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AHS Celebrates the 250th!
AHS Celebrates the 250th!
As part of the Alexandria Historical Society's commemoration of America's 250th Anniversary, we bring you a series of Alexandria Chronicle issues highlighting our small city's big impact on the country's history.
Our July 2026 issue offers two entirely different views, much of which have not been well covered in the past. One article tells the story of what Martha Washington was doing during the American Revolution and the impact she had at that time. In the second article, we get a view from the "other side" as recorded by a Tory Loyalist who lived in Alexandria through part of the Revolution.
More articles will be published over the year to cover the hidden-in-plain-site pieces of Alexandria and American history.
In the first issue of the year twoarticles explain what was happening in Alexandria about 250 years ago and a little later as the country was trying to grow its government and economy. By driving or, better yet, walking around Old Town, you will pass an amazing number of buildings where the Patriots who were busy creating a new country 250 years ago lived and worked.
2026 JULY CHRONICLE.pdfMartha Washington's Revolutionary War
Martha Washington's Revolutionary War
A Loyalist's View of the Revolutionary War
Our July 2026 issue offers two entirely different views, much of which have not been well covered in the past. One article tells the story of what Martha Washington was doing during the American Revolution and the impact she had at that time. In the second article, we get a view from the "other side" as recorded by a Tory Loyalist who lived in Alexandria through part of the Revolution.
2025 Spring Chronicle.pdf2024_FALL_CHRONICLE.pdfWinter 23-24 Chronicle.pdfAVAILABILTY: Older Alexandria History Chronicles and Alexandria Chronicles are also available in hard copy at the Alexandria Library's Local History Room .
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Alexandria History & Alexandria Chronicle Over the Years
Alexandria History & Alexandria Chronicle Over the Years
1978 - 1984
1978 - 1984
W. B. Hurd, "Foreward,"
7.
Thomas M. Preisser, "The 'Precarious Trade' of a Virginia Tobacco Merchant: Harry Piper of Alexandria, 1749-1776,"
9-16.
Vivienne Mitchell, "A Canal for Alexandria,"
17-28.
"Recent Publications on Alexandria,"
29.
Ethelyn Cox, "From Alexandria to Albany: The Journal of Mrs. Charlotte Browne, November 1754-August 1757," 1-8.
Ethelyn Cox, "General Edward Braddock: A Retrospective," 9-14.
James D. Munson, "The Alexandria Market Square,"
15-27.
"Doctoring and Fishing on the Potomac in 1843,"
28-30.
James G. Barber "Beleaguered Alexandria" 1861-1865
1-7
John Ogden “The Town Is Took”
8 - 15
Cazenove Lee "McClellan’s Troops on Seminary Hill"
16 -20
Cazenove Lee "Remembers Robert E. Lee"
21 - 25
Elizabeth Hambleton, "George Washington in the Eyes of a Contemporary," 3-4.
Robert G. Whitton, "The Washington Society of Alexandria," 5-9.
William B. Hurd, "Montgomery Dent Corse," 10-14.
Robert L. Crabill, "Town of Potomac, 1908-1930," 15-17.
B. C. May, "AB&W Transit Company,"
18-21.
T. Michael Miller, "How to Research a House History in Alexandria, Virginia," 22-27.
William B. Hurd, "The City of Alexandria & Alexandria (Arlington) County," 3-10.
Elizabeth Hambleton, "Olney Winsor, Merchant," 11-24.
Allan W. Robbins, "History of Saint John's Academy, 1833-1895," 25-31.
T. Michael Miller, "A Chronicle of the 17th Virginia Regiment--'The Reminiscences of Col. Arthur Herbert,"
3-10.
Terry Alford, "The Mystery of Ledger G," 11-15.
"Alexandria in the War of 1812," 16-23.
"Washington's Birthnight Ball," 25.
"Recent Alexandria Studies Available at the Alexandria Library, Lloyd House," 27.
1993-1995
1993-1995
1993_Spring_Chronicle[1].pdfPenny C. Morrill, "Alexandria Virginia's Market Square," 1-20.
1993_Summer_Chronicle.pdfMarilyn W. Burke, "The Elks Club at 318 Prince Street," 21-31
(NOTE: continued numbering from Spring 1993).
1993_Fall_Chronicle.pdfAnne S. Paul, "A 'Toothful' Account of Dentistry in Early Alexandria," 1-11.
[Untitled Article from the Alexandria Gazette], 12.
