r . » • o. •- "ov* •)"' . (b" '^oV "^* <* .. ^ '" ^^ % •"* y -^ *••• ♦^ % 40 •' •> a' .<^'\ A Corner in Celebrities By Alice Elizabeth Trabue Published by Geo. G. Fkttkr Comi-inv, Louisville. Copyright. 19«2 By Ai ICE Elizabkth Trabuf, Louisville, Ky. NOV 27 1922 ©Cl Af>90409 -. - \ DEDICATION To my father, Stephen Fitz- James Trahue and 7nother' Alice Elizabeth {Berry) Trahue, de- scendants of early pioneer settlers of Kentucky and long residents of Franklin County. Authorities Consulted "Kentucky A Pioneer in the Commonwealth," by N. S. Shaler. "Kentucky in the Nation's History," by Robert McNutt McElroy. "History of the Supreme Court of the United States," by Hampton Carson. "History of Franklin County, Kentucky," by L. F. Johnson, B. A. M. A. "Centennial Commemoration of the Town of Frankfort, 1886," by John Mason Brown. "History of Kentucky," by Campbell. "History of Kentucky and Kentuckians," by E. Polk Johnson. "Biographical Encyclopaedia of Kentucky." "National Encyclopaedia of American Biography." "Transylvania University," by Dr. Robert Peter and Johanna Peter. "The Wilkinson-Burr Conspiracy," by Judge Shackleford Miller. ^ q: u n < MONTGOneEY TJ A Corner in Celebrities "Reno^ined Rome," foitunatc in her protjeny of hrroes* IN PICTURESQUE Frankfort Kentucky there is a quaint corner of the town from which have probably sprung more distinguished men than from an>' like area in the United States. Covering about four acres, bounded by four streets bearing the historic names of Washington, Wilkin- son, Montgomery and Wapping, is the central group of some noble old houses which sheltered sires and sons whose deeds brought fame and ever lasting glory to Kentucky. Here dwelt two Supreme Court Justices, two Cabinet officers, nine United States Senators, seven Governors, six Con- gressmen, seven foreign representatives, and it is here that three Admirals of the Navy first saw the light of day. Can any other town in so small a space, even in Puritan New England, Knickerbocker New York or the Cavalier South, boast so brilliant an array of Governors of the States and men of national and international importance? Within this small zone for at least one period of their lives, there lived the following brilliant galaxy: Swprenie Court Justices THOMAS TODD and JOHN MARSHALL HARLAN. Cabinet Officers GEORGE MORTIER BIBB and JOHN JORDAN CRITTEN- DEN. Ufiited States Senators JOHN BROWN, first United States Senator after Kentucky was ad- mitted into the Union. He served three terms and was President pro- tem 1803-04. JAMES BROWN, first United States Senator from Louisiana after it \vas admitted into the Union. By his hands the Monroe Doctrine was transmitted to France, in which country he remained as Minister for six years. GEORGE MORTIER BIBB, twice United States Senator from Ken- tucky; appointed Secretary of the Treasury of the United States by President John Tyler. JOHN JORDAN CRITTENDEN, five times United States Senator, *"Illa incluta Roma felix prola virum. — I'irg'tl's Aene'ui Bk. /7-781-78+. Governor of Kentucky, member of Congress and twice Attorney General of the United States — appointments by Presidents William Henry Harri- son and Millard Filmore. THOMAS METCALFE, United States Senator, member of Congress and Governor of Kentucky. GEORGE GRAHAM VEST and BENJAMIN GRATZ BROWN, both of whom served in the United States Senate from Missouri, the latter was also Governor of that state, and was candidate for the Vice Presidency with Horace Greely. United States Rep-ese)itatives ROBERT PERKINS LETCHER, served twelve years; was Governor of Kentucky and Minister to Mexico. JAMES HARLAN, served several terms. CHARLES SLAUGHTER MOREHEAD, member of Congress and Governor of Kentucky. Foreign Representatives CHARLES S. TODD, Minister to Columbia and to Russia. THOMAS LEONIDAS CHRITTENDEN, Consul at Liverpool. CHAPMAN COLEMAN, for twenty years First Secretary of the American Legation at Berlin, later Consul at Roubaix, France and seven years Consul at Rome. JOHN GLOVER SOUTH, M. D., Minister to Panama— appoint- ed by President Warren G. Harding. Within this historic sfot were born three Admirals of the Navy — JOHN CRITTENDEN WATSON, CHAPMAN COLEMAN TODD and HUGH RODMAN. The old citizens of Frankfort like to tell of the youthful pranks of these ernbryo Admirals, whose sports on the Kentucky River, foreshadow- ed their future careers. A fourth Naval officer who was reared from infancy in this neighborhood and rose to the rank of a Commodore was ROBERT PHYTHIAN. The home of his youth was the quaint old gabled-roof house on the northeast corner of Main and Wilkinson streets. He was Superintendent of the LTnited States Naval Academy at Annapolis and of the Naval Observatory at Washington. Served in the Navy during the Civil war, rendering creditable service. He married Cordelia Brodhead, of Frankfort. It is interesting to note how many of these distinguished men, honored by both State and Nation, were allied by the ties of marriage or blood, and yet who during the Civil War were completely di\ided by their separate sympathies. Almost without an exception, they were of \'irginia ancestry. Some were sturdy pioneers of Revolutionary service, who though reared amid luxuries rarely excelled in the homes of any other state, had despite the constant conflicts with Indians, fought their way through the wilderness of forest and cane-brake to take up land grants and surveys in "That newly discovered, wonderful country, Kentucky."*^ The earliest settlements were of necessity around the forts at Harrods- burgh, Logan's Fort, Boonsboro and Danville, until land grants and early surveys rapidly created settlements further down the river. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society. Centennial Celebration 1886 of the Incorporation of the toiin of Frankfort, Ky. In 1786, an act was passed to establish the town of Frankfort on one hundred acres of land belonging to James Wilkinson, who was at the time Commander-in-chief of the Western Division of the United States Army. Wilkinson not only had the town established, but with characteristic energy utilized his soldiers to dig great drains that dried the swampy low grounds *'From the Diary of Colonel Daniel Trabiie, a Revolutionary officer. 7 in the eastern end and by his generosity and tact, attracted a most desirable population. The first streets laid off by him were nearly all named for generals in the Revolutionary War, with the exception of Ann Street, which was named for his wife, a woman said to have possessed rare charm and popularity, and Miro Street, named for the Spanish Governor of the Province of Orleans. It is claimed that the name Wapping was suggested by Mr. Instone, an Englishman, whose cottage was the first home completed on this street.*" This historic square is just one twenty-fifth part of the original town, to which another hundred or more acres have long since been added on the South side. It is located in a triangle or corner of the town. Wap- ping Street, beginning at St. Clair follows the river west but two and a half blocks, when the river bends at almost right angles north. Follow Wapping two short blocks, and here Wilkinson Street begins and follows the bend. The name Wapping is derived from "Wapping Old Stair," the King's wharf in London, and it is believed that there is no other residence street bearing this name, as letters addressed "Wapping Street" without city or state address, have found their destination from far distant points. Parallel with Wapping, is Montgomery (now Main) named for General Richard Montgomery, a British Officer, who resigned his commission in 1773 to come to America, and was in 1775 appointed Brigadier-General by the Continental Congress. It was under him that Wilkinson had marched against Quebec. St. Clair Street was named in honor of General Arthur St. Clair of the Revolution, Wilkinson's own Division Commander. Be- tween St. Clair and Wilkinson, lies Washington Street. Christened at its birth with history making names, is it surprising that the power of suggestion ever recurs inspiring men to