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• Hij is geboren op 3 september 1771 in "Mount Airy", Richmond Co., Virginia.Bron 1
• Hij is overleden op 28 februari 1828 in "Octagon House", Washington, D.C, hij was toen 56 jaar oud.Bron 1
• Hij is begraven in "Mount Airy", Richmond Co., Virginia.Bron 1
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 4 december 2022.

Gezin van John Tayloe

Hij is getrouwd met Ann Ogle.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 24 oktober 1792 te Pr. George's Co., Maryland, hij was toen 21 jaar oud.Bron 1

Kind(eren):

1. John Tayloe  1793-1824 
2. Henrietta Hill Tayloe  1794-1832
3. Benjamin Ogle Tayloe  1796-1868 
4. Rebecca Plater Tayloe  1797-1815
5. William Henry Tayloe  1799-1871 
6. Anne Tayloe  1800-1800
7. Catherine Carter Tayloe  1801-????
8. Edward Thornton Tayloe  1803-1876 
9. George Plater Tayloe  1804-1897 
10. Elizabeth Merry Tayloe  1806-1832 
11. Henry Augustine Tayloe  1808-1903 
12. Charles Tayloe  1810-1847
13. Virginia Tayloe  1813-1883
14. Anne Ogle Tayloe  1814-1876 
15. Lloyd Tayloe  1815-1817

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!  (1) "The Tayloes of Virginia and Allied Families," by W. Randolph Tayloe (Berryville, VA , 1963), p.4,25-26,75,102. FHL #929.273 T211t. Cites: (a) MacKenzie's Colonial Families. (b ) Tayloe family papers.
  (2) "A Chronicle of Belair," by Shirley V. Baltz (Bowie Heritage Committee, Bowie, MD, 1984 ) p.49,52,58. Cites: (a) "Tayloes," by Tayloe. (b) "Maryland Gazette," 11 Aug 1747. (c) "In M emoriam," by Watson.
  (3) "The Octagon," by George McCue (American Institute of Architects Foundation, Washingto n D.C., 1976) p.3-4,9,11,23,25,42,44-45,47,60-65,68.
  (4) "Our Neighbors on LaFayette Square," by Benjamin Ogle Tayloe, from "In Memorium" (1872) .
  (5) Letters to John Tayloe in possession of William G. Davidson, McGill, NV (1992).
  (6) "Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia," by Bishop William Meade, Vol. II (G enealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1978. Reprint 1857) p.477.
  (7) "Marriage Records from Ralph Wormeley's Bible, printed in 1768," "Genealogies of Virgin ia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine," (Genealogical P ub. Co., Baltimore, 1982) p.561. Bible copied by Dr. A.G. Grinnan.
  (8) Tayloe family records from Mt. Airy, VA, extracted 29 Sep 1927 (by Cabell Gwathmey?).
  (9) Pamphlet, "The Octagon - A Brief Description and History" (American Institute of Archit ects). Cites: (a) Glenn Brown, architect, Secretary of the American Institute of Architects.
  (10) Certification of authenticity of the Octagon table signed by George P. Tayloe and Henr y A. Tayloe, 17 Jun 1896, Roanoke, VA. Certificate signed by Edward H. Ingle, 10 Feb 1912, 15 39 I. St., N.W., Washington, D.C.. Receipt of sale for the table signed by G. Ogle Tayloe, 3 0 Oct 1897. History of the table signed by Annie Bailey (Mrs. Alfred Hunter) Voorhies, 16 Ju n 1911, San Francisco, CA. Copies from The American Institute of Architects Archives, 1735 Ne w York Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006.
  (11) "Genealogy of the Virginia Family of Lomax by one of the Seventh Generation in the Dir ect Line" (1913) p.23,49,65,68. FHL #929.273 L 837l. Cites: (a) Family Bible belonging to Cha rlotte B. Lomax of Fredericksburg, VA, 1825.
  (12) "Return to Powhatan - Growing up in Old Virginia," by Roberta Love Tayloe (1985) p.6-1 2,19. FHL #975.525 H2t.
  (13) "The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland," by J.D. Warfield (Koh n & Pollock, Baltimore, 1905) p.244.

