_Evermay, the Heights, and Oak Hill_
Evermay, on Montgomery (28th) Street, is one of the show-places of
Georgetown. Its fascinating garden is shown every spring for the benefit
of Georgetown Children's House by its owner, the Honorable F. Lamot
Belin, at one time Ambassador to Poland. He removed the cream-colored
paint from the old house, revealing the lovely old-rose brick, and built
the wall and the lodge at the gate when he bought the place in 1924.
Evermay used to extend all the way down to Stoddert (Q) Street. The
original boundary is the little old stone in the corner of the property
of Mrs. Thomas Bradley on Q and 28th Streets.
Evermay was built by Samuel Davidson with proceeds from the sale of
property to the United States government. This included land for the
northern part of the "President's Square," (the David Burns-Davidson
property line passing directly through the White House) and adjacent
Federal property including Lafayette Park. He willed his estate to Lewis
Grant, a nephew in Scotland, upon condition of his assuming the Davidson
surname.
Samuel Davidson is buried in the portion of Oak Hill Cemetery which was
formerly part of the estate. Mr. Davidson must have been rather a
strange person; certainly he was determined not to be bothered by
people, for this is the advertisement he published:
Evermay proclaims,
Take care, enter not here,
For punishment is ever near.
Whereas, the height called Evermay, adjoining this town, is now
completely enclosed with a good stone wall in part and a good post
and rail fence thereto, this is to forewarn at their peril, all
persons, of whatever age, color, or standing in society, from
trespassing on the premises, in any manner, by day or by night;
particularly all thieving knaves and idle vagabonds; all rambling
parties; all assignation parties; all amorous bucks with their
dorfies, and all sporting bucks with their dogs and guns.
My man, Edward, who resides on the premises, has my positive orders
to protect the same from all trespassers as far as in his power,
with the aid of the following implements, placed in his hands for
that purpose, if necessary, viz:--Law, when the party is worthy of
that attention and proper testimony can be had, a good cudgel,
tomahawk, cutlass, gun and blunderbuss, with powder, shot and
bullets, steel traps and grass snakes.
It is Edward's duty to obey my lawful commands. In so doing, on this
occasion, I will defend him at all risques and hazards. For the
information of those persons who may have real business on the
premises, there is a good and convenient gate. But Mark! I do not
admit mere curisoity an errand of business. Therefore, I beg and
pray of all my neighbors to avoid Evermay as they would a den of
devils, or rattle snakes, and thereby save themselves and me much
vexation and trouble.
June 2, 1810 SAMUEL DAVIDSON.
Lewis Grant's daughter married Charles Dodge, they being one of the four
couples who had the very early morning wedding at Francis Dodge's home
on the corner of Stoddert (Q) Street and Congress (31st) Street. Apropos
of this there is a prized letter of four closely written pages from
Charles Dodge to his father, announcing that he had reached the age of
twenty-one and asking the parental gift of what might be "his due." He
ended by saying he "hoped he approved of his engaging in the estate of
Holy Matrimony, for without that blissful comsummation his life would be
void of happiness forevermore." His father's concise reply was in four
lines: "Attend carefully whatever business you engage in, put off your
marriage as long as possible, and get religion!"
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dodge did not live always at Evermay. It was sold
to Mr. John D. McPherson, and the Dodges went to live in the old frame
house opposite the gate of Tudor Place.
For many years the McPhersons leased Evermay to Mr. William B. Orme and,
certainly, during those years the spectre of the inhospitality of its
first owner was laid, for the Ormes were noted for their delightful
parties and there, too, were June weddings with charming brides.
One morning in 1905 a group of Georgetown ladies met at Evermay and
formed a little literary club (which is still in existence) composed of
thirty-five members. It still bears the name of The Evermay Club. It met
there regularly once a month as long as it was the home of Mrs. Orme,
but nowadays the club moves from house to house. One summer the Ormes
rented Evermay to a Hawaiian princess, who enjoyed it with her family.
Just across the street from Evermay is what is known as Mackall Square.
The old mansion sits so far back in the middle of the square and is so
embowered in trees that it is not easily seen from either Montgomery
(28th) or Greene (29th) Street. It is a simple and lovely colonial brick
with old wooden additions on the back, and has been there a long, long
time. But it is not the first house that was on that spot, for the one
that was there was the frame house which was moved over opposite the
gate of Tudor Place.
Benjamin Mackall married a daughter of Brooke Beall, and with the money
inherited from her father's estate they bought this property and built
the house.
In 1821 a trust was placed on the property, and in the title is recorded
"no encumbrance except a small wooden house in which Mrs. Margaret Beall
now lives, in which she has her life interest."
Benjamin Mackall was a brother of Leonard Mackall. Their father owned
large estates in Calvert and Prince Georges Counties in Maryland, and
his products were sent to the Georgetown market; so it happened that his
sons met the daughters of Brooke Beall, one of the important merchants
shipping grain and tobacco to England.
This land was part of the Rock of Dumbarton, and Benjamin's wife was
named Christiana. I wonder if by any chance they could have given her
that name in commemoration of another Christiana who is spoken of in an
old, old surveyor's book thus:
Surveyed for George Beall 18 January, 1720. Beginning at the bounded
Red Oak standing at the end of N. N. W. tract of land called Rock of
Dunbarton on the south side of a hill near the place where
Christiana Gun was killed by the Indians.
Louis Mackall, their son, was born in this house and inherited the place
in 1839. He was a well-known physician, but a large part of his life was
spent at the old country home of the Mackalls, Mattaponi, in Prince
Georges County, and there his son, Louis, was born in 1831. His father
brought him to Georgetown when he was under ten years of age, and
entered him in Mr. Abbott's school, from whence he went to Georgetown
College and Maryland Medical University. He established a large practice
in Georgetown and married Margaret McVean. Their home was not here but
on Dumbarton Avenue and Congress (31st) Street, and they had a son,
again Louis, who also went into the medical profession.
[Illustration: THE OLD MACKALL HOUSE]
This house was vacant when I was a girl and I remember very distinctly
going to a dance there one heavenly moonlight night in June when it was
loaned to the O. T. That was a little club of boys about my own
age--"Only Ten"--but the meaning of the name was a secret then. During
the next two years they followed the example of the I. K. T. by giving
dances in Linthicum Hall during the Christmas holidays.
The I. K. T. was a group of boys two or three years older than the O. T.
My brother was one of them, and when I asked him a year or two ago what
the letters meant he said he couldn't tell; it was still a secret, like
a fraternity. They had a pin somewhat like a fraternity pin. I still
have the engraved invitations that both clubs sent out for their dances,
with the names of the members underneath.
After having been vacant for years this place was bought by Mr. Hermann
Hollerith in the early 1900's. He did not make his home here but built a
house farther down on Greene (29th) Street, where his family still live.
They continue to rent the old house. Hermann Hollerith was the inventor
of the tabulating machine which is used by the International Business
Machine Corporation, and his work was done in a little house down on
Thomas Jefferson Street. His wife was Miss Lucia Talcott.
Immediately opposite the steps on Greene (29th) Street which lead up to
this dear old place are other high steps which lead to a place called
Terrace Top. Here it was that in the winter of 1920-'21 two very
charming people came to rest in what they considered the most attractive
of American cities. They were Julia Marlowe and E. H. Sothern.
While they were here Miss Marlowe was honored by George Washington
University at its one hundredth anniversary, on February twenty-second,
by receiving the degree of D. D. L., a most unusual honor for a woman.
This house is now the home of Mr. Herbert Elliston, editor of the
_Washington Post_.
All of this land was still, of course, Beall property, and somehow it
all seemed to pass down through the women, for the next place to the
west originally belonged to Miss Eliza Beall, a daughter of Thomas Beall
of George, who married George Corbin Washington, great-nephew of General
Washington. He was a grandson of John Augustine Washington and Hannah
Bushrod. He was president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company,
member of Congress from Maryland, and a prominent candidate for the
Vice-Presidency at the time Winfield Scott was nominated for President.
Their son was the Lewis Washington who was living near Harper's Ferry at
the time of John Brown's raid, and was taken prisoner by him and held as
a hostage until released by Colonel Robert E. Lee and his United States
troops when they arrived on the scene.
Miss Eleanor Ann Washington, the daughter of the house, was skilled in
painting and did miniatures of her mother and of other members of her
family. She also used to sketch in the beautiful woods north of her
father's home, which soon after became Oak Hill Cemetery, and she was
the first person to be buried in its grounds.
George Corbin Washington married a second time, a girl who had been
almost like a daughter in his house, Ann Thomas Beall Peter, of whom his
wife had been very fond. Both of the wives of George Corbin Washington
were descended from the Reverend John Orme, a distinguished clergyman of
Maryland in colonial days.
After the death of Mr. Washington the place was sold and became the home
of Senator Jesse D. Bright, of Indiana, who was deprived of his seat in
the Senate during the Civil War because of his sympathy with the South.
For a long time this place belonged to Columbus Alexander, but in recent
years it has changed hands several times. It had been leased by the
Honorable Dwight Morrow to be his home while Senator from New Jersey,
but his sudden death the summer before of course changed that
arrangement.
During World War II it was the home of General William (Wild Bill)
Donovan, head of OSS, and is now the home of Mr. Philip Graham,
publisher of the _Washington Post_.