fame? — but a word for the "lay of the land" and the setting for its illustrious sons: Frankfort is the most romantic of spots — a constant inspiration where artists never tire of painting and poets sing their songs — Theodore O'Hara in his immortal "Bivouac of the Dead," Henry T. Stanton, Robert Burns Wilson, Mrs. Jennie Chinn Morton and others. It lies in a valley, surrounded by towering hills spread like tapestried screens with their never ending changes of color from the masses of Red- bud, White Dog-wood and the delicate greens of the early spring, deepen- ing in tone as the summer wanes, to the blaze of red and gold of October. Winding half way around the town, dividing in it two, is the incomparable Kentucky River, wooded down to its water's edge, whence in many in- stances, garden walks lead back through rows of lovely flowers to fine old *-From an unpublished document in the Kentucky State Historical Society. square brick homes which have stood for many decades, and in a number of instances have been occupied through four or five generations by a single family to the present day. We see the picturesqueness of her situation, her lovely gardens and spacious homes, her peaceful, nay even drowsy aspect. The casual tourist motoring from Louisville, viewing from the winding pike the splendid new Capitol buildings cameoed against the green hill beyond, often feels that after a brief inspection of these buildings all worth while has been seen, so crossing the bridge to the North side, they drive a few squares through Courtesy cif iIk- Kcimickv Historical Society. The Arsenal the business section, until they mount the hill top, past the gray and vener- able arsenal and historic cemetery — and on to the Bluegrass region beyond. How few of these know or realize that had they but turned to the left after crossing the St. Clair Street bridge, and driven those two short squares down Wapping near the river's bend, then over to Main Street, encircling the square, they might have seen on either side of the street and in close proximity, the most historic small neighborhood to be 9 found in America. How often they would pause to ask who built these homes — what spirit of enterprise, culture and statesmanship was housed within their walls in bygone days! And were the travelers more favored, and could they enter the great wide halls, they would be greeted by what is even rarer in our fast changing American life — an almost unchanged ap- pearance within, where fine old mahogonies and rare silver services have stood the test of timej and where from lofty walls hang portraits by Gilbert Stuart, Sharpless, Jouett, Moise and Fowler, John Neagle, Chester Har- ding, Joseph Bush, Marshall, Robert Burns Wilson, Paul Sawyer, Charles Snead Williams and other artists contemporaneous with the generations as they came. And the women of these homes! A volume might be written of their charm and culture j their devoted loyalty to the past and to each other. With them the vicisitudes of fortune have counted little j through pros- perity and adversity they have kept faith with bygone days with a grace rarely to be seen in any community. Throughout the whole boundary of North and South Frankfort and extending into its country side, men of distinction lived and left their stamp indelibly upon the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Their names are legion and would compel an endless task to innumerate, but it is to this one small corner of the town that I must restrict my boundary, convinced that no other locality of so small a radius has harbored so many men of distinction. It is of these men only, and where they dwelt that it is my purpose to write, regretting that I must pass, unmentioned, homes of citizens worthy of note, who with their families have occupied homesteads for four generations, and confine my account to Governors of the states and men of National and inter-national importance. General Wilkinson was a native of Benedict, Maryland, and had just completed his education for the medical profession when the news of Bunker Hill caused him to join the troops in front of Boston. He soon became a staff officer under General Gates and rose to the rank of Colonel at Saratoga, and by the close of the war was recommended by Gates to the rank of Brigadier General. Though having for a time resigned his commission and become a private citizen, in 1791 he re-entered the army and in 1796 was Commander-in-chief of the United States Army. He had engaging manners, was an eloquent public speaker, a clear thinker and writer, and a man of more than ordinary attainments. He was a member of the Second Assembly, and as much as any man identified with Ken- tucky's early struggles for independence. He prepared the memorial in which "the people of the Western country set forth their grievancies and 10 besought equality of consideration." Washington is quoted by Jefferson as having said of him "brave, enterprising to an excess, but with many unapprovable points in his character." Indeed, old diaries in Kentucky record the fact that his autocratic tendencies were manifested by an order commanding the officers under him to cut off their queues, the result having been many resignations. At this time the gulf states were under the control and belonged to the Spanish Government. Miro was in charge and granted some privi- leges of trade and the free use of the Mississippi river for the transpor- tation of freight, besides an offer of nearly five times as much for tobacco as the Kentuckians were receiving, Wilkinson was under suspicion of having betrayed the district of Kentucky to Miro and the Spanish Govern- ment. In 1805 he held a high military position in the Territory of Louisiana; in 181 1 he was courtmarshalled and charged with treason in connection with Aaron Burr, but was acquitted. Later evidence was brought to light through letters of his own in the Spanish Archives, that for several years prior to 1800, he was a pensioner of the Spanish Govern- ment. He resigned from the United States Army and about 18 13 went to Mexico, where he died twelve years later, said to have been possessed ot large investments. Wilkinson reserved for his own use the Wharfage space along the Kentucky River from St. Clair Street to the river's bend, where, at the cross section of Wilkinson and Wapping Streets, on the southwest corner, he built a large dwelling, in proportion far excelling any house in town — a ferry landing at the bank. It was the proffered use of this house to the state free of charge for seven years that helped to decide the location of the Capitol six years later. Here November 1793, the Second Session of the Legislature was held, for although Danville had been the cradle of Kentucky political activities for nine years, the Capitol was first established in Lexington June 1792. There was thus transferred to Frankfort the politi- cal importance which Danville had enjoyed. Andrew Holmes was at the time the temporary occupant of this house but it was subsequently for seven- ty-five or more years better known as "The Old Love House," it having be- come the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Love, one of Kentucky's strong women of pioneer days, noted for her social, intellectual and christian virtues. Her husband. Major Thomas Love, had served under General Anthony Wayne, in his Western Campaigns, at the end of which he had retired and located permanently in Frankfort where for a number of years he and his wife were proprietors of a large tavern known as "The Love House." It is here that Aaron Burr consulted with his lawyers and where he and many 11 noted men of their day were guests upon their visits to this locality, and where the exiled French Prince Louis Philippe found for a period a home, and here it was at a ball given in his honor, that the young Prince met a surprise in the refusal of Mrs. Love to accept him as a partner in the Minuet, explaining that she had previously refused an humbler admirer whom she would justly oifend. Many years later when the change of fortune had established him in