Grissell Hay was the wife of the apothecary Peter Hay. Widowed in 1766, she
sold some of his estate at public auction and turned their home into a lodging
house. An advertisement in the "Virginia Gazette" of February 18,
1768, announced, "I take this method to inform the public, that I have
very commodious lodgings to let for a dozen gentlemen, and their servants, with
stables and provisions for their horses, and shall be much obliged to those
who will favour me with their company."
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