All of this property of The Heights belonged, as I have said, to Thomas
Beall, and after 1783 it was rapidly being "developed," as they say
nowadays. It is interesting to follow out how it all happened and how
relatives wished to live one another.
Directly across Washington (30th) Street, a large piece of land was sold
by Thomas Beall in 1798 to William Craik, who was the son of that Dr.
Craik who attended General Washington in his last illness. He evidently
intended to build a home here, but Mrs. Craik died and he soon followed
her. She was Miss Fitzhugh, a sister of Mrs. George Washington Parke
Custis, of Arlington.
How I wish there were in existence a picture of the house which David
Peter built in 1808 when he bought this piece of land. The house must
have stood among handsome trees, for it was called Peter's Grove, and we
can look at the oaks still standing in near-by places and visualize
those which surrounded this house.
David Peter was a son of Robert Peter. He married Sarah Johns, and had
two daughters and one son, Hamilton. After his death Mrs. David Peter
married John Leonard, and the place was sold, in the thirties, to
Colonel John Carter, Representative in Congress from South Carolina. His
wife was Eleanor Marbury, one of that large family of girls in the old
house on Bridge (M) Street. The house was then renamed Carolina Place.
For a while it was occupied by the Honorable John F. Crampton, Minister
from England. It was during this time that a treaty was settled by him
with Daniel Webster concerning the Newfoundland fisheries. A little
later Count de Sartiges, the French Minister, lived here.
About that time the house was destroyed by fire and the land was sold by
John Carter O'Neal, of the Inniskillen Dragoons, son of Anne Carter who
had married an Englishman, to Henry D. Cooke.
The western part of this square was bought in 1805 by Mrs. Elisha O.
Williams. She was Harriot Beall, daughter of Brooke Beall, the third of
these sisters to settle on The Heights, and she also bought her home
with money inherited from her father's estate.
[Illustration: HOME OF BROOKE WILLIAMS]
Six months after buying the property Mrs. Williams was left a widow. She
built a home and lived there with her small children, and thirty years
later gave the northern part of her land to her son, Brooke Williams and
his wife, Rebecca. It was on the spot where the Home for the Blind now
stands.
Mrs. Rebecca Williams was a very beautiful woman and all her children
inherited her beauty. The daughter who was named Harriot Beall for her
grandmother became the most famous girl who ever grew up in Georgetown.
The romantic story of her marriage to Baron Bodisco, the Russian
Minister, runs thus:
It all started with a Christmas party which the baron gave for his
nephews, Waldemar and Boris Bodisco. To this party all of the boys
and girls were invited, and great bonfires lighted the way, for
there was little gas in those days.
Among those who came was Harriot Beall Williams, the beautiful
sixteen-year-old daughter of Brooke Williams, senior. Baron Bodisco, a
bachelor of sixty-three, became completely enamored of Miss Williams
that evening, and it is said that the next morning he walked up the hill
to meet and escort her to school--the school, of course, being the same
Seminary of Miss English.
My story is copied almost entirely from Miss Sally Somervell Mackall's
_Early Days of Washington_, for nothing could improve on that:
Miss Williams' family were much opposed to the marriage, and at one
time the engagement came near being broken. She told Mr. Bodisco
that "her grandmother and everybody else thought he was entirely too
old and ugly." His reply was that she might find someone younger and
better looking, but no one who would love her better than he did.
They were married in June, 1849, at four o'clock in the afternoon,
at her mother's home on Georgetown Heights. Only the immediate
relatives and the bridal party witnessed the ceremony, after which
there was a brilliant reception. The wedding party formed a circle
and just back of them on a sofa sat a row of aged ladies in
lace-trimmed caps, among them her grandmother, Harriot Williams and
her three sisters, Mrs. Benjamin Mackall, Mrs. William Stewart,
senior, and their cousin, Mrs. Leonard Hollyday Johns, senior, all
of whom were between seventy and eighty years of age.
The mariage ceremony was performed by her cousin, Reverend Hollyday
Johns, the second. Her trousseau came from abroad, and her bridal
robe was a marvel of rich white satin and costly lace which fell in
graceful folds around her; the low-cut dress showed to perfection
her lovely white shoulders and neck. On her fair brow and golden
hair was worn a coronet of rarest pearls, the gift of the groom. The
effect was wonderfully brilliant. As her father was not living, her
hand was given in marriage by Henry Clay.
The groom wore his court dress of velvet and lace. All the
bridesmaids, seven in number, were beautiful girls about her own
age. Their gowns were figured white satin, cut low in the neck with
short sleeves and trimmed with blond lace; their hair was simply
dressed without ornaments. The bridesmaids were: her sister Gennie
Williams, Sarah Johns, Jessie Benton, Ellen Carter, Eliza Jane
Wilson, Emily Nichols, Mary Harry, and Helen Morris, daughter of
Commodore Morris. Each bridesmaid was presented with a ring set with
her favorite stone. The groomsmen were Henry Fox, the British
Minister in scarlet court dress; Mr. Dunlop, Minister from Texas;
Mr. Martineau, Minister from the Netherlands; Mr. Buchanan, who had
been Minister to Russia, and was then Senator, and afterwards
President of the United States; Baron Saruyse, the Austrian
Minister; Martin Van Buren; Mr. Kemble Paulding, whose father was
Secretary of the Navy at that time; Mr. Forsythe, whose father was
Secretary of State. Each minister had his own carriage and
attendants dressed in livery. The house and grounds were thronged
with noted guests, strolling amid sweet-scented flowers and lemon
trees hanging with rich golden fruit.
Among the distinguished guests were President Van Buren; Daniel
Webster; all the Diplomatic Corps and a host of other notables,
including James Gordon Bennett of _The New York Herald_.
The bride was taken to her new home in Mr. Bodisco's gilded coach
with driver and footman in bright uniform, drawn by four horses. The
same afternoon, Mr. Bodisco gave a dinner to just the bridal party.
At nine o'clock the same day he gave a general reception for the
families of the attendants. The morning after the wedding the
bridesmaids took breakfast with the bride and, girl-like, as soon as
breakfast was over, went on an investigating tour. In her boudoir
they found many beautiful things, among them an old-fashioned
secretary, with numerous drawers, one was filled with ten dollar
gold pieces, another with silver dollars, another with ten-cent
pieces, another with the costliest of jewels, and still another with
French candy.
The next week Mr. Bodisco gave a grand ball, on which occasion
Madame Bodisco wore her bridal robe. Shortly after the wedding,
President Van Buren gave a handsome dinner at the White House in
honor of Madame Bodisco and Mrs. Decantzo, another bride. To this
dinner all the bridal party were invited. Madame Bodisco wore a
black watered silk, trimmed with black thread lace and pearl
ornaments. President Van Buren sent his private carriage and his
son, Martin, to escort Ellen Carter (an adopted daughter of Jeremiah
Williams who was an important shipping merchant of the town) to the
dinner. The President thought Miss Carter like her Aunt Marion
Stewart of New York, to whom he was engaged while Governor of that
State. At the dinner table he drank wine with her, and again in the
reception room. Miss Carter afterwards married Paymaster Brenton
Boggs of the United States Navy.
On another occasion at one of the diplomatic dinners given at the
White House, Madame Bodisco wore a rich, white watered silk, the
sleeves, waist and skirt embroidered with pale rosebuds with
tender green leaves. Her jewels were diamonds and emeralds.
[Illustration: MADAME BODISCO]
Alexander de Bodisco was born in Moscow on the 30th of October, 1786,
and died at his residence in Georgetown on the 23rd of January, 1854,
having filled the post of Russian Envoy to the United States for about
seventeen years. He was in Vienna in 1814 during the famous Congress
which settled the affairs of the continent, and was afterward charge
d'affaires at Stockholm. At his funeral his two nephews, Boris and
Waldemar, both very handsome and dressed in white uniforms, marched on
either side of the hearse, accompanied by attaches of the legation and
members of the household in uniform.
All during my childhood the Williams house stood gaunt and untenanted,
the personification of a haunted house. If only a place with such a
history could have been renovated and kept, instead of disappearing
entirely from Georgetown.
On the next block at 3238 R Street is the house, now somewhat changed,
where lived General H. W. Halleck, chief-of-staff of the army during the
Civil War. After the war General U. S. Grant made it his home until he
became president. Later, until about 1900, it was the home of Colonel
John J. Joyce, a picturesque figure with his leonine head and long white
hair and mustache and black sombrero. It was said he had been the Goat
of the Whiskey Ring. In the last years of his life a lively dispute
arose between him and Ella Wheeler Wilcox as to which was the author of
the lines
Laugh, and world laughs with you,
Weep, and you weep alone!
[Illustration: MOUNT HOPE. THE WILLIAM ROBINSON HOUSE]
It was much discussed in the newspapers at the time. Colonel Joyce's
tombstone in Oak Hill bears a likeness of him carved upon its face.
In the early days of the New Deal this house was rented by a group of
young men, among them Tommy Corcoran and Ben Cohen, who were responsible
for helping to frame much of the legislation of that eventful time. It
was known then as the "Big Red House on R Street."
The southwest corner of Road (R) Street and High (Wisconsin Avenue) was
the land owned by Thomas Sim Lee, who had been Governor of Maryland.
Every winter he came from his estate, Needwood, to spend several months
in Georgetown, in his house on the northwest corner of Bridge (M) Street
and Washington (30th) Street, which was for a long time the headquarters
of the Federal Party. He died in 1819 before he could build here the
mansion he contemplated.