the Tuileries, it was in conversation with a ciistinguished American, that the Prince recalled the incident and praised the kind heart of the young woman. *^ Burr had with humiliation seen his rival Jefferson, chosen by an almost unanim.ous vote for a second term. Jefferson would not appoint him to a foreign mission, and he had lost influence after slaying Hamilton. He was first in Frankfort in 1805. It was in Frankfort in 1806 that a local newspaper, "The Western World," unearthed the alleged conspiracy of Burr with Blennerhassett and others against the United States. On November the fifth, the United States District Attorney, Joseph Hamilton Daviess instituted proceedings in the United States District Court, demanding that Burr be made to answer a charge of High mis- demeanor in organizing a military expedition against a friendly power. Burr, who was at Lexington at the time, came to Frankfort with his young attorneys Henry Clay*" and John Allen, and finding a delay impending, insisted upon an immediate trial. After several suggested postponements by the District Attorney, conditioned by his failure to procure several im- portant witnesses, it was not until December 3 that the climax came. The town and country side were crazed with excitement and the Court House crowded to its capacity. The final failure of the grand jury to return an indictment was regarded by Burr's friends as a complete vindication and celebrated that evening by a ball at the Philip Bush Tavern. Conspicious nmong those present were ofiicers of both State and Nation. The fact that Joseph Hamilton Daviess was a strong Federalist and political opponent of the Jefferson and Burr administration, and had a controlling influence with the "Western World," induced much sympathy for Burr's cause. Below is a copy of a letter from Mrs. Parmelia Sawyer, a girl of but sixteen years old at the time of the ball: "A ball was given at the Philip Bush Tavern at the corner of Main and Lewis Streets, where I danced in the same set with Colonel Burr. My vis-a-vis, his partner, was Mrs. Thornton, the daughter of our neighbor *^From the writings of Mr. John Mason Brown, Sr. ♦^Before Burr received Clay's consent to take charge of his case, he received Burr's pledge of honor that he was in no way engaged in such project as the enemy charged. — Slialer p. 153. 12 Judge Harry Innis. He was handsome, with marked eye-brows, small in stature, but dignified in mien. In manner polite and refined and quite a hero in my young eyes. On this occasion he wore small clothes, gold knee buckles and immense rosettes on his pumps j a queue tied with black ribbon, and powdered wig. His eyes were bright and piercing."*^ When Mrs. Love's only son joined the troops of 1812, she with her own hands made the uniform which he wore and was the "God Mother" of many another soldier of that period, knitting socks and supplying com- forts in every available way. In fact, so varied were her interests and so in- terwoven was her life with all the historic events during her fifty or more years of residence here,*' that no account of Frankfort could be complete without her. The old house has long since been supplanted by a modern structure.*^ *-Mrs. Love died January 19, 1845, having survived her husband many years- Her's was the first burial in the new state cemetery. *^The old house was replaced in 1870. 13 C'ankfort, he in every possible way, used his influence to avert the Civil War. In September, without Charge or Warrant, he was arrested on suspicion of favoring the secession of Kentucky and was secretly conveyed across the Ohio — thence incarcerated in Fort LaFayette, New York, for a year. He lost niuch property during the War. He married Margaret Le\-y of Woodford County, Kentucky and his son Franklin C, was nameci for the County which had given him such an overwhelming majority during his Gubernatorial race.*" His early home in Frankfort, a square two story brick house of colonial design, with a garden of flowers at the side, is still to be seen on the northeast corner of Main and Washington Streets — diagonally from the home of John J. Crittenden. It was built by Mr. John Harvie of Virginia, and occupied by him and his family for many years. Adjoining these grounds on Washington Street stood the Episcopal Parsonage, occupied by Bishop Benjamin Bosworth Smith. When con- secrated Bishop, he was made the first Bishop of Kentucky in 1832, he was Superintendent of Public Instruction in Kentucky and at the head of the Common School System 1840-42. In 1868, upon the death of Bishop Hopkins, he became Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States. Having removed to New York City, he died there May 31, 1884 at" the age of ninety years. His three daughters, Louisa, Mrs. Willis Green; Virginia and Elizabeth — all lived to extreme old age and were long residents of this neighborhood, the latter ha\'i ng died there at the age of ninety-eight years. *2His chililren were, — i. Amanda, who married Samuel Walker; 2. William; 3. John; 4. Franklin C. 41 WHEN the old citizens of Frankfort recall the skillful violin music, the wit and humor and delightful anecdotes of HON. ROBERT PERKINS LETCHER, born February lo, 1788, in Goochland County, Virginia, it is not hard to realize that he was the son of Stephen Giles and Betsy (Perkins) Letcher, the grandson of Giles and Hannah (Hughes) Letcher, who emigrated to Virginia from the North of Ireland, both having been of Welsh decent. It is recorded in family documents that the Leach or Letcher family bore three crowns on their Coat of Arms, it having been granted by Edward III to a member of the family living at the time in Berkshire, who had entertained three Kings in his Castle at one time. Removing to Kentucky with his father in early youth and after serving in the War of 18 12, Mr. Letcher studied law under Hon. Humph- rey Marshall,and practiced in Garrard County Kentucky. He represent- ed that county several times in the Legislature and in 1822 was elected to Congress, serving most creditably twelve years, as a firm and consistent Whig and as Speaker of the House. From there he was again elected to the Kentucky Legislature and made Speaker of the House, when in 1840 he was elected Governor of Kentucky — one of his last official acts being the appointment of the first Thanksgiving day proclaimed in the State, September 26, 1844. In 1849 he was appointed by Zachary Taylor En- voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Mexico, where he re- mained three years. Later he made a race for Congress, but was defeated by the Distinguish- ed John Cabell Breckinridge.*^ He was an able lawyer and devoted to the best interests of his state. A county was named in his honor. It was during his administration as Governor that the Legislature of Kentucky appropriated a sum of money to remove the remains of Daniel and Rebecca Boone from Missouri to Frankfort, when nearly every county of the state, besides many Southern and Western States were repre- sented at the ceremonies on September 13, 1845. They were held at their final resting place in that most picturesque of all cemeteries — on the hill top above Frankfort — which commands a view of the spires and towers of the classic old town below and the splendid panorama of river •^General John Cabell Breckinridge was born near Lexington, Ky-, 1821. He was a Majot in the Mexican War; twice in Congress, and as Vice-President with Buchanan, was the voungest man who ever held that position. He resigned his position in the United States Senate, where he had taken a high position as an orator and supporter of Crittenden's Compromise Bill, and threw himself into the Southern cause, being appointed Brigadier-General; he was ^Iso Vice-President of the Confederacy, and one of the most revered and distinguished officers of the South. From his wonderful voice and command of language, he Avas one of the greatest •raters that Kentucky ever claimed. 