. Book of the Royal blue . lots werelaid out and lines for streets the surveyors was George Wash-ington, a boy of sixteen. The followingyear the town was organized, trusteeschosen, and all was ready for the rush ofpeople and capital. As was then the cus-tom, the streets were given names derivedfrom royalty and the nobility, or in honor nental Army, and on each return waswarmly welcomed by his townsmen. He served as vestryman in his church,trustee of the town, and after his terms asPresident, accepted an election as roadcommissioner. The 22d of February observed
. Book of the Royal blue . lots werelaid out and lines for streets the surveyors was George Wash-ington, a boy of sixteen. The followingyear the town was organized, trusteeschosen, and all was ready for the rush ofpeople and capital. As was then the cus-tom, the streets were given names derivedfrom royalty and the nobility, or in honor nental Army, and on each return waswarmly welcomed by his townsmen. He served as vestryman in his church,trustee of the town, and after his terms asPresident, accepted an election as roadcommissioner. The 22d of February observed here. In 1762 a brick church, which still stands,was built, and in one place we see a re-minder of the troublous times in the (iOs;two churches of the same denomination,facing each other, are known respectively asNorth and South Church. In 17^5 ChristChurch, probably the most interesting edi-fice of its kind in America, was town was then in Fairfax, a countj ALEXANDRIA, NEE BELHAVEN—A TOWN WITH A HISTORY. 15. THE MARSHALL Horsl;. \M1EKE C(JLU.\KL ELLhWOKTH WAS KILLKl). which embraced much of the northern part ofVirginia,and the new parish was called Fair-fax, and at the first election for vestrymen,George Washington was one of those chosen. A site being sold for one penny, in 1707the erection began, and was completed in1773. Within a short distance of Alexandriaare now several brickyards with a yearlyoutput of millions, but it is said all the brickfor this church was brought from England,as it was thought there was no clay in thecolonies fit for brickmaking. The records of the church show that onFebruary 27, 1773, there was an auctionfor the choice of pews, and that the sumof =£36 10 s was given by Washington fora choice, the rental being fixed at £.5 peryear. In 18(iO many changes were madein the interior of the church, but the his-toric square pew of the first President wasleft and still remains in its original con-dition, being now reserved for visitors atth
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