Pedro Casanave

Although he brought only 200 pounds sterling with him and spoke English poorly, he soon opened a warehouse from which he sold salt at low prices, rum and sugar, as well as oil, pork meat, pomade, and hair powder.

[2] He opened the warehouse with the help of his friend George Washington, whom he knew through his uncle, Juan de Miralles, agent to the Continental Congress.

In 1790, Casanave founded a nail factory, the first in Georgetown, and a night dancing-school for men, then set himself up as a real state agent selling local properties.

[4] According to historian Robert Cooper, a procession of Masons formed in Georgetown at the Fountain Inn, and marched to the site of the excavated foundation of the new President's House.

[1] In September 1791, after becoming a real state agent, Peter Casanave married Ann Nancy Young, from Georgetown.