"JANUARY,1820, while keeping the WASHINGTON HOUSE"

[Rebel - KGC]

GREAT "clues"!

 

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[TJB]

"It was in the month of January,1820, while keeping the Washington House, that I (Morriss) first saw and became acquainted with Beale"- THE BEALE PAPERS
"He (Morriss) leased for a term of years the Washington Hotel, known now as the Arlington, on Church Street...he removed to the Franklin Hotel, now the Norvell House"-THE BEALE PAPERS

The Washington House/Hotel, where Morriss first became acquainted with Beale was in 1885, now called the Arlington Hotel on Church Street according to the Beale story narrative.
At various times, there were TWO Arlington Hotels in Lynchburg- one on 9th & Main, the other on 8th & Court, not on Church as mentioned in the Beale story narrative.

Was this another purposeful discrepancy placed in the dime novel pamphlet as a wink to the buyer that the Beale Papers was a work of fiction? There are other discrepancies and anachronisms throughout the narrative story that would have been noticed in 1885 Lynchburg, but long forgotten by the Pauline Innis's book and magazine articles gave the Beale Papers a second life.

A big lot of fiction from some of this one's post.

 

[Rebel - KGC]

Back again, eh...?

 

[franklin]

Back again, eh...?

Same person different handle. Hi there Lafitte.

 

[TJB]

Same person different handle. Hi there Lafitte.

Is this the Beale posting place or .......?

 

[Rebel - KGC]

What...?

 

[Rebel - KGC]

And, he's GONE! Kaput!

 

[Albertaclipper]

Keeping with the theme.....its always good that the said location did exist! Not sure it helps, but it is/was a place!

 

[franklin]

Keeping with the theme.....its always good that the said location did exist! Not sure it helps, but it is/was a place!

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Albertaclipper, Great as always. I will state that first it was the Washington Inn, Washington Hotel, Washington House and then the Arlington. There was one prior name before Washington Inn but I will hang on that one for a while. I have proof that the Hotel was there before 1819. So TJB could have stayed there. I do not know if Robert Morris was the Proprietor though until 1821.

 

[ECS]

... So TJB could have stayed there. I do not know if Robert Morris was the Proprietor though until 1821.

That is "IF" Thomas J Beale was an actual person and existed outside of the Beale Papers dime novel pamphlet.

 

[Rebel - KGC]

Then, there was the Franklin Hotel...

 

[franklin]

Then, there was the Franklin Hotel...

Franklin Hotel was on 11th Street and the Washington House was on 8th Street.

 

[Rebel - KGC]

OK. FH, 11th & Main; W HOUSE, 8th & Main; sounds about correct. THANKS!

 

[Rebel - KGC]

Look at the 1877 Gray's Map of Lynchburg, Virginia and you will find the Arlington at 8th Street and Church Street. Directly across 8th Street on the other corner is where Robert Morriss' sister lived that married William Warwick, first Mayor of Lynchburg, Va.

Down from the OLD court-house; OLD Lynchburg, Va. started at the river & went up to the OLD Court-house boundaries. Washington HOTEL started in 1823 or so; torn down in 1889 or so, & the Norvell House built in its place (city "records").

 

[franklin]

Down from the OLD court-house; OLD Lynchburg, Va. started at the river & went up to the OLD Court-house boundaries. Washington HOTEL started in 1823 or so; torn down in 1889 or so, & the Norvell House built in its place in its place (city "records").

The Hotel was built before March, 1818.

 

[ECS]

https://www.gravegarden.org/confederate-hospitals-in-lynchburg
The street map on this site has the Washington on Main near 5th and the Norvell on Main and 11th.

 

[Rebel - KGC]

Strange... 200 VMI Cadets camped in OCC, where Beale Treasure was stated to have been buried; did any of 'em take BT "home" to VMI...? Hmmm.

 

[Rebel - KGC]

The Hotel was built before March, 1818.

Naw, THAT was Washington HOUSE.

 

[Rebel - KGC]

Naw, THAT was Washington HOUSE.

TJB wrote to Morriss, "since I left YOUR HOUSE...".