. Historic Virginia homes and churches . e charming old dwelling housewhich stands on the highest point between the Potomac andRappahannock Rivers was erected some one himdred andfifty years ago by Thomas Fitzhugh (1725-1768), a sonof Henry Fitzhugh, of Bedford, and grandson of thatworthy William Fitzhugh, emigrant ancestor of the familyin Virginia,la^vver, merchant, landed proprietor, member ofthe House of Burgesses and militia officer. From ThomasFitzhugh (who inherited the estate from his father) Bos- 35^2 VIRGINIA HOMES AND CHURCHES cobel passed to Thomas Fitzhugh, the younger, who in turn
. Historic Virginia homes and churches . e charming old dwelling housewhich stands on the highest point between the Potomac andRappahannock Rivers was erected some one himdred andfifty years ago by Thomas Fitzhugh (1725-1768), a sonof Henry Fitzhugh, of Bedford, and grandson of thatworthy William Fitzhugh, emigrant ancestor of the familyin Virginia,la^vver, merchant, landed proprietor, member ofthe House of Burgesses and militia officer. From ThomasFitzhugh (who inherited the estate from his father) Bos- 35^2 VIRGINIA HOMES AND CHURCHES cobel passed to Thomas Fitzhugh, the younger, who in turn(lexised tlie seat to his two daughters, Sarah Stuart andHenrietta, both maiden ladies, who sold it in 1847 to Wil-liam Henry Fitzhugh (1788-1859), their brother, andAVilliam A. Little (whose wife was a Miss Fitzhugh).^-After the War between the States a division of the estatewas made by these two gentlemen, the mansion house and surrounding acreage falling to Mr. Littles lot, andthus Boscobels title remained in the Fitzhugh family from. DOSCOBEL. XKAR FREDERICKSBURG the time of the original grant until comparatively recently,when Mr. Charles H. Hurkamp (the present owner) pur-chased the place from Mr. Little. The old homestead has been well preserved, and thelawn, grove and old-fashioned garden are kept to-day asoriginally laid off. The house is after the order of a roomycottage and buried in a cluster of wonderful trees. In ^ For an account of the Fitzliughs see Virginia Magazine ofHistory and Biography, volumes vii, viii, and ix. THE RAPPAHANNOCK AND POTOMAC 353 what was tlic old pai-lor, now the hvirifj-rooin of thelu)use,is an old-iashioiicd open firei)hice of generous dimen-sions, in whose baek is set a massive cast-iron phite, l)earingthe leg-end: T. F. 1752, somewhat scarred by the Hamesof many a winter, tis true, hut still clearly legible. Six ormore other rooms of the house are endowed with theseample fireplaces. From two moderately sized porches—one at the frontand
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