Peyton Randolph House

Williamsburg
VA

The Peyton Randolph House in
Colonial Williamsburg

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Originally built in 1715, it was purchased in 1721 by Randolph’s father — who built a second structure — and willed it to his son. Peyton Randolph built a middle structure to unify the whole. Part of Colonial Williamsburg.
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Lafayette’s years in America had given him the most glorious career it was possible for a youth of his disposition to imagine. He had fought for a noble cause, and won the love of a nation. George Washington sent him admiring and heart-sore letters after the marquis returned to France; the state of Virginia presented a bust of him to the city of Paris; the island of Nantucket sent him a 500-pound cheese. Lafayette cherished the love he had earned overseas, and never let the French forget it. When his first two children were born, he named the boy George Washington and the girl Virginia. At his Paris household, his family spoke English, and his messenger was dressed as an American Indian.

Richard Brookhiser
Gentleman Revolutionary: Gouverneur Morris, the Rake Who Wrote the Constitution (2003)