Historical Notes; Wm. and Mary Qrtly., Vol. 1, No. 4

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Historical Notes

   William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Papers, Vol. 1, No. 4
   (Apr., 1893), pp. 233-234.

                        HISTORICAL NOTES.

   Col. William Lamb writes a correction:  "I noticed on page 123, note (1),
[page 172 of this revision] (of the last No. of the QUARTERLY) that you speak
of Thomas Newton, who represented this District in Congress, as having died
in 1836.  He died August 5th, 1847 aged 79.  I knew him well, he was an
intimate friend of my grandfather and lived near him on Catharine Street.  I
went to school next door to where he lived and can recall him now sitting on
his front porch wearing a queue, which he wore to the day of his death".

   Col. Lamb adds that "in 1879, when he wrote the history of old St. Paul
church, he took a note of the trial of Alice Cartwright in 1678-9.  The books
were then in such bad condition that he prevailed upon the Judge to have them
bound."

   The action of Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Barney of "Homewood" in presenting
the cemetery at Jamestown, and ten acres surrounding, to the "Antiquarian
Society" is most praiseworthy.  Public generosity is the highest proof of 
the elevation of private character.

   Congress has at length by vote approaching unanimity indemnified this
College for damages done to its property during the war.  The sum voted,
($64,000) covers only the financial injury and not the incalculable loss of 
time and patronage occasioned by the burnging of the College.  There were
many such.  Our representatives, John W. Lawson, and Henry St. George Tucker
and all the rest of the Virginia delegation, rendered valuable service.  The
entire Alabama delegation, Speaker Crisp and Major Henry C. Semple, our 
agent, deserve the highest praise.  Hon. Frank E. Beltzhoover, Chairman of
the Committee on war claims of the House of Representatives, and Gen. N. M.
Curtis of New York were friends without qualification.  And all know

Page 234.

that Hon. George F. Hoar, of Massachusetts, had been for years constant,
steady and effective in support of the measure.  The Gen. William B.
Taliaferro, the President of our Board of Visitors, and to Col. William
Lamb, the College owes also a deep debt of gratitude.  There are many others
who might be mentioned in the list of those who lent a helping hand.