!  Birth: (1,2a,3,8,11) 3 Sep 1771. (1,2b,7,8,9,11a,13) s/o John Tayloe/Rebecca Plater. (2a ) "Mt. Airy," Warsaw, VA. (3) "Mount Airy," in the VA plantation house built by his father o n the estate founded by his great grandfather. (4) Descended from the Corbins, Fauntleroys, G wynnes and Platers. (7) 13 Sep 1770, born a few minutes after an unnamed twin brother. (8) Bo rn with a twin who died. (11) "Mount Airy." Youngest of twin sons, the elder dying soon afte r his birth. (12) Age 57 at his death in 1828 (b. 1771).
  Marriage to Anne Ogle: (1,2a) 4 Oct 1792. (3) 1792. (4,9,12,13) (8,11a) 24 Oct 1792.
  Death: (1,9) 1828. (2c) 23 Mar 1828. (2c,12) "Octagon House," Washington D.C. (3,11) 29 Fe b 1828. (3) At age 57. (8) 28 Feb 1828. (12) Early in the spring of 1828 at age 57.
Burial: (2c,3,12) "Mt. Airy." (3) In the family cemetery.

  (2,3) 1779: Inherited "Mt. Airy" plantation in VA. (3) Inherited the Neabsco Iron Foundry , established by his grandfather on Neabsco Creek. (4) Succeeded to the largest estate in VA , which at this time was the most superb mansion in VA. (11) Succeeded to the largest estat e in VA.
  (6,11) 1782: In a letter to John's mother, Austin Brokenbrough says of him, "I am told he v ery much resembles your papa, and I most sincerely wish that he may emulate his good qualitie s and eminent virtues."
  (1,3,4,11,12) Educated at Eton and Cambridge, England. (1) At school he established friends hips with Wellington (later the conqueror of Napoleon), George Canning (later Prime Ministe r of England), Edward Thornton (later British Minister to the U.S.), and others through who m he had access to the best society in England.
  (1) 1791: Returned to VA a very accomplished gentleman. (11) Returned to America at the ag e of 20.
  (9) For those days he was a very wealthy man, having at age 20 an income of nearly $60,00 0 a year.
  (4) His manners were refined and elegant. He was distinguised for his sense of honor, an d a scrupulous regard to his word and all his obligations. He was remarkable for the unrivall ed splendor of his household and equipages, for his unbounded and elegant hospitality at Moun t Airy and in Washington, for his ardent patriotism, and the admirable management of his grea t estates. He was thorough-going and of indomitable energy in all his affairs.
  (1) When hardly of age, served as captain of dragoons in the militia forces under Gen. Henr y Lee, which President Washington was forced to call out to put down the Whiskey Rebellion i n western PA.
  (11) A warm personal friend of Gen. Washington.
  (1,3) 1791, Sep: From Sep. 1791 until his virtual retirement from racing in 1806, he was th e acknowledged leader in American racing. (1) During his time, his horses included Gray Diome d, Calypso, Virago, Bellair, Black Maria the elder, Leviathan (who once gave away 70 pounds a nd won a 5 mile race by a nose), Gallatin, and others, including imported Castianira, dam o f Sir Archy (which Col. Tayloe bred in partnership with Capt. Archibald Cary Randolph. Col. T ayloe changed the horse's name from Robert Burns to Sir Archy in honor of Capt. Randolph.) H e also bred Sir Archy's daughter, Lady Lightfoot, one of the greatest mares of all time. Hi s racing colors were said to be a blue jacket and cap. Two stories have been given about ho w he acquired the colors. One is that he got them from his brother-in-law Edward Lloyd IV. Th e other is that he adopted the blue from Eton in England. (4) He went upon the turf in 1791 a nd soon rose to the head of it in his native State, maintaining his position with great brill iancy until his retirement in 1810.
  (12) 1795: He purchased about 2,000 acres from James Keep, who had acquired it from Gerrar d Fowke and Richard Haybears, who had received it as a grant in 1664, about 50 miles from Mt . Airy, which at his death he left to Edward Thornton Tayloe.
  (3,9) John and Anne Tayloe were considering Philadelphia as a place to build a town house , since Baltimore and Philadelphia were the nearest metropolitan centers to "Mt. Airy." Georg e Washington found out and persuaded the Tayloes to build their house in the new capital cit y in an outlying section. The plan was to establish a node of development to stimulate fill-i n growth. (12) Though Col. Tayloe had been considering building his new home in Philadelphi a under the expert hands of architect Benjamin Latrobe, by choosing instead the primitive wil ds of the new federal city and the architect William Thornton, the man who designed the new U .S. Capitol, Col. Tayloe went with the wishes of George Washington.