1993-94_Winter_ChronicleThomas B. Worsley, "Thomas Jefferson: Friend of Alexandria," 1-11.
1994_Spring_ChronicleMona Leithiser Dearborn, "Isaac Todd's 1804 Alexandria Profiles," 1-24.
1995_Spring_ChronicleH. Robert Slusser, "President Lincoln's Railroad Car," 1-19.
1995_Summer_ChronicleMargaret Garrett Irwin (introduction), "'Bandages and Broken Bones': The Civil War Diary of Anne Reading," 1-21.
"United States Civil War Military Hospitals in Occupied Alexandria, Virginia," 21.
"A Letter from Judson to Miss Sarah Stilton General Hospital Mansion House, Alexandria, Va. August 23, 1862," 22-23.
"The U.S. Hospitals in Alexandria," 23-24.
1995-96_Winter_ChronicleJ. Patten Abshire, "The History of the Boyhood Home of Robert E. Lee: 607 Oronoco Street--Alexandria, Virginia, 1795-1995," 1-15.
1996-1998
1996-1998
1996_SpringSummer_Chronicle[1].pdfDenys Peter Myers and T. Michael Miller, "An Architectural Walking Tour of Alexandria, VA," 1-16.
Denys Peter Myers, "A Glossary of Architectural Terms," 17-21.
1996_Fall_Chronicle[1].pdfT. Michael Miller, "Two Views of St. Paul's Church, Alexandria, Virginia," 1-2.
Ruth Lincoln Kaye, "St. Paul's Episcopal Church and Benjamin Henry Latrobe," 2-4.
Denys Peter Myers, "St. Paul's Church--A Response," 4-12.
1996_Winter_ChroniclePeter H. Smith, "The Beginnings of Historic Preservation in Alexandria--Moving toward the Creation of the Old and Historic District," 1-34.
"Society for the Restoration of Historic Alexandria Board of Managers," 34-36.
1997_Spring_ChronicleA. J. Wickliffe, "Recollections of the early War Between the States in Alexandria, Virginia (March 1889)," 1-7.
Gilman McDonald, "The Fletcher House(s) on Prince Street," 8-15.
1997_Summer_ChronicleT. Michael Miller, "Prince Street Profiles," 1-14.
"Vignettes from the pages of the Alexandria Gazette," 15-19.
"Businesses of Yesteryear," 19-20.
1997_Fall_ChronicleT. Michael Miller, "Prince Street Profiles: Part II--Gentry Row," 1-17.
"Biography: Captain James M. Steuart," 18.
"Businesses of Yesteryear: Anatomy of the Marine Railway and Ship Building Company," 19-25.
1997-98_Winter_ChronicleGilman McDonald, "Street Boundaries Moved--Property Loss--Deed Errors Ensue," 1-7.
"Biography: Colonel S. King Shay and Jefferson Tacey," 7-9.
"Vignettes from the Pages of the Alexandria Gazette," 9-12.
T. Michael Miller, "A King Street Jewel Box--The Alexandria National Bank,"
12-14.
Peter Smith and Al Cox, "Common Architectural Terms," 15-16.
1998_Spring_ChroniclePeter H. Smith, "The Work of Marianne (Polly) Huffish in the Old and Historic Alexandria District," 1-6.
"Vignettes from the Pages of the Alexandria Gazette," 6-10.
"Businesses along King Street," 10-12.
1998-2001
1998-2001
1998_Summer_ChronicleEffie Crittenden Dunstan, "Colonial Alexandria Levers of Power," 1-8.
T. Michael Miller (comp.), "Vignettes from the Pages of the Alexandria Gazette," 9-11.
"Businesses of Yesteryear: The Potomac Manufacturing Company and Virginia Iron Ship Building Company," 12-14.
Al Cox, Ron M. Kagawa, and Peter H. Smith, "Alexandria Virginia--Gateway on the George Washington Memorial Parkway," 14-20.
1998_Fall_ChronicleT. Michael Miller, "The Mystery Surrounding G. W. P. Custis' Painting of George Washington at Yorktown," 1-11.
T. Michael Miller (comp.), "Vignettes from the Pages of the Alexandria Gazette," 11-18.
"Businesses of Yesteryear," 18-20.
1998-99_Winter_Spring_ChroniclePeter H. Smith, "The Saga of Saving and Reconstruction Ramsay House," 1-33.
