having decided to retire from business, hedisposed of it to General John Mason, of AnalostanIsland, who continued the business up to the time ofhis death in 1849. For five years after this it remainedan undivided
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