Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-27

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"In bed room opposite bedstead. BEDS
bolster and pillows pair sheets, pair pillow
sheets blankets, l chintZ bedstead looking
glass, table, armchair, chairs with covers.
carpet I mahogany chest and drawers.
table 1 chair and benches and tamil;
corner cupboard. l picture, l coffee mill.
black pitcher, coffee pots. / tin, china.
large copper, decanters, elegant wine
glasses, 6 cups and saucers, milk pot mus
tard pot, 1 sl0p bowl tin kettle with cover.
80 plates 4 large dishes, gravy tureens. /
salt box, salad dish.
"In back kitchen adjoining tamil, table.
chatting dishes. / lantern. frying pans, 4
iron pots and one iron cover chairs. pals.
table and ironing board. tea kettles. can
dIesticks copper kettles, tin mug. l pepper
mill, pairs Of irons. pairs Of pot hooks. l
sand sieve. rolling pin. pair OF bellows.
pair OF pot hooks. large copper sauce pan.
quart black mug. bench, brass washing ket-
tie, washing tubs.
'In back room-2 chairs, writing desk, ETC..
and table.
"In stable-2htons OF hay cart. open
stove, l six-plate stove. II fowls 20 ducks. L
iron fender"
IA IHEN Washington gave up the premises.
w after the yelIcw-fever scare had sslio-
sided, Col. Franks in his usual methOdicak
manner, checked up on the inventory and
found that large double japanned waiter had
been damaged and that there were missing one
ducks. four fowls one bushel OF potatoes and
100 weight Of hay, for which he charged in
his temized statement, 5000 He also charged
So "for the hire of light two-horse wagon
and driver for six days, at 81 per day. for
conveying myself and Mrs. Franks to Ger
nantown from Bethlehem in order to put my
house and furniture In = situation to accom-
naodate the President"
Indeed the bill looked much like up-to-
date Government voucher and also included
anfe for akkQnAnR
ney"; $12 "for the hire Of beds furniture, ETC.,
to accommodate the family during the time. tho
President occupied mine" $40 for trip he
made to ascertain how long the President in
tended to keep the house; 81 so raid for clean
ing the house land putting it in the same con-
dition the President reed it In"
Added to this was q charge Of $66.66 for two
months house rent at the rate CT $400 . year.
making the entire bill $13l.56. However. this
amount, small as it might seem today, was
evidently disputed. since the bill was not paid
for nearly four months later, and then not
until it had been pared down to $75.56.
Evidently got angry ever the settle
ment of the bill. for during the Summer Of the
following year We again find the President
occupying the residence, which the family va
Gated September 90 Upon this occasion wash
ington was accompanied by Mrs. washington
and her two grandchildren. Eleanor Psrke
Gusts and George Washington Parke Gusts.
who built the Arlington House.
Evidently, Washington. Hike Lincoln, was
bro@dminded In his religious convictions. aRd
while living in Germantown Worshiped In the
German Reformed Church. Nor was he uuduy
exclusive. but became . familiar figure to TIE
townSpeople either on horseback, in his car
riage or talking freely with them. Mrs wash
ington, too. neighborly, and is recorded
as having been seen leaning out OF the Mttlo
window on the stair landing, talking to Mrs.
Bringhurst. in the adjoining garden.
Another interesting bit Of history attached to
this house Is that following the Battle OF
Brandywine, September IL, 1777, it was used by
Sir william Howe as his headquarters and here.
it has been stated, he was visited by Prince
William Henry, later King william ~ OF Eng
land. but this is incorrect since the prince did
not enter the Navy until 1T79, and did not
come to American watefs until he sailed into
New York Harbor with Admiral Dieby in 1871.
COL. ISAAC FRANKS who was Washing
~ toms landlord twice while he was Prcsi-
dent, was Of q distinguished New York family
some Of whom at an early date had moved into
Pennsylvania. Rebecca Franks, famous wit
and beauty Of the Revolutionary period, and
who married British Army oficer named Sir
Henry Johnson, was first cousin. as was Miss
Abigail Franks, who marriec4 Iilliam Hamilton
of the Woodlands. painting OF Col Franks
by Gilbert Stuart hangs in the Pennsylvania
Academy Of Fine Arts, Philadelphia.
In June, 1882, we find Col. Franks asking for
furlough, and on July Q following its granting
he was married in the Swedes Church, Phila-
delphia, to Mary, the daughter of Commodore
Samuel Dawson, whose other children included
John. Eleanor, who married Alexander Nelson,
and Robert.
The issue of Col. Franks and his wife. Mary
Davison) Franks included Samuel Dawson
Franks Pennsylvania judge, and major cen.
eral of Militia In 1922, and Sarah Eliza Franks.
who married John Huffnagle, and whose de-
ScendantS are numerous.
Theodore Franks, son OF Judge Samuel %.
Franke Facayna q clark In the C5enernl Lend