The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-09-14
HISTORY OF FINE ESTATE.
"Boscobel" Just Purchased by Mr.. C.
H. Hu~kamp, Of This City.


H. Hu~kamp, Of This City.
B .scobc' is four miles from Fred.
oricksburg. Virginia, ia the county Of
Stsn ri, aud the res deuce is situated
IN the highe,, point b tween the Rap
pabannock aud Potomac iivets. !, va,
buils 10y Thomas Fl zhugh abou' two
huudrcd aud fty years age. He va,
h, .on OF VIII an II f. ugh, who
wa, a very pfominelt Ia eyer OF Lon
don and came to lhis couItry as the
ionu ana attorney OF lord Fairfax.
Pi or 20 1900 lord Fui- fax owned
the ea,irc n ,rthcrn Neck Of Virginia
" which comprises the fertile territory
between the Rappahaunock and POto
mae rivers; George Washington WA
bis surveyor aud survo, ID all
his lands. BY his " II he dis
uibut d font, Ave tlou,sun acres OF
land among his children. Ills sop,
Tn mas +. zhugh / the Blscobel e.
tafe, which Wa.a square lot Of laud
and he'd under grant from &c rye II,
f England, the grant OF the sam is re-
corded in the land flee at Richmond
Va. Thoma, III ziueh bad the ma
lefial for the Bo.c b,l house b ougdt
from London, also the Il ne, which
was used in constituting the magnih
cent well there. | pass down from
one gene. a ion to another Of the Fi'z-
hugh familj aud 10 ls47 passed + Sa
lie and Henrietta fitzhugb; IN that
year William A. Little and Wiliism II
III zhugh, who was great gr,a grand
son of ThcmAs Fuzhugb, p Ichased
be property.
After tie Civil war the properly WAS
divided between William A Lutte and
William II. III znugh {" iiliam A. Little
having married Miss Fl zhugl) and IN
the division he got the old homestead
and the principal par, Of The estate. l.
was until recently, therefore, held BY
an unbrOken chain in the + tz7ugh
family ard their descendants ever since
uoder grant from George IL, X ng Of
Euciand, and until now 1t stood alone,
perhaps, AS the one individual old aris-
tocratlc country seat IN this part oi
Northern Virginia, he'd by the decer-
daut, Of the original owners.
The old homestead has been l2t-ly i'm
proved and beau'ifsd A wind nil
furnishes water for the bath rooms,
the dwelling has beeu repainted ana
the beautiful lawn and old.fashioned
ea-den and g;oundsc mprise Que ofthe
most picturesque spots ~ be seen any
where 10 this part Of Virginia.
Much Of the furniture is that brought
by the founder, Thomas Firzhugh, from
ENGLAND, al the time the house was
butt The parlor suit, a splendid
spec,mon of the antique, is well pre-
served. and having recently been mag
nificently upholstered anew in the old
style. ;sa tasure TO the lover OF the
ancient. The massive iron back in the
great open fire place in the parior bears
the legend IT. f. l742'
There is an outside kitchen near the
dwelling with an old fashioned open
fi.e.place Of titanic proportions, fitted
with ali The old time paraphernalia for
cooking ovens, spts, cranes, etc
and all 10 perfect order. The whole,
on occasion. presided over by desceu-
dant Of the old time cooks; aud those
who have partaken OF the fst shoat
roasted before the open fire, or the
well-browned AID based turkey that
has riptntd on he spits in this historic
kitcheu, say that no such fare ctu be
had at "Deln.onico's,' or else where.
There are t22 acres now remain
ing with the old homestead, and con-
or'siDe BOscobe as it aads today,
about 30 acres being in woodland. The
mansion was con,ideiably enlarged by
the lac William A Ii tie, and now has
twelve rooms in the dwelling proper, i'm
cluding bath rooms, water being SUP
plied in abundance for all purposes
from the spleDdid stone-cuib bid we'll in
the yard, wind mill doing the pump
inc. There is al one side of the lawn a
cot age of three rooms, with old-fash-
ioued chiuney and wood fireplace, The
main room being ceile6 tbroughout,a nd
constituting oDe Of the most delightful
"deus' imaginable.
The farm is 6De one apart from
the advantages Of the place as q resi-
dence. While some OF the fields have
been badly handled under the tenant
system, The most of the place Is in good
order and producing fine crops.
The barns, stables. gransries and hay
sheds are capaelous, selVlceaD G ano
we'll located. There are four excel
lent tenant bouses Of two to four rooms
each on the land; these are modern and
in excellent repair, as is alsoa neat
dwelling of six rooms for the farm
manager.
The farm is gently rolling aud sd-
miraHly watered by springs and bold
branches. making every Geld avail able
for pasiurage and greatly facilits Ing
the handling Of stock.
The dwelling is situated Oh very high
ground. but slopes Of such gent grade
lead TO II that one forms the idea OF a