Until about 1935 the old reservoir sat here, high up like a crown, until
the Georgetown Branch of the Public Library was built.
The little street below here which runs west from Valley (32nd) Street,
now called Reservoir Road, was originally named the New Cut Road, due to
the fact that it was cut through to connect with the Conduit Road, now
renamed MacArthur Boulevard which covers the conduit bringing the water
from Great Falls to Washington.
On the southwest corner of Road (R) Street and High (Wisconsin Avenue)
stood the imposing mansion of Mr. William Robinson, who was a very fine
lawyer in the middle of the nineteenth century. He was a Virginian who
had settled in Georgetown. He called his home Mount Hope and a
wonderful situation it had, commanding a view of the entire city and the
river. At that time the western wing was the ballroom, with domed
ceiling circled by cupids and roses.
Mr. Robinson's beautiful daughter, Margaret, married Thomas Campbell
Cox, son of Colonel John Cox, and they lived at Mount Hope until they
moved to Gay Street. I remember Mrs. Cox as an old lady, still
beautiful, and regal in bearing. The Weaver family lived there after
that until the early 1900's, when this place was used as the Dumbarton
Club. It had very good tennis courts, and for a while a nine-hole golf
course where the suburb of Berleith is now.
Then Mr. Alexander Kirk, Ambassador to Egypt, bought the place and made
a good many changes, including the addition of a swimming-pool.
Afterward Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean purchased it and renamed it
Friendship, after the former estate of the same name out on Wisconsin
Avenue, where many famous parties had been given. Here she continued her
lavish entertainments and during World War II contributed generously to
the pleasure of members of the armed services.
The large house, number 3406, in the middle of the next square, was
built in the early 1800's by Leonard Mackall, one of the two sons of
Benjamin Mackall of Prince Georges County, Maryland, who came to
Georgetown. He married Catherine Beall, another daughter of Brooke
Beall. Mr. Beall, as seems to have been the custom in those days, had
given this square to his daughter and her husband. The place was bought
by Dr. Charles Worthington's family when they left their home on
Prospect Street and was held by his descendants, the Philips, for many
years, although the latter part of the time none of them lived there,
but rented the place.
It has been for a good many years now the home of Mrs. Frank West, who
has made a beautiful rose garden and christened it Century House. The
house itself has charming rooms, all opening to the south, as so many
old-fashioned houses had, and several porches.
I have spoken of Colonel Cox and the row of houses he built on First (N)
Street and Frederick (34th) Street, where he lived for a while in the
house on the corner. That must have been in the period of his first
marriage to Matilda Smith, who was a sister of Clement Smith, well-known
as the first cashier of the Farmer's and Mechanic's Bank, later its
president. Colonel and Mrs. Cox had three children, one of whom was
named Clement.
After his marriage to Jane Threlkeld they built a lovely house on part
of the old Berleith estate next door to the old Threlkeld home, which
had been burned. They called their home The Cedars. It stood where the
Western High School now stands, and it is difficult to realize that
there, in my memory, was a home most delightfully private and charming.
Turning back eastward along Road (R) Street just opposite Mount Hope,
the pretty old light brick house is where the Marburys lived after they
moved up on The Heights. He called himself Mr. John Marbury, junior, to
the day of his death, in spite of having a long, white beard. Although
his family never moved from this house, in the course of a few years
they had three different addresses. At first they were living on the
corner of Road and High Streets, then on the corner of U and 32nd
Streets, and finally on the corner of R Street and Wisconsin Avenue.
[Illustration: THE OAKS (NOW DUMBARTON OAKS)]
[Illustration: MONTROSE]
Across High Street (Wisconsin Avenue), the house sitting high on the
bank was for many years the home of Mr. William Dougal and his family of
one son and four lovely daughters. His wife was Miss Adler, and this
house was built on part of her father's property. The old brick house,
which was back of it some distance north, was the home of Morris Adler.
A small frame house nearer Road (R) Street was where his son, Morris J.
Adler, lived, until he built a house on West (P) Street.
A little way eastward on the same side of Road (R) Street is the famous
Dumbarton Oaks. The land was first bought from Thomas Beall in 1800 by
William H. Dorsey, first judge of our Orphan's Court, who was appointed
by President Jefferson. Mr. Dorsey had previously been living in the old
part of the town, for I find an advertisement of the sale of his
property before he came up here, and from the minutes of a meeting of
the Corporation of Georgetown on October 24th, 1801, we find the
following: "William H. Dorsey writes to ask if his removal to his
present place of residence will disqualify him from serving on the
Corporation. They are of opinion it does not disqualify him as a member
thereof."
He built this house, named it The Oaks, and lived in it for four years.
His first wife was Ann Brooke, the daughter of Colonel Richard Brooke,
of Oak Hill, Sandy Spring, whose wife was Jane Lynn, the daughter of
David Lynn. In 1802 Mr. Dorsey married Rosetta Lynn, who was the aunt of
his first wife.
[Illustration: WILLIAM HAMMOND DORSEY]
William Hammond Dorsey was born at Oakland, in Howard County, and died
at Oakley, near Brookeville, in 1818. He was a very handsome man and was
nicknamed "Pretty Billy" by his Quaker neighbors of Sandy Spring.
In 1805 the place was bought by Robert Beverley of Essex County,
Virginia. His wife was Jane Tayloe, a sister of Colonel John Tayloe, who
built the famous Octagon House. Mr. and Mrs. Beverley owned the place
until 1822. During that time their son James was married to Jane Peter,
the daughter of David Peter of nearby "Peter's Grove," and this place
became their home. They did not remain here long, but went back to
Virginia and established themselves near The Plains.
The next owner was James E. Calhoun, of South Carolina. He loaned it to
his distinguished brother, John C. Calhoun, who made it his home for
some of the time he spent at the capital in the various offices he held.
He was Secretary of War in the cabinet of President Monroe;
Vice-President with John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson, and Senator
from South Carolina. From here he wrote that the leisure of the office
of Vice-President gave him a good opportunity to study the fundamental
questions of the day called "The American System." At this time the
place was known as _Acrolophos_ (Grove on the Hill), a most descriptive
name. Later it became Monterey, after the war with Mexico made that
battle so famous.
It was in 1846 that the estate was bought by Edward M. Linthicum, and I
think it must have been during the time he owned it that the mansard
roof was added which, fortunately, has been removed by the present
owners. In Mr. Linthicum's day it is described thus:
The house which has been changed, but not improved in appearance, by
the addition of a mansard roof and other alterations, was a large,
two-story brick, with hall from front to rear "wide enough for a hay
wagon to pass through," on either side of which were great parlors
beautifully proportioned. The east parlor opened into a bright,
sunny dining room, which in turn looked out upon a well-filled
greenhouse, with flower gardens on the east, wooded lawn in front,
grove of forest trees on the west, and gently sloping well-sodded
hills in the rear, all of which were kept in perfect order. During
the life of Mr. Linthicum, "The Oaks" was the show place of the
District.
Mr. and Mrs. Linthicum had no children so they adopted a daughter, Miss
Kate Mitchell, of Lower Maryland, who became the wife of Mr. Josiah
Dent. Their son, Edward Linthicum Dent, inherited the place. In those
days it was known as "The Oaks," the name I always heard it called by in
my girlhood.
In 1891 it was bought by Mr. Henry F. Blount, who had made a fortune and
came to Washington. In 1920 it was purchased by the Honorable Robert
Woods Bliss, Ambassador to the Argentine. He and Mrs. Bliss remodeled
the house and created the gardens, which comprise over thirty acres and
are marvels of beauty. Many more acres at the back were allowed to
remain in a delightfully wild condition.
The place was renamed Dumbarton Oaks, a museum was built as a wing on
the west to house a library and a collection of Byzantine and
pre-Christian material, and in 1940 the estate was given by Mr. and Mrs.
Bliss to Harvard University, with the exception of the part along the
stream at the back, which was donated to the District of Columbia as a
park. The Dumbarton Oaks Conference which led to the formation of the
United Nations was held here, beginning August 21, 1944.
Part of the land at the back is where the Home for Incurables was until
it was moved farther out of town. I used to go there to visit some of
the patients who were my friends, and for the simple Sunday evening
services.
Lover's Lane, at the east of Dumbarton Oaks, separates it from Montrose
Park. It is still, as it has always been, I am glad to say, completely
unimproved, unspoiled, sweet and rambling and quiet, wending its way
along the brook that empties into Rock Creek at the beginning of Oak
Hill. I suppose there is hardly a soul of middle-age living in
Georgetown who has not fond memories of Lover's Lane, for in the days of
our youth we did walk with our lovers; no automobiles or movies filled
our Saturday or Sunday afternoons, and very little golf.
Through Lover's Lane we went to Normanstone, the home of the two Misses
Barnards and their sister, Mrs. Talcott. It was a quaint little house,
which stood just about where the British Embassy now is. The name is
commemorated by Normanstone Drive. Mr. Robert Barnard built Normanstone
in 1830. It was a Devonshire cottage of clay, straw, and pebbles, with
walls four feet thick.
The turreted stone mansion nearby was built by Mr. Elverson of
Philadelphia. His daughter, Nelly, became the wife of Monsieur
Patrenotre, the French Minister. This was in the days before our foreign
envoys became Ambassadors.