  (3) 1797, 19 Apr: Paid $1,000 to Gustavus W. Scott for lot 8 in Square 170, at the corner o f New York Avenue and 18th St., N.W. as laid out in a plan of the District of Columbia by Maj . Pierre Charles L'Enfant and surveyed by Andrew Ellicott. Scott was one of the 1st purchaser s of lots in the newly platted capital. The lot was in open country west of the partly buil t President's House, about 1 mi. from Georgetown, and about .5 mi. NE of Hamburgh, which wa s absorbed into the new city plan.
  (1,3) 1798: He established the race course in Washington D.C. and was President of the Jock ey Club which operated it.
  (1,3) 1798, 6 Nov: A Washington D.C. tavern keeper owned a race horse called Lamplighter wi th which he intended to challenge Cincinnatus, owned by Gen. Charles Ridgeley of Hampton nea r Baltimore, considered the best runner in MD. Gen. Ridgeley replied that he accepted challen ges from gentlemen only. The tavern keeper asked Col. Tayloe to take over Lamplighter and mak e the match. The race was run in Washington on 6 Nov., and Lamplighter, flying Col. Tayloe' s colors, defeated Cincinnatus in one 4 mile heat. (3) This was the Washington Jockey Club' s first race at the new track.
  (3) 1799, 19 Apr: Dr. William Thornton wrote to George Washington, "Mr. J. Tayloe, of Virgi nia, has contracted to build a house in the City near the President's Square of $13,000 value ." Thornton was a self-trained architect who had won the United States Capitol competition. H is first problem was to plan a house that would fit the lot, the south side of which was cu t away on the bias by the diagonal of New York Ave. If the house were built to face either o f the bordering streets, it would be at an ungainly angle in relation to the other street, an d outbuildings and wells had to be fitted in also. He dealt with the problem by relating th e house equally to both streets, which put the two walls at a 70 degree angle from each other . The house actually has 6 sides, but was called "The Octagon" by the Tayloes. It had closet s on every floor, an innovative feature for its time. (1,2) Builder of The Octagon in Washing ton. (2) A brick mansion located at 17th St. and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. (9) During the ere ction of the Octagon, General Washington often visited the building. He took a lively interes t in the house, it being the home of his friend as well as one of the finest residences in th e country at the time. The house is well built of brick trimmed with Aquia Creek sandstone. T he lot is triangular and fenced in by a high brick wall. The kitchen, stable and outhouses ar e built of brick and accomodated a large number of both servants and horses. The interior i s eleborately finished, the doors of the first story being of mahogany. All the work in the c ircular vestibule coincides with the circumference of the tower, the doors, sash and glass be ing made on the circle. The parlor mantle is made of a fine cement composition painted white . The remains of goldleaf show in some of the relieved portions. Leading into the back hall a nd dining-room are two secret doors in which the wash-boards, chair-boards, etc. run across t he door, being ingeniously cut some distance from the actual door, no key holes, hinges or op enings showing on the blind side. The knobs and shutter-buttons are of brass and evidently o f a special pattern.
  (1,3,11) 1799: Appointed Major of Light Dragoons, U.S. Army, by President Adams.
  (1,3) 1799: He ran for Congress on the Federalist ticket and was defeated. (1) He did not h ave as much faith in the political judgement of the average man as did some of his contempora ries. (11) A member of the Federal party.
  (3) 1800, 7 Jan: Mrs. William Thornton, wife of The Octagon architect, wrote in her diary , "After dinner we walked to take a look at Mr. Tayloe's house, which begins to make a handso me appearance."
  (3) 1801, 14 Jun: John Tayloe wrote to William Lovering at Georgetown, "I was in hopes to h ave heard fully from you by yesterday's Post, & I have to beg you on the receipt of this writ e me fully what has been done since I was up - & what still remains to be done; & the soones t Period; when you think the House- stables & inclosures of the Lott can be fully compleated , I am in daily expectancy of my furniture, & wish the House compleated with all speed to rec eive it particularly as I wish to inhabit it early this Fall - the drawing Room & dining roo m had best be left to the last to finish- on acct on the Chimney Pieces, because we must subs titute a finish, if the missing Peices are not found all the Rest of the House, can be procee ded on with all possible dispatch- In the course of a Month I hope to be with you, when mos t of the work I expect to see done; the sooner you get the Furniture from Webb for the roo m I wished finished & furnished for my use the Better- if McDaniel does not conduct himself p roperly- I wish you wd consult Mr. Dorsey- for in this case t'would be well to discharge hi m from all future interference with the house, and to measure up his work- & be done with Him - in which case you could employ such Workmen- as are fit to make a finish and carry on the B usiness without any fuss... Please consult Mr. Dorsey & act for the best- my Object is to b e done with the Building as Quickly as I can- with the least Trouble & Vexation- for the Expe nce of it already alarms me to Death, whenever I think of it."