42 Cautield & Slinok, Photofrraphers The Daniel Boone Monument, tablets by Launetz. Witlt glimpse of valley beloia and vale wending their way for miles beyond in supurb and matchless scenery. There was a brilliant military procession 5 the orator of the day was John J. Crittenden. These burials in the new State Cemetery, were but the beginning of a long procession of illustrious dead who have been laid to rest near by — "Nor shall your glory be forgot, Where Fame her record keeps, Or honor points the hallowed spot Where valor proudly sleeps.*" On the northwest corner of Washington and Wapping Streets stands *-This immortal poem, the "Bivouac of the Dead, by Theodore O'Hara, was written for and read at the ceremonies when the remains of the Kentuci;r,,phcr Home of Governor Robert P. Letcher, and later of Judge William Lindsay few whose powers and labors were more beneficient, fruitful and cumula- time than William Lindsay."*^ Born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, son of Andrew and Sarah Gil- more Davidson, and grandson of James Lindsay and Nancy McCampbell, of Lanarkshire, Scotland. After a liberal education, he removed to Ken- tucky, settling in Hickman County as a teacher, during which time he studied law and was admitted to the Bar at Clinton, where he continued *^House now owned by Dr. J. 8. Collins, whose son Paul, gave his life in the World War. •2Gov. Letcher married first, Mary Eden Eppes. •»E. Polk Johnson. 44 with flattering success until the Civil War, when his strong Southern con- victions led him to join the Confederate forces as a Lieutenant. Serving throughout the War, he was eventually made Captain of the Tennessee Regular Infantry and remained with the Second Kentucky Brigade until parolled as a prisoner of War, 1865. Resuming the practice of the Law, he was shortly afterwards elected to the State Senate, serving with such credit, that before the close of his term, he was elected to the Court of Appeals at thirty-five years of age and at forty-one, became its Chief - Justice, acquiring great distinction on the bench. He displayed a rare combination of fine talents, being a close analytical thinker, fine debater, mingling wit and humor with logical reasoning j of versatile powers and almost inexhaustable resources; an indefatigable worker, cheerful and sunny "a giant in stature and intellect." From the bench, he retired to the practice of the law in Frankfort for a number of years, until appointed by President Benjamin Harrison, a commissioner-at-Large for the Chicago Exposition and subsequently select- ed as one of the five Commissioners sent by the United States Govern- ment to Europe in the interest of the World's Columbian Exposition. He and his wife who accompanied him, were received with distinction in European cities. While still abroad, the Democratic Party again elected him a member of the Kentucky State Senate. The President also, ap- pointed him a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, the ap- pointment being confirmed by the Senate but he declined the ofiice. John G. Carlisle having resigned from the United States Senate, to accept the appointment of Secretary of the Treasury under Cleveland, Judge Lindsay was elected to fill the unexpired term and the following year re-elected for a full term of six years. During that stirring period, 1896, when the "Free coinage of silver sixteen to one," was advocated by a great political party, among its staunchest opponents were these two great Democrats, John G. Carlisle, Secretary of the Treasury and Williani Lind- say, then United States Senator; they were renowned for their eloquence, their influence being far reaching. He was a member during his entire service of the Judiciary Committee and gave unqualified support to the administration of Cleveland. Judge Lindsay's Senatorial ofiice expiring March 4, 1901, the follow- ing year he was appointed by McKinley^ a Commissioner to the St. Louis Exposition. From Washington, he removed to New York City forming a partnership of Lindsay, Palmer and Calish. Upon his arrival, the Legislature of Albany invited him there to be welcomed as a citizen of New York, after which he was entertained at lunch by the Chief 45 Justice of the State, while the ladies of Albany gave an evening reception in his honor. In New York City he was the Vice-President of both the "Southern Society" and the "Kentucky Society," and Governor of "The Virgin- ians." He was an officer of the Clan of Lindsay of Scotland and re- lated to the Earls of Crawford and Belcarres. In his great speeches questions Constitutional and Political were argued with great force of logic and clearness of reasoning, while his speech before the American Bar Association at Buffalo 1899, "The Power of the United States to acquire Foreign Territory" was the first notable public address defining the acquisition of foreign territory and carried his fame to the other hemisphere. His wife Henrietta Semple, was the mother of his only surviving child, Marion, wife of Mr. Frank O. Swere, of Cincinnati. *\ After Mrs. Lind- say's death he married Eleanor Holmes, daughter of Dr. George N. Holmes, Chief Surgeon in General Armstrong's Division of the Confeder- ate Army. The last home of Judge WiUiam Lindsay, built upon the grounds once occupied by Hon. James Harlan and Justice John Marshall Harlan, adjoining the home of Adm. Rodman 46 Judge Lindsay eventually purchased of Captain Harry I. Todd, the handsome house and extensive grounds on the northeast corner of Wapping and Wilkinson streets, where his widow still resides. After seven years at the New York Bar, because of his declining health and the great simplicity of his nature, he felt the call of his more tranquil Frankfort environment and once more returned home to begin the practice of law, which con- tinued until his death on October 15, 1909. One of the most intimate associates of Judge Lindsay's life and in his latter years a member of his household, was CAPTAIN THOMAS C. JONES, of Daviess County Kentucky, a man of most amiable and gentle nature. The first to enlist in Company A of the First Kentucky Cavalry, C. S. A, he became a gallant Captain, at which time he sustained an injury that caused permanent lameness for the rest of his life. He had removed to Frankfort as Clerk of the Court of Appeals for six years, when he was appointed by Cleveland, Consul to Funchall, Madeira Islands, where he served eighteen years. The remainder of his life was spent in the home of Judge and Mrs. Lindsay, the latter his neice. Judge Lindsay survived him but seven months. 47 ASSOCIATED with Robert P. Letcher in his administration as Governor, was HON. JAMES HARLAN, born June 22 1800. He was Commonwealth's attorney for four years; served two terms in Congress from Boyle County Kentucky, during the last being chairman of the Committee for investigating Defalcations; was Presidental elector on the Whig ticket, 184O; was Secretary of State under Governor Letcher; served two terms in the Legislature; appointed Attorney General of Ken- tucky and was United States District Attorney when he died February 18, 1863. Upon his appointment as Secretary of State of Kentucky, 1840, he re- moved to Frankfort, where for a number of years he occupied the large three story frame house then standing in the spacious grounds on the northwest corner of Wapping and Wilkinson Streets, which has long since been supplanted by the elegant home last owned by Judge William Lind- say.