Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-01-24
A History Of Lafayette Square.
ITS MANSIONS AND THEIR TENANTS.
Review Of n. q. Ta,Ioe's Memorial
rwua-a far r. Er,.-g Na-

The most elegant specimen Of printing ever
made for private distribution ia the District OF
Coiumbis, is the Memorial Biography OF Ben
jsmin ogle TsylOe.
IL was printed IN Phnadslphta. snf Is $50
pages long, with large letter press in borders.
and with marginal annotations. The widow ana
second wife OF Mr.. ayloe. Php.he Warren
paid for this book, and furnished tue m atter 20
Mr.. Winslow :. Watson. who comp lSed a. His
style is as delicate and discreet A. the nlemo-
rial motive, and the performance i the noblest
form Of mausoleum. there being no more copies
than Will Keep u reverend AMI rare. ASS local
book for the Distrlctof Columbia and the neigh
boring parts OF Maryland aud Virginia Al IL
The most valuable epi-odicsl work We possess.
The rANLoE FAMILY
= almost the only one in this region which has
kept even with successive generations through
the entire revolution from sristocraus % demo
cratic, and finally 20 commercial tines Ia the
arstOcratic age II had dignity and estates; In
the democratic age 10 had discretion AMI con-
,istency; in the commercial age tt continues
practical, rich and cheerful without any nota-
ole ntellects Il has maintained al even thrift
better than genius.
II is dificut for us 10 understand what re-
sourcCs and society could have produced the
colonial proprietor Of the period of " Sshiugton.
his country, 20 look NJ la the present b. neither
ettlc nor SaluhriOus And his great brck man
IONS are scarcely slightly, sndncycr convenient.
~ ~ 49, " - tA-t - ~.
ne youthful SportsUIety OF the soil, made many
II the Shareholders OF that time rich. euterpris-
iairs, 20 the best statesmen OF Europe. with
whom they kept abreast. Two quite different
- y, - "a a. Ia nytt oi we earliest iahl-
Custises and the Tayloes ,.tcs 49,, ~
confront each other. the one on the Nirgiuia
heights, the other on the flats OF the MARYLAND
side.
THE CUsTis FAMILY
began in off ,e-holding. and it, proys,f,,,- -.
arao,,s, ,boso .,ro.,,. ,,,-,t, = -, !, -
-, -, $500 VI tne Htue
SslltA VI NliilAm OF orange VINO accompanied
his king TO England when William drove ont his
father -in-law Custis WAS made ,oltsc,or ID,
revenue on the eastern shore az k-ir,,,,i. -, y
A.. 49,. - .'-. o'o u
ns NE inter IN Itle1 Win the fArkes
,,ass 1hu me helf OF Ooth estates mArrted
- 10 uui uge, wiz nau no estate 70 speak
~ Snu " ~ oon, marrying the relcti got
.ne oenSut o. tne property ana place IN hts-
W. iue Sususts themselves continued on,
M pa slg uhAinPotlaht' IKE the other
The @ssvLs ,,,rs,o, =. ,,,..,., 49, -,
Ine ayloes pursued more even tenor, and
reposed uPon their superior riches. Their name
= a nllShoInet hho this memoir admits that the
loI aiI thAt the time OF the change OF name,
o. ft Nen A. OF hls 1esth, II unknown. The In
n'a.O.s Iesuei viii De apt 70 say mat Taylor
ar,ni,, 700 lnuch OF mechanical origin for
oeltainly lAyloe smAcks OF nothing, aud the
y ouI hallst VINO undertakes 70 spell u m the
- ioi ~, u suie 70 see the T., changed 10
al H. .! INC PuZ@ieu printers
ANCESTRY.