  (3) 1801, 16 Jul: He wrote to Messrs. Lamb & Younger, Merchants, London, "In the packages o f Chimney Pieces, the principal one - the mantle of the drawing room Chimney Piece... is inti rely missing" and ordered that Coade's bill not be paid unless the piece is "be immediately s ent so as to be put up before the room is finished." The Portico pieces, if not already shipp ed, "I wish now to be paid no father attention to- for the Building can't wait for them."
  (3) 1801, Nov: The Octagon was ready for occupancy in late 1801. An itemized list of materi als and persons paid lists "Total, 1799 through 1801 - $28,476.82." The family seems to hav e occupied the house mainly during the winter season. (4) The Octagon was the winter residenc e of Col. Tayloe from 1801.
  (3) 1801-1803: Was still paying invoices on The Octagon and stables. Was converting alread y some fireplaces from wood to coal.
  (3) Headed the Richmond Co., VA Militia, with rank of Colonel.
  (1,3,11) Was a Federalist delegate and Senator in the VA legislature for 9 years.
  (3) 1806: Purchased lot 7, adjoining his lot 8 on the east. There are indications that an o utside kitchen and servants' quarters were in outbuildings there.
  (3) 1806/7: Sir Augustus Foster, British minister to the U.S. before 1812, wrote in his "Je ffersonian America," "Mr. Tayloe had about 1,000 Negroes on all his estates of which he had s ome even in Kentucky and his lands being so scattered he had an overseer to each large farm.. . The wages of his white men cost him nearly 1,000 pounds per annum in Virginia currency. Th e men and women appeared to take equal shares of work, but he treats them with great indulgen ce, and they seemed to like him... Mr. Tayloe might, I believe, be considered as the riches t man in Virginia in 1806-7, being said to have then had $60,000... per annum arising from 15 ,000 acres of land belonging to him in different parts of this state and Maryland... He was s upposed to lay out every year $33,000 in purchasing land." (3,9) Some estimates put his incom e at about $75,000 a year. (12) As estimated by Sir Augustus Foster, Col. John Tayloe could e asily have been considered the wealthiest man in VA, deriving an income of $75,000 a year fro m over 15,000 acres of land from MD to KY, farmed by over 1,000 negro slaves and white overse ers.  He was said to have purchased an additional $33,000 worth of land each year. In additio n to farmlands, he owned the foundry his grandfather John Tayloe I had established on Neabsc o Creek on the Potomac, where he made iron, built ships, and sold flour and horses. There wa s another iron works near Lynchburg. And there were the racing stables. (1) An extremely succ essful businessman, interested in agriculture, animal husbandry, shipping, transportation an d banking. (3) At his Neabsco Iron Foundry, he had a house, made pig iron, built ships and so ld flour and horses.
  (1) 1807: When the H.M.S. Leopard attacked the U.S.S. Chesapeake on 22 Jun, Col. Tayloe off ered to "recruit, mount, organize and equip in every respect at his own expense, ten full tro ops of horse ready to march in one month." Gov. Cabell did not accept his offer.
  (3) 1810: Became the proprietor of an agricultural and industrial venture on nearly 2,500 a cres of land at "Cloverdale," west of Lynchburg, that included another iron works.
  (5) 1811, 2 Mar: Robert Page wrote from Frederick Co., VA concerning the payment of his com mission for his collection of debts owed Tayloe on suits in the District Court of Wincheste r and removed to the Shenandoah Co. Court.
  (5) 1811, 28 Sep: Benjamin Chew wrote him from Philadelphia, "My Sister Nicklin having no p rospect of forwarding to you in good time in any other way, I have the pleasure to inform yo u that I have shipped on board the Schooner Richmond John Hand Master who plies between thi s City and Washington, a Box or Case directed for you containing two silver Tureens which m y sister has had finished for you in this place. I trust they will safely arrive with you i n the same good order in which they have been packed... It would give us great pleasure if th e present Winter could provide a Repetition of your & Mrs. Tayloe's Visit to Philadelphia. Yo ur last excursion hither was of too short duration for the Gratification of your Friends..."
