The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-23
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The mates were generally of pewter as
were the spoons. though the pc''si i.''l'
lies all had with their Plate 49, ,
more silver spoons. The lnNen1Oi''' SnV"
that II was common 10 nave cc''ain
amount of silver plates. among tno
items of the Farrar personally We. o"~
silver tankard, one silver heaker, tnrec
silver Guns. two snail silver salt-celiars'
and ten silver spoons. Mrs. Elizabeth
Digges had go ounces OF shVef-pia'e,
Mrs. Sarah WiIloughby owned in SILVER
a large sugar hasiu one large ald three
small salt-cellars, tWenty-four spoons Two
beer bowls and one claret, small tank
ard. caudle and dram-cup anu
small porringer. ..
The most common musical lhs'i u'"'''s
was the virginia., but the hand iylo "a'
not unknown, and the Nlohh' the 49,,
the recorder and the hautboy were III
use. The covering for the heads OF men
consisted OF the monmouth cap tho
felt, the beaver, and the straw-hat' ne
coat was Of broadclOth, fustan, camieT
drugget. serge. cotton, kersey. buckskln
Tho wardrobe Of Mrs Sarah Nilloughpy
OF lower Norfolk consisted OF feu' "
blue, and a black silk petticoat, a pelu-
coat OF India silk. and OF worslea pl unS""
striped linen and calico petucoa'S'
black silk gown, a scarlet Nais1-co"e
with silver lace, a white Knit waisl-coS.'
striped stun Jacket, worsted pIuneiia
mantle, a sky-colored satin poulce, pa
Of red paragon bodies, SIX hoilahu
aprons. seven handkerchiefs, ana TWO
hoods. valued at fourteen pounds Stirring.
One Of the beautiful customs OF thde
dav was 10 leave a number or moulilhs
rings TO the dying mans ieialiNea o.
friends. Corbin Griffin OF Middies'N ~
oueatbed e,5 sterling for this purpose,
Nathaniel BACON. ST., Appropriated 80
i'm this way. A few very wealthy Pc
sons. as william FItzhugh anu uV''
Berkeley. owned a coach or c"i"9n
though driving must, have peen 1s,.s
business. even with their leVei plains
! equipments for the sauule- iioi ~ In, cor
complete. including the side-s.tuuiv -
| the female members Of the family. haip'
| Wornlev owned q crimson velvet sau
! de with broad-cloth, saddle-eloth anu
| silk spring holsters. valued at Al'. ING
| horses went unshod. as the roau9 WIZ
| level and free OF stones .s,,,or
In the discussion OF the system OF iaDor,
| Mr.. Bruce remarks, on the authorl'y ol
| Beverley, that the negroes IN the OoiOity
were not worked for 50 many NOUS, q"
the laborers in Europe, nor pressvu
| hard at their tasks. Ihey "oihoI 80
bv side In the field with the whlte ser
|
marks our author, "that the planters
we're in the main just and humane III
their treatment OF their slaves.
| In 1918 the first negroes were lauueu III
| VIRGINIA from a Dutch privateer IN 10
there were twenty-five Africans III VIC VIZ
| Colony. They had only Increased 10 til .o
hundred I'm 1850. In the year 1913 ihirty
| Africans were landed for whom mead
| rights Mfiy acres Of land, were pau 10
| the planters introducing them ahlo"b
| these wero such leading cltizeh5 ~
Francis Epes, Christopher Normiey, JoH''
| Rauister Thomas Harris, George Meme
40 Tobn Robbins. Richard Kemp. Pre-
vious TO 1850 the Dutch were chltHy i"-
strumental i'm bringing negroes into W.
| ginia. In 1850 COlOnelScarbOrOugh or the
| Eastern Shore, one Of the most distin-
| glnshed planters in the Colony IS sald 10
| have purchased many slaves ia Mahna'-
tan. whom he transported 10 his estate IN
| Accomac. in 1862 q charter was granted
| 70 the Royal African Company over
| which the Duke Of York, brother OF the
| King, presided, by which the company
| secured the exclusive right TO transport
| negroes into the English colonies. In lo'.
| the slave population in Virginia, hau
| risen TO 1000 In 1862 Richard Lee intro
| duced a number Of persons into the
| Colony. among whom were eighty neg
| roes. In 1852 there arrived I'm the Rappan-
| hammock river a Captain Jackson IN com
| mand OF a vessel belonging 10 persons III
| Piscataqua, New Hampshire. among them
a Mrs. Cuts. a lady Of prominence IN
that community. This Captain jackson
! entered into an agreement with tolOhtl
Fitzhugh 10 bring him cargo OF slaves
There is ground for believing says Mr
Bruce. that the importation OF African
slaves into Virginia through the agency
Of New England shipowners and mer-
chants. increased IN Importance as the
trade with West Indian Islands devel-
oped The names OF New England ships
frequently appear in the county records
as the vehicles of the importation OF
slaves at this period.
| After 1852 10 appears 10 be probable that
the Royal African Company was the
principal agent i'm increasing the African
population Of Virginia.
| The Stories of our early COiOnia
history. are very attractive. and as We
| have observed. the manifestation OF q
marked interest in the subject. is specially
noticeable I'm the past few years. In'
noble work OF Mr.. Alexander Brown
| Crhe Genesis Of the United States an,
the noble biography Of Patrick Henry b,
Mr.. VIM. Writ Henry. and Miss Kat
Mason Rowland's Life Of Geors
| Mason are evidences additional 70 MT
Bruce's work. of the birth OF a new his
torical school In Virginia. Such expensive
and elaborate genealogical works ~
Jones' Descendants Of Roger Jones' AM
Mr. Goodies Virginia Cousins pr. Lee
lice OF Virginia" keith's Ancestry %
| President Harrison" Montague Mon
taeue Family and Browns 'lapehs uI'
their kin" are in the same limo OF study
The value OF a genealogy I'm the Amer
can Colonies IS Of a peculiar nature.
genealOgy I'm England has comparaliveI
! little bearing ana little significance apar
; from a narrow line Of descent The coun
try was already well populated when In
pedigree commences. But in Nirgini
! with the names Of a handful Of settler
I'm Middiesex. or Warwick. or Princes
r Anne, we can know the genesis of near
~ al the present population ln the coun
! ties. From that little kernel planted j
, | each Of our lower Virginia counties,
tree has sprung like the mustard seed
p whose branches IN q hundred and hft
. | years covered the land. 10 is precisel
/ ! like the Jewish Genealogical Tables
{ which existed down 10 the destruction q
2 | Jerusalem. by the Romans-they wen
! | right back 10 n priest, ana from tina
common ancestor ana the Twelve Tribe
came the Israel and the judea OF th
days Of Rehoboam and JerObOam and IN
Jews Of the captivity and Of the time {
our Lord. and Of the present day.
But we cannot pursue our subjeC
Z | further. We have tried TO indicate N
! character OF the work which our youn
| Nirginan author has undertaken an
, which We are satisfied in further remark
l | ing he has successfully accomplished.
b | We are pleased with the work IA eyer