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It officially became part of the District of Columbia in 1801 and was renamed Alexandria County by Congress. By an act of 9 July 1846, Alexandria County, including the town of Alexandria, was retroceded to Virginia, which took jurisdiction over the area on 20 March 1847. The town was incorporated as a city in 1852. Area: 15.2 square miles. Population: 128,283 (2000), 135,200 (2005 estimate.)\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["Context for Record Type: Business Records, both volumes and loose records, are in some cases transferred to the Library of Virginia as components of court record transfers. These business records in some cases were simply stored in the local court building for safe keeping by business owners. In other cases, business records (particularly ledgers, account books, etc.) may have been filed in a court case as an exhibit. These business record exhibits appeared both in chancery causes and in judgments, these records serving as exhibits for business dissolution cases, debt suits, and contract disputes.\n","Locality History: : Alexandria in Fairfax and Arlington Counties, was named for John Alexander, an early owner of the tract in Fairfax County on which the town was located. The act to establish Alexandria was passed in 1749. Its site had previously been known as Hunting Creek Warehouse and as Belhaven. Alexandria was incorporated as a town in 1779 and was ceded to the federal government in 1789 for use as part of the site of the new national capital. It officially became part of the District of Columbia in 1801 and was renamed Alexandria County by Congress. By an act of 9 July 1846, Alexandria County, including the town of Alexandria, was retroceded to Virginia, which took jurisdiction over the area on 20 March 1847. The town was incorporated as a city in 1852. Area: 15.2 square miles. Population: 128,283 (2000), 135,200 (2005 estimate.)\n"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlexandria (Va.) Business Records, 1804-1942. Local government records collection, Alexandria (Va.) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219. \n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Alexandria (Va.) Business Records, 1804-1942. Local government records collection, Alexandria (Va.) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219. \n"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePrior to 2024, the various business records in this collection were originally described as individual records, but they have been consolidated into one large business record for the locality.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncoded by C. 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The canal officially opened on 2 December 1843 with the arrival of the first canal boat in Alexandria. In 1850, when the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal was completed to Cumberland, Maryland, coal from Maryland's mines became the most important commodity shipped to Alexandria along with wheat, corn, whiskey, corn meal, and flour. Important exports from Alexandria included fish, salt, plaster, and lumber.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe only interruption in service on the Alexandria Canal came during the Civil War when the canal was used to transfer Federal troops and supplies. But in 1886, a break in the aqueduct coincided with the demand for a toll-free bridge across the Potomac River and service on the canal came to an end. The canal structure was abandoned, and, finally, in 1923, the aqueduct bridge was removed. 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Construction on the aqueduct bridge and canal began in 1833 and was completed a decade later. The Potomac Aqueduct Bridge, which spanned 1000 feet between Georgetown and Rosslyn, allowed boats to cross the Potomac without first unloading in Georgetown. Boats would then continue their trips downstream on the seven-mile canal leading to Alexandria's seaport. The canal officially opened on 2 December 1843 with the arrival of the first canal boat in Alexandria. In 1850, when the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal was completed to Cumberland, Maryland, coal from Maryland's mines became the most important commodity shipped to Alexandria along with wheat, corn, whiskey, corn meal, and flour. Important exports from Alexandria included fish, salt, plaster, and lumber.\n","The only interruption in service on the Alexandria Canal came during the Civil War when the canal was used to transfer Federal troops and supplies. 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Fish, salt, plaster, and lumber were among the exports shipped out of Alexandria on the ascending trade.\n","Historical Information: The unidentified newspaper agent conducted business in Alexandria, Va., during the early nineteenth century.","Scope and Content: Unidentified Agent's Account of Newspaper Subscribers, 1804-1808, records a list of subscribers to various newspapers compiled by an agent operating in Alexandria, Va. Information found in each entry includes the subscriber name, date subscription commenced, and payments made on accounts. Entries are organized by the various newspaper titles. Newspaper titles represented in the volume include  Baltimore Federal Gazette ,  Virginia Herald ,  Boston Gazette ,  National Intelligencer , and  Washington Federalist .\n","Historical Information: United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company (US F \u0026 G) was a prominent American insurance company founded in 1896 in Baltimore, Maryland. 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Alexandria was incorporated as a town in 1779 and was ceded to the federal government in 1789 for use as part of the site of the new national capital. It officially became part of the District of Columbia in 1801 and was renamed Alexandria County by Congress. By an act of 9 July 1846, Alexandria County, including the town of Alexandria, was retroceded to Virginia, which took jurisdiction over the area on 20 March 1847. The town was incorporated as a city in 1852. \n","Alexandria (Va.) Chancery Causes 1859-1925 were processed by field processors at an unknown date. \n","Digital images were generated by PTFS through the Library of Virginia's Circuit Court Records Preservation Program in 2007.  \n","Encoded by G. Crawford: 2008; updated by C. Collins: May 2023.","Additional Alexandria Court Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult  A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm.","Alexandria (Va.) 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