  (5) 1813, 7 Feb: John Chew wrote from Richmond, VA, "I have the pleasure to acknowledge rec eipt of your respected favor of the 2nd inst. On examining my Bank a/c I find myself charge d on the 3rd March last with '2150$ paid Mr. Tayloe' this sum I suppose was remitted in par t of Miss Wormeley's legacy, but not having here, my books or papers, cannot ascertain the (p aper torn). When I go to Rosegill will examine your receipt & if it differs in amount from th is sum you shall be advised.... We have nothing here, but bustle & military parade. A troop o f Horse set out this morning & several volunteer companies will march in a few hours with th e Governor in front to repel an threatened invasion of Norfolk..."
  (1,3) Col. Tayloe was given command of the cavalry forces in the District of Columbia durin g the War of 1812. (3) He was superseded by an officer of the regular army and sent to VA t o bring up some militia in season to aid in the defense of the Capital. His efforts unsuccess ful, he was returning home, when, according to his son Benjamin Ogle Tayloe, he met his wif e on the road, making her way to his place at Neabsco, near Dumfries, VA. She had vacated th e Octagon and induced Mons. Serrurier, the French minister, to occupy it for protection. Seru rier's account gives the impression that he had been living in the Octagon for some time befo re the British invaded Washington.
  (2,3) 1814, 24 Aug: During the War of 1812, the British defeated the Americans at Bladensbu rg, MD, and from there marched into Washington virtually unopposed. Starting that evening an d continuing through the night and into the next day, they methodically burned, blew up or wr ecked a sizeable number of private and public buildings, including the Capitol and the execut ive mansion. (3) The French minister, Louis Serurier, was residing in "The Octagon" at the ti me. Mrs. Madison had her steward take her parrot in its cage to the French minister for safek eeping by his chef. On the night the British were setting fires, Serurier sent a messanger t o Gen. Robert Ross, who was presiding over the destruction of the President's House, and aske d that the Octagon be spared, since it was serving as the French Embassy. Ross replied that t he house would be respected. A violent storm of wind and rain sent the British back to thei r ships. The wind and looters did a lot of private property damage, but the rain put out th e fires.
  (2) President and Mrs. Madison, who had fled as the invading force approached, returned upo n the enemy's withdrawal to a city dotted with still-smouldering remains. The future "white " house stood blackened, gutted and uninhabitable. The Octagon, standing only a short distanc e away from the President's house and its condition undisturbed, seemed a logical substitute . The government rented the property from the Tayloes, and James and Dolly Madison moved in . (3) The French Minister was about to move to Philadelphia, and John Tayloe sent a courier f rom Mount Airy to offer the use of his house to President Madison. The same idea occurred t o to William Thornton and to the French minister, who wrote, "Seeing, that by the burning dow n of his mansion, the President was without a suitable dwelling, I made him an offer of my ho use. He excused himself at first, but in such a fashion as to make me insist, and he finall y accepted it expressing to me how sensible he was of my consideration."
  (3) 1814, 8 Sep-Mar 1815: President and Mrs. Madison moved into the Octagon.
  (2,3,10) 1815, 17 Feb: While still in residence at the Octagon, President Madison signed th e Treaty of Ghent, the agreement which formally brought the war to an end. This event took pl ace in the circular study on the 2nd floor. (10) His son Edward Thornton Tayloe owned for mor e than 50 years the table that had been in the Octagon House and on which the Treaty of Ghen t had been signed. Upon his death, it passed to Edward's son George Ogle Tayloe. On 17 Jun 18 96, John Tayloe's sons George P. Tayloe and Henry A. Tayloe signed a certificate of authentic ity drawn up by Edward H. Ingle, Edward T. Tayloe's son-in-law, stating that they were famili ar with the table when it stood in the library in their father's house in Washington D.C., wh ere it remained for many years after the Treaty had been signed on it. On 30 Oct 1897 Edward' s son G. Ogle Tayloe sold the table to Annie Bailey Voorhies, who had family connections. Th e table was sent to her home on 2111 California Street, San Francisco, CA, where it remaine d until the great earthquake and subsequent fire of 1906. As the fire approached the home an d a sentry was placed out front, the Voorhies were told that the house was doomed and had t o be dynamited. They wrapped sheets around the circular part of the table and turned it aroun d as a wheel part of the way to a place of safety. When water was found in a hydrant at Bus h and Laguna Streets, it was found sufficient to stop the progress of the flames and the hous e escaped destruction. The table was returned and remained there until the rehabilitation o f the city, when the Voorhies built a fire-proof building on the lot where the Voorhies Build ing stood on Van Ness Avenue, and the table was moved to that building. The National Institut e of Architects bought the Octagon House, and when they met in a national convention at the F airmont Hotel in San Francisco in 1911, Mrs. Voorhies sent them the table to be used on tha t occasion. The table has since been returned to the Octagon House. It was made of mahogany w ith a circular top 3 ft. 6 inches in diameter and had 12 drawers, each bearing an inlaid ivor y label. (12) In later years, when the same table (on which the Treaty of Ghent was signed) c ame to Powhatan, "my father and uncles once kept their tin soldiers in its drawer." It was a t Powhatan for several years. Following this, it survived the 1906 eathquake and fire in Sa n Francisco, and returned to Octagon House in October 1911. One of the chairs was known as "t he Octagon Chair," and was "given to The Octagon by my father and my brother William."
