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[Footnote 57: Harrison, _Landmarks of Old Prince William_, II, 371, quoting President Madison in 1827.]

[Footnote 58: Harrison, _Landmarks of Old Prince William_, II, 406.]

[Footnote 59: _Ibid._, 663. Alexandria, 1749. Record Hening, I, 214, C.O. 5, 1895, No. 20. Description: "60 Acres ... parcel of the land of Philip Alexander, John Alexander, and Hugh West, situate ... on the south side of Potomack River about the mouth of Great Hunting Creek in the county of Fairfax." Trustees: Thomas, Lord Fairfax, William Fairfax, George William Fairfax, Richard Osborne, Lawrence Washington, William Ramsay, John Carlyle, John Pagan, Gerard Alexander, Hugh West, Philip Alexander.]

[Footnote 60: Hamilton, _Letters_, II, 164.]

[Footnote 61: Harrison, _Landmarks_, II, 414; Hayden, _Virginia Genealogies_, 88; _William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine_, IV, 17; _Maryland Gazette_ (_Copy in Ramsay Family records_).]

[Footnote 62: _Maryland Gazette_, December 1761, Ramsay Family records.]

[Footnote 63: Lipscomb, _The Writings of Thomas Jefferson_, IV, 90, Memorial Edition.]

[Footnote 64: Letter of Martha Washington to Betty Ramsay, dated Cambridge, December 30, 1775. Courtesy Pierpont Morgan Library.]

[Footnote 65: _Ramsay Family records._]

[Footnote 66: See reference No. 8, _supra_.]

[Footnote 67: _Deed Book P_, 365, December 20, 1784. Fairfax Court House.]

[Footnote 68: _Deed Book B_, 168, July 14, 1785. Alexandria Land Records.]

[Footnote 69: Fitzpatrick, _Diaries of George Washington_, II, 342.]

[Footnote 70: From a newspaper clipping in _Ramsay Family records_.]

[Footnote 71: Fitzpatrick, _Diaries_, II, 356.]

[Footnote 72: From a newspaper clipping in _Ramsay Family records_.]

_Alexandria Deed Book F_, 331.

_Alexandria Will Book 4_, 92.

_Fairfax Deed Books_: _D_, No. 1, Part I, 436; _D_, 380; _M_, No. 1, 286.