T. Michael Miller, "William Ramsay--'The Romulus of Alexandria'," 34-35.
1999_Su_Chronicle.pdfA. Glenn Crothers, "Alexandria and Northern Virginia in the Early National Period: The Paradox of Liberalism in a Slave Society," 1-18.
T. Michael Miller (comp.), "Civil War Vignettes," 18-25.
T. Michael Miller, "President Abraham Lincoln Reviews the Troops near Shuter's Hill," 26-27.
1999_Fall_ChronicleCliff Johns, "The Anthony Burns Affair: Alexandria, Virginia Locals at the Center of National Debate over the Fugitive Slave Act during Violent Incident in Boston, Massachusetts," 1-8.
T. Michael Miller, "The U.S. Presidential Election of 1860: Reflections of Judge Andrew Wylie," 8-14.
T. Michael Miller, "Christ Church and its War Work during the First World Conflict, 1917-1919," 14-18.
T. Michael Miller (comp.), "Vignettes from the Pages of the Alexandria Gazette," 18-20.
1999-2000_Win_ChronicleT. Michael Miller, "The Washington and Prince Street Military Prisons--Alexandria's Andersonville??" 1-11.
T. Michael Miller (comp.), "Happenings from the Pages of the Alexandria Gazette," 11-13.
2001_Sp_ChronicleT. Michael Miller, "Edgar Warfield--Alexandria's Last Surviving Confederate Soldier: 'In Remembrance of Duty Faithfully Performed,'" 1-5.
Ada Warfield Kurtz, "A Heroine on the Homefront: My Mother's Experience during the Civil War," 6-15.
T. Michael Miller, "A View of Mr. Lincoln," 16-19.
2001_Su_Chronicle.pdfCliff Johns, "Wilmer McLean (1814-1882): Victim or Scrooge?" 1-11.
2001-2007
2001-2007
2001_Fall_ChronicleAnne S. Paul, "The Alexandria Memorial Drinking Fountain," 1-15.
Glenn Harry Nordin, "'Memorial Day Address,' May 28, 2001, Veterans Memorial, College Park, Maryland, 16-22.
"The Arrest of General Robert E. Lee's Daughter in his Hometown of Alexandria, Virginia," 23-24.
2001-02_Win_ChronicleRobert C. Reed, "Literary Taste in 19th Century Alexandria, Virginia," 1-16.
"In Memoriam: James Boyd Williams, Jr, January 19, 1902-May 29, 1999," 17.
2002_Sp_ChronicleHenry Morgan, "The Alexandria--Mt. Vernon Conference," 1-10.
Rebecca Hatchell Kusserow, "Mary Custis Lee-17th Virginia Regiment Chapter, UDC Honors the Six Soldiers Buried in its Confederate Plot at Bethel Cemetery in Alexandria, VA," 12-18.
T. Michael Miller, "Kate Hooper: Alexandria's 'Angel of Mercy'," 19-20.
2002_Su-Fall_ChronicleWilliam F. Carne, "The Alexandria Sisters of Charity," 1-12.
2003-04_ChronicleMary V. Thompson, "'A Sacred Duty:' Mount Vernon during the Years of the Civil War," 1-24.
2006_Sp_ChronicleSteven J. Shephard, "Reaching for the Channel: Some Documentary and Archaeological Evidence of Extending Alexandria's Waterfront," 1-13.
2006_Fall_ChronicleJ. Patten Abshire, "As War Went On, Technology Dictated Strategy," 2-4.
J. Patten Abshire, "The 115th Illinois and its Test at Chickamauga," 5-7.
2007_Sp_Chronicle.pdfThomas Hart, "Alexandria Firehouses,"
1-10.
2007-2009
2007-2009
2007_Su_Chronicle.pdfFitzgerald Warehouse: The Early History of an Alexandria Landmark," 1-11.
2007_Fall2_Chronicle.pdfCarole L. Herrick, "A Defenseless Alexandria," 1-7.
2007_Fall1_ChronicleTed Pulliam, "Gunpowder, Flour, Fire and Heirs: A Waterfront Block from Duke to Wolfe Streets," 1-9.
2008_Sp_Chronicle.pdfJim Bartlinski, "A Tale of Two Continents: How Fortune and Ability Affected Two Brothers: Doctor George Carlyle of Cumberland County, England and John Carlyle of Alexandria, Virginia," 1-9.
2008_Fall_Chronicle.pdfMichael Ayoub, "Hessians in our Midst: Provost Duty in Alexandria 1861-62: The 88th Pennsylvania Volunteers," 1-15.
