distances" of what pretended to be a capital city in 1804, turned the story around and pictured the founders of the city reveling in burlesque dreams concerning the future of the capital, and attempting to mimic the glory of Rome and give absurd dignity to Goose Creek by naming it the Tiber.
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PIERRE CHARLES L'ENFANT.
The original maps of the city, drawn by Major L'Enfant in 1790, give both names to the stream, and there has come to light a much older document, proving the groundlessness of the poet's lampoon, and giving substance to the romantic tale concerning Francis Pope and his prophecy. It is his original abstract of title and reads as follows:
"June the 5th, 1663. Layd out for Francis Pope of
this Province Gentleman a parcel of land in Charles
County called Rome lying on the East side of the Anacostian
River beginning at a marked oak standing by
the river side, the bounded tree of Captain Robert
Troop and running north by the river for breadth the
length 200 perches to a bounded oak standing at the
