William Herbert, who took over the 466 acres in payment of judgments against Richard Bland Lee, had no apparent intention of living on the property or of keeping it. A house must have existed on the property when he bought it because when he advertised the property for sale in the _Alexandria Gazette_ in November 1811, the copy mentioned "a comfortable dwelling house, and out houses, a young thriving orchard of the choicest fruit, a good garden paled in, and a spring of fine water that has never been known to fail in the driest season, near the house." There is no indication that the acreage was under cultivation at that time.[17] On March 10, 1812, the Reverend William Maffitt bought the 466-acre tract from William Herbert. It was probably Maffitt who named the estate "Salona." Chapter I Notes Langley and the Lees [1] Fairfax Harrison, _Landmarks of Old Prince William_ (Berryville, Va.: Reprint, Chesapeake Book Company, 1964), pp. 146-149. [2] Gardner Cazenove Lee, Jr., _Lee Chronicle_ (New York: New York University Press, 1957), pp. 5-6, 55-68; Beth Mitchell, _Beginning at a White Oak: Patents and Northern Neck Grants of Fairfax County_ (Fairfax, Va.: Office of Comprehensive Planning, 1977), pp. 202-203. [3] Harrison, _Landmarks_, p. 149. [4] Lee, _Chronicle_, pp. 86-92; Edmund Jennings Lee, _Lee of Virginia, 1642-1892_ (Philadelphia: By the author, 1895), pp. 165-167; April 19, 1782, Report of Appraisement and Division of Philip Ludwell Lee's Estate, Westmoreland, Va. [5] Trevor N. Dupuy and Gay M. Hammerman, _People and Events of the American Revolution_ (New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1974), p. 359; Virginia Dabney, _Virginia, The New Dominion_ (New York: Doubleday, 1971), pp. 170-71. [6] Lee, _Chronicle_, pp. 86-92. [7] Fairfax County, Virginia, Deed Book, J-2, p. 84. [8] Ibid., J-2, p. 245. [9] Ludwell Lee Montague letter to Eleanor Lee Templeman, May 4, 1969. No documentation was given for this statement. Copy in working papers, Virginia Room, Fairfax County Central Library. [10] Diane Rafuse, _Maplewood_ (Fairfax, Va.: Office of Planning, 1970), Appendix D. [11] Rafuse, _Maplewood_, pp. 56-62. [12] Robert S. Gamble, _Sully: The Biography of a House_ (Chantilly, Va.: The Sully Foundation, Ltd., 1973), p. 21. [13] Melvin Steadman, _Falls Church by Fence and Fireside_ (Falls Church, Va.: Falls Church Public Library, 1964), p. 509. [14] Author's visit to El Nido Cemetery, off Old Dominion Drive, near McLean. [15] Janice G. Artemel, A Preliminary Survey of the Literature on James Wren. Unpublished study. Falls Church, Va. [16] Fairfax County real property tax books, 1790-1813. Virginia State Library, Archives Division. [17] _Alexandria Gazette_, November 11, 18, 1811. II SALONA AND THE MAFFITTS