The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-25
YIRdlNIA'S BUILDING
Those Who viii Aid to Reproduce
Monticello at St. Louis.

Those Who Viii Aid to Reproduce
Monticello at St. Louis.
This subscriptions for tho erection OF the
Virginia building at 81 LOUIS, ."n1,o or 90
Vel inadequate for the purpose BY several
thousand dollars. the outlook was SUM
Gent te Jus tify the Virginia Commission
AZ its meeting Tuesday In deciding not
onlv TO have q State building, but to I'M
dertake the reproduction OF Monticello.
tho home OF Jefferson. ARRANGEMENTS en-
were made for having an arcnltect 70
yIsi. Monticello and prepare the plans
and specifications for the contractors.
Thi. gentleman is regarded as one Of the
best in the State. and so much interested
IS he in the undertaking that he has Of
fered his services free to the commission.
several wood manufacturers have Of
fered to furnish q part Of tho Nnlshlnss
OF the house. and It Is hoped that quite
q number Of others In tho state VIII MAKE
the same offer. and thus get all the doors,
sash, frames. flooring. ETC.. which Woulo
considerably lessen the cost and be
f11stt class advertisement Of the manufac-
tturer, as the names Of the donor would
be made public. Js.'g8. IA 55jj., !,
The response to the letters and appli-
cations of Captain Morton, who has IN
hand this raising OF the fund, come from
almose every city in the State, some OF
which have not yet been canvassed ana
will soon be visited. that all may have an
opportunity Of contributing to this pat
riotic undertaking. 1t will be interesting
reading to run over the list, which we
publish below. Captain Morton 10 now IN
Richmond. and expects to largely add to
his list Of subscribers In this city.
The list is as follows: Fredericksburg
Board OF Trade. Fredericksburg: from
Chesterfield county, Hon. W. w. Baker;
Salem, Hon. a.. NJ. Bowman, G. NJ. Kyle,
l.. c. Hansborough: Roanoke, Hon. r. II.
l.. stone, ]. B. Fishburne. Gambrill &
Davis. s, S. Brooke. A. NJ. Nelson. w. c.
Stephenson. Joseph D. Johnston. r. e.
Foster, Fairfax g. Bell. Professor D.> NJ.
Coulter, T. H. Cooke. Paul Massie. Roy
z. Smith; Wythe county. George A. Sea.
gle Radfoyd, r. NJ. Chumley: Petersburg,
Carter r. Bishop, G. a. Minetree; Angus
Ia. Hon. s, H. Walker; staunton, Hon.
Edward Echols. Harry Burnett, j. r.
j, L. Bllsoly, T. ]. Wool; Norfolk. D.
Lowenberg; Newport News, L. P.
stearnes, George A Schmelz, Powell
Brothers, o, D. Bachelor, Arthur Lee,
J, M. Curtis, A. A. Moss; Nottoway. W.
n. Mann Blackstone. Blackstone Hard
ware Company; Lynchburg, ". G. Ivey,
], H. Lewis, g. w. Guggenheimer; W. v.
Wilson, Jr.; sabot. y. 2. Harris; Char
.lottesvile, Professor J. W. Mallet, Pro-
fessor T. b. Barringer, Professor G. A.
Graves, Hon. Jefferson M. Levy; Farm
Vile. Hon. "A, D, Watkins; Suffolk, w. II.
Jones, Jr,, ], 3. Primer, James L. Mo
Lemore. j. p, West; st. Louis, Mo-. Ylr-
sinla socity OF St. Louis: Richmond, Jo-
seph Bryan. "A. s. Buford. James II. Doo-
ley Hon. William A. Anderson, Z, Leslie
Spence, Jr. Hon. Morton Marye, Polk
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The Daughters Of the American Revolu-
ton expect to raise also several thousand
dollars along lines suggested by the Blue
Ridge Chapter at Lynchburg.