Our first knowledge of the present Montrose Park was as Parrott's Woods.
Richard Parrott conducted there a "rope walk." It seems that when they
made rope it was necessary to have a long, even stretch where the
rope-makers walked up and down manufacturing the hemp into rope. And,
of course, in this town with all its ships, the making of rope was a
lucrative business.
Mr. Parrott evidently was kind in loaning his property for picnics too,
for again Mr. Gordon gives us vivid pictures of the Fourth of July
annual picnic of all the Protestant Sunday schools. It seems to have
been a huge affair, with flags and banners and rosettes of various
colors adorning the scholars of the different schools.
In 1822 the property was bought by Clement Smith, of whom I have spoken
before as being the first cashier of the Farmers and Mechanics Bank,
afterwards becoming its president. He called the place Elderslie. In
1837 he sold it to Mrs. Mary McEwen Boyce, whose daughter, Jane, married
George Washington Peter, son of Thomas Peter of Tudor Place. In a
railroad accident, both Captain Boyce and another daughter were killed.
Mrs. Boyce continued to live here the rest of her life.
It was a very sweet, homelike house, but not a particularly handsome
one. There was a conservatory opening off of one of the rooms, for Mrs.
Boyce seems to have been especially fond of flowers. A sweet little
story was told me the other day about her. A friend paused one day to
admire the roses blooming in front of the house, saying, "How lovely
your roses are, Mrs. Boyce!" "They are not my roses," said she. At the
surprised look on her friend's face she continued, "I plant them there
for the public." And still, today, there are lovely roses blooming at
Montrose for "the public," for after many, many years a movement was set
on foot to buy this place with its marvelous old trees of numerous
varieties for a park for the people of Georgetown.
Two historic events have taken place in Montrose Park. The first was
long ago, on September 1, 1812, when the funeral services were held here
for General James Maccubbin Lingan, after his tragic death in Baltimore.
No church could be found large enough to accommodate the crowds which
wished to attend. There were representatives from three cities and five
counties, in those days of travel by foot, by saddle, by rowboat and by
coach. General Washington's tent was spread over the stand on which were
four clergymen, other dignitaries, and George Washington Parke Custis
of Arlington, who delivered the oration.
The funeral cortege was escorted by Major George Peter's company. The
General's horse was led behind the hearse, where his son walked as chief
mourner, followed by two heroes of the Revolution, Major Benjamin
Stoddert and Colonel Philip Stuart. Light Horse Harry Lee, who had been
wounded at the time General Lingan was killed, was still too ill to be
present.
General Lingan's widow was not able to be present because of a very
unfortunate occurrence. While she was sitting by her window waiting for
her carriage, a rough man, carrying a pike, stopped under her window
and, thrusting up the weapon covered either with blood or rust, which
had the same appearance, he let forth a torrent of brutal words. She was
so overcome with an agony of shock and grief that she was obliged to
remain at home.
The other historic event took place on the fifth of June, 1918, the day
on which was inaugurated the draft for the soldiers of the World War I.
All over this land that evening speeches were delivered on the subject,
but I think none could have been more effective or impressive than the
one staged in Montrose Park at sunset. Then Newton D. Baker, as
Secretary of War, in charge of the whole operation, "elected to speak to
his neighbors." A wonderful speech it was, and I shall never forget the
sight as he stood outlined against the glow of the western sky.
Of Oak Hill Cemetery I have spoken again and again. It is almost like a
refrain. It seems to be the natural resting place for Georgetonians when
their work is done.
Its terraces leading steeply down the hill to Rock Creek are shaded by
many stately oak trees and numerous gorgeous copper beeches, and are
adorned in the spring by flowering shrubs.
There is the little ivy-covered chapel which can be seen from the
street, and farther back is the little white Greek temple where Oak
Hill's donor, Mr. Corcoran, rests. Also the larger circular mausoleum
where Marcia Burns Van Ness is interred.
Many besides Georgetonians have been laid to rest within its borders,
for there are Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War for President Lincoln;
James G. Blaine, and many more, all prominent in their days. There, too,
lies Peggy O'Neale, who, as the wife of Andrew Jackson's Secretary of
War, Eaton, kept the social life of the Capital in an uproar for many a
year and, it is said, also greatly influenced political matters.
Her very first triumph took place in Georgetown, when, at a school
exhibition at the Union Hotel, the little girl with dark brown curly
hair and pert red lips was crowned the "Queen of Beauty" by Mrs. Dolly
Madison. Peggy was the daughter of the Irish landlord of a hotel on
Pennsylvania Avenue, and was married at sixteen to Mr. Timberlake, an
officer in the United States Navy. He committed suicide in 1828.
After that began her career, when she was defended and supported in all
that she did by Andrew Jackson, who had suffered bitterly from criticism
of his own wife.
But the most famous person who lies buried in Oak Hill is the man whose
song is known in every hamlet of this broad land: John Howard Payne, the
author of "Home, Sweet Home." He had been in Georgetown in his youth,
you remember, for he accompanied General Lingan on that trip to
Baltimore from which the General never returned but to his funeral. Mr.
Payne was then a young man of twenty-one and excited over the adventure,
I suppose, like any one of that age. He was sent in later life as a
consul to one of those little states on the northern coast of Africa
which in those days made so much trouble for the United States. There he
died and was buried. Years later his body was brought back by Mr.
Corcoran, and there was quite a ceremony for his re-interment.
The stone placed over him in that distant land and brought back with his
body has the seal of the United States carved at the top and reads:
IN MEMORY
OF
COL. JOHN HOWARD PAYNE
TWICE CONSUL OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
FOR
THE CITY AND KINGDOM OF TUNIS
THIS STONE IS PLACED
BY A GRATEFUL COUNTRY
HE DIED AT THE AMERICAN CONSULATE
IN THIS CITY AFTER A TEDIOUS ILLNESS
APRIL 1, 1852
HE WAS BORN AT THE CITY OF BOSTON
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS
JUNE 8, 1792
HIS FAME AS A POET AND DRAMATIST
IS WELL KNOWN WHEREVER THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE IS SPOKEN THROUGH
HIS CELEBRATED BALLAD OF
HOME, SWEET HOME
AND HIS POPULAR TRAGEDY
OF BRUTUS AND OTHER SIMILAR PRODUCTIONS
This slab lies flat upon the ground. Adjoining it is a circle in the
center of which is a monument bearing a bust of Colonel Payne, and on it
is the following inscription:
IN
MEMORY OF
JOHN HOWARD PAYNE
AUTHOR
OF
HOME, SWEET HOME
BORN JUNE 9, 1791
DIED APRIL 9, 1852
ERECTED ANNO DOMINI 1883
"Sure when thy gentle spirit fled
To realms beyond the azure dome
With arms outstretched, God's angel said
'Welcome to Heaven's Home, Sweet Home.'"
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INDEX
_A Grandfather's Legacy_, 168.
Abbott, John, 85, 215.
William R., 215.
"Abby, Aunt," 185.
Acheson, Dean G., 250.
_Acrolophos_, 303.
Adams, James Truslow, 14.
President John Quincy, 77, 254.
Addison, Mrs. Arthur, 113.
Henry, 85, 107, 130.
Colonel and Mrs. John, 274.
Rev. Walter, 199.
Adlum, Major, 134.
Adler, Morris, 301.
Aged Woman's Home, 106.
Allen, Robert S., 180.
Alsop brothers, 179.
American Colonization Society, 101.
Analostan Island, 22.
Anchor Tavern and Oyster House, 30.
Anderson, James, 21.
_Aristocratic Journey, The_, 157.
Arnold's Bakery, 108.
Asbury, Francis, 74.
Augur, Gen. Christopher Colon, 179.
"Aunt Hannah," 142.
Auriol, Vincent, 113.
Aztec Society, 112.
Bailey, William, 58.
Baker, Hon, Newton D., 155, 307.
Balch, Dr. Stephen Bloomer, 69, 134, 141, 209.
Rev. Stephen Bloomer, 67.
Thomas, 69.
Baley, Jesse, 50.
Bank of Columbia, 33.
Baptist Church, 135.
Barron, Commodore James, 157.
Barrymore. John, 207.
Beall, Alexander, 11, 25.
Brooke, 270, 289.
Catherine, 298.
Eliza, 287.
Elizabeth, 68.
George, 11, 141.
Harriot, 270, 289.
John, 26, 279.
Josiah, 10, 11.
Lloyd, 279.
Mrs. Margaret, 284.
Thomas, 8, 10, 58, 97, 141, 144, 160, 253, 262, 288.
Ninian, 5, 7, 8, 183.
Beall's Levels, 11.
Beanes, Dr. William, 99.
Beatty, Charles, 17, 30, 58, 182.
William, 52.
Beauvoir School, 137.
Belin, Hon. F. Lamot, 281.
Bell, Alexander Graham, 119.
Alexander Melville, 119.
Miss Aileen, 120.
Chichester, 120.
David Charles, 120.
Bellamy, George Anne, 14.
Belt, Rev. Addison, 34.
James, 182.
Joseph, 24, 25, 26, 27.
Tobias, 9.
Benevolent Society, 106.
Benning, 4.
Benton, Jessie, 185.
Thomas Hart, 183.
Berleith, 17.
Berry, Horatio, 217.
Jerry, 97.
Mary Ellen, 239.
Philip Taylor, 194, 217.
Beverley, Robert, 302.
