Some old historic landmarks of Virginia and Maryland, described in a hand-book for the tourist over the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric railway . ments always seemedto interest him. Of course, Washington was always Nellys ideal hero, and the grandest of all the lineof noble men. OF VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND. 85 General Zachary Taylor wasone of herfavorites among thepiiblic men of her latertime,and when he was elected to the presidency, she paid him a visit, and was for some timean honored guest in the White House, where she received the marked attentions ofmany distinguished perso
Some old historic landmarks of Virginia and Maryland, described in a hand-book for the tourist over the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric railway . ments always seemedto interest him. Of course, Washington was always Nellys ideal hero, and the grandest of all the lineof noble men. OF VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND. 85 General Zachary Taylor wasone of herfavorites among thepiiblic men of her latertime,and when he was elected to the presidency, she paid him a visit, and was for some timean honored guest in the White House, where she received the marked attentions ofmany distinguished personages of that day. While she lived she did not lose the holdshe had in all her younger years upon the popular regard. She was still the storiedNelly who had been the fondly petted child in the household of him who was firstin peace, first in war, and first in the hearts of his NELLIE CUSTIS, AT EIGHTEEN. Mrs. Lawrence Lewis had two sisters, Mariha Parke who was married to ThomasPeters, alarge Virginia planter, and Elizabeth Parke, who was married to the wealthy andeccentric Thomas Law, a nephew of Lord Ellenboro. As governor of a large districtan Bengal, India, Law had been accustomed to thedischarge of important official func- 86 SOME OLD HISTORIC LANDMARKS tions and to the splendors and surroundings of a prince. In England his family wasoppulent and distinguished. One brother was bishop of Carlisle, another a barrister ofthe first eminence and the successful defender of Warren Hastings against the politicalinfluence of Fox, the eloquence of Sheridan and the virulence of Burke. He was promi-nent in the improvement of the National Capital about 1800, purchased a large tract ofwilderness land embracing the site of the arsenal, and laid out streets and upon thembuilt a number of houses some of which are still standing. When that fair, smooth brow of the great
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