Editing Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) (section)

===17th century===
In 1632, English fur trader Henry Fleet documented an American Indian village of the [[Nacotchtank]] people called Tohoga on the site of present-day Georgetown and established trade there.<ref>{{cite book |title=A Walk Through Georgetown |author=Delany, Kevin |publisher=Kevin Delany Publications |year=1971}}</ref> The area was then part of the [[Province of Maryland]], an [[English overseas possessions|English colony]].{{citation needed|date = May 2023}}