Bible Society, 76.
Biddle, Hon. and Mrs. Francis E., 279.
Billings, Dr. John S., 143.
Mrs. Mary, 197.
Blackford, Col. B. Lewis, 246.
Bladensburg, 14.
Blaine, James G., 308.
Blake, Dr. James Heighe, 135.
Bleig, George, 74.
Bliss, Robert Woods, 252, 304.
Blodget, Samuel, 58, 92.
Bloomer, Dr. Stephen, 83.
Blount, Henry F., 304.
Bodisco, Baron Alexander de, 98, 140, 202, 291, 295.
Madame, 204, 292.
Boggs, Paymaster, 191.
Bonaparte, Jerome, 82.
Boncer, Christian, 26.
Bonsal, Mrs. Stephen, 219.
Boone, John, 86.
Booth, John Wilkes, 280.
_Boston Sentinel, The_, 42.
Bowers, Claude, 244.
Bowie, Washington, 200, 224.
Boyce, Jane, 306.
Mrs. Mary McEwen, 306.
Braddock, General Edward, 13.
Bradley, Abraham, 66, 83, 280.
Joseph Habersham, 280.
Joseph Henry, 279, 280.
Mrs. Thomas, 281.
William A., 66.
Brandywine, Battle of, 16.
_Brandywine_, U. S. S., 129.
Bright, Sen. Jesse D., 288.
Bronaugh, Hamilton, 205.
Brooke, Ann, 301.
Elizabeth, 142.
Col. Richard, 301.
Colonel Thomas, 142.
Brown, Dr. Gustavus, 121.
Joel, 74.
Bruce, Harriot, 86.
Col. Normand, 28.
Richard, 86.
Bull, James, 47.
Maria Louisa, 254.
Bureau of Standards, 134.
Burnes, David, 58.
Burnett, Charles C., 35.
Burr, Aaron, 67.
Busey, Dr. Samuel, 137.
Bushrod, Hannah, 287.
Caemmerer, Dr. H. Paul, 52.
Caille, Monsieur, 35.
Calder, James, 69, 83.
Calhoun, James E., 303.
John C., 303.
Calvert, Eleanor, 66, 264.
Campbell, John, 15.
Canal, Chesapeake and Ohio, 77.
Potomac, 77.
Caperton, Hugh, 134.
Mrs. Hugh, 104.
Capital Traction Company, 113.
Transit Company, 155.
"Carcassonne, The," 251.
Carlile, Henry, 38.
Carlton, Joseph, 17.
Carpenter & Co., 217.
Carr, Overton, 58.
Carroll, Bishop, 116.
Charles, 256.
Daniel, 56, 58, 59, 256.
John, 116.
Carter, Anne, 289.
Col. John, 289.
Casanave, Peter, 17, 44, 80, 253.
Cassin, Commodore, 214.
James, 181, 185.
Mrs. James, 180.
William Deakins, 182.
Catholic Home for Aged Ladies, 218.
Cedars, The, 125.
"Century House," 299.
Chandler, Captain, 220.
Walter S., 37, 257.
Chapin, Katharine Garrison, 279.
Chapman, Edward, 192.
Frances Isabella, 192.
Judge Henry Henley, 192.
Jane, 192.
Chatham, Thurmond, 113.
Cherry Lane, 40.
Chevy Chase, 25, 280.
Club, 183.
Chew, Cassandra, 86.
Harriot, 86.
Mary, 86.
Christ Church, 87, 160, 174, 212, 276.
Christian Science Church, 136.
Cissel, George W., 275.
City Tavern, 30.
Clagett, James, 33.
Rev. Thomas, 67, 86.
Clarke, Thomas, 160.
Cleveland, President and Mrs., 171.
Coakley, Magdalen, 131.
Cochrane, John T., 217.
Cohen, Ben, 297.
College, Georgetown, 103.
Colonial Apartments, 183.
Columbia Boat Club, 138.
Foundry, 78.
Phonograph Co., 121.
Columbian Academy, 134.
Library, 134.
Compton, Donna Otie, 273.
Mary, 273.
Congress, Continental, 16.
Conjurer's Disappointment, 11.
_Constitution_, 128.
Cooke, Henry D., 243, 289.
Jay, 243.
Corcoran, Charles Morris, 168.
Gallery of Art, 171.
Harriett Louise, 168.
Mrs. James, 167.
Louise Morris, 168.
Thomas, 18, 87, 200, 213.
Thomas, Jr., 217.
Tommy, 297.
W. W., 106, 151, 163, 174, 182.
Cotton Manufactory, 19.
Cox, John, 123, 125, 135, 298.
Sally, 126.
Thomas, 142.
Thomas Campbell, 298.
Judge Walter, 135.
Coyle, Jennie, 217.
Cozens, Mrs., 32.
Crabb, Capt. Henry Wright, 10.
Craik, William, 288.
Crampton, Hon. John F., 289.
Crawford, Joseph, 83.
Crawford's Hotel, 82.
Crookshanks, Mr., 69.
Crossbasket, 14.
Curley, Rev. James, 117.
Curtis, 214.
School, 163.
Custis, George Washington Parke, 22, 267.
Mrs. John Parke, 60.
Martha Parke, 66, 262.
Mary, 267.
Dabney, John, 35.
Dall, Mrs., 276.
Darneilles, Philip, 270.
Davidson, Adeline, 230.
Eliza G., 239.
John, 104, 156, 192, 230.
Kate, 230.
Martha, 230.
Mary, 192.
Nannie, 230.
Aunt Peggy, 192.
Samuel, 10, 58, 281.
Davies, Cornelius, 26.
Davis, Dwight F., 252.
Jefferson, 99.
Joe, 279.
Davison, Hon. F. Trubee, 131.
Daw, Reuben, 250.
Dawson, Joshua, 83.
Deakins, Colonel, 15, 17, 51.
Francis, 206.
Tabitha Ann, 180.
William, 18.
William, Jr., 10, 47, 58.
Debtors' Prison, 37.
Decatur, Stephen, 157, 158.
Dent, Barbara, 142.
Edward Linthicum, 304.
Josiah, 304.
Place, 163.
Dick, Betsy, 148.
Lucinda, 146.
Margaret, 142.
Robert, 142.
Thomas, 142, 146.
Discovery, 11.
Digges, Thomas A., 63.
William Dudley, 63.
Dill, Sir John and Lady, 246.
Dinsmore and Francis, 35.
District of Columbia, 27.
Dodge, A. H., 242, 247.
Allen, 237.
Charles, 239, 282.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles, 272.
Ebenezer, 17, 234.
Elizabeth, 240.
Emily, 240.
F. & A. H., 242.
Francis, 17, 232, 242, 251.
Francis, Jr., 192, 237.
Col. Harrison Howell, 156, 234.
Henry H., 241.
Robert, 234.
Robert Perley, 251.
William, 237.
Donovan, General William. 288.
Dorsey, William Hammond, 50, 301, 302.
Dougal, William, 301.
Doughty, William, 74.
Doughty's, Capt., Company, 69.
Douglas, Hon. Lewis A., 131.
Dow, Lorenzo, 82.
Doyle, Alexander, 116.
Du Bose, Vice-Admiral Laurence, 141.
Duck Lane, 40.
Duclaviacq, J. B., 44.
Dumfries, Virginia, 15.
Dumbarton House, 252.
Dunlop, Arianna French, 146.
Elizabeth Peter, 106.
Helen, 268.
Henry, 166.
Capt. Henry, 127.
James, Jr., 15.
James, 15, 20, 67, 104, 146.
Mrs. James, 148.
Judge, 148, 183.
Dupont Circle, 156.
Duval, Gabriel, 253.
Eagle Iron Works, 70.
Tavern, 30.
Earle, George, 126.
Joseph, 18.
_Early Days of Washington_, 191, 291.
East Lane, 40.
Eaton, William, 35.
Ebenezer (church), 76.
Edes Home, 187.
Margaret, 19, 187.
"Elderslie," 306.
Eliason, John, 74.
Ellicott, Andrew, 61.
Elliot, Jonathan, 117.
Elliott, Richard, 83.
Elliston, Herbert, 287.
Elverson, Nelly, 305.
English, Miss Lydia, 183.
Epiphany School, 214.
Episcopal Church of the Ascension, 173.
Eustis, Hon. George, 169.
Mrs. William Corcoran, 252.
_Evening Star, The_, 275.
"Evermay," 281.
Club, The, 283.
Farmers' and Butchers' Market, 109.
"Federal House," 202.
_Federal Republican, The_, 91.
Federalists, 85.
Ferguson, Robert, 11.
Fierer, Charles & Co., 32.
Fifer Largo, 8.
Finley, Mrs. David E., 202.
Finney, Jimmy, 97.
Fisher, H. W., 107.
Fishing Lane, 40.
Fleeson, Doris, 208.
Fleete, Henry, 3.
Flournoy, Rev. Parke P., 219.
Forrest, Bladen, 108.
"Forrest Hill," 191.
Forrest Hall, 202.
Forrest, Stoddert, and Murdock, 16.
Forrest, Uriah, 16, 58, 93.
Forrestal, James E., 113.
Fort Duquesne, 13.
Fort McHenry, 101.
Foster, Sir Augustus, 45, 254.
Foundry Methodist Church, 74.
Fountain Inn, 30, 48.
Fowler, Colonel, 141, 216.
