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Fall 2011 -- The First Union Civil War Martyr: Elmer Ellsworth, Alexandria, and the American Flag by Marc Leepson (4 pages) and The Civil War Comes to Duke Street by Ted Pulliam (10 pages)

Spring 2011 -- "This Long Agony": A Test of Civilian Loyaties in an Occupied City by Diane Riker (12 pages)

Spring 2011 -- Volusia: A Farm and the People Who Lived There During the Civil War by Amy Bertch (7 pages)

Fall 2010 -- In the Footsteps of Alexandria's Lamplighters by Diane Riker (12 pages)

Spring 2010 -- Hugh West and the West Family's Momentous Role in Founding and Developing Alexandria and Fairfax and Loudoun Counties, Virginia by Jim Bish (26 pages)

Fall 2009 -- Catherine's Ring: The Story of a Sea Captain and the Daughter of a Philadelphia Potter in Alexandria, Virginia by Richard H. Klingenmaler (10 pages)

Summer 2009 -- Alexandria and Belhaven: A Case of Dual Identity by Diane Riker (12 pages)

Spring 2009 -- A British Fleet Sails into Alexandria by Ted Pulliam (12 pages)

Fall 2008 -- Hessians in Our Midst: Provost Duty in Alexandria 1861-62 - The 88th Pennsylvania Volunteers by Michael Ayoub (16 pages)

Spring 2008 -- 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 by Jim Bartlinski  (10 pages)

Fall 2007 -- A Defenseless Alexandria by Carole L. Herrick  (8 pages)

Fall 2007 -- Gunpowder, Flour, Fire and Heirs: A Waterfront Block from Duke to Wolfe Streets by Ted Pulliam (10 pages)

Summer 2007 -- The Fitzgerald Warehouse: The Early History of an Alexandria Landmark by Diane Riker (14 pages)

Spring 2007 -- Firehouses in Alexandria by Tom Hart (12 pages)

Spring 2006 -- Reaching for the Channel: Some Documentary and Archaeological Evidence of Extending Alexandria's Waterfront by Steven J. Shephard  (16 pages)

2003/2004 -- "A Sacred Duty:" Mount Vernon during the Years of the Civil War by Mary V. Thompson (24 pages)

Summer/Fall 2002 -- The Alexandria Sisters of Charity by William F. Carne (3 pages),  "Aunt Lindy" - A Former Slave Who Settled in Alexandria after the Civil War by T. Michael Miller (6 pages) and  Reflections on the Old Presbyterian Meeting House by Miss Myrtle M. Graves (4 pages)

Spring 2002 -- The Alexandria-Mt. Vernon Conference by Henry Morgan (11 pages).  Additional contents include: Mary Custis Lee-17th Virginia Regiment Chapter, UDC: Honors the Six Soldiers Buried in Its Confederate Plot at Bethel Cemetery in Alexandria, VA by Rebecca Hatchell Kusserow (7 pages); Kate Hooper: Alexandria's "Angel of Mercy" (2 pages) and The Episcopal High School: Hoxton House (3 pages) by T. Michael Miller.

Winter 2001/2002 -- Literary Tastes in 19th Century Alexandria, Virginia by Robert C. Reed (17 pages)

Fall 2001 -- The Alexandria Memorial Drinking Fountain by Anne S. Paul  (24 pages)

Summer 2001 -- Wilmer McLean (1814-1882): Victim or Scrooge? by Cliff Johns (12 pages)

Spring 2001 -- Edgar Warfield: Alexandria's Last Surviving Confederate Soldier (6 pages) and A View of Mr Lincoln (4 pages) by T. Michael Miller and  A Heroine on the Homefront: My Mother's Experience during the Civil War by Mrs. Ada Warfield Kurtz (11 pages)

Winter 1999/2000 -- The Washington and Prince Street Military Prisons: Alexandria's Andersonville? by T. Michael Miller (16 pages)

Fall 1999 -- The Anthony Burns Affair: Alexandria, Virginia Locals at the Center of National Debate over the Fugitive Slave Act during Violent Incidents in Boston, Massachusetts by Cliff Johns (8 pages).  Additional contents include: The U.S. Presidential Election of 1860: Reflections of Judge Andrew Wylie (7 pages); Christ Church and Its War Work during the First World Conflict: 1917-1919 (5 pages); Vignettes from the Pages of the Alexandria Gazette: A Lone Indian --  Alexandrians Used as Human Hostages on U.S. Military Railroad Trains -- Negro Regiment Raised in Alexandria (3 pages).

