Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-30
WHERE is D'LAQUTRY?
An Extraordinary Romance of
Two Continents.
The sequel TO a UtORian RefOrmer's
Schemes-Lafayette One Of the ORA
mats PersOnse-Fightingf for "a Fifty
Thousand Dollar Tract i'm West
Tanna&Gaa
From the Memphis Ledger

matis fersonfe-fISntlng Tor a Fifty
Thousand Dollar Tract in West
Tennessee.
From the Memphis Ledger
Truth is regarded as stranger than fiction,
an idea often well founded, as the follow
ing strange tale will develop. Away back
in the year 1919, Fanny Wright darius
mOnt), a social reformer, was born in Dun
dee, Scotland. She was left an orphan at
an early age, and was indoctrinated by her
guardian with ideas founded on the phi
losophy of the French Materialists. On
becoming of age she travelled in the United
States from 1918 TO 1920. Soon afterward
she published her "Views on Society and
Manners in America" and Sew DAYS in
Athens" which latter work was a defense
of EpicUreanism. In 1924 she returned TO
America in company with her sister Ca
milla and Others, who accompanied the
Marquis de Lafayette on his visit of tri-
umph. In 1926 she came to Memphis and
purchased or obtained grant of 400 acres
of land, known as the Neshoba tract. near
Germantown, some fourteen miles from this
city.
Upon this tract she established a colony
Of emancipated slaves, and endeavored to
elevate their social condition and solve the
great problem of the equality of races.
Becoming soon afterwards public lecturer.
she established Fanny Wright Societies, :"
with view to the destruction of slavery
and the reformation of society on a free
love basis. The Neshoba tract Miss Wright
conveyed to Marquis de Lafayette in trust
for the purpose of erecting a Home for the
free children of color. This was imprac-
ticable under the laws of Tennessee, and
the Marquis reconveyed the property to
Miss Wright, who sent the negroes TO
Hayti. In 1929 she and her sister Camilla
went to Europe, and in 1881 were the
guests of Lafayette at Paris, by whom they
were regarded as almost members of his
family. Camilla died, and in 1888 Fanny
married Count d'Arusmont, whose ideas of
philosophy resembled her own. Both came
10 America, and visited the Neshoba tract
often. The moral philosophers quarreled
and separated, and she filed bill for
divorce at Raleigh, the old county seat of
Shelby county. The divorce case was after
wards transferred to the Cincinnati courts,
and divorce was finally granted.
Fanny Wright at this time was nearly
six feet in hight, and robust; hair dark au-
burn, worn in ringlets; generally wore a
mans hat, and when talking with stran-
ger usually drew out mite book and
Scribbled away as to the customs and man
ners of the country. She resided at Gin
cinnati until the time of her death i'm 1852.
When she and D'ArusmOnt came 10 Mem
phis, they had with them a little girl
named Frances Sylve Phycapel Darius
mont, Of whose birth and parentage but
little is known. Previous to her death
Fanny Wright willed the NeShoba tract to
Mile Frances Sylve Phycapel Darius
mont. In 1850, DR.. Eugene D'Laqutry
came TO Covington, KY, from France,
accompanied by his wife and three children,
Juliet, Clotilde and Marguerite. DR..