Foxall, Catherine, 76, 153.
Henry, 70, 153, 156.
Mary Ann, 76, 196.
Frankfurter, Justice, 191.
Franklin, Dr. (Benj.), 19.
Freeland, Agnes, 151.
Sarah Norfleet, 151.
Freeman, Dr. Douglas S., 204.
Fremont, General C., 185.
French, A., 81.
Colonel W. E. P., 155.
Frick Art Reference Library, 131.
Friendly, Alfred, 276.
"Friendship," 298.
Frizzle, Bull, 79.
Frogland, 11.
Fulton, Robert, 82.
Furvey, Rachel, 86.
Gadsby's Tavern, 26.
Gannt, John M., 18.
Clare, 130.
Gantt, John M., 81, 160.
Garden Club, Georgetown, 72.
Garden Clubs of America, 72.
Gardette, Mr., 32.
Gardiner, Miss Jennie, 219.
George Town Academy, 36, 46.
_George Town Weekly Ledger, The_, 23.
George Town Wool, 19.
George Washington University, 172.
"Georgetown," 204.
Georgetown College, 70, 116, 165.
Georgetown College and Convent, 17.
Germantown, Battle of, 16.
Getty, Hetty, 97.
Gillespie, James, 206.
Glee Club, Georgetown, 101.
Glyn, Elinor, 220.
Godeys, 214.
Gordon, Elizabeth Dodge, 248.
George, 9, 10, 11.
J. Holdsworth, 246.
Josephine, 248.
Margaret R., 248.
William A.. 127, 135, 161, 180.
William A., Jr., 246, 248.
Gordon's Inspection House, 87.
Govan, Archibald, 22.
Grace Church, 66.
Graham, Philip, 288.
Grant, General, 209.
Lewis, 281.
Grayson, Admiral and Mrs. Cary T., 256.
Greeley, General Adolphus, 210.
Green, Alice, 98.
George, 93.
Hill, 63.
Pyle, 245.
Mrs. Zola, 245.
Greenleaf, James, 58.
"Greenwood," 137.
Greenway, Mrs. Isabella, 220.
Grinnell Arctic Expedition, 177.
Grosvenor, Mrs. Gilbert, 119.
Gunston Hall, 214.
"Halcyon House," 109.
Hall, Mrs. Basil. 157.
Halleck, Gen. H. W., 295.
Hamilton, Alexander, 279.
Thomas, 28.
Hanewinckel, William Frederick, 224.
Hanson, Alexander Contee, 91.
Harkness, Richard, 191.
"Harlem," 90.
_Harper's Magazine_, 204.
Harrison, Thomas, 160.
Virginia, 160.
Harrover, Miss, 185.
Harry, Harriot Eliza, 271.
Harward, Ann, 76.
Haw, John Stoddert, 160, 213.
Lucinda Stoddert, 215.
"Hayes," 105.
Haynes, Aaron, 45.
Hazel's Stable, 209.
Hedges, Nicholas, 182.
Heiberg, Colonel and Mrs., 201.
Heighe, Glorvina, 135.
"Heights, The," 299.
Hein, Charles, 133.
Col. O. L., 133.
Samuel, 132.
Henderson, Thomas, 213.
Henry Brand & Co., 35.
Herr, Abraham H., 202, 276.
Austin, 276.
Herring Hill, 180.
Heugh, Andrew, 10, 15.
"Highlands, The," 256.
Hight, Mrs., 109.
Hill, Louis, 273.
Hinckley, Howard, 257.
Hines, Christian, 27.
Hoban, James, 38.
Hobbs, Miss, 159.
Hollerith, Hermann, 286.
Hollingsworth, Col., 224.
Holmead, Anthony, 58.
Holy Hill, 131.
Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 116.
Home for the Blind, 291.
Hood, Admiral Sir Samuel, 90.
Hope, Eleanor, 227.
Hopkins, Diana, 130.
Harry, 130.
Mrs. Mary, 121.
Rev. Matthew, 121.
Howard, Governor, 56.
Nathaniel, 172.
Hubbard, Roberta, 120.
Hull, Captain Isaac, 128.
Prince, 45.
Humboldt, Baron, 169.
Humbolt, 82.
Hume, Thomas L., 209.
Hunter, William, 130.
Hyde, Anthony, 182.
Granville, 182.
Thomas, 183, 252.
Ihlder, Mr. and Mrs. John, 250.
_Impartial Observer and Washington Advertiser_, 47.
Independence, Declaration of, 70.
Indians, 4.
Nacotchankes, 4.
Anacostians, 4.
Industrial Home School, 9.
International Business Machines Corporation, 286.
Iran, Shah of, 113.
Irving, Washington, 82.
Islands, 65.
Analostan, 65.
Mason's, 65.
My Lord's, 65.
Barbadoes, 65.
Iturbide, Prince, 98.
Jackson, Andrew, 78, 92, 183.
Samuel, 253.
James, Reverend Mr., 200.
Jancerez, A. L., 35.
Jefferson, Thomas, 4, 58, 70, 199, 254.
_Jersey_, 90.
John Glassford & Company, 14.
Johns, Margaret, 224.
Captain Richard, 35.
Sarah, 289.
Thomas, 18.
Johnson, Andrew, 183.
Thomas, 58, 59.
Thomas, Jr., 18.
Joiner, Robert, 42.
Jones, John, 44.
Joseph Semmes's Tavern, 31.
Josepha, Anna Maria, 254.
Joyce, Col. John J., 295.
Kearns, Francis, 30.
Keith, James, 129.
Rev. Ruel, 213.
Kennon, Mrs. Beverley, 106, 204, 261.
Mrs. Britannia W., 265.
Martha, 154.
Martha Custis, 266.
Key, Francis Scott, 99, 208, 213.
Philip Barton, 18, 31, 95, 200, 208.
Keys, The, 40.
Kilty, Hon. Mr., 56.
King, William, 18, 31, 87.
Kings Arms, 25.
Kirk, Alexander, 298.
S. and Sons, 35.
Thomas, 34.
Kirk's School, 163.
Knave's Disappointment, 11.
Knox, Mrs. McCook, 131.
Lacy, Benjamin, 30.
Lafayette, General, 144.
Laird, Helen, 146.
John, 17, 87, 144, 146.
Peggy, 148.
William, 268.
Mrs. William, 127.
William, Jr., 146.
Lancaster, Joseph, 212.
Lancastrian School, 136.
Langfitt, Colonel, 258.
Lanman, Charles, 239, 241.
_Lawrence, The_, 72.
Laws, Sunday, 76.
League of American Pen Women, 115.
Leakin, Rev. George, 143.
Lear's Wharf, 83.
Lee, General Charles, 253.
Charlotte, 215.
General Henry, 91.
Mrs. Henry, 204.
Margaret, 215.
Richard Bland, 53.
_R. E._, 204.
General Robert E., 172, 267.
Thomas Sim, 85, 297.
Lemon, Hannah, 87.
L'Enfant, 51.
Lewis, Fulton, Jr., 279.
Mr. and Mrs. Fulton, 279.
Sir Wilmott, 115.
Leyhman, Christopher, 86.
Liancourt, Duc de la Rochefoucault, 16.
Libbey, Joseph H., 218.
Martha, 218.
Liberia, 103.
Liberty League, 201.
Light-Lane, 48.
Lincoln, Abraham, 149, 155.
Robert Todd, 149.
Lingan, James Maccubbin, 17, 52, 58, 89, 306.
Nicholas, 19, 232.
Robert, 58.
Linthicum, Edward M., 107, 161, 303.
Institute, 163.
Kate, 163.
Lippincott, Mrs. Hare, 160.
Lippman, Walter, 119.
Lipscomb's School, Miss, 155.
Little Old Stone House, The, 61.
Little Falls, The, 40.
Lockwood, Gen. Henry Hayes, 247.
James, 247.
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 210.
Longfont, Major, 55.
Lord Baltimore, 5.
Lottery, 46.
Louise Home, 171, 269.
Loundes, Christopher, 109.
Francis, 17.
Rebecca, 109.
Lovering, William, 38.
Lover's Lane, 304.
Lowndes, Francis, 261.
Lower Marlboro, 67.
Lutz, John, 74, 106.
Lynch, Dominick, 58.
Lynn, David, 10, 301.
Jane, 301.
Rosetta, 301.
Lyon's Mill, 19.
Macaulay, Mrs. Edward, 113.
Mackall, Benjamin, 112, 200, 284, 298.
Christiana Beall, 271.
Christiana, 284.
Leonard, 74, 112, 284, 298.
Louis, 284.
Dr. Louis, 181.
Dr. and Mrs. Louis, 191.
Sally Somervell, 291.
Madison, Dolly, 30, 254, 308.
James, 30, 254.
Magruder, Dr. Hezekiah, 18, 202.
James A., 213.
Mrs. James A., 217.
Samuel III, 10.
"Mamre," 69.
Marbury, Eleanor, 289.
John, 97, 141, 167.
John, Jr., 299.
William, 95, 279.
Marburys, 130.
March, John, 35.
Marche, Madame de la, 36.
Mary de la, 119.
Marlowe, Julia, 287.
Morsell, Judge, 157.
Marshall, John, 95.
Martineau, Mr., 112.
Mary Margaret Home, 217.
Maryland Agricultural College, 172.
_Maryland Gazette_, 24, 25, 26, 46.
_Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser, The_, 55.