Summer 1999 -- Alexandria and Northern Virginia in the Early National Period: The Paradox of Liberalism in a Slave Society by A. Glenn Crothers (18 pages).   Additional contents include: Civil War Vignettes (7 pages); President Abraham Lincoln Reviews the Troops Near Shuter's Hill (2 pages).

Winter/Spring 1998/1999 - The Saga of Saving and Reconstructing Ramsay House by Peter H. Smith  (36 pages)

Fall 1998 - The Mystery Surrounding G. W. P. Custis' Painting of George Washington at Yorktown by T. Michael Miller.  Vignettes from the pages of the Alexandria Gazette:Crime & Punishment.  Carlyle House Struck by Lightening.  Alexandria Academy Foundation Stone Laid.  The Silver Greys.  An Ancient Grave.  Saw John Wilkes Booth Killed.  Football.  Four Mile Run.  Repartee.  A Reckless Rider.  Runaway Train Car.  Scarred by a Ghost.  Businesses of Yesteryear:  New Flour Mill.  William Dean's Shoe Factory (20 pages)

Summer 1998 - Colonial Alexandria Levers of Power by Effie Crittenden Dunstan.  Vignettes from the Pages of the Alexandria Gazette:Cock Fights at the Canal.  A Royal Bull Fight.  Brass Band.  Portner's Brewery.  Stink at Petersburg.  Disgraceful.  Concordia Summer Garden.  Old Watch Box.  Hen House Robbed.  Graves Found.  Target Practice.  Alexandria Rocked by an Earthquake in 1886.  Springtime in Alexandria.  Old House Discovered.  An Old Landmark Gone.  Horses Drowned.  Businesses of Yesteryear: The Potomac Manufacturing Company and Virginia Iron Ship Building Company.  Alexandria, Virginia--Gateway on the George Washington Memorial Parkway by Al Cox, Ron M. Kagawa & Peter H. Smith. (20 pages)

Spring 1998 - The Work of Marianne (Polly) Hulfish in the Old and Historic Alexandria District by Peter H. Smith.  Vignettes from the pages of the Alexandria Gazette:Disorderly Conduct. Debut of the Phonograph.  Alexandria Filling.  Lincoln Railroad Car.  Alexandria Suburban Villages.  A Conversation with the Penny Hill Grave Digger.  Penny Hill Cemetery - 1795.  Businesses along King Street: Service Drug Store, 706 King Street.  Henry Kandler, 1000 King Street.  Abel Cohen, 1104-1106 King Street.  G.G. Wolt, Florist, 901 King Street.  Purcell Shop, 1019 King Street.  George Wells Neighborhood Grocery, 429 Queen Street.  (12 pages)

Winter 1997/1998 -Street Boundaries Moved--Property Loss--Deed Errors Ensue by Gilman McDonald.  Biographies of Colonel S. King Shay and Jefferson Tacey.  Vignettes from the Pages of the Alexandria Gazette:Dog in a Furnace.  New Club.  Caving in of a Well.  Dangerous Wells.  Mary Custis Lee in Italy.  Suit Against the City.  The Market House Vane.  Forbidden.  New Victorious Cow.  Dangerous Nuisance.  Tight Rope Walker.  Bicycle in Alexandria.  Businesses of Yesteryear: A King Street Jewel Box--The Alexandria National Bank by T. Michael Miller.  Common Architectural Terms by Peter Smith and Al Cox. (16 pages)

Fall 1997 - Prince Street Profiles, Part II by T. Michael Miller.  Vignettes from the Pages of the Alexandria Gazette.  Biography of James M. Steuart.  Businesses of Yesteryear (25 pages)

Summer 1997 - Prince Street Profiles by T. Michael Miller.  Vignettes from the Pages of the Alexandria Gazette.  Alexandria Businesses of Yesteryear (20 pages)

Spring 1997 - Recollections of the Early War between the States in Alexandria, Virginia by A. J. Wickliffe.  The Fletcher House(s) on Prince Street by Gilman McDonald (16 pages)

Winter 1996 - The Beginnings of Historic Preservation in Alexandria-Moving Toward the Creation of the Old and Historic District by Peter H. Smith (36 pages)

Fall 1996 - Two Views of St. Paul's Church, Alexandria, Virginia by T. Michael Miller (12 pages)

