[105] Evan Morrison Woodward, _Our Campaign_ (Philadelphia: J. E. Potter Co., 1865); McLean _Providence Journal_, February 11, 1977. Although a number of accounts place Julia Ward Howe, wife of Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, in the vicinity when she received the inspiration to write the words to "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", the account of Mr. A. J. Bloor, assistant secretary of the U. S. Sanitary Commission gives a different version. He and Dr. Howe met Mrs. Howe and her party at Upton's Hill, near Seven Corners, where they observed preparations for General George McClellan's grand review of 70,000 troops. Her poem followed, written that night at the Willard Hotel in Washington. Florence Howe Hall, _The Story of the Battle Hymn of the Republic_ (Freeport, N.Y.: Books for Libraries Press, reprint 1971), p. 62.
[106] Original memorandum in possession of Susan and Clive DuVal, II, Salona.
[107] Interviews with Smoot family members by the author; Fairfax County Ordinance of Secession, Lewinsville Precinct, #18, May 23, 1861. Fairfax County Courthouse, and copy, Virginia Room, Fairfax County Central Library.
[108] Interview with John D. K. Smoot, January 18, 1979; personal property tax assessments, 1868, 1869, Virginia State Library.
[110] Personal Property Tax Book, 1881. Virginia State Library.
[111] Interviews with members of the Smoot family by the author.
[112] Fairfax County Office of Comprehensive Planning, _Fairfax County in Virginia: Selections from Some Rare Sources_ (Fairfax, Va.: Office of Comprehensive Planning, 1974), pp. 126-127.
[113] Fairfax County, Virginia, Deed Book 635, p. 471; interviews with the Smoot family by the author.
[114] "The Rambler," _The Sunday Star_, August 2, 1914.
[116] Fairfax County, Virginia, Deed Book 635, p. 471.
[117] Interviews with Smoot family members by the author.
[118] Fairfax County, Virginia, Deed Book 1041, p. 123; 1097, p. 32; 1322, p. 453.
Susan and Clive DuVal, II, arrived in northern Virginia in 1952, hunting for an older house with interesting architectural features and surrounding acreage. When they discovered Salona, it was occupied by the Danish family who were in the east wing. They decided it was just the house they wanted, unprepossessing though it appeared, full of the musty odor of unoccupied houses, ill-treated by a succession of temporary tenants and youthful vandals, and in poor repair inside and out. Inspection of the house would have discouraged the average home buyer but the DuVals had the desire and resources to do what was necessary to rehabilitate the dwelling and to live in it.