The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-16

10 this appeal has not been nr,-
but was evidently unfavorabIs served
me oJher woman who Ofqb+
Deen Nashlugton's wife and nave
regretted it when she wftnasss55, - yooab7
ceptlOn at WILLIAMSBURG. vs. n us re-
ward Amber. formerly Mis- I'd
cary. sister of Lady FairfsC Mary
daughter OF Colonel Wilson Csr,.
thIrty-fOur years collector ~ -, Ior
at Hampton, Va. He was a yelsloms
great wealth and aristocratfc rC--- Of
tons. and was quite indignant fb ,.'5l-
pennlleSS young surveyor. vvorJ-i71-.'t a
wages on the estate Of Lord rs lot
should have the audacity to asTj--,dA
the hand of his daughter. Nssbir6e 70
seems to have anticipated a rafIs..a-
for in writing TO Dear Friend FoL5sed
some school fellow who has never ba[-
identified. he said 'sta
My place of residence is at mr.,
at his lordship's where I might nm
my heart disengaged. pass nv t5a9
very pleasantly. but there's q ..-7
agreeable young lady lives in the 49,
house. But as that's only ADDING t,.-.
TO IRE II makes me the more me-
for by often and unavoidabIy beirc. Y
company with her reViveS nv 60. ~
passion FOR your IOWland bss,-ll
whereas was I to live more retired 49,
young women might in some massr-al
alleviate my SOrrOwS by burying ~.
chaste and troublesome passion in ne
grave Of oblivion or eternal f0rgats--
ness. for as 7 am very we'll aSsr--s
that's the only antidOte or remedy ~,
1 shall ever be relieved by or ONLY --
cess than can administer any cu-s -
help to me as am well convinced ny va
1 ever to attempt anything I sbo7,I2
only get a denial which would be s55
ms grief to uneasiness."
He got 1t, as he expected, and in tb.
toughest manner. Bishop Meade IL
his "Old Churches and Families of Viz
ginia,' tells the story Of how CoIo,s,
Cary turned the young man down vfr5
scorn and resentment and fnforr,.5
him that his daughter was in the ham.
of riding in a coach.
The young lady afterward marss5
Edward Amber. who was a great swan
among the colonial aristocracv. baiT-
a graduate of Cambridge ENGLAND
university and the owner Of 2 IsrT'
estate near jamestown. He died In 1-5S
at the age of 50 and his widow. wiz
survived to see her rejected lover prss-
! ident of the United States. was an In
innate friend of Mrs. Washington and
a frequent visitor at Mount Vernon T.
D
! JefersOE's faithless sweetheart. mar,
ried a brother of Edward Amber.
The i'll spelled and badly punctuata7
letter to Dear Friend Robin" from
which I have quoted an extract. is h
the archives of the department Of star
with the other Washington mann.
scripts 1t was discovered in a Quantfrv
+ OF papers examined by Mr.. SPARKS
when in search of historical material
3
quantity OF other papers in 1894
The "LOwiand Beauty" TO whom
Washington so tenderIy refers, is sup
{ posed to have been Miss Lucy Gryms,
OF WestmOreland county, who married
Henry Lee Of StTatford Hall and b..
came the mother Of the famous five
I Lee brothers who played such a con-
/ spicuous part in the revolution, AMI
/ the grandmother of General Robert E.
[ Lee. Very little is known of Washing
[ toms attentions to her, although it IS
a legend in the family that he was her
! lover
After the Braddock Indian CampaigB
( Major Washington accompanied CAP
tain Roger Morris, a companion al
arms. to New York, and visited tha
stately home of Frederick Z. Phillips
on the banks Of the Hudson. near IVES.
J Point where he became enauOred o.
MISS -hdl y IlIS ue-u5Al1SL Va HIS nus
I He passed on to Boston. returned %
/ New York. and then revisited the Phil
/ lipses. where he proposed marriage @
| Miss Mary and was frankly informed
I that she was engaged to his friend
I Captain Morris. It was at this h0usa
7 that Benedict Arnold was residing
when he betrayed his country and from
/ these grounds he took the boat which
carried him to the British schooner tha
| lay in the Hudson when his treachzy
| WaS diScOEeTed.