*^ Here was reared one of the most striking figures ever on the Supreme Bench at Washington — his distinguished son, JOHN MARSHALL HARLAN, prophetically named in honor of the great Chief Justice of the United States. Born June i, 1833, he was but seven years of age when he removed from Danville, Kentucky. Receiving his early education under Professor B. B. Sayre, he graduated in letters at Centre College under the Presiden- cy of Reverend John C. Young, D. D. L. L. D. After studying law with his father, he graduated at Transylvania University under Chief Justice, George Robertson and Thomas A. Marshall and entered upon his profession at Frankfort. In 1858, he was elected County Judge of Frank- Jin, holding the position but one year, when he became the Whig or op- position candidate for Congress in the Ashland District and after a contest which attracted the attention of the entire country, he was defeated by the Democratic candidate, Colonel William A. Simms, of Bourbon County, Kentucky. Upon the breaking out of the Civil War, he recruited and organized the Tenth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry. Having served for some time as Commander of his brigade, he was nominated by President Lincoln 1863, for promotion to the rank of Brigadier General. At this promising moment in his military career, the death of his father necessitated his resigning from the army to return home in Frankfort. Shortly afterwards, he was elect- •iRuilt by Captain Harry I. Todd. 48 ed by an immense majority of the Union Party, Attorney General of the State of Kentucky J yet he was twice the unsuccessful candidate for Govern- or. And from the ejiding of the Civil War, there was never a Republi- can Governor of Kentucky until the election of William O. Bradley 1895, a period of over thirty years. President Hayes appointed him in 1877, one of the Louisiana Com- mission on the part of the Government to bring about some amicable plan of adjusting the unfortunate political status of that state. A foreign ap- pointment was also offered him, but he declined it. On November 29, 1877, President Hayes appointed him an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, which position he held until his death in 191 1, extending over a period of thirty-four years, his length of service having been exceeded by only two others — Chief Justice John Marshall and As- socite Justice, Stephen J. Field; and at the time of his death, he was the oldest man on the bench. He married Miss M. F. Shanklin of Indiana, a woman of great beauty and charm, who survives him, with several children.*^ Mr. Justice Harlan had a most genial and delightful personality; was of commanding appearance, being powerful and admirably built. It was said of him in his youth, that his appearance alone was worth five thousand dollars a year to his profession. *lHis children were, — i. Edith, who married Mr. Childs of Chicago, deceased; 2. Reverend Richard Davenport; 3. John M., Jr., of Chicago; 4. James, of Washington City; 5. Laura; 6. Ruth. ^9 \V. B. Oelza, Photographer Early Home of Hon. George Graham lest. Home of the late Mr. John Broivn Lindsey ANOTHER of Frankfort's brilliant sons and a resident of this cele- brated neighborhood was the distinguished GEORGE GRAHAM VEST, born December 6, 1830, son of John Jay and Harriet (Gra- ham) Vest, of Virginia ancestry of Scotch Irish origin. Receiving his early education under Professor B. B. Sayre, he later graduated at Centre College, Danville, Kentucky 1848, and at Transylvan- ia University 1853, the latter year removing to Missouri, where he practic- ed law. He was Presidential Elector i86oj a member of the Missouri House of Representatives 1 860-6 1; of the Confederate House of Repre- sentatives two years and of the Confederate Senate one. For twenty-five years he served in the United States Senate — until his death, 1903. He married Sallie E. Sneed of Danville Kentucky and had three children. Mr. Vest was a lawyer of the highest ability and an unquestioned lead- er in National Council j a quick, witty and resourceful debater and took a high place in the Senate on all great National questions. Yet the great versatility of his talents was strongly illustrated in his pleadings before 50 the jury when he composed the "Tribute to the Dog," which has long since become a classic. (In Baldwin's Law Bulletin we find the follow- ing:) The occasion was the trial over the killing of a dog which was held in a Missouri town when he was a young lawyer. Senator Vest appeared for the plaintiff, while Senator Francis M. Coch- rell, then a county practitioner, represented the defendant. Young Vest took no interest in the testimony and made no notes, but at the close of the case arose and in a soft voice, made the following ad- dress: "Gentlemen of the Jury: The best friend a man has in this world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name, may become traitors to their faith. The money that a man has, he may lose. It flies away from him, perhaps in a moment of ill-considered action. The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us, may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads. The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog. A man's dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his master's side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offerj he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounter with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince. When all other friends desert, he remains. When riches take wings and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens. "If fortune drives the master forth an outcast in the world, friend- less and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him, to guard him against danger, to fight against his enemies. And when the last scene of all comes, and death takes his master in its embrace and his body is laid away, there by the grave- side, will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad, but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even in death." "Upon the conclusion of his remarks, there were but few dry eyes in 51 the audience. The case was submitted without further augument, and the jury promptly returned a verdict for the plantiff." This is regarded as one of the most beautiful tributes ever paid to a clumb animal. Though Mr. Vest was born in the home of his grandfather, Mr. George Graham, on the South Side of Frankfort, adjoining the bridge on the spot where now stands the Y. M. C. A. building, at an early age and for a number of years thereafter, we find him residing on the southwest corner of Wapping and Washington Streets, in a two story brick house, (the central hall and four front rooms, above and below), having been owned by his father. This house was later sold and conveyed to Mrs. Lucy Price Weisiger (widow of Captain Daniel Weisiger) and her son-in-law, Mr. Thomas Noble Lindsey, and since which time the house has been materially enlarged. Mr. Lindsey was an able lawyer, member of the Legislature and of the Constitutional Convention of 18495 President of the Farmer's Bank of Kentucky J a gifted and versatile writer and a fine citizen. Of the large family who were reared here,*^ his eldest son. General Daniel Weisiger Lindsey, a lawyer of Frankfort, was during the Civil War, Colonel of the Twenty-second Volunteer Infantry, United States Army, and was in 1863 appointed Inspector General of Kentucky, which gave him the rank of Major General and supervisor over all of the Union Military forces of the State. Having married Catherine Fitch, he re- moved to the South Side of Frankfort, where his widow and several children still reside. The homestead has been retained by the second son, the late Mr. John Brown Lindsey, also a prominent lawyer of Frankfort, who married Helen Talbot and it is still the home of six of their children, their daughter, Maria, being one of the best known musicians in the state. Here again have been four generations in an unbroken line of inheri- tance, even unto the fine old portraits and mahogonies, while the garden walk through rows of blooming flowers, leads back to the water's edge. *10ther children of Thomas Noble Lindsey and Isabella Price Weisiger were: — Maria, married John R. Thomas, of Lebanon, Ky. ; Lucy, married Dr. J. McClusky Blayney, D. D. ; Thomas, married Stella Rawson ; Mary Belle, married Henry D. Fitch; Joseph Weisiger, married Maria Crittenden Watson. 