Callie Stapp, curator of collections at Alexandria’s Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary, will be giving a talk called “Mayors, Merchants and Maladies” at the Mount Vernon Genealogical Society’s monthly meeting next Tuesday, Feb. 17, from 1 – 3 p.m. The talk will focus on the Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary, which was founded in the 18th century.

The meeting, which is free and open to the public, will be held in room 112 of the Hollin Hall Senior Center, located at 1500 Shenandoah Road, Alexandria. For more information, visit mvgenealogy.org.