der-in-chief of the armed forces of the united
colonies. He was elected the first president of the United States of
America under the new constitution in 1789, and again in 1793.

_Joseph Edward Willard_, (1865-1924), was born in Washington, D. C. He
practiced law, and was lieutenant governor of Virginia, 1902-1906.
President Woodrow Wilson appointed him minister to Spain in 1913;
later he was elevated to ambassador to Spain. He owned the Willard
Hotel in Washington, but lived part of his life in the town of
Fairfax, at "Layton Hall."

APPENDIX D

CLERK'S OFFICE

Excerpt from the _Alexandria Gazette and Virginia Advertiser_ July 15,
1853.

NOTICE TO BUILDERS--Sealed proposals will be received by the
undersigned, Commissioners, until Saturday, the 16th day of July
next, at 12 o'clock M, for taking down the present Clerk's office
of the Circuit Court of Fairfax County, and rebuilding it on the
same ground, with the materials and of the size and description,
following, to wit: The foundation wall to be 2 feet below the
surface, and 15 inches thick, of good stone, laid in mortar--the
walls above the ground to be laid on the stone foundation, of
brick, fourteen inches thick, and laid in good mortar,--the
building to be 36 feet long by 24 feet wide including the walls,
two stories high, and of the height of the present building, with
a passage of entry 12 feet wide, adjoining the County Court
office; the passage wall also resting on a stone foundation and
running from bottom to top--doors at each end of the entry, and
one door to each of the rooms--each room to have four windows,
twenty lights and 8 x 10 glass. The outer doors and window frames
to be of cast iron, with stone sills, and the doors and window
shutters to be covered with sheet iron, so as to be fire proof.
The joists to be 2 x 10 inches, 16 inches apart on the lowest
floor, resting upon a girder 6 x 12 inches; on the upper, without
a girder, but properly braced, and the flooring of the rooms to be
of the best North Carolina boards, planed, tongued and grooved,
and one and a quarter inches thick. The entry floor of best
flagging brick, and the stairway of stone. The roofing to be of
slate, of good quality, and the rafters to be substantially
framed, and suitable for slate roof. To each of the rooms there is
to be a fireplace. The woodwork is t