[171] Same, 175.
[172] Mosby's War Reminiscences, 44.
[173] See rosters in Williamson, pp. 475 and 487.
[174] Life and Campaigns of General J. E. B. Stuart, by H. B. McClellan, 301.
[175] Moore's Kilpatrick and Our Cavalry, 71.
[176] Life and Campaigns of Maj.-Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, 303.
[177] Williamson, 317.
[178] Comanches, 356.
[179] House Report No. 3859.
[180] 17 Loudoun Minute Books, 70.
[181] Idem, 2.
[182] The Negro in Virginia Politics, 27.
[183] Autobiography of Eppa Hunton, pp. 147, 148.
[184] Loudoun Mirror of the 10th January, 1872.
[185] R. L. Morton's The Negro in Virginia Politics and H. J. Eckenrode's Political Reconstruction in Virginia.
[186] Travels through the middle settlements in North America by Rev. (afterward Archdeacon) Andrew Burnaby, DD. 3rd Edition. 1798. Appendix p. 163. The first and second editions do not include the interesting little biography of Lord Fairfax.
[187] On every anniversary of the Armistice commemorative services are held before it.
[188] For a history of the Library see article in The Northern Virginian, Vol. 4, No. 1, p. 22, by the present author who is deeply interested in the institution of which he has been President and a Director since 1925. Of its fine collection of historical material on Loudoun free use has been made in the present work.
[189] I am indebted to Father Igoe and to Mr. John T. Hourihane of Leesburg for the facts concerning St. John's.
[190] For a history of the hospital see article by Mrs. Arthur M. Chichester in The Northern Virginian, Vol. 4, No. 1, p. 25.
Research indicates the copyright on this book was not renewed.
There are many inconsistencies in the spelling of names, such as McCarty and McCarthy.
Obvious printer errors have been silently normalised, except for the following:
On page 25: "In the 1712 another courageous adventurer" ... A missing word was added: "In the 'year' 1712" ...
Regarding the ad on page 184: The original ad in the Genius of Liberty of the 14th October 1817 reads as follows:
"LEESBURG JOCKEY CLUB. RACES will be run for on Wednesday the 15th October, over a handsome course near the town, A Purse of 200 Dollars, three miles and repeat, and on Thursday the 16th day, two miles and repeat A Purse of 100 Dollars, and on Friday the 17th one mile and repeat, a Town's Purse of at least $150, and on Saturday the 18th an elegant SADDLE, BRIDLE and MARTINGALE, worth at least FIFTY DOLLARS, P. SAUNDERS, sec'y & treas'r."