National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-02
HISTORIC INVENTORS
NEASUREs OF THE OLDEST lNVAB-
ffANTS' ASSOCIATION


Below is given another installmen.s u Interesting
Facts from the records Of the Oldest Inhabitants
Association of the District. IA
wAsnuNeroa's Brxr8.4LAoR.
John Farley esq, Assistant e<.ite states Coast
S 1 - fcpes eseei, Msstmoreiand county,
and is60. O landing he found that there were .
reM trsssssf the Old hs.sstead rsraining. but
a.: slns,s ss Ga with eas''a' scrutiny 70 ao'"as
'nNS GSssSh sSe house had been destroyed Ay ara
tsssesali is9.insd e , ruins Of Two issgs chin:
sSoodxt each end Of tks house. in the ed style Of
country architecture, Aalfwithtn and affwithout
theeuilding. These indicated it, former length
ohe proprietor q the plantation "a: Wilson,
va; PRESENT and psnsea cSt she loes..tiss .s he
Mr.. Gusts stated that on the WssssrIy' end nd Of
10 house was . small wing or eds-6uilding,
which sometimes served ~ bedroom, and that
ington nrst "a. 80 light. Such WAS his conn;
dsRee In this c. that he CAUSED to be placed
1pda The .pc. Sab q sgt s.nd:tSn: similar t.
generally used, and had inscribed thereon the
following: Here, On the nth Of February, l7a2,
s sSr nieS iound &c IL pses
though II had been fractured By some rude hand
| in three pieces In . subsequent visit he found
s nas sS Hs saS taken the preeaution how
ever in 1859 Of tracing the exactiEe and style Of
the lettering, with the dimension Of the stone BY
precision Was sent to the secretary Of the Monu-
MEM I'm frSns said ebulldins row Of fig
trees ran parallel to It, and the roots resisting
the inrosds Of time, still continued to put forth
vigorous shoots.
Underneath enc Of the probable windows Of this
room he found quaint, old fashioned bolt or win
dow fastening, deeply corroded with rust, which
| he preserved. Around the plsse he gathered sew
ersl pieces Of antique china and glass, generally
Tho bricks composing the chimney were of .
very peculiar KIND, and unlike any modern ones,
being very much larger every wly-say nine inches
long, four and . half inches wide, and two and .
half inches thick-and seemed to have been rudely
By ss z.
| found whole. Some few were collected and sent
| to the monument society. Two boxes were left
The T proprietor pointed out to him two standing
chimneys about twenty yards west Of the old site
Of the house which belonged 70 an overseers
ground near tho spot had been donated to the
State with the proviso that II should be incicsed
with an iron railing. He also mentioned that MI:
tain whether there was stone on the place suita-
BILE for cutting, in order to contribute It to the
boulder on the whole premises suficiestly large
Few, II any, vestiges Of this place will be left
viii endeavor to rescue the spot from perfect Of.
livion by marking the place where these two old
chimheys, which yet serve to show the position OF
the house. For instance, there are sumcient
fragments Of those chimneys now remaining to
form two very respcctably-sized monuments by
building them into q cubical shape and tncor-
por1ttng them we'll with hydraulic cement.
CHRIST CHURCH.
John Underwood, esd, Dublin, Wayne county,
Indiana, presents q rough sketch OF Christ
church, the First Episcopal Congregation, in
Washington city. The house was originally
tobacco house on DR.. CAROLS farm. There was
school room attached to the west end, where the
rector, Rev. Andrew 7. Mccormick, taught for
several years previous to 1885,
OLD MASONIC FALL.
Mr.. Underwood also presents q sketch Of the
old Masonic hall, which the MasOns occupied for
many years, until about l826, when they removed
to their new lodge, opposite the City Hall. The
city councils also met here until the City Hall
was erected.
FRINGE GEORGES COUNTY JAIL.
Mr.. Fielder r. Dorsstt presents sketch, made
by J. q. Bruf, of JAIL built for the Of Prince
Georges county, in 1788. In this jail was confined
one Mctfurk for the murder of his wife, thence
taken to Capitol Hill, and hung In 1904, the first
execution for murder in this city.
rHEFIRsT MAYOR OF WASHINGTON.
There is also preserved among the records ofthe
"Oldcst Inhabitants" the commission of Robert
Brent, the first mayor Of Washington, dated June
l, lsos, and signed by Thomas Jefferson, Presi-
dent Of tie United States.