52 Mrs. Daniel IVeisiger Capt. Daniel Weisiger JUST across Washington Street from here, and facing the residence of Mr. Justice Todd on Wapping, is one of the most choice situations for a home to be found in the city. The grounds comprise nearly a block, with its garden terraced back to the river, while it has been of many fold interest in the chronicles of Frankfort's National servants. In the annals of the town's early days — among its largest land owners and public spirited men, whose moral character was above suspicion and in- tegrity proverbial — on every leaf is written the name of CAPTAIN DAN- IEL WEISIGER. A city trustee 17905 for ten years clerk of the County Court J of committees to build a new Court House, new bridge, new Capitol j director of the first Bank ever chartered in Kentucky ( 1809) and was in some way connected with every public improvement in the town itself or county of Franklin. Born in Virginia May 18, 1763, he was the third of his name in this country, the first having emigrated from the Netherlands and settled in Virginia 1 745. Ranking as a Captain in Northwestern Expeditions against the Indians, he eventually with his company, wended his way to Lexington, Kentucky, about 1790, where Lucy Price, to join her pioneer parents, had preceded him. Indeed, it is recorded in family records, that shortly after his ar- rival, while lying upon his bed in the Tavern suffering from a slight illness, his young Lieutenant said "Captain V^^eisiger, come to the window, here 53 is something to cure your headache." To his surprise, it was the beautiful girl whom he well remembered having seen seated on the bank of a river, dressed for a dinner party back in Virginia in 1783-6, when he and his company had forded the stream, but whom he had failed to meet ''being ordered that day to march with his men to fight Indians — possibly the British." They were married May 15, 1791 and located in Frankfort, occupying for several years a two story house built of hewn logs, that once stood in the lot above mentioned. Here was born Joseph Weisiger, the first white male child born in Frankfort.*^ Through Captain Weisiger^s intelligence and industry, he amassed a handsome estate, when he eventually removed to his massive dwelling on Rear vieiv of "The Terraces," as seen from the river. The home of Mrs. Chapman Coleman and of Mr. John Buford Ilendrick 54 Main and Anne Streets. But after some years, alas, through the great generosity of his nature, much of his property was swept from him to pay the debts of his friends for whom he had gone security and his wide doors were thrown open for a taxern h)ng known as "The Weisiger House," famed for its excellency and as the houser of many distinguished guests. It sheltered LaFayette on his memorable \isit, and it was here that the ball was given in his honor, Captain Weisiger's name heading the list of twenty on invitation. For a decade or more after his death in 1829, his widow with the grace and courage ft)r which she was re\'ered, continued the work. The\' were the ancestors of a number of most representative families throughout Kentucky and other states. Following the tenancy of the Daniel Weisigers, DR. JOHN MITCHELL SCOTT, about the latter part of the eighteenth century, weather boarded the logs and constructed a larger and more modern two story dwelling. It is upon this ground, where once stood the homes of Weisiger and Scott, that now stands ''The Terraces," the stately residence built by Mr. Philip Swigert. Dr. Scott was a surgeon in the Revolutionary War — commision signed by Washington. Later with the rank of Colonel, he served in the War of 1 8 12. When taken ill at Vincennes, Indiana, and longing to be home, should death be imminent, his soldiers carried him on a litter, swimming the Ohio River, and down through the trackless forest they brought him, where no road had yet penetrated. Colonel Scott was especially interesting to Frankfort as the father of Mrs. Arabella Welch whose fi\e charming daughters were for so many years a prominent part of Frankfort's social and religious circles. One of these daughters was Louise Welch, the late Mrs. Leopold Labrot, whose residence, for nearly forty years, was on Main and Wilkinson Streets.*" Her latch string forever up, her friends of all ages, came and went, charmed by her wit and brilliantly cultivated mind, or soothed by her gentle presence — a presence so quiet and yet so strong and lasting in its imprint. She died in France in her eightieth year — her husband's France that she had so longed to see. *'Other children were, — i. Daniel; 2. Samuel, married Ann Kli/aheth Cowan; 3. Anne, married Col. Adams, moved to Miss.; 4. Lucy, married Judge Wm. Roper; 5. Elizabeth, married Robert Alexander; 6. Emiiine, married Jacob Swigert; 7. Mary Bell, married Col. John Slaughter; Isabella Price, married Thomas Noble Lindsey. *20ther daughters of Mrs. Welch were, — Catherine Davis, married Alexander Grant; Mary Welch, married Edward Hensly; Elizabeth Welch, married Torbcrt Coryelle ; Arabella Welch, married Edward Payson Bryan. 55 I iiderwood & Underwood, Photou'rapliers After the surrender of the High Seas Fleet, King George accompanied by the Prince of Wales and Admiral Beatty, came aboard the battleship, Neiv York, to join Admirals Simrns and Rodman. LAST on the list of the boasted progeny of this inspired corner, is AD- MIRAL HUGH RODMAN, a National and Inter-national hgure in the late World War. As Commander of the Battleship Division of our Naval Fleet, co-operating with the British Grand-fleet under Sir David Beatty who received the final surrender on November 21, 191 8, of the whole of the German's High Sea Fleet — a surrender which on so gigantic a scale has no precedent in Naval History. Admiral Rodman was born January 6, 1859 — the youngest child of Dr. Hugh Rodman a prominent physician of Frankfort. His mother, nee, Susan Anne Barbour, was a woman of fine intellect and force of character^ a descendant of the prominent \'irginia families of Barbour, ]\'ndleton and Taylor, while of the latter a lineal descendant of two of ihe sons of no less a person than Colonel George Taylor of Orange County, V'irginia, who sent ten of his eleven sons into the Revolutionary War, nine of whom were commissioned officers of either Army or Navy. The stories of Admiral Rodman's childhood in the town of his nati\ity are reminiscent of his great lo\'e for fishing and hunting j of his youthful pranks, and an irresistible tendenc\- to wit and fun making, the latter characteristic, so evidenced by the camera even in the presence of King- George V. of Great Britain. He was created a Knight Commander of The Order of The Bath by 56 King George V. The investiture took place on board "The Queen Elizabeth," the Flagship of the Grand Fleet, July 25th, 191 8. His decorations by other countries are: Grand Cordan of the Order of Leopold II of Belgium; Order of The Rising Sun, Japan; Commander of the Legion of Honor, France; Medal de la Solidaridad, Panama; First Order El Merite, Chile; Order of El Sol, Peru. He also received the Distinguished Ser\'ice Medal from the United States Navy in the World War; the Dewey Medal for service at the Battle of Manila Bay, May T, i898;the Spanish War Medal and the Victory Medal; and two from the "Sons of American Rexolution," one each for service in Spanish and World War. Upon his return to this country at the close of the World War, he was elevated to the rank of a full Admiral, and made Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet. In July 1 92 1, he was appointed by Warren G. Harding, Minister and Envoy Extraordinary to represent the United States Government in Lima, at the Centennial celebration of the Declaration of Independence of Peru. He married Elizabeth Ruffin, daughter of the celebrated Professor \\ . H. Oclza, riiotographcr Birth place of Admiral Hugh Rodman, built by Mr. Lines Brodliead 57 Burwell Bassett Sayre, from whom so many noted men in this locality received their college preparation — and a sister of Virginia Sayre, who had married the Admiral's eldest brother, Dr. William Barbour Rodman, a physician of great skill and brilliancy — who first recognized that pneumonia is contageous. He was long a resident of this square, and whose son. Com- mander Samuel Sayre Rodman, Medical Corps, U. S. Navy, was in Com- mand of a Base Hospital at Gibraltar in the World War. The birthplace of the Admiral is a broad two story brick house, the central one of