For many years I've enjoyed stories, both fact and fiction, about New York high society but, somehow, have never heard of the story of Emilie Grigsby. Thank you for introducing me to a new---and real life!---story!
I'm very familiar with the history of New York's late 19th and early 20th Century then nouveau riche and I too have never heard the slightest reference to this story.
Miss Emilie Busbey Grigsby was really an interesting personality and woman. She went after what she wanted and succeeded. And she seemed very happy, popular and intelligent. Not a bad life at all.
Just discovered your channel and I find these US old houses fascinating. I'm from the UK where we are awash with them so it's sad to find out that most of yours seem to have been demolished.
Wow. She died a year before I was born. This is a beautiful story. We are all born into a situation. Nobody has a choice about the matter. Some people have their noses so stuck up in the air, that they don't see the value, talents, and abilities of others.
@@katherinechase3674Why get married when she got everything she wanted without having to get married? I have no idea how she thought of all of that at 16. If i had that wit and cunningness at 16, I would have found a rich old married man and done the same. Me now knowing that men love little girls means I could have had the world as a teen lmao
@@bigredc222 Tapestries have been cut down & been reused for centuries. Fabric with localized wear or damage is often reused being too good to discard. The patina of age old that fabric has doesn't hurt either.
@@johnvonundzu2170 My impression of her would be that she would have no problem buying a pristine antique tapestry and having it cut up to cover a few chairs.
I just came across your channel. This story really grabbed my attention as I live in brown county ohio. Brown county is about 30 miles east of Cincinnati. Our history is always interesting, thanks for sharing this.
Wow, what a story! She lived life in the fast lane and drove like Paul Newman, apparently. 😂 I would venture to say she had a very high IQ, understood human nature completely, and had more charm than the law allowed. Judging by the photos, she had a great sense of humor and fun. For some reason I'm thinking of the film 'Harold & Maude.' 😜
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Interesting to see that long, skinny house! I cringed at the cutting up of tapestries, though. The story sounds like something out of an Edith Wharton novel. Scandals are nothing new!
What a fascinating and deeply engrossing video! But alas, everything, no matter how beautiful and engrossing, and every fairy tale also will end, not always as "they lived happily ever after." Thanks for uploading this video. I enjoyed watching it. Yesh Prabhu, Bushkill, PA
Love your stories. Always carefully researched. Their is one room however, that rather than being Louis XIV is Empire style. I would even venture to ask if those chairs with Napoleon’s crest were actually his.
Neat story... similar to Miss Nesbits'. Neat ole apt house still standing...but so sorry her house torn down...I think we should preserve our old structure s ....I live in a classic neighborhood I n my town ..also grew up in one in Ft Worth .. so much History...my house is vintage also...I n process of not remodeled but " " re- freshing it ..w white paint to brighten up old house ......🦋
Why do we tear down historical places? This could have been restored. In the USA, we keep nothing while you cross the pond & see beautiful architect that is thousands of years old whether is semi ruined state or restored. We must hold on to history of any kind.
I am pretty sure that cutting up centuries-old tapestries to use for reuphostering chairs de-values the tapestries, but I guess she didn't care. I also wonder if the relationship between the rich old guy & his heartbroken son became cold as ice after Emelie chose the elder. Anyway, I sure hope her music room with gold-leafed keys was at least enjoyed by the most celebrated musicians of the day. After all the photo of the guest room looked quite lovely.
Doubting the cut-up tapestries were in pristine condition; they were probably partially damaged and not really ia a fit state for display before being cut up. There are many chopped up tapestries out there - hanging on a wall for centuries is hazardous!
my granny always said **THE FIRST TIME YOU MARRY ITS FOR LOVE, THE SECOND TIME YOU MARRY IS FOR MONEY**..... personally I married the first time for money.... so I'm still open to the thought of the l word... in my head 😂
Sad, all the money and beauty in the world won't buy your way into heaven. You can't take it with you, life here is very, very short, but eternity if forever.
There was ivory in some of that art work. Who knows what other animals were needlessly destroyed to satisfy these people. The keys on the gold plated grand piano were probably ivory too.
I really liked this story Emily was ahead of her time. Her widowed mom found a way (many would agree not a respectable profession) to get her two children ahead. Provided them with an excellent education and I am sure though Emily aim high my girl, and that she did. Smart intelligent an knowledgeable. Shame she did not find a love to share her interesting life with and then no children, but in the end according to the video she was a very happy woman. I am glad she was accepted the second time around in England's Society as they were/are not immune to scandal. RIP beautiful "lady" Emily Grigsby.
This channel came through my account and I am now Subscribed and Following. Fascinating story of a lady not in history books. The title of this story is misleading. I do not like deception but I enjoyed the story.
4:08 "Know the worth, but not the worth". It hurts when you hear someone cutting up centuries-old Gobelin to covering chairs with. Walnut panelling! What happened to it? Firewood?
4:54 "Her own bedroom would be subdued" (picture of her extravagant bedroom crammed with statues) 🤣 HOW TF did she sleep at all? My great grandparents had a bedframe with a face carved into the headboard that looked down at our pillows. I stayed up hours because I was too afraid to sleep!
Basically Emily’s mother was not married when she had her children. These story are the same just change the name and location. Emily followed in her mother’s footsteps. How is a mistress a good role model. This story is a bit convoluted...nurse sick lover but travels to see royals, mother’s past “rears” it’s head. This is what fairy tales are made of.
I imagine her father had some type of record, if not married to her mother. Being a widow with a home, she could not afford as a single, isn't that big a stretch- That could happen in any area or time period, including today- And social climbing? 70% of true (opulent) wealth is either inherited or married into. Even today. That's what country clubs are made of. Debutant balls had real purpose for those (white, well off) girls.