2009_Sp_Chronicle.pdfTed Pulliam, "A British Fleet Sails into Alexandria," 1-11.Fall 2008
2009_Su_Chronicle.pdfDiane Riker, "Alexandria and Belhaven: A Case of Dual Identity," 1-9.
2009_Fall_Chronicle.pdfRichard H. Klingemaier, "The Story of a Sea Captain and the Daughter of a Philadelphia Potter in Alexandria, Virginia," 1-9.
2010-2013
2010-2013
2010_Sp_Chronicle.pdfJim Bish, "Hugh West and the West Family's Momentous Role in Founding and Developing Alexandria and Fairfax and Loudoun Counties, Virginia," 1-16.
2010_Fall_Chronicle.pdfDiane Riker, "In the Footsteps of Alexandria's Lamplighters," 1-10.
2011_Sp2_Chronicle.pdfDiane Riker, "'This Long Agony': A Test of Civilian Loyalties in an Occupied City," 1-10.
2011_Sp1_Chronicle.pdfAmy Bartsch, "Volusia: A Farm and the People who Lived there during the Civil War," 1-7.
2011_Fall_Chronicle.pdfMarc Leepson, "The First Union Civil War Martyr: Elmer Ellsworth, Alexandria, and the American Flag," 1-4.
Ted Pulliam, "The Civil War Comes to Duke Street," 5-14.
2012_Sp_Chronicle.pdfRichard Klingenmaier, "The Burial of General George Washington: The Lesser Known Participants," 1-15.
2012_Fall_Chronicle.pdfDan Hicks, "Runaway Slaves in Northern Virginia in the Early 19th Century," 1-9.
2013_Fall_Chronicle.pdfRichard Klingenmaier, "Miss Mary Jane Stewart: Ey Witness to History," 1-15.
2014-2018
2014-2018
2014_Sp_Chronicle.pdfJohn Sullivan, "'The Dark Clouds of War': The Civil War Diary of John Zimmerman of Alexandria, Installment No. 1: May 1861 to May 1863," 1-5.
Sherry Hulfish Brown, "An Uncovered Meaning in the Minnigerode Memorial Arch at the Virginia Theological Seminary," 6-11.
2014_Fall_Chronicle.pdfJohn Sullivan, "'The Dark Clouds of War': The Civil War Diary of John Zimmerman of Alexandria: Part II The Journal to Appomattox," 1-14.
2015_Sp1_Chronicle.pdfCatherine K. Miliaras , "The Parker-Gray District: Examining a Local Historic District a Generation Later" 1
2015_Sp2_Chronicle.pdfGarret Peck , "Andrew Wales: Alexandria's First Brewer" 1-15
2015_Su_Chronicle.pdfRichard Klingenmaier, "The Madeira Wine Trade," 1-18
2015_Fall_Chronicle.pdfA. James Rudin, D.D. "A Decade that Shaped My Life" 1-10.
2017 Fall Chronicle.pdfJason Tercha, "The Origins of the Alexandria, Virginia Sewerage System: Part I: Challenges and Improvements before the Civil War," 1-11.
Catherine Weinraub, "The Firefighter's Memorial in Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia," 12-15.
2018_Sp_ChronicleJason Tercha, "The Origins of the Alexandria, Virginia Sewerage System: Part II: Challenges, Opportunities, and Professionalization, 1870-1914," 1-15.
2018-Fall_ChronicleCarter B. Refo, "The Virginia trust for Historic Preservation and the Lee-Fendall House Museum and Garden: Celebrating Fity Years," 1-12.
Krystyn R. Moon, "A Chinese Slave in Alexandria? Melissa Ann Hussey's Electic Trousseu," 13-15.
2019-2022
2019-2022
2019_Sp_ChronicleSue Kovach Shuman, "The Murray-Dick-Fawcett House: A Future Alexandria Museum," 1-12.
Terry E. Zerwick, "The Grand Presidential Troop Reviews of April 1863," 13-19.
2020 Spring ChronicleSherry Hulfish Browne, "An Uncommon Imprisonment: The Life and Civil War Times of Welborne Walton Davidson and 'the wife'," 1-13.
Michael Reynolds, "Oscar Payne’s Escape to Freedom from Antebellum Alexandria," 14-19.
2022 Fall ChronicleTed Pulliam, "Alexandria's First Wharf,"
2023 Summer AHS Chronicle.pdfAHS Chronicles are also available in hard copy at the Alexandria Library's Local History Room
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