The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-22
The Virginia Magazine Of History and
Biography.
A VERY INTERESTING NUMBER.
All Its Departments Exceptionally
High Standard-"POems OF Love
and War''-Other Recent
Publications.

mltlee. Archer Anderson, Lyon u
Tyler, Charles V. Meredith. T.. V. Val
| entine William II Palmer. Editor:
! William G. stanard.
This very valuable and interesting quar-
| terly enters the year with a. new editor,
Mr.. william G.. stanard, who was elected
10 the position on the resignation OF Mr..
Philip A. Bruce. IN September last. Mr..
! Stanard is 70 be congratulated upon sue
ccssfully maintaining the high standard
established by Mr.. Bruce.
Tho FIRST paper IN this, the January
number. Is the petition OF Captain Bar
/ grave to the Privy Council I'm 1622. and
| treats or one of the feuds which divided
/ the Virginia Company. The second aru-
/ Gle is especially interesting. IL describes
a folonious attempt, made in 1918, TO abb
/ duct from SOmersetshire number of
'maidens," who were 10 be sent as SER
| wants to Virginia. The affair caused
"such terror to tho poor maidens as
| forty Of them fed out OF one parish into
such obscure and remote places as their
| parents and masters can yet have no
news what IS become OF them" Fortu-
nately for the unhappy little company, an
active justice of the peace soon arrested
] the guilty party. The editor in an inrto-
! ductiOn. notices the famous abduction
OF James Amnesty I'm 172S and tine promi-
nent place given &c in literature.
~ Note Of the shipping, Men, &c,
| Sent TO Virginia 1919" gives some inter-
esting statistics as 10 the population at
that time.
Poor Children to BE Sent TO Virginia
| describes an attempt to provide for the
little paupers Of the London streets.
The article on "Epitaphs at Brandon"
not only includes six inscriptions from
t0mbs at that historic home. but a gene
illogical note on the individuals men
/ toned. and a copy Of the opitaph Of Mary
| picges. wife of Colonel Nathaniel Har-
rison. Of Brandon, which is at Denbigh
church, Warwick county. Virginia IN
1923" contains four letters written boo that
/ year by Governor and Council. Governor
/ Wyatt. George Sandvs, and Christopher
/ Dawson. These letters give clear I'M
preston OF conditions in the colony in the
| year following the creat massacre and
describe the return Of the prisoners cap
| tured az that time. and the great scar
city Of provisions.
The next paper IS the concluding install
mcnt Of isle Of Wight county wills"
| contributed by Mr.. r. s. Thomas. These
wills are Of value alike 10 the genealog-
iss and 20 the student of the economic
and social conditions of the colony In
.
A recent English genealogical magazine
I'm reviewing the October number Of the
/ Virginia ma gazine. refers 10 these Wills
as giving greater evidence OF education
than many English wills.
"a New Clue TO the Lee Ancestry"
throws suggestive light on tho probable
English ancestry OF this famous family
and will be read with much interest II
IS contained in a letter from Iaucel0t
Lee. OF Cotton shropshire May a. l7ij.
TO Hon. Thomas Lee of Stratford I'm
Virginia.
The inventory of Robert king Carter
IS continued and shows the great variety
Of property which a wealthy planter Of
that day was compelled TO keep on hand
We are especially struck by the articles
OF domestic manufacture. Virginia
brandy. Virginia garden bell glasses and
Virginia yarn hose. Where in Virginia
was this glass made2
'Washingtou's Capituiafion at Fort
Necessity in 1l4.' gives an English trans
lati0n OF the articles Of capitulation
which was probably the one made before
the House Of Burgesses. soon after An
editorial suggestion is made as TO wheth-
er Captain Van Braam mistranslated the
French original. or the French govern
ment garbIed them i'm their publication
All Nireinians and a great many people
out Of Virginia. are interested i'm the his
tory Of William and Mary College and
the dispositions concerning It's burning In
15o5. which occupy the next place IN the
magazine viii be widely read. They are
introduced with an account OF the various
fires by which the famous old college has
suffered
Virginia Militia in the Revolution"
IS the beginning of the publication of a
small manuscript volume in The Nir-
ginia State Library. which is the only
record among the State archives de-
voted exclusively 10 the militia Of the
Revolution. 10 gives the names Of many
militia officers in service during the hrst
years OF the Revolution, and frequently
the names OF counties from which they
came The editor, ia an INTRODUCTION
gives a notice OF the sources OF inior-
nation OF the regular and militia troops
Of Virginia in the Revolution. lt Is hish
time that the scattered and inaccessible
data I'm regard 20 our Revolutionary mi
ltia were gathered together ana the
state in this way. given its true ana
rightful position as to the number or
troops furnished during the great war
for independence.
Next in order in the magazine comes
a letter written IN 1913 by Governor Jel-
ferson. Of virginia, 10 Governor GalNey'
OF Louisiana. I'm regard 10 an attempt
made bv virginia TO borrow money from
Spain. and also as to the services-aha
OF inestimable importance they prove 10
be-of Oliver Pollock, of New orleans III
furnishing supplies to the forces uhuer
Georee Rogers Clark. The relative con-
ditions of the United states ana SPAN
at present are placed by this letter IN
striking contrast TO what they were III
tie more than a century ago
Professor Henneman's valuable DO
graphical list of trustees OF Hampden-
sidney College is contained anu yves
NAMES or many men VINO nave zone sou
ser,-ica 10 their country. The intimate
-. ~, mitch these various trustees were
rofSte1 20 each other viii seem novel TO
-.-rso.rs ,racolaintcd with Virginia kim
ships. ,,,,o oo,,oi,e
$50, ,,,,,,l i,etalment Of Mr.. Stanards
.Abstracts III Virginia Land Paents -
the noto ~ most interest being that on
the STAG for stegg) family VINO were
nro,ninert In the colony In the seven
,eonth century. In one Of the grants IS
reference IN a deed which was recordeo
In Charles CITY county, In lo5s.
The department Of geneaiosy IN TINS
number contains;
an The parker family Of Essex, the
North.rn Neck. etc TO which belonged
50 many men Of distinction In the army
ana navy. ON the bench. and IN the Leg
90. The descendants Of Colonel VIII
liam Forhaine: contributed by Mrs
Thomas L. Brown.
CD The Baylor family; which includes
sketches OF Colonel George baylor OF 'he
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