GEORGE WASHINGTON PARKE CUSTIS, born in Mount Airy, Md., April 30,
1786; died at Arlington, Fairfax Co., Va., October 10, 1857. His
father was the son of Mrs. Washington by her former husband. His
early home was at Mount Vernon, and he was educated at Princeton. He
married, early in life, Mary Lee Fitzhugh, and their daughter married
Robert E. Lee. Arlington House, built by Mr. Custis, thus came into
the Lee family. This beautiful estate, which was confiscated during
the war between the States, and used as a place of burial for the
Federal dead, was purchased from General Lee's heirs at the close of
the war and remains dedicated to the uses of a National Cemetery. Mr.
Custis wrote _Recollections of General Washington_, published first
in the _National Intelligencer_, and in book form in New York, in
1860.
THE INDIAN PROPHECY. A National Drama in Two Acts, founded on a most
interesting and romantic occurrence in the life of General
Washington. Georgetown, 1828. 16mo, pp. 35.
POCAHONTAS; OR, THE SETTLERS OF VIRGINIA. A National Drama in Three
Acts. Philadelphia, 1830. 12mo, pp. 47.
Another edition. 12mo, pp. 45. Philadelphia, 1839.
This play was first acted at the Park Theatre, New York, December
28, 1830, was well received, and was played in different cities of
the United States.