page_title: Female Stranger
hierarchical_section_title: Female Stranger
caption_attribution_description: Tomb of a female stranger, Alexandria, Virginia
context_page_description: The Grave of the Female Stranger is a famous historical oddity as well as a local landmark and visitor's attraction in St. Paul's Cemetery of the St Paul's Episcopal Church in Alexandria, Virginia.
  The grave is the resting place of an unnamed individual who died in 1816 and was elevated to national intrigue by the mysterious headstone and romanticized tale. Accounts of the stranger increase in oddity over time and help to incite further speculation as to the identity of the person buried in the grave. The reported location of the woman's death, Room 8 at Gadsby's Tavern, is also a tourist destination, and supposedly her ghostly visage can be seen standing at the window.
  The story has sparked lasting conjecture that has spanned two centuries. In addition to various articles and reports, there have also been novels including Narrative of John Trust by William Francis Carne, author of George Washington's Boyhood.
context_section_description: The Grave of the Female Stranger is a famous historical oddity as well as a local landmark and visitor's attraction in St. Paul's Cemetery of the St Paul's Episcopal Church in Alexandria, Virginia.
  The grave is the resting place of an unnamed individual who died in 1816 and was elevated to national intrigue by the mysterious headstone and romanticized tale. Accounts of the stranger increase in oddity over time and help to incite further speculation as to the identity of the person buried in the grave. The reported location of the woman's death, Room 8 at Gadsby's Tavern, is also a tourist destination, and supposedly her ghostly visage can be seen standing at the window.
  The story has sparked lasting conjecture that has spanned two centuries. In addition to various articles and reports, there have also been novels including Narrative of John Trust  (1883) by William Francis Carne, author of George Washington's Boyhood.
caption: The Grave of the Female Stranger
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