Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-17
HISTORICdL SOCIETY.
Account OF the IntsrHrni OF the Victims OF
the Ni.hmsud Theatre In !SII.

A meeting Of the Executive Committee
Of the Virginia Historical Society was held
at the rooms oi the Society, in the West
mOrcand Clubhouse. Yesterday Edward
V. Valentine. Esq, in the char, and in the
absence Of Major Barksdalc, Mr.. Brock
ected ne secretary.
A nmnbcro Of Gifts Of books, manuscripts,
etc. were reported. among the first r1rc
pamphlet: a Collection OF Facts and
Statements Relative to the Fatal Event
which Occurred at the Theatre in Rich
mOnd. on the 2Gth December. 1911. The
second edition. With additions. Richmond.
Published by Roberts. DUtton& & Co., lSI2."
lSmo. The final leaf il unfortunately mu-
iilaied, but the portion remaining presents
some facts concerning the victims OK TIE
llmeul9be catastrophe which are not gem
erally known: "iattrmfDt Of ne Dedd.
The ARRANGEMENTS for th, melancholy Occl-
SION could not be completed before SUNDAY.
and Is the place Of intcrment had been
changed from the church t0 the area where
the theatre stood. 10 that fatsi ana devoted
spot the funeral procession did not
move ~ was originally contemplated bV
the committee. from tie Baptist mee.in@-
hou>e. The relic. Of the deceased
were encascd in mahogany boxes.
Tbe Mouruful procession then moved TO
'tLc devoted spot and III the centre of the
area where once stood the pit these pre-.
cious relics were buried in one common
grave. The service for the dead was read
by the Rev. Mr.. Buchanan. The whole
scene dCfes dcscripiion-a whole city
buthod in isarS. How awful the transition
on this devoted spot. 4 few days since It
was the theatre OF joy and merriment, AMI
i.rt q L IA. lam
of . delighted mulsitude. Ii is pow ! iune-
raj pTrc the receptacle 0f the relics OF our
friends and in a shOrt time a m0nI-
ment will stand upon it to point out where
their ashes lay !" From William &. Mtyo,
Esq. Richmond, Va. Among the manU-
script giits.were two vellum documents-a
patent to Nathaniel Mcclure for l40 acres
in Augusta county. dated July ). l174, and
signed by Lord Drnmore. and another for
1O5 acres in BotctouTt county 10 ChriStO-
pher Uirsh, assignee of Richard Arm
strong, dated November %, 1850. aud sign
cd by James Wood. Governor OF Virginia
from Henry OFT Dold, Esq, Lexington,
Va. A communication from Colonel
Thomas III. Eli. resigning membership in
the Executive Committee because OF re-
moval Of bis residence 10 Baslmore, Nd,
was read.
The following gentlemen were elected
members OF the Society: DR.. Edward
Cyrus Gray, Oxford, Chenango county, \.
Y; William Alexander Jardine Kick, and
Adam George Hicks, Esqs., The Chestnuts.
lIornsey Bill, London, y. Eng; Atwood
Yiolette, Esq, l07 Grayier street, New Or
leans. La; and William Ridgely Penni-
man, Jr., Esq, Asheville. y. c.
Acceptanees OF membership were read
from Colonel Samuel Adams Drake. Boz
ton, Mass. General c. W. Darling, Utica.
y. Y; Ms. Martha j. Lamb, New York
city c. A. Hack. Esq, Taunton, Mass;
Mrs. Virginia Hsnnon, Frankfort, ny;
snd G.. L. Frierson, Esq, Columbis, Tenn.
The secretary. Mr.. Brock, reported that
the second and concluding volume OK the
Dintp.ddie Papers, OF more than 700 pages
octave, with anslytical index and portrait
OF Governor Dlnwiddie, his srins, auto
graph, ETC., was nearly printed, aud would
soon be reldy for delivery 10 the members
OF the Society.
Dir. Brock exhibited to the committee Z
recent publication OF rare attracti,n to the
reverential Yirginian, "The Complete
Works OF Captain John Smith 1905 1881"
combining in one volume each and every
Offering Of his, together With the contem'
porary pubicatious Of Tindall. Archer,
Carleton, Wingtield, Chamberlain, Kat.
elife. Spelman, and others. illustrative OF
the narratives Of Smith; uer6asfn repro
duetions, with the maps. portraits. etc,
carefully edited. with an introduction and
cross references by Professor EDWARD
Arber, #. s. A., Birmingham. England,
and forming No. lG OF THE English
scholars Library"
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