Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-14

work that was required 10 u'SSo
the whereabouts OF that or" ~. io fscts
on which this story is foundeo, anu
then with a tumble of FACTS on MS
note paper and in his memory ~ p'
sent them in a little narrative: ;.
Really. the Rambler is not Sd! ING
this so much by way of complain .,, as
by way of making beginning 10 .a.S
story You may turn ASIDE IRON.
Freestone point il you wan ~ o,,t
the Rambler means TO StiCk ~ 80
until he has used up al, ms ~ COL
After taking time and trouole 10 CO.
lect matter which in his opihion 10
GOOD stuff he cannot afford 10 throw
it aside just to humor YOU H 1i,a,,in~
or woman. whose eyes are i''''" 7
these lines.
The name of the large tract pe-
tween Neabsco and Powelis
was Lcesylvania. Freeseohe
later name for that part OF the trae'
.a,,,nr;s;np between 500 and 700 acres
,,.;rs between the tracks of the rail-
ra.d from Washington to frederichs
hure and the Potomac river; ~
,hoH, mile wide and mle ionS,
With many irregularities. .ions in
and bays, bulges and inoe ,' a, 1roods
&c ontiine. 1t is nearly all IN wovu"
| us ou. ,,,nh If that woodland ls up
ana n'u W "second-growth timber. de2se
ssnd tangled with briery vines. ~.
sanee If visibility is generally SUD harS
and minute exploration ent tha Ram
work. At the season a+ the SECURING"
pier , So scratched hide and TORN
ciG IN somber spot. and on niilo .,se
! in those woods is the SITE o. tond to-
! that would be famous ~ IL would
| eA'~S there IL "ONA
gay. Iassad as one of the shrines oi
| America No vestige OF II "' h,.
an ~ nath leads to it. You kno" W
the wild plants that grow Aowers
by some old fashioned th.t many
tciineing to the lonely spot, Una. thars
ciins aone nv a habitation was tnele'
IN another hill, across ueep IN
hara hriers grow in vast anu u
friendly colony, is nursans 99arked
where some old graves arr nnnntry
by rough unearv hax p been picked up
roSn or cast up by the space OF
nee eravedigeer. Within or near TINS
iancient settlement OF the u u as
many graves not TO De .,one at
smch because at them is no stonG e.
su Near them. perhaps in the MUS ..ti,
af them. is an iron railing, VIII VIII,
-. stand two fine marble monu
nnnts to Elizabeth Lindsay rairlaA'
| horn in 1871, and died IN Ion.than
Henry Fairfax ST. ,7s "a" and died in
"a! Tbese are graves of proprletors
- I.eesvlyania of a later 1lnie. az ~
% nrevions "rambles' the story o5
these good people, their ances ,o,d anu
their descendants. mas don n,ants are
!! .,,au,ine stood the home OF HehrS
I.ae father of Light Horse harry -.
!. Gallant officer in the patrlot arn'
~ the American revolution a law
e. IT George Washington, olstih-
.,;ehed governor of Virginia, ana
delegate who labored and voteo III nc
| constitutional convention az -
mond for the ratificatlon by 80
NJ the Constitution, under "hicn ING
st.tes are now united. The story OF
TIC contest over the Constitution ap-
nroved by the constitutional conVen.
tion Of delegates from the several
states at Philadelphia, it's submission
70 the states and the struggle over
ratification in the constitutional CON
yentions of Maryland and virginia
| will be written, because 1t must oe
tn,d in order to tell we'll the stories
~ George Mason of Gunston Hall. OF
i Henry Lee of Leesylvania and OF MS
son. Henry Lee, called Light Horse
Harry Lee.
! X X 4 X
| Another son VI x1OhAy ASS ~
svlvania was Richard Bland Lee, who.
as a representative from Virginia in
/; the First Congress, was an important
and perhaps the most effective aoVo-
! cate Of the establishment of the per-
manent seat of the national govern
ment on the Potomac river and VINO,
when the city of Washington became
! a reality, lived in the brick mouse
which still stands at the northeast
corner of 9Th and N streets south
/! west. In that house he died, March L.,
1927. Richard Bland Lee and Alex
ander White of Virginia and Daniei
| Carroll of Maryland. members of the
; First Congress, by changing their
votes at first against Alexander Ham
| ilton's measure for funding the fed
! eral debt and assuming the debts OF
! the states contracted in the reVolu-
| ton. brought about the passage OF
! the act which established the seat OF
| the national government on the foto-
mac river. They traded their votes Tor
Hamilton's measure that votes might
| be cast for the measure providing
| that the seat of government shouio oe
on the Potomac river.
! It was Richard Bland Lee who in
| troduced a resolution September 3.
j17S9, which indicated that this was
the proper locality for the permanent
seat of government. and little later
introduced another resolution in which
the Potomac country was specifically
named as the most eligible and de-
sirable site for the capital of the
UNITED States.
Where the Rambler found those old
garden flowers growing stood the
house in which Henry dight Horse
Harry Lee was born January 20.
I1756, and in which Richard Bland Lee
twas born in 1852. The bones of Rich
ard Bland Lee rest in Congressional
cemetery, and those of Light Horse
Harry rest on Cumberland Island.
Georgia. the home of Gen. Nathaniel
iGreene of the revolutionary army.
commanding officer of Light Horse
Harry Lee in the southern campaign.
III would seem to the Rambler that
1.-The raking up Of that information and