Spring/Summer 1996 - An Architectural Walking Tour of Alexandria, Va. by Denys Peter Myers & T. Michael Miller (21 pages)

Winter 1995/1996 - The History of the Boyhood Home of Robert E. Lee by J. Patten Abshire (16 pages)

Summer 1995 - "Bandages and Broken Bones:" The Civil War Diary of Anne Reading. Introduction by Margaret Garrett Irving.  United States Civil War Military Hospitals in Occupied Alexandria, Virginia (24 pages)

Spring 1995 - President Lincoln's Railroad Car by Robert Slusser (20 pages)

Fall/Winter 1994 - A Stroll through History:  A Walking Tour of Historic South Lee (Water) Streetby T. Michael Miller (52 pages)

Summer 1994 - Ammi B. Young, Supervising Architect of the Treasury, and His 1858 Alexandria Post Office and Customhouse by Lowell Klock (16 pages)

Spring 1994 - Isaac Todd's 1804 Alexandria Profiles by Mona Leithiser Dearborn (24 pages)

Winter 1993/1994 - Thomas Jefferson: Friend of Alexandriaby Thomas B. Worsley  (12 pages)

Fall 1993 - A "Toothful" Account of Dentistry in Early Alexandria by Anne S. Paul (12 pages)

Summer 1993 - The Elks Club of 318 Prince Streetby Marilyn W. Burke   (12 pages)

Spring 1993 - Alexandria, Virginia's Market Squareby Penny C. Morrill   (20 pages)

Alexandria History Magazine. Before the Alexandria Chronicle, the Alexandria Historical Society published the approximately annual Alexandria History magazine from 1978 to 1992. Copies of Alexandria History magazine can be perused in hard-copy format at the Local History/Special Collections unit of the Alexandria Public Library.

1992- Charles Koones and the Alexandria Furniture Trade, 1820-1860 by Elaine Hawes.  (87 pages)

1990 - Alexander Hunter and the Bessie Hale Story by Terry Alford.
Phillip Richard Fendall, 1734-1805, Banker, Lawyer, and Entrepreneur by T. Michael Miller.
Quarries along the Potomac by Dorothea E. Abbott.
Lee Children of Sully by Eleanor Lee Templeman. (55 pages)

1987 - A New Look at the Founding of Alexandria by James D. Munson.
"Out of Bondage"-A History of the Alexandria Colonization Society by T. Michael Miller.
Archaeological Investigations at Christ Church, Alexandria, Virginia by Donald K. Creveling.
Reflections on Silver in Early Alexandria by Catherine B. Hollan.
Shipbuilding in Alexandria by Frederick Tilp.
The Bull in the Apothecary Shop by Anne Smith Paul.  (67 pages)

1984 - A Chronicle of the 17th Virginia Regiment-The Reminiscences of Col. Arthur Herbert by T. Michael Miller.
The Mystery of Ledger G by Terry Alford.
Alexandria in the War of 1812. (25 pages)

1983 - The City of Alexandria and Alexandria (Arlington) County by William B. Hurd.
Olney Winsor, Merchant by Elizabeth Hambleton.
History of Saint John's Academy, 1833-1895 by Allan W. Robbins. (32 pages)

1982 - George Washington in the Eyes of a Contemporary by Elizabeth Hambleton.
The Washington Society of Alexandria by Robert G. Whitton.
Montgomery Dent Corso by William B. Hurd.
Tour of Potomac, 1908-1930 by Robert L. Crabill.
AB&W Transit Company by B. C. May.
How to Research a House History in Alexandria, Virginia by T. Michael Miller. (28 pages)

1981 - Beleaguered Alexandria, 1861-1865 by James G. Barber.
"The Town Is Took:" McClellen's Troops on Seminary Hill by Cazenove G. Lee.
Cazenove Lee Remembers Robert E. Lee. (28 pages)

1980 - From Alexandria to Albany: The Journal of Mrs. Charlotte Brown, 1754-1757 by Ethelyn Cox.
Gen. Edward Braddock: A Retrospective by Ethelyn Cox.
The Alexandria Market Square by James D. Munson.
Doctoring and Fishing on the Potomac in 1843. (33 pages)

1978 - The "Precarious Trade" of a Virginia Tobacco Merchant: Harry Piper of Alexandria, 1749-1776 by Thomas M. Preissir.
A Canal for Alexandria by Vivienne Mitchell. (29 pages)