The Arvada enterprise., 1915-02-18

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The identity OF this "Lowland Beau. ||Is,.LSsGsyS
ty. who the object OF Washing lIIfSsfS9S5&
TONS first affections has been much UII2A>
disputed LOssIng. the historian. pro.
nounced her Mary Bland. and some
are inclined to the belief that she was
A Miss Ebeck. beauty of Charles
county. Maryland. who married George Mason
Others maintain that she was Lucy Grymes who
married Henry Lee and became the mother Of
the famous Light Horse Harry" who
great favorite with Washington. and who re-
icrred to the commander in chief as first in war.
first in peace. and first In the hearts OF his
,rymcn." Those who favor the Lucy Grymes
Identification point to the affection OF Washing
ton for Light Horse Harry" as Il resultant OF
the early love he entertained for Harry's mother.
Others will have 1t that the "Lowland Beauty"
Betsy Fauntleroy. and base their assertion
n letter written in May 1852 by Washington
10 the grandfather OF Miss Faunteroy. in which
he says. among other things. he purposed as soon
he recovered his strength the had been Ill
with pleurisy) ito wait on Miss Eetsy In hopes
1T revocation OF the former cruel sentence. and
II | can meet with any alteration In my
favor"
In i7As Washington became surveyor OF Lord
Fairfax lands. Ho was then but sixteen. In an
undated letter. probably written about the end OF
1850. the beginning of 1851. to his Dear
Friend Robin" (possibly Robert Washington OF
Chotauk. aNectionately remembered In his Wild
also hnd allusion to the "Lowlnnd 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 rcvives my former passion for
li.,,
retired from young Women. might, In some
measure. alleviate my sorrows by burying that
chaste and troublesome Passion In the grave OF
oblivion OF eternal forgetfulncss!"
History might have been different had Washing
ton been accepted by the "Lowland Beauty" II
the "Lowand Beauty" was Betsy Fauntleroy-
and good authorities think she was-she married
E,bcnezcr 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 u77S.
1850.
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. lie turned TO her for consola.
ton and II seems her charm miugatcd his "trou.
bicsomc passion" But Miss Cary had no genuine
love for the ardent youn. man. In l752 she mar
ricd Edward Ambler.
After his wooing OF the "Lowland Beauty" he
had another chnrmcr. presumably n member OF
the family OF Alcxanders. who had n plantation
near Mount Vernon.
Washington. while in Barbados with his sick
alf-brothcr Lawrence. met Miss Roberts. who
cxcrtcd influence over hts tender heart and
20 whom he refers as "an agreeable young lady"
II would seem that nearly all the young ladies'
were agreeable to him. Miss Roberts. II APP
pears. was the only one however. who really cap
tivatcd him In Bnrbadocs. while allowing that
all tho iadys generally arc agreeable he notes
that by III custom they ancct the negro style"
When returned from his nrst campaign and rest
Ing at Mount Vernon. the time seems to have been
bcgucd by some charmer. for one OF his init.
mates writes from williamsburg: u imagine you
by this time plunged In the midst OF delight
hcavcn can afford and enchanted by charmcrs
even stranger to the Cirpinn Dame" and foot.
note by the same hand only csccs further curl.
osity concerning this latter parsonage by In.
definitely naming her as Mrs Nell
II is said that at one time and another Wash.
ington had half a hundred s~c.thearts along the
banks Of the Potomac the Rappahannock and the
Jnncs and even up TO the gates OF Mount Yer.
non Perhaps the numbcr is exaggerated. but
Mt ans rate VIC have but scnnt account OF most OF
thc fair ones and are not even told the names
Of the great majority. This VIC do know. that