Alexandria, a town on the Potomac, 7 m. S. of Washington, accessible to vessels of the largest size; also a thriving town (7) on the river Leven, 3 m. N. of Dumbarton.
Population (circa 1900) given as 14,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Alexan`dria * Alexandrian Codex