Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-10-26
For the Enquirer.
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Attracted alike by the genial and generous hospi-
taty of DR.. White by his mammoth crop OF corn
and by the beauty and historical "reminiscences and
associations of his farm, we paid him visit Il Il "
DAYS since. We have never seen such CROP of corn
but we arc no farmer md know the Agricultural -"
ciety of Richmond will d" him justice. Ii was the
beauty vi the scenery around and its historical asso
clatioiIs, that oplieted our attention. Here the IN
dams had n village. Here Captain Smith had fight
with then on his first exploration of the Rappahan'
mock.
Jus, in front If the Doctors garden, are Fea.
therstones Island. called from one OF Capt. Smith
men oil that name, who di,' and was buried there
Tie Doctor showed Indian axe, made of stone
unlike any found in this region. IL Ia of the uin'l
scientific size and PROPORTIONS. Differing from tht
best OF Collins only III this that IL Is "i stone H.
cad o! Stec and iron, and that groove tor wytht
passes around it, exactly where The eye for the hclv.
is found in Collins Jst. few years ago silver
dial. presented appears from the inscriptions 10y
Cap min Smith IL l'awhatan, was found n few Mules
! {! um the Port T0bagu ,uan.nn. Indian Arrows n c
aouudnn, abeu, tho farm. Doctor Wli:c dsinieircd
| from n tumuius in his yard few years ago, many
Indian relics The Enghsh history ut this farm has
too, spice of romano. about it. The Doctor show.
ed me the orr. iual pntunt ut three Thousand tour
hundred and twenty acres, by Sir William Berkeley Ia
Sir Thomas Lunsfurd, Knight and Bnrnnet lie was
keeper Of the Tower, under Charles the Second
| jealous Royailst, and, rcputrl b1byfdtcr. Nlr
glna gentleman, one "t his worthy descendnns, atcI!
repeated 10 US part nl old story, in which he Is re
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hard ride n babys hand. the fragments OF hearty
nra! no doubt, which he had made by the wayside
This sort of mythical history is far The most ralua
bic kind Of history. 1t represents truly the pas
sions, The thoughts the feelings Of mcn-it is the con-
ccutrated embodimen; nt national notions and scnt
ment We never valued early Roman history til
Nicbhur proved it to 10 false. We had supposed it
detached detail of exravngant aud unusual anecdotes
But so soon " we found it t" be mythical the just
representation nf Roman sentiment, Roman h"rI"r
R,,D,nn relic ~
How much light msh be -''"d on the history Of ON
State, by examining I'D lnmlly papers and records
and tho records Of The clerks Offices of some of our
cnstorn counties. Ii is tine We were about il. The
materials will soon disappear.
We should add, that the grant TO Sir .aorn7s luns
FORD was in consideration Of the transportation of S!x
ty-dve persons. Here. again, light thrown OF the
early settlement CT the STATE: ani such ard rariou:
olneF lights will be shed on our history, by nres
saWH.E srch papers and records.
,rSsa;a owes it 10 herself aud the Grid 10 rescuE
Ioui "ohSi"n her early history. This eau only bc
eohe .! noe following the example Of New York
appointing "Neeper Of tho Archives" paying hi.
EXPENSES 10 England. where he can procure from the
RECORDS OF the Virginia Company u inv aluable ma
terals, and paying him for copying the early rccord
, of our old families and county courts.
Yours, IA