Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-07-25
The Heiresses of New York.

Probably no city in The Untcd States has so
many beautiful and what meU call ''elgble
heiresses as New Y urk, aud, as | have wrltteu
of the rich widows aud bachelors, sDmc facts
and particulars concerning the maldeus rich
aud fancy :rce may be as readable and utter
estiug. 1t is not Inappropriate to head the list
with Miss Marcia Roosevelt, although she is
an orphan, her father, ex-Judge Roosevelt,
having died :wo years ago, aud her mother last
wiuter iu Paris. TIE h ,osvvcIl's caue Of good
Kpickcrb1cker stock, AID were for many years
consp .cuous among the elite. Mrs. Roosevelt
was Miss Van Ness, aad her father was min
ister to Spain. She was beautiful and talent
Ell lady 10 her ytunger days, aad great enter-
tainsr at the Old Roosevelt mansion of Broad.
way near Thirteenth street. Al her dea.d she
left her property, valued at 81 900 ,oO0' to Miss
Marcia. her only daughter, aid, IT is said, TO
the exclusion oil her sous The young lady To-
herits many of her Distinguished mvther's
talents, aud is almost as general = fayorite.
Miss Stevens, daughter of the late Colonel
Paran Stevens of hotel fame, is brlress to
million odd, aud reported engaged to al Eng.
lish uobemao. She Is young, pretty and syl-
ish, fond Of society, horse-raclng, ysch'ng,
polo, 60 She spends some OF her winters 10
Europe aod her summers at Newport, where
the Stevens cottage is opposite the OCEAN
House. Mrs Stevens was a Miss Reed, OF
Bostoo, and her sister, who Is completing her
musical education 10 Paris, is engaged to Mr.
Moses H. Grinneli, formerly collector OF the
port.
Miss Weed. dau.hter of Thurlow Weed, will
one day come in possession of many hundred
thousands. She is very clever aud acyomp
shed young lady, and acts as bier fathers SEQ
rotary. They live plainly, but handsom' y aud
comfortably, 10 large double house on Twelfth
street, just west Of Filth avenue.
Miss Andrews, daughter OF the late Lorlng
Andrews, the millionaire, is destined to 6e oue
of the richest ladies in America, her lather's
estate being S5,000,O00 She is now 10 Europe
with her mother, aod their magnificent cuuptry
seat at Newport has been reued to Mr.. He7e
meyer, the Austrian Consul General at n W
York Miss Andrews is DOT yet nineteen years
of age and very beautiful.
Miss Josephine Hoy is the daughter Of Jno.
Hoey, head of Adams Express Company,
whvse wife was once leading lady al Wallatk'
theatre. The young lady is possibly two and
twenty years of age, stylish, and the best whip
at L ing Branch, where the Hocys have their
summer residence. She drives pair Of cream
coored horses to basket carriage, and is knnwn
to all the habitues Of the Branch. J,hu Hrey
began life ct the lowest round OF the ladder. and
is now worth ''alI the way up from $75U, 900.
Josephine is the only daughter
Miss Moler is a daughter of VIM. Moller,
the suger rc6ner. whom everybody thought rich
uutil be failed about year ago. She is very
stylish and effective, and has been uuch ac1-
mlred 10 Paris ADD Vienna. The gossips say
her father settled halt million % her years
ago, aud she has always been regarded as an
helress by young men 10 search OF & rich wife.
Miss Lamont, daughter of the lat, Charles
Lamont, who fell from the window of his house
on Fifth avenue one summers Dght while he
family was at West Point, and was Instantly
killed, is with her mother at the Wast End. |
Long Brauch. She is just OF age, very haad-
some and fascinating. 1t is reported that she
is to be m-rried 10 the fall. Her dot will be
fully $3.50 QUO,
Miss Astor and Miss Chandler, piece ADD
granddaughter OF the late w. B. A-tor, are
both heiresses t. large fortunes.
So is Miss K-rDochsn, daughter Of MIR. j.
2. Keruochan, who lately paid SIP 900 cash
for the celebrated Barreda Mauson Oh MaIi |
SOD avenue.
Miss Smith, uiece of Mr.. A. I. Stewart,
has large estate settled upon her since The
merchant princes death, aud is now IN Paris |
with Mrs. Stewart.
Miss Barlow, daughter of S. l.. VI. Barlow,
the Erie lawyer; Miss Cooper, granddaughter
of Peter Cooper; Miss Brown, daughter oil
James Brown, of Browu Brothers; Miss Lee,
daughter of William H. Lee, and Miss Mo-.
gan, daughter Of Governor Morgan, are all
heiresses, and there are others whose names at
thi. writing do not recall.-BuGalo Adver-