it is really under john leadbea ter that the building gets to where it looks like today. there is the gingerbreading and a more updated, gothic-revival style. they were trying to stay current and keep attracting a new, fresh clientele. they had a pretty loyal customer base. in fact, we have a lot of the primary source ledgers and orders and prescription files in our collection. it is really quite a treasure, and extensive archival whoection, so we can tell is shopping here, what they are ,urchasing, what the prices are and the products that they are purchasing, and they are getting people coming in off of the street, but they still have like a who's who in alexandria customer order. 's mostedward stabler famous patrons is martha washington, and in 1802, she sends a letter, requesting his best bottle of castor oil and to have that sent to mount vernon, but savvy, she passes away soon after. sadly, she passes away soon after. robert e. lee, we have it in some of our ledgers that he purchased whitewash for arlington house, and he also purchased lavender, as well, and lavende