Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-02-19


county. Maryland, who married George Mason
Others maintain that she Lucy Grymes, who
married Henry Lee and became the mother OF
the famous Light Horse Harry" who
great favorite with Washington, and who re-
ferred to the commander in chief as first in war;
first in peace, and first in the hearts of his coun
trymen" Those who favor the Lucy Grymes
Identification point to the affection Of Washing
ton for Light Horse Harry" resultant of
the early love he entertained for Harrys mother
Others will have it that the 'Lowland Beauty"
was Betsy Fauntleroy and base- their assertion
on letter written in May, 1882 by Washington
to the grandfather of Miss Fauntleroy, in which
he says, among other things he purposed as soon
as he recovered his strength Che had been i'll
with pleurisy) ito wait Miss Betsy in hopes
of revocation Of the former cruel sentence, and
see If / can meet with any alteration in my
favor"
In 1748 Washington became surveyor Of Lord
Fairfax lands. He was then but sixteen. In an
undated letter, probably written about the end OF
$780, or the beginning of 1851, to his Dear
Friend Robin. POSSIBLY Robert Washington of
Chotauk afectionately remembered in his wild
we also find allusfon to the "Lowland Beauty,
my place of residence is at present at his lord
ships where might, were not my heart olsen
gagged, pass my time very pleasantly, as a very
agreeable young lady lives In the same house
but often and unavoidably being in COM
pany with her revives my former passion for
more retired ffom young Women, might. in some
measure alleviate my sorrows by burying that
chaste and troublesome Passion in the grave OF
oblivion of eternal forgetfulness.'
History might have been different had Washing
ton been accepted by the "Lowland Beauty"
the "Lowland Beauty, was Betsy Fauntleroy-
and good authorities think she was-she married
Ebenezer Adams, progenitor of the Virginia fam
lily of that name, and became the mother OF
Thomas Adams alumnus of William and Mary
college, signer Of the articles Of confederation
and member of the Philadelphia convention OTIS
1880.
The agreeable young lady" mentioned by
Washington in his letters from the Fairfax resi-
dence. was Miss Mary Cary, the sister of Colonel
Fairfax wife. He turned to her for consola-
ton and it seems her charm mitigated his trou-
blesome passion" But Miss Cary had no genuine
love for the ardent young man. In 1852 she mar
ried Edward Amber.
After his wooing of the 'Lowland Beauty" he
had another GARNER, presumably member OF
the family of Alexanders who had a plantation
near Mount Vernon
Washington, while in Barbados with his sick
half-brother Lawrence, met Miss Roberts, who
exerted an influence his tender heart and
10 whom he refers as IAN agreeable young lady.
It would seem that nearly all the young ladies
were agreeable to him. Miss Roberts, 1t ap-
pears was the only one, however, who really cap
tivated him in Barbados. While allowing that
all 'the ladys generally are agreeable, ne notes
that "by i'll custom they affect the negro style
When returned from his first campaign and rest
ing at Mount Vernon the time seems to have been
beguiled by some charmer, for one of his inti-
mates writes from Williamsburg: Il imagine you
by this time plunged in the midst OF delight
heaven can afford and enchanted by charmers
even stranger to the Cirpian Dame, and loot
note by the same hand only excites further curl
ositv concerning this latter parsonage by in
5a6ri&olx naming her as Mrs. Nell"
1t is said that at one time and another WASH
ington had half hundred sweethearts along the
banks of the Potomac the Rappahannock. and the
James. and even up to the gates of M unit YER
non. Perhaps the number is exaggerated Dut
at anv rate we have but scant account OF most OF
tba fair ones and are not even told the names
II the great majority. This We do know. that