[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.
Chapter 2. JOHN CARLYLE AND HIS HOUSE.
[Footnote 73: _Will Book I-D_, 368. Fairfax Court House.]
[Footnote 74: _Minute Book_, 1753 Fairfax Court House.]
[Footnote 75: _Will Book, I-D_, 368. Fairfax Court House.]
[Footnote 76: _Will Book I-D_, 203-207. Fairfax Court House.]
[Footnote 77: Harrison, _Early American Turf Stock_, I, 152, 155-156.]
Chapter 3. THE MARRIED HOUSES.
[Footnote 78: Fitzpatrick, _Diaries_, I, 308.]
[Footnote 79: _Ibid._, 366.]
[Footnote 80: _Deed Book E_, 63. Alexandria.]
[Footnote 81: From information furnished by Mr. Taylor Burke.]
_Alexandria Deed Books_: _43_, 445; _E_, 90, 316; _L-3_, 474; _P-3_, 650; _Q-3_, 19; _T-3_, 537; _V-3_, 383; _W_, 398; _W-3_, 453.
_Alexandria Will Book 4_, 63.
_Fairfax Will Book D_, 17-20.
Chapter 4. THE FAIRFAXES OF BELVOIR AND ALEXANDRIA.
[Footnote 82: Neill, _The Fairfaxes of England and America_, 49.]
[Footnote 83: Fitzpatrick, _Writings_, I, 166.]
[Footnote 84: _Ibid._, 122-123.]
[Footnote 85: Cary, _Sally Cary_, 50.]
[Footnote 86: Neill, _The Fairfaxes of England and America_, 95-97.]
[Footnote 87: _Minute Book_, Court held August 15, 1758, 501-502.]
[Footnote 88: Fitzpatrick, _Diaries_, II, 118.]
[Footnote 89: Fitzpatrick, _Writings_, XXVII, 58].
[Footnote 90: _Ibid._, 57.]
[Footnote 91: _Ibid._, x.x.xVI, 262-265.]
Chapter 5. THE GEORGE WILLIAM FAIRFAX HOUSE.
[Footnote 92: _Minutes of the Trustees of Alexandria, 1749-1767_; _Deed Book G-1_, 116. Fairfax Court House.]
[Footnote 93: _Minutes of the Trustees of Alexandria, 1749-1767_.]
[Footnote 94: Fairfax Court House Records. Missing Liber K (now in the Library of Congress), 124-127.]
[Footnote 95: Fitzpatrick, _Diaries_, II, 42.]
[Footnote 96: Personal Property Tax, Fairfax County (1782-1793).
Virginia State Library Archives, No. 400.]
[Footnote 97: Lee, _Lee of Virginia_, 235-254.]
[Footnote 98: Shepperson, _John Paradise and Lucy Ludwell_, 98.]
[Footnote 99: Fitzpatrick, _Diaries_, IV, 270, 280.]
_Alexandria Deed Books_: _B_, 364; _D_, No. 2, 177.
_Alexandria Will Book 2_, 278 (Orphans" Court).