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Title: A brief history of Alexandria County, Virginia;
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Alexandria Co., Va. Board of supervisors. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Falls Church, Va., The Newell printing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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The Home of Hon. John B. Henderson, Jr. 12 ALEXANDRIA COUNTY it would seem that if the county of Alexandria could be ceded backto Virginia, then the county of Washington could be ceded back toMaryland and the District of Columbia and the Capital and seat ofgovernment abolished by an act of Congress. In 1875 Mr. Robert A. Phillips, a large property owner in thecounty of Alexandria, brought suit to determine the validity ofthe act of retrocession. He alleged in his suit that an assessmenthad been made upon his property by officers of the State of Virginia,that he had paid his taxes under protest to prevent the sale of hisproperty by the State, and that the county of Alexandria was notwithin the State of Virginia but within the District of Columbia.He alleged that the act of Congress ceding back the county ofAlexandria was illegal and void because in violation of the Con-
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