William TAYLOR came TO VIRGINIA aho,,
ls-O--a0 and settlea an Iarc.s,ar 60, -,
the month Of ,,,e R.,,,.h.,,,S r., -.
ii, . % Vne NaiPsuahuocA' tnete ne mar
ritd Anne Corbin, who lived until 1924. Their
son, Colonel John Tavloe, married EIizabeth
Gwynne Faun.lerov and adBas % r. ss,,.,
three thousand acres in MarviauI. called
NanJsmey; for which he gave 800 sterling 70
~ to,i ~ LVnuon IN we year loo.
i3s one CT the IarseSf Dsnsions 10 I Su,1 IN
called Mount Airy and being an only son Of
course his Inherited property was considerable.
=. ~. u very easy I9f the superficial reader 70 CON
Tsylor or 1,sroyiy ~. ist.t Aty win John
most national repntstIop sn5 49, 49, 500, a,e
80 trn, Siiii - w So. a,iu wa ."ice oehA-
and H. Mopr6e's Ia, ,arn' ia rs, term
Of the resolptfops 80. - :. ,',i',s -, ss
Of Ief,srson sy5 h A. 80 - @ ~, sr,
family on he co,,tr.-,' :, uG ayioS
followers OF wssIinSfo,,, o.. - "a. sna
amongst ofhe,s 49, 80 ,bsir o ~ -. 49,
sristoerats e1' 5o,e5 - ~ Ii iteIa.a.,Ons a.
eiris " fN'''0 H'"ois III VIZ
John Tavioe- ,be fou,ds, NJ H,,,,, Al
--'--,.I 49,, 'atei % oOttettA, o. MAYS
Governor or Msrylsnd TO- -, ne. uISt ,s wa
l-g3 and his danybtar an, FFaasri. ~ NJ ,Isa
Bsrton Rev of Seo,g.,,si,' 1,i. 90 -. n.t.p
ont OF eight rbiiarsn s,ryirsd 49,, , OiS sOig
youp- Air.. IN, ~. ,ra.t,t - 80 . aoantOt ".
styIe of living ssys bIn, . ca,a,,S anu
ara Las eight daughters married ia notable
49, A ~. -
IIoyd Of he Fss,s HSuu LIZ SolohTl hdsara
whose estate is hest i,o, =, I;,, =, yLsiIs
.he bioersyb, - Iatri ~ ia a.ltc tuIvugn
rao-l'ar 80 !. -. ~ .,L ll0h Dous.ass, WHO'S
,,s,Ti,a E,.,'yis = 49,. 1Anotuer dAuenter
mSrrieS . 1a,Ia,,- g. $3.50 I.ee' a Snd shother
Tbs ,bSrd 1ra'lns IL a, SsherA washington.
ON b., 80, A. sIouh' AIRY "hen MS
eIsh' seais o'U'
OLD JOHN TAhLoE OF THE ocTAGoN.
The latter was brought up by bis brother-in-
law Ralph wormlev ana sent "a Es,on r.,
land 10 he educated "a - ,.-.s,.,s
chris. ColIo,a ra,,,,..i,.a =. -, $50 ~
os wssbinc,on.s "a ,,,,'is.-..t,,' yea
,lara y,.I,;,'r..,. 1s'a- 10 ~
nipy and sir rd.,arS rso,-., -, -,
British Minister dining I effeIson,s adninis,rs
ton.
Mhen the fourth Tayloe came home, about
Xiii ~ @ VI .ne gest estate IN
forthwith narried Ar Ole ri Rels,yy go AZ AZ
nauolis whose fsther yas ths SOW of = cola,,iaI
eoyernor M NaryIsnd and 10 - Ssnsn1s
elected goye,nor ~ az fedarsI -, - ...ea
AFTER Tayloe's narriage TsyIoa = - 49,
in Ian E,es 20 is1E as,Lo.,.t - x ~
80, $50, ~, 80 49, ~ a., Sc. nusoshl hsd
as geefi0'"'eu iHoi VI MAI !lanu AZ carry
M ,rl ,o.,-.o,, -o..- MI. -.., -
liza o .as. oeomeeh souhg Iayioe, WIN hs
- sn anu me oges, would appear 70