Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from James Heighe Blake, the Third Mayor of the Corporation of Washington (1813-17)
Dr. Blake located in George Town. He purchased, Novem ber 3, 1795, the lot on the southwest corner Of Congress (thirty - first) and Gay (n) streets. Thereon he built a residence. It is so altered that aught of the external original cannot be seen.
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