the three homes on the north side of Wapping Street. This was later sold by his mother to GENERAL FAYETTE HEWITT, and occupied by him and his brother, Mrgil and family for a quarter of a century or more. General Hewitt was a gallant officer in the Confederate States Army 5 son of Robert and Elizabeth Chastain Hewitt, who removed from Bedford County Virginia 1829. During the Civil War, General Hewitt spent much time organizing the Confederate Mail System in the South and was assistant Adjutant-General under Davis. He was staff of- ficer under Generals John C. Breckinridge and Ben Hardin Helm, and participated in many bloody battles, having three horses killed under him, and distinguished himself as a gallant, daring and fearless soldier. In 1857, he was appointed by Governor Stevenson, Quartermaster General of Kentucky, serving through two administrations. He was also State Auditor for two terms, resigning to become President of The State National Bank at Frankfort, which position he held until his death. His fine ability and large administrative skill, uprightness of character and generosity of nature, made him one of the most valuable men of his State. His brother, Virgil, was Adjutant of the Sixth Regiment of Kentucky Infantry, C. S. A. in the brigade of General Joseph Lewis. 58 THE MOST recent distinction to which this corner lays claim is the appointment by President Harding of DR. JOHN GLOVER SOUTH, as Minister to Panama. He was born in Frankfort, Kentucky, January 23, 1873 and as the son of Colonel Samuel South, C. S. A.*^ and Malvry Blackwell Jett, his wife, is of a family that dates its ancestry back to early pioneer settlers of Ken- tucky. He is the great-great-grandson of Major John South, an officer of the Revolutionary War, in command of Boonsboro 1783, and a member of the first Kentucky Legislature, and of Captain William Bryant, founder of the historic Bryant's Station, who married a sister of Daniel Boone. Dr. South was educated at Dudley Listitute, Excelsior Institute, the University of Arkansas and the Medical Department of the University of Louisville, Kentucky, where he received his degree of M. D. in 1897. ^^ has practiced medicine in Frankfort since his graduation, with great success. In 1899 he had charge of the Anti-small pox campaign in this part of Kentucky. While President of the Kentucky State Board of Health from 1 907-1 92 1, he was also President of the State Medical Association, being the only man that has held these two positions at the same time. In 1904, Mr. South married Christine Duncan Bradley, only child of William O. Bradley, former Governor of Kentucky and United States Senator. For upwards of fifteen years, the residence of Dr. and Mrs. South has been in the historic grounds of the "Old Love House," at the intersection of Wilkinson and Wapping Streets, where the river makes its bend around their garden. Having shown what the members of the past generations have done in service to their State and Country, it is with singular pride that the name of LIEUTENANT-COLONEL EDGAR ERKSINE HUME, MEDI- CAL CORPS, U. S. A., is added as a successor to the distinguished men who have gone before him. Linked to this historic square by intermittent so- journs, in spite of the manifold activities which have taken him far afield, he is still regarded as a component part of Frankfort's contribution to the Nation's history. His brilliant services in the World War have brought him recognition not only from America, but every land he touched. A direct descendant of the Humes of Wedderburn Castle, Scotland, he was born December 26, 1889, in Frankfort, Kentucky, the only son*" *lHe received the Confederate Medal of Honor for gallantry at Chicamauga. There were »nly forty medals awarded by the Confederate Government. •-Eleanor, the only daughter married Henry Offutt. 59 of Dr. Enoch Edgar Hume and Mary Ellen South, *^ his wife, and from whom he inherited the characteristics of intellect, kindness and tenacity of purpose. His father served his State with the vertiable spirit of the "Doctor of the Old School," honored and belov^ed by the entire community, an example and heritage impossible to have entirely resisted. He was also a member of the Kentucky Legislature and Mayor of Frankfort. The young Doctor received his B. A. and M. A. from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky j M. D. from Johns Hopkins University 1913, and was on the Staff of the Johns Hopkins Hospital 191 3-14. He attended the Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich 19 14, and Royal Uni- versity of Rome 191 5, being a member of the Relief Expedition after the Earthquake in the Abruzzi, Italy in January the same year, receiving Earthquake Medal in Silver for same. At this time, he was mentioned in the Ambassador's dispatches to the State Department.*" He was First Lieutenant in the Army Medical Reserve Corps 19 16, and Honor Graduate at the Army Medical School 191 7, when he became First Lieutenant in the Medical Corps and was promoted through the various grades, attaining the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel 19 18. In 191 7, he served on the Mexican Border and was afterwards on duty in the office of the Surgeon General of the Army at Washington, (Major General William Crawford Gorgas) 191 7-1 8. In 191 8 he was made the Command- ing Officer of United States Army Base Hospitals with the Royal Italian Army, War Zone Italy. He was on temporary duty with No. 12 General Hospital, British Expeditionary Force, France and with the American Cen- tres at Toul, Vittel, Bazoilles-sur-Meuse, Contrexeville, LaFoche, Chau- mont. Tours, Paris and Rouen, 191 8. As American Red Cross Commissioner for Serbia 1919-20 he had charge of all the activities in Serbia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Macedonia, Northern Greece, Eastern Albania, Eastern Montenegro, the Banat and with the Allied Army of Occupation in Hungary j also in charge of relief for the Russian, Polish, Lithuanian and Czecho-Slovack refugees in the Balkans. He was Commanding Officer of the United States Army First Corps Area Laboratory at Fort Banks, Massachusetts, 1920-22, receiving C. P. H. from the School of Public Health of Harvard University and the Mas- sachusetts Institute of Technology 1921 and D. T. M. from the School of Tropical Medicine of Harvard University 1922. At present he is again on duty in the office of the Surgeon General of the Army. *'Sister of Dr. John South. *2Thomas Nelson Page, the Ambassador at this time, had been a frequent visitor to this ;orner in Frankfort. 60 Among our American Officers, few, if any received so large a number of Decorations — twenty-three in number — having been knighted nine times. He was made Grand Officer of the Royal Order of Saint Sava of Serbia j Commander of the Royal Order of Danilo of Montenegro j Com- mander of the Imperial Order of St. Anne of Russia; Commander of the Royal Order of George the First of Greece; Commander of the Royal Order of Polonia Restitua of Poland; Knight Officer of the Sacred and Military Order of Saint Maurice and Saint Lazarus of Italy, this being the highest order in the gift of the King to any save Royalty; Knight Of- licer of the Royal Order of the Star of Roumania; and Knight Officer of the Royal Order of the Crown of Roumania. He received the Italian Croix de Guerre; the Greek Croix de Guerre; the Czecho-Slovack Croix de Guerre; The Royal Serbian Red Cross; the Greek Military Medal; the Panamanian Medal de la Solidaridad; the Montenegrin Gold Medal for Merit; the Serbian Sanitary Service Silver Medal; the Italian-Austrian Campaign Medal with two Stars; the French Conimemorative Medal for the Great War; the White Cross of the Third Italian Army and the Italian Silver Earthquake Service Medal and the British General Service Medal. