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was known. !ml Jusl imw far Inn- sym-I nthy i'xu inli'il wuk never oven mt.-*I col oil.Through tin; Insinuation of a i r i»~i -Cil mp-lil ill llte Service of l‘*r. sld at I'avis, .Miss Van l.vw wan nble to (nr* ttiKli il«lt;* Fed*.-nil fni'ci'H with 1 in' im i valuable inforiTiiilloii. lint* ihiI---.hI.t i the enemy’H cnmp were tnauy anil trusted. Mi '• Ingenuity ■ oulil «!»• vMt»-means for the* pulling of tin* »n- my in possession of tin.- desired InToi m-Tr lion. as well as plans for nc-cmim; ii 'i'lmi lu*r services to the cause that : In • ::■ |ilt;iu: i il Were upineilati-il was attest ed by the arts of lt;Jeaei.il (Inlnl, who, after his army had entered tin* eltv, paid lengthy visits to her at the lt;•! I Inline, anil nave tier Her vices materialroeofjnltlon by appointing hlt;*r pu.-t-mtstress of this city on the Huh day of Match, lSr.fl. only fifteen days after his own Inauguration. and ro-nppoinli I her in 1873, In which capacity sitenerved until May ll». l^TT. when t'olontl AN'. \V. For ties succeeded her in oflh •Miss Van Low was lt;if Inestimable* aid to the Federal officers who eseap. 1 from T.lbby Prison, and In making the mif*c“MS of tlndr plans a possibility. In her house were sheltered those who wore not recaptured by tin* Confederate!! and returned to prison.Another friend by whom Miss Van Li'W was never forgotten was Admiral Thihlgren, of the United States Xu y. Hho knew where the remains of Colonel Imhl/rroh bail been hidden aft *r his defeat and death In trying to capture Richmond, and she had his remains shipped to his father after tin* -,vivr was over. This net of kindness was highly appreciated by the old Admiral up to his death.FRIENDLESS AND ALONE.Yet Miss Van Lew died friendless and alone. She was .suspected by tie- authorities, hut was not molested. One hy one the friends of her youth, f* I-lng themselves and their eotiuiry outraged. dwindled away, and left her with only her thoughts for company.The very doors of St. John's Church, of which she was a regular attendant, were closed upon her. Children shrunk from her and even the servants wine*,* cause she had espoused looked on her with distrust.Eccentric as she was and as full as bn l boon her life with plots and plans against her own people, she. no doubt, worked for the tiling she believed m t,c right. Full of humanity, she hit:, interested herself ail through life in tin Borrows and aflllcllans of others, visiting the jalln and prisons for the last ftjrly years, aiding In pome way or another some unfortunate creature.rp to the hist year. In which her strength had perceptibly failed, although her mind was an active and her will us suym, uk over. .Mbs Van Lew had boon n familiar figure on the - at n et s of Richmond. Rut hero she was pointed out, not as the Federal spy— which fact is little known and even lens remembered, not an a friend of tho poor—but us Mias Van Low, tl*«
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Norfolk Virginian Pilot
Norfolk, Virginia, US
Fri, Oct 12, 1900
Page 12
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Dorothy B.
PA, USA 19 Jan 2019
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