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News and Notes NEWS AND NOTES PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY JANUARY 1996 OUR 44TH YEAR VOLUME XXIV NUMBER 1 BOARD OF DIRECTORS - 1996 SAINT GEORGE'S DAY AWARD NOMINATIONS SOUGHT PRESIDENT - JANE EAGEN As you know, each year, on VICE PRESIDENT - EUGENE ROBERTS, JR. the Sunday nearest April 23, SECRETARY - SARAH BOURNE the Society holds its Annual TREASURER - JOHN BOURNE Dinner and presents awards HISTORIAN - FREDERICK DE MARR to people who have contribu- EDITOR - LESTER H. SWEETING ted to the preservation of County history, either its tangible history or its cul- DIRECTORS - 1995/1996 tural and social history. Previous award winners have MILDRED RIDGELEY GRAY included a number of indivi- KATHERINE CLAGETT duals and groups for their efforts on behalf of Prince MELINDA ALTER George's County, for signi- ficant publication efforts, DIRECTORS - 1996/1997 etc. In our Tricentennial year, we hope to continue WILLIAM USER this tradition, while making JOHN MITCHELL it special in view of this historic milestone. We call JULIE BRIGHT upon all readers to make nominations for this, the PAST PRESIDENTS highest award the Society can give, by writing a JOYCE MC DONALD simple nominating letter to W. C. (BUD) DUTTON Society Historian Fred DeMarr, who chairs the JOHN GIANNETTI selection committee. Nomi- PAUL LANHAM nations should be submitted WARREN (DUSTY) RHOADS as soon as possible, but no later than March 7, 1996. WE GET LETTERS after Boucher settled in Magruder's house. The house TO THE EDITOR: to which the students referred as "Castle Magruder" is, I enjoyed reading Paul however, not the house we know Lanham's account (in News and today as Mount Lubentia. Notes. XXIII, # 5, May 1995) Though it probably stands on of some of the places in the same site as Castle Prince George's County which Magruder, today's Mount George Washington is known to Lubentia was built a quarter have visited. Since the century later, in 1798, by writer invited comment, I will Enoch Magruder's son, Dennis, take this opportunity to do and has been the home of the so. Magruder family and its descendants for five gener- It is certainly true.that ations. It came to be known George Washington traveled as Mount Lubentia during the through Prince George's on residence of Dennis Magruder, many occasions and paid after the Latin lubet for 'joy' frequent visits to a number of or 'delight.' Tax assessment friends and acquaintances records confirm the construc- here. We are fortunate to tion date (1798) of the pre- have the published diaries, sent house, and its stylistic letters and other writings of details are quintessential George Washington which record Federal-style of exactly that in detail his itineraries and period.1 travel expenses, as well as his comments on the various The situation is similar with visits. Let me comment on St. Barnabas' Church itself. just a few of the circum- The Church which Washington stances which Mr. Lanham and attended was a small brick his various sources have structure which preceded the recorded. present church. The present St. Barnabas' was completed First of all, Washington did late in 1774, during the visit Reverend Jonathan Rectorship of Jonathan Bouc- Boucher at Castle Magruder, her; it was 'Victorianized" in the house (in the area now 1855, and restored to its known as Largo) on the tract original configuration in "Norway" which Boucher rented, 1974. Washington records beginning in December 1771, attendance at St. Barnabas' from Enoch Magruder of Harmony early in Boucher's tenure, but Hall. Boucher served as Rec- I have found no evidence that tor of St. Barnabas', Leeland, from that time until 1775, and also tutored young sons of wealthy planters. John Parke Jonathan Boucher was an ardent Tory and experienced considerable hostility from his Patriot congregation at St. Barnabas ("Jacky") Custis, George Was- in the period leading up to the outbreak of the Revolution. He hington's step-son was one of sailed in September 1775 to England, having addressed his last several boys who had studied letter to George Washington: ". .You are no longer worthy of my friendship; a man of honour can no longer without dishonour be with Boucher in Virginia, and connected with you. With your cause, I renounce you; and now, continued under his guidance for the last time, subscribe myself, Sir, Your humble servant, J. B." he attended the present fact, ironically, it was at Church. Henderson's that George Washington dined at mid-day, 9 As for St. John's Church at May 1787 (on his way to the Broad Creek, I am much inte- Constitutional Convention in rested in the mention of Philadelphia) and then felt "a records confirming Washin- violent headache and sick gton's attendance, for I have stomack" that evening at not been able to find any at Montpelier. One wonders what all. Certainly, one might he might have eaten at Mr. have expected Washington to Henderson's! attend