Mason, Mrs. Beverley Randolph, 214.
Emily V., 250.
James, 171.
John, 50, 65, 69, 92, 200.
John Thompson, 115.
Robert, 7.
Matthews, Henry Cooksey, 215.
Maximilian, Emperor, 98.
McCartney, Mrs., 196.
McCleery, Harry, 208.
McCormick, Mrs. Ruth Hannah, 252.
McCoy, Mrs. Frank R., 273.
McCraith, Richard, 243.
McDermott, Maria, 119.
McDonald (Alexander, Mary), 42.
Andrew, 32.
McGrath's Company, 43.
McIlvaine, Rev. Charles, 215.
McKenney, Henrietta, 196.
Samuel, 74, 196, 212.
Summerfield, 275.
McLaughlin, Charles, 30.
McLean, Mrs. Evalyn Walsh, 298.
McPherson, John D., 283.
McVean, Dr. James, 216.
Rev. James, 6, 181.
Margaret, 181, 286.
Melvin, James, 83.
_Memories of Long Ago_, 133.
_Merrimac_, 136.
Merry, Anthony, 82.
Methodist Church, 161.
Methodist Episcopal Church, 197.
Meyer, Hon. and Mrs. Balthasar, 208.
Sylvia, 208.
"Middlebrook," 90.
Middleton, Miss, 143.
_Mikado_, 108.
Military Academy, 63.
Miller, Benjamin F., 251.
Mrs. Benjamin, 218.
Hezekiah, 143.
Mitchell, Miss Kate, 303.
Maffitt, John, 83.
Monroe, James, 92, 254.
Monrovia, 103.
"Montrose," 300.
Moore, Clement, 213.
Frederick L., 279.
Morris, Anthony, 254.
Commodore Charles, 128.
Gouveneur, 196.
Louise, 167.
Mrs., 113.
Rebecca, 254.
Robert, 58, 70, 196.
Morrow, Hon. Dwight, 288.
Morsell, Judge, 219.
Morton, William, 213.
"Mount Airy," 137.
"Mount Alban," 254.
Mount Alto Hospital, 23.
Mount Vernon, 51, 173.
Mount Zion Methodist, 179.
Mountz, John, 85.
Murdock, John, 10, 17.
William, 17, 52.
_Museum, The_, 33.
Myers, John, 213.
Napier, Lord and Lady, 169.
National Gallery of Art, 160, 202.
Naval Agent, 37.
Observatory, U. S., 134.
Neale, Rev. Francis, 116, 118.
Needham, John, 10.
Newbold, John L., 258.
Lydia, 257, 258.
New Orleans, Battle of, 93.
Nicholson, Commodore, 245.
John, 58.
Nicolls, William, 224.
"Normanstone," 305.
Norwood, Dr. William, 213.
Nourse, Major Charles, 254.
Major Charles Joseph, 136.
Elizabeth, 136.
Miss Emily, 106, 247.
Joseph, 83, 247, 253.
Miss Mary, 267.
Miss Rosa, 267.
"Oak Hill," 83, 189.
Cemetery, 167.
"Oak View," 95, 269.
"Oaks, The," 161, 300.
Odell, Thomas, 24.
Oden, Benjamin, 58.
Oeller's Hotel, 63.
Oertel, Reverend Mr., 200.
_Old Houses in Georgetown Heights_, 161.
"Old White," 172.
Old Yarrow, 206.
Olney Institute, 219.
O'Neal, John Carter, 289.
O'Neale, Peggy, 308.
O'Neill, Bernard, 10.
Order of Poor Clares, 118.
Orme, James, 83.
John, 25, 26.
Rev. John, 26, 288.
Lucy, 26.
William B., 283.
Otie, Bishop James Hervey, 273.
Oueston family, 137.
Oulahan, Richard V., 218.
Ould, Mattie, 130.
Judge Robert, 130.
Owens, Isaac, 74.
Pairo, family, 112.
Pancost, Wm., 38.
Parrott, Mrs. Jane. 68.
Richard, 305.
Parrott's Mill, 19.
Patrenotre, Monsieur, 305.
"Patmos," 69.
Patton, Mrs. James D., 217.
Payne, John Howard, 91, 308.
Peabody Educational Fund, 177.
Peabody, George, 151, 174.
Pearson, Drew, 180.
Peirce, Edward, 58.
James, 58.
Pendleton, Mr., 270.
Dr. William, 172.
Perrie, James, 10.
Perry, Commodore, 72.
Perthshire, 13.
Peter, Alexander, 153.
America, 264.
Ann Thomas Beall, 288.
Armistead, 153.
Armistead, Jr., 261.
Dr. Armistead, 140, 186, 266.
Britannia, 264.
Columbia, 264.
David, 289, 302.
Mrs. David, 289.
Elizabeth, 67.
Major George, 150, 151, 153, 175, 266.
George Washington, 306.
Jane, 302.
John, 10, 50, 83, 86, 142.
Margaret, 142.
Robert, 10, 14, 47, 58, 66, 87, 105.
Mrs. Robert, 80, 142.
Sallie, 149.
Thomas, 64, 262, 306.
Mrs. Thomas, 64, 266, 275.
Walter G., 265.
Peter's Grove, 289.
Square, 66.
_Philadelphia_, 128.
Philip, Henry, 156.
Philippe, Louis, 65, 82.
Phillips, E., 34.
Pichon, Monsieur, 69.
Pick, Mrs., 81.
Pickrell, Annie Graham, 209.
John, 213.
Pinckney, William, 173.
Piney Branch, 5.
Pious Ladies, The, 119.
Pitt, George, 30.
Plater, Ann, 151.
Rebecca, 93.
Thomas, 90, 200.
Podestad, Marquis de, 219.
Pollock, Isaac, 253.
Pompean Hall, 29.
Poore, Ben Perley, 239, 240.
Post, Dr., 144.
Potomac Fire Engine Co., 37.
Fire Insurance Company, 104.
Powell, Genevieve, 273.
John Wesley, 272.
Presbyterian Church, 275.
Sabbath School, 182.
President's House, 38.
"Pretty Prospect," 11, 109.
Prince Georges County, Md., 9.
_Princeton_, 275.
Prospect Cottage, 115.
"Prospect House," 113.
Prout, William, 58.
"Quality Hill," 115.
Radford, Admiral, 245.
Sophy, 245.
Randolph, John, 82.
Read, Isabella, 144.
Jane, 144.
_Red Devil, The_, 99.
Redin, Catherine, 155.
Richard Wright, 153.
William, 153.
Reed, Dr. Walter, 245.
"Red Top," 269.
Reintzel, Daniel, 11.
Reverend Addison Belt's School, 163.
Richardson, Thomas, 10, 18, 52.
Ridgely, Anna Key, 128.
Elizabeth, 123.
Riggs, Bank, 26, 104.
Elisha, 165, 175.
George W., 165.
Riley, Marianna, 141.
"Riley's, Dr.," 140.
Ritchie, Dr. Lewis, 131.
Mary, 208.
Rittenhouse, Fannie, 252.
Loulie, 258.
Robbins, Warren Delano, 252.
Roberdeau, Mr. 61.
Roberts, Owen J., 210, 214.
Robertson, Thomas, 160.
Robinson, Margaret, 298.
William, 297.
Roche, Captain de la, 189.
Rochefoucault, Madame de la, 119.
Rock Creek, 158, 179.
Rock of Dumbarton, 11.
Rogers, Mr., 34.
Dr. William Barton, 144.
Rolling Houses, 10.
Roman Church, The, 116.
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 130.
Mrs. Henry Latrobe, 246.
James, 205.
Theodore Memorial Association, 66.
"Rosedale," 93.
Ross, Andrew, 83.
"Royal George," 82.
Sailor's Oak, 23.
Sailor's Tavern, The, 30.
Saint Frances of Assisi, 118.
Saint John's Church, 115, 135.
Sayrs, Rev. Mr., 199.
St. John's Episcopal Church, 199.
_Salem_, 29.
Sands, Comfort, 58.
Admiral James Hogan, 202.
William Franklin, 202.
Sartiges, Count de, 289.
Second U. S. Regiment, 202.
Seminary, Miss English's, 97.
Seminary, The, 183.
Semmes, Cora, 129.
_Sentinel of Liberty, The_, 33, 48.
Sevier, Mr. and Mrs. John, 226.
Schladt's, Joe, 107.
Schoofield, Jacob, 34, 81.
School for Young Ladies, 34.
Schultz, Mr., 35.
Scotch Row, 69.
Scott, Arianna, 80.
Captain Douglas, 202.
Elizabeth, 66.
George, 66.
Gustavus, 19.
Winfield, 287.
Shaffer, Amy, 129.
Sharpe, Louise, 119.
Shepherd, Alexander, 191.
Ships--
_Potomack Planter_, 22.
_Brothers_, 22.
_Betsy_, 22.
_Ritson_, 22.
_Felicity_, 22.
_Lydia_, 22.
_Columbia_, 22.
Shouse, Jouett, 201.
"Sign of the Golden Fan," 35.
Sign of the Indian King, 31.
Sigsbee, Admiral, 250.
Simms, Mrs. Albert, 252.
Captain Charles Carroll, 136.
Simpson, Ignatius, 27.
James Alexander, 132, 206.
John, 132.
Reverend, Mr., 220.
Slidell, Hon. John, 170.