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographi- cal Society of Great Britain and of the Dante Society of Italy. He married Mary Swigert Hendrick,*^ of Frankfort, whose home was "The Terraces." They have one son, Edgar Erskine Hume Jr. Her brother, John Buford Hendrick Jr., held the commission of Captain in the Ordinance Department in the World War. In concluding my account of this galaxy of National Celebrities, with the talented young physician and his brilliant war services, the fault is all my own, if in vain I have labored to show that the spirit of in- spiration and service ever prevading this historic corner, is neither dead — nor sleeping. *^Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Buford Hendrick. Addenda After this book had gone to the publisher the author came into the possession of the following letters which give in more defined detail a glimpse of the life at "Liberty Hall." In a letter from Aaron Burr to his daughter Theodosia, it being part of a journal kept by him during his travels in the South and West in 1805, he writes: "Arrived at Lexington on the 20th of August, 1805^ left for Frank- fort, distance of twenty two miles, on the 31st. I am magnificiently lodged at the house of John Brown who married your old friend, Miss Mason, who is, you know> the sister of my friend the "Priest" John Ma- son. She has two fine boys, the youngest now four. I find him some- thing like A. B. A. and of course I amuse myself with him a great deal. Mrs. Brown is still very handsome and speaks of you with attachment and respect." Under the date of July r, 18 19, the following letter was written by Mrs. Brown to her son Orlando, then a student at Princeton College. ^'The President, James Monroe has arrived and departed. He was re- ceived with due public honors, as the papers will inform you. Yester- terday morning he breakfasted with us, in company with General Jack- son and that hero whose cool, determined and successful courage has never been rivalled in ancient or niodern times, who so bravely defended Fort Harrison, Maj. Zachary Taylor. They spent the last evening at Mr. Bibb's, breakfasted this morning at the Governor's and are now on their way to Colonel Richard M. Johnson's*' where they will dine today, your father and uncle James Brown will accompany them. Your father pre- sided at the public dinner, and has been much distinguished by the Presi- dent. ''General Adair dined with the President in company with General Jackson, but \\() conjectures are formed respecting their feelings toward each othen some fears were entertained that General Jackson would be personally insulted, but nothing of the kind occurred. Indeed, his signal ser- vice to his nation ought to obliterate every sentiment of local jealousy, for if he has not done the Kentuckians justice, he has procured them, as part of the American Republic, incalcuable adxantages," *iCol. Richard Mentor Johnson, born Bryants Station, Ky., 1781, died Frankfort, Ky. 1850, is credited with having killed Teciimseh ; distinguished Colonel at the battle of the Thames. Member of the Kentucky Legislature, and Representative and Senator in Congress; four yean Vice-President of the United States. 63 General LaFayette's visit to Frankfort was also the theme o£ an in- teresting letter written by Mrs. Margaretta ( Mason) Brown to her Mother Mrs. John Mason of New York City: Frankfort, Kentucky, July I2, 1825 the arrival of General LaFayette occasioned as much bustle ( in proportion to the population) here as at New York, and I must re- late a circumstance which I know will give you pleasure, as it was the cause of great gratification to me. There was a splendid Ball to be given in the evening, but as there were many Ladies who did not attend Balls, and yet wished to see the General, they were introduced to him at his Markee, I was one of the number and had such a hearty and long-continued shake of the hand as to occasion the envy of many an impatient expectant. In the evening twelve or fourteen of my particular friends took tea with me and urged me to go to the Ball in order to have another interview with the General. I told them my objections, that I had not frequented any place of public amusement for many years> and that although I might spend a few minutes in a Ball room without contamination, yet I thought it inconsistant with the profession I had made. Several of my friends replied "that they were church members as well as myself and that though they would not go at any other time, yet as such an occasion would never come again they thought themselves justified to attend. Thus we parted, they all paraded off to the Ball, except Elizabeth Humphrey's and myself, but they had not been gone more than 20 minutes when who should arrive here but General LaFayette, his son and suite. The Gen- eral spent nearly an hour with us in most delightful conversation, while those who went to the Ball did not exchange a sylable with him. Had I not a triumph r "The General was introduced to Mason at Lexington. He told him politely that he was indebted to his family for all the honor and pleasure he had received since his arrival in America for that if his uncle James Brown (our Minister at the Court of France) had not become Security for his return, he would never ha\'e been permitted to leave France. He paid but one other \'isit in town, and that was to Mrs. Todd, a sister of Mrs. Madison." 64 / N D E X A.iams, C"(.l 55 Alexander 55 Allen 12, 32 Ashley 36 Haily 18 Barbour 56 Barret 18 Bastienne 26 Beatty 56 Bibb 5, 28, 29, 30, 32 Blayney 52 Biedsoe 18 Blannerha^seit 12 Bnone +1, 43, 59 Bradley +9, 59 Breathitt 39 Breckinridjie ...24.. 4:, 43, 58 Broadnax 39 Brodhead 6, 19, 57 Brown, 5, 6. 12, 15, 16, 17, iS, 19, 20, 21, 41 Bryan 55 Bryan 55 Bryant 59 Buckner 30, 35 Burnley 28, 29, 30, 33 Burr II, 12, 15, 17, 36, 39 Burwell 25 Bush 10 Calish 45 Carlisle 45 Carter 25 Chastain 58 Chinn 49 Clay 12, 20, 28, 32, 33, 39 Cleverland 45 Cochrell 55 Coleman 6. 33, 34, 54 Collins 44 Conde 29 Coryelle 55 Cowan 55 Crittenden, 5, 6, 17, 24, 26, 29, 30, 31. 32, 33. 34, 35, 37, 38, 39. 41, 42 Custer 35 Daviess 12 Davidson 26, 44 Davis 55, 58 Dent 38 Desha 27 Dudley 16 ICdwards 16 Edward III 42 Kdward \\\ 36 Kppes 44 F-spey 39 Farragut 35 Ferguson 18 Field 49 Filmore 32, 33 Fitch . .52 Fowler 10, 37 Gates 10 Gay 26 George V 56, 57 Gorgas 60 (jrahain 50, 52 CJratkins 38 t'lant 34, 39 CIreely 6, 18 CJreen 41 (iriffith 25 Ciunn 18 Hamilton 12 Hannah 25 Harding 6, 10, 57 Harlan 5, 6, 41, 47, 48, 49 Hart 20, 37 Harris 25, 31 Harrison 6, 25, 32, 38 Harvie 16, 41 Hayes 49 Helm 58 Hendrirk 34, 54, 61 Hensie\' 55 Hewitt 58 H()l!ne^ II, 46 Hojikiiis 32, 41 Hord 19 Hume 59, 60 Inn is 23, 25, 33 Instone 7, 13 Jackson 17, 32 James 26 Jefferson ..11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 24 Jett .59 Jones 47 Johnson 26, 43, 44 Jouett 10, 27, 37, 40 Labrot 30, 55 La Fayette, 15, 17, 20, 26, 33, 36, 55 Latham 39 Launitz 18 Lee 33. 40 Letcher 6, 38, 42, 44, 48 Levasseur 26 levy 44 Lewis 58 Lincoln 48 Lindsay 44, 45, 46, 47 Lindsey 19, 50, 52, 55 Love II, 12, 13, 17 Madison 16, 17, 25, 26 Marshall 10, 42, 4S, 49 Mason 17, 18 McCainpbell 44 McDowell 21 McKinley 45 Metcalfe 6, 31, 38 Mi'P 8, II Moise 10, 37 Monroe 16. 17, 20 Ktontgomery 5, 8, 20 Morehead 6, 93, 40, 41 Morton 8 Neagle 10 Vicholas 21 Offut 59 O'Hara 8, 43 Page 60 65 Palmer 39, 45 Payne 26 Pendleton 56 Pepper 30 Pershing 18 Peter 26 Phillippe 12, 25 Phythian 6 Porter 39 Preston 15, 18 Price 19, 53 Ramsey 32 Rawson 52 Reed 30 Renick 26 Roberts 30 Robertson 44, 48 Rodman 6, 56, 57, 58 Roper 55 Roosevelt 17 Ross 26 Sawyer la, 12 Sayre 34, 3s. 50, 57, 58 Scott 18, 29, 35. 36. 55 Semple 46 Shaler 12 Shelby 20, 25, 32 Simms 48, 56 Slaughter 40, 55 Smith 41 Sneed 50 South 6, 59, 60 Stanton g Starling 25 St. Clair .'.8 Story 24 Strickland 16 Stuart 10 Swain 26 Swere 46 S^^'S^rt 34, 55 Talbot 52 Taylor ... .17, 35. 37, 39, 42, 56 Thomas 52 Thornton 12, 26, 36 Todd, 5, 6, 23, 25, 26, 27, 35, 36, 47. 4S Trabue 7 T.vler 5, 15, 18 Vaughaii 26 Vest 6, 50, 51 Waite 18 Walker 41 \\':ishingt(i!i 5, 26 \\'atson, (t. iS, 26, 31, 35. 36, 52 \\'a\ne n Webster 36, 37 ^V«"'^'Ser 52, 53, 54, 5<; Welch 55 \\'ilcox 36 \\'iiliams 10 Wilkinson 7, 10, 17, 20 ^^'ilson S, 10, 11 ^'oder i8 Voung 33, 4f H 137 89 "^^^"^ A : ^^<^ ! 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