St. John's when visi- ting the Digges family at Following Washington's travels Warburton (the Digges had in Prince George's County is their own private Catholic an interesting project; refe- chapel at nearby "Frankland"), rences to his lodging and en- just as he attended the old tertainment at villages like St. Barnabas' (Anglican) Queen Anne, Upper Marlboro, Church when visiting the other Piscataway, Bladensburg and branch of the Digges family at Vansville, and his visits to Melwood Park, where Ignatius Melwood Park, Castle Magruder, Digges had his own private Mount Airy, Warburton, Nor- Catholic chapel. Mr. Lanham's thampton and Montpelier, are reference to the 1974 Balti- frequent and fascinating! more Sun article suggests that evidence of Washington's at- Sincerely, tendance at St. John's does in Susan G. Pearl, Research fact exist, and I look forward Historian to finding it. TO THE EDITOR In Bladensburg, George Was- hington would not have lodged Please run an editorial at the "George Washington correction in the next News House", a building which and Notes — served as a store during this period, and which did not ac- Concerning Bob Craw ley's quire its current sobriquet article on the Historic until well into the nineteenth Preservation Commission, News century. More likely, Was- and Notes, 12/95. hington stayed at the true "Indian Queen", a frame buil- Alan Virta was the first ding immediately north of the Chairman of the Historic present George Washington Preservation Commission, House, and (lamentably) no serving from 1982 until 1986, longer standing. Another when he resigned to take his place he visited in Bla- new job at the University of densburg was the home of Southern Mississippi. Joyce Richard Henderson, today the McDonald [immediate past pre- handsomely restored office of sident of the Society] was the Millard T, Charlton and second Chairman from 1986 to Associates, CPA (owned by 1988. She served on the HPC Prince George's Heritage). In from 1982 to 1988. Bob Crawley has served on the rest of Jim's collection by Commission since 1984, and County for donation to other became Chairman in 1989. interested historical groups. Similarly, Jim's extensive Submitted by Gail Rothrock for reference collection is being Bob Crawley. donated as well. THANKS ANNETTE!!! It should be noted here that, in the early 70s, our The passage of time has not Society's monthly newsletter diminished the debt that local (consisting of one page) history enthusiasts owe to the recording the following: meticulous documentation re- "The Society is pleased corded by the late James W. to note the matrimonial Wilfong, a past-president of merging of our current the Society and an early St. Secretary, Annette Hut- George's Day awardee. chins, and our immediate past President, Jim Wil- Jim's contributions as an ar- fong. Our congratula- chitectural historian, tions and best wishes are recording historic edifices in extended to this union, the DelMarVa area, were regu- despite the fact that the lar features in literally matter had not been sub- thousands of articles in local mitted as an agenda item newspapers. His crisp photo- for the Society's Board graphs and carefully rese- of Directors prior to arched writings were a source implementation." of enlightenment for many of us in the past, when such in- Paul Lanham, 11/95 formation was not readily available. NOTES FROM THE TREASURER Heretofore, the Society con- First, on a sad note, we re- sidered itself fortunate in port the passing of long-time owning piecemeal collections Society member, Helen Ols- and a few individual clippings zewski Reed, who died at the of some of Jim's articles. age of 87 on January 8. Mrs. Now, however, a generous gift Reed, until her retirement in by Annette Hutchins Wilfong, 1970, was Curator and Jim's widow, of the file Librarian at the Maryland copies of all Wilfong articles History Room, McKeldin Lib- pertaining to Prince George's rary, University of Maryland, County, opens the door of our College Park. Our condolences recorded knowledge to a pre- to the Reed family. viously unknown extent. This collection consists of 321 The Society welcomes the envelopes containing an following new members: average of 2 photographs each of various County sites, R. Dodd and Ann N. Lauton backed up by copies of 400 Albert and Virginia Pioso related newspaper clippings. William J. Randolf Mrs. Wilfong is separating the And, we welcome new Life Friday, November 8, 1745 Members: Ran away from the Subscriber, living at Mrs. Robert N. Ford Bladensburg in Prince George's William R. Hudelson County, the 28th of October last, a Servant Man named John 1996 Member dues invoices were Bateman, by trade a Stone not mailed to Life Members or Mason or Bricklayer, born in to those members who renewed Cheshire, speaks broad their membership in conjun- English, and is very much ction with the Fundraiser or addicted to Drinking.
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