  (3) He built up holdings of business and residential property in Washington, including seve ral lots at the NW corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th St.
  (3) 1816: He built a row of two-story houses with attics along Pennsylvania Avenue on the l ots he owned on the NW corner of 14th St. The corner house was leased for hotel use, and th e others were later all made part of the hotel. The establishment went under several names, b ut attained its first prominence as Fuller's City Hotel. (1) Built the original Willard's Hot el in Washington D.C. (3) Charles Dickens stayed at Fuller's Hotel in 1824 and wrote, "The ho tel in which we live is a long row of small houses fronting on the street, and opening at th e back upon a common yard, in which hangs a great triangle. Whenever a servant is wanted, som ebody beats on this triangle from one stroke up to seven, according to the number of the hous e in which his presence is required; and as all the servants are always being wanted, and non e of them ever come, this enlivening engine is in full performance the whole day through. Clo thes are drying in this same yard; female slaves, with cotton handkerchiefs twisted round the ir heads, are running to and fro on the hotel business; black waiters cross and recross wit h dishes in their hands; two great dogs are playing upon a mound of loose bricks in the centr e of the little square; a pig is turning up his stomach to the sun, and grunting "That's comf ortable!' and neither the men, nor the women, nor the dogs, nor the pig, nor any created crea ture, takes the smallest notice of the triangle, which is tingling madly all the time."
  (3) 1816: St. John's Church at 16th and H Streets, Washington D.C., was completed. Tayloe s was the largest contributor. He presented to the church "the massive church service of silv er which formerly belonged to the old church of Lunenberg in Richmond Co., VA," and which ha d been sold at public auction under a court decree in 1813. (1,2a) One of the founders of St . John's Church in Washington, D.C. (1) It was originally the property of Lunenburg Parish i n Richmond Co., VA, and sold at public auctioon by a court decree in 1813.
  (5) 1818, 15 Sep: Charles Wirgman wrote him from London, England, "As respects Carriage s I observe nothing remarkably New. The Dennetts have taken the Lead of the Tilburys and ar e very much patronized. Barouches, Landous & Landaulettes are the Rage, yellow the prevailin g Color - The Servants generally ride with the Coachman... I did not pass Salt Hill with't th inking of you. You must not let me come again without you, & Come you must if you intend to l ive till you are 80."
  (5) 1819, 13 Aug: Reginold Grimes wrote John Tayloe, addressed to him "New York," making a n offer for renting the tavern at Neabsco.
  (1) His homes in VA and Washington were visited by the great and near-great. (9) His establ ishment was renowned throught the country for its entertainments, which were given in a mos t generous manner to all persons of distinction who visited Washington in those days, both Am erican and foreigners. In this list are included Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Quincy Adam s, Decatur, Porter, Webster, Clay, Calhoun, Randolph, Lafayette, Steuben and Sir Edward Thorn ton, British Minister, and many others. His death to a certain extent terminated the splendi d hospitalities of the Octagon, which had covered a period of nearly thirty years.
  (3) His will provided that, if necessary to pay his debts, the family sell "my house and lo ts in the City of Washington (including my dwelling house after the death of my wife). The fu rniture at my said dwelling house after my wife's death, except the plate..." (12) His son Ed ward Thornton Tayloe was one of the co-executors of his estate. His will devised to Edward "a ll my plantations in King George County Virginia called the Hop Yard, including also the plan tation which I have bought lately of Taliaferro called the Dogue, adjoining to the Hop Yard."
  (1) A painting of Col. Tayloe hangs in the National Museum of Racing at Saratoga Springs, N Y, painted by Mrs. Samuel Evans of Bryn Mawr, PA.

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