The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-11-22

gardeners wife II the present furniture In the rooms
had come down from old Frederick Phipse She
grew somewhat indignant, but was moned when
we explained that the present rage for tho antique
had made such furniture quite fashionable.
This little house had probably become too small
for old Frederick or some Of his descendants, for
great manor house was built at Phrpscburg, now
yonkers, several miles south, where the affairs Of
the immense estate, covering the upper half OF the
present New York City and the whole Of westches-
chester County. were administered There lived
Frederick Phnlipse the third with his three daugh-
tiers, aud there, on winters day in 1853, stopped
George Washington, then commander OF the vlr-
ginia Colonial troops at Winchester on his return
from Boston, where he had been to report to Gen.
Shirley Col. Washington was then twenty six years
OF age, six feet three inches In height, wealthy, OF
good family, and OF good reputation, both in a moral
and In military sense. lie had previously, at the
house OF his friend, Beverly Robinson, In New York,
met the beautiful and accomplished Mary PhillIpse,
daughter OF the third Frederick and had fallen In
love with her and her broad acres. II was on
this present visit, 1t is said, that the
fair Mary declined the honor OF his
hand, and sen, him away sorrowfu. But whether
true or not s an open question. She married Capt.
Roger Morris. friend Of her former admirer, and
they were ever after enemies. II also said that inst
before the opening Of tho Revolutionary War Mrs
Morris and her brother.ln-law, an ofl,cer In the
III,
and tried to influence him to throw his fortunes
against the Colonies Whatever her influence might
have been had she taken the Virginia Colonel in
1855, 1t had no weight twenty years later. Cant.
Morris and his bride built house-st standing In
this year 1885, aud called the Jumel mansion-on the
heights above Harlem River, about one Hundred and
Sx,leih street, and near High Bridge New York. II
commanded views Of the Hudson, Harlem and East
Rivers, as well as Long Island Sound. There, In May
l'i6, Gen. Washington took possession as his army
headquarters. Colonel, with Mrs. Morris ami the
family, having moved within the British lines at
New York. lie stayed there all summer, much TO
the annoyance OF Mrs. Morris, who was In the habit
Of speaking OF him as that "d--d traitor, Col
Washington" All her household goods that could
he used for military purposes were connscatcd but
the rest were thrown up stairs In the old garrett
Toward the close OF the war, when as a triumphant
general her former lover entered the city OF New
YORK at the head OF his army, It was rumored that
Mrs Morris, then midde.aged lady, tainted on
balcony from which she was viewing the scene
Mrs. Col. Morris died widow In London during the
years 1894 or 1925, at the age of ninety four survv
Ing her former beau by a quarter Of century.
After the war, at the instance OF Washington, the
State OF New York passed a law coniiscatlpg the
entire Phillipse estate aud thus the property OF old
Frederick Philpse the first, who built the church at
Tarrytown, reverted TO the state
The picturesque old mill erected in 1898 adjo,ns
the Tarrytown manor-house. Its weather.beaten
walls stand under the shade of immense willows
near the old dam by the side of the stream render
ing 1t a favor!te study for artists. The wheel has
gone, the ground floors have fallen away, but the
cedar shingles on the sides aud roof are as sound in
some places and smell as fragrant as when thev
were attached by the home made nais nearly two
hunufcd years ago j. o.