Smith, Barbara, 86.
Clement, 97, 125, 213, 299, 305.
Gurdon B., 168.
James, 9, 130.
Captain John, 3.
Jennie, 224.
Margaret, 76, 224.
Matilda, 125, 299.
Roberta, 224.
Smoot, John D., 155.
Snyder, Dr. Arthur, 138.
Dr. John M., 137.
"Sotterley," 93.
Sothern, E. H., 287.
Southworth, Mrs. E. D. E. N., 115.
"Sporting Parson," 106.
Sprague, Kate Chase, 244.
"Spring Hill," 71.
Stanton, Edwin M., 308.
"Star and Garter," 177.
_Star-Spangled Banner, The_, 101.
Steele, Franklin, 113.
Frank, 275.
Stephenson, Lucy, 135.
Steuben, General von, 60.
Stevens, George, 31, 32.
Oscar, 143.
Steuart, Adam, 10, 18.
Stewart, William, 200.
Stoddert, Benjamin, 10, 16, 47, 58, 112, 307.
Captain Thomas, 16.
Stohlman, Frederick, 108.
J. William, 108.
Stohlman's, 108.
Stone House, 86.
Stone, John H., 58.
Stouffer, Henry, 47.
Strange, Michael, 207.
Stuart, Albert Rhett, 214, 216.
David, 56, 59.
Gilbert, 44, 159.
Joshua, 182.
Col. Philip, 307.
Sumner, Charles, 163.
_Surprise_, 77.
Suter, John, 27, 28.
John, Jr., 86.
"Swallow Barn, The," 200.
Symonds, Misses, 120.
Tabor, Alice, 119.
Taft, Senator Robert A., 280.
Talcott, E. M., 206.
Miss Lucia, 286.
Talleyrand, 82.
Tavern, Union, 81.
Tayloe, Annie, 138.
Jane, 302.
John, 89, 302.
Sophie, 138.
Temple of Islam, 179.
Templeman, John, 111.
Tenally Town, 257.
Tennally, John, 31.
Tenney, William H., 214, 220.
Tenneys, Miss, 214.
Terrace Top, 287.
Thaw, Blair, 130.
Thomas, Edward, 47.
Gen. George C., 219.
Thompson, Charles, 51.
George, 83, 93.
Thomson, Elizabeth, 234.
Thornton, William, 31.
Mrs. William, 30.
Dr. William, 89, 263.
Threlkeld, Elizabeth, 123.
Henry, 17, 121.
Jane, 125, 299.
John, 63, 123.
Tillinghast, Rev. N. P., 239.
Timberlake, Mr., 308.
_Times and Potowmack Packet_, 28, 45, 46, 51.
Toby, Lemuel, 22.
Tohoga, 4.
Tudor Place, 89, 154, 261.
"Tunlaw," 209.
Tschuda, Ume, 241.
Turner, Nancy Byrd, 36.
Turner's Counting House, 44.
Tyler, Dr. Grafton, 149, 187.
Mittie, 182.
Dr. Walter Bowie, 189.
_Undiplomatic Memories_, 202.
Union Bank, 87, 108.
Hotel, 77.
Tavern, 29, 64.
United States Bank, 183.
Upper Marlboro, 26.
Vanderwerken, Mr., 85.
Van Devanter, Christopher, 202.
Sally, 202.
Van Nell, John P., 58.
Van Ness, Marcia Burns, 308.
Victoria, Queen, 177.
_Vigilant, The_, 36.
Villard, R. H. L., 35.
"Vineyard, The," 134.
"Virginia Dons," 15.
_Gazette, The_, 18.
Military Institute, 172.
Visitation Convent, 118.
Volney, Count, 82.
Volta Place, 206.
Speech Association, 121.
Wadsworth, Hon. James J., 131.
Waggaman, Thomas E., 201.
Walker, George, 15, 58.
Mr. and Mrs. John, 160.
Wapping, 40.
War Department, 170.
Warburton Manor, 63.
Ward, Ulysses, 213.
"Warehouse Lot," 87.
Warren, Mr., 93.
Washington Cathedral, 68.
City Orphan Asylum, 170.
Eleanor Ann, 287.
_Federalist, The_, 30.
George, 12, 15, 28, 51, 58.
George Corbin, 287.
John Augustine, 287.
Washington and Lee University, 172.
Washington, Lewis, 287.
"Washington Merry-Go-Round," 180.
Walters, William, 74.
Weaver's, Admiral House, 156.
Webster, Daniel, 169, 174.
_Weekly Ledger, The_, 33.
Weems, Doctor, 18.
Welsh, James, 35.
West, Mrs. Frank, 299.
West Washington School for Girls, 215.
Western Channel, 22.
Western High School, 126.
"Weston," 257.
Whann, David, 89.
Jane Maffitt, 181.
William, 83.
Wheatleys, 130.
Wheeler, Elizabeth, 58.
Whiskey Insurrectionists, 150.
Whitall, Samuel, 257.
Sarah, 257.
White House, 39.
White, Jane, 31.
White Sulphur, 177.
White's Tavern, Mrs., 44.
Wigglesworth, Hon. Richard B., 131.
Wilcox, Ella Wheeler, 295.
Wiley, Dr. David, 83, 181, 216.
Rev. David, 34.
Wilkinson, General, 150.
Theodore, 141.
Willard Hotel, 277.
William and Mary College, 172.
William of Orange, Prince, 13.
Williams, Alec, 140.
Brooke, 291.
Brooke, Jr., 275.
Mrs. Brooke, Sr., 274
Elisha O., 160.
Mrs. Elisha O., 270, 289.
Harriot Beall, 144, 202, 274, 291.
Jeremiah, 191.
Gen. Otho Holland, 52, 219.
Mrs. Rebecca, 291.
Dr. Walter, 216.
Capt. William G., 263.
Williamson, Rev. Alexander, 105.
Mrs., 156.
Wilson, William, 87.
Winant, John G., 205.
Winslow, Mary, 274.
Wirt, William, 34, 81.
Wise, John, 26.
Wood, Admiral and Mrs. Spencer, 160.
"Woodlawn," 89.
"Woodley," 95.
Woods, Marian, 156.
"Woodyard," 9.
Worthington, Dr. Charles, 115, 200, 298.
Mr. and Mrs. John, 156.
Lilah, 156.
Nicholas, 115.
Yellow Tavern, 205.
Young, Abraham, 58.
Notley, 58.
William, 58.
Zeller, Mary, 217.
Transcriber's Notes.
The copyright clearance of this work has been researched and no
indications were found that the U.S. copyright was renewed.
Punctuation has been normalised, and hyphenation of words outside quoted
material has been made consistent, without comment here.
Due to the large number of variant spellings in the material quoted in
this work, the following possible typographic errors in quoted material
have not been corrected:
Page ix: "trnsubstantiation."
Page 20: "American indenpendence."
Page 30: "June 31, 1800."
Page 38: "George Town, where he palns to."
Page 38: "Carpenter, can by the asistance."
Page 49: "number of dogs in Gerogetown."
Page 133: "a freqeunt visitor."
Page 158: "Rensselear."
Page 282: "admit mere curisoity."
Page 283: "blissful comsummation."
Page 292: "The mariage ceremony."
On Page 7 "at the the feast of the Annunciacion" was corrected to "at
the feast of the Annunciacion."
The following typographic errors outside quoted materials have been
corrected:
Page 32: "Paquet" to "Packet," and on Page 32 and Page 51:
"Potomack" to "Potowmack," to match other instances of the name of
the "_Times and Potowmack Packet_."
Page 67: "Garnirke" to "Garnkirke."
Page 74: "Samuel McKenny" to "Samuel McKenney."
Page 109: "vari-clored" to "vari-colored"
Page 127: "Mr. and Mrs. Willliam Laird" to "Mr. and Mrs. William
Laird."
Page 129: "many other in this part" to "many others in this part."
Page 157: "Artistocratic" to "Aristocratic," per Bibliography.
Page 172: "the Greenbiar" to "the Greenbriar."
Page 174: "ninety strokes as cariage" to "ninety strokes as
carriage."
Page 175: "Encyclopedia" to "Encyclopaedia," to match other references
to "_The Encyclopaedia Britannica_."
Page 280: "Lincoln's assasination" to "Lincoln's assassination."
Page 313: "Beavoir School" to "Beauvoir School"
Page 320: "Queston family" to "Oueston family."
Page 314: "Burres, David" to "Burnes, David" and "Calton, Joseph" to
"Carlton, Joseph."
Page 317: "Hallerith, Hermann" to "Hollerith, Hermann."
Page 318: Indentation of Index entry for "Keith, Rev. Ruel,"
corrected.
Page 319 "Marsell, Judge" to "Morsell, Judge" and "McCloy, Mrs.
Frank R." to "McCoy, Mrs. Frank R."
Page 321: "Phillyss, E." to "Phillips, E."
Page 322: "Soyrs, Rev. Mr." to "Sayrs, Rev. Mr."
Page 323: "Thomsen, Elizabeth" to "Thomson, Elizabeth."
The Index has been re-ordered after correction so that entries are in
alphabetical order.
Further it is noted that:
On Page 288, in "to live one another" one or more words is missing.
There is variation in the spelling of "Tenally Town", which is also
given as "Tennally Town" on Page 31, where the name is related to
that of its founder John Tennally. Both spellings appear to have
been in common usage.