The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-18
] Mayo's Bookstore.
Il The l1mes-Dlspatch: n

E. Sr,-In answer to correspondent, you
stated on my authority that Mayo's5
book store was on the south side 5a OF
Main. between Thirteenth and Four
#teenth, but near Thirteent H. An other
correspondent says: tS r.
..The book labels Il Frederick a.. Mayo
and Company state location OF book store
as -four doors below the Bell Tavern
AS the Bell stood on the corner lately
occupied by the st. Charles, at = fifteenth
and Main. Mayo's was about on present
site of Main Street station. tS3
'.The label Of Frederick A. Mayo sdocsi
not state the location Of business when:
he was the individual proprietor. s
h Ny answer OF The Times pspa tch to
the query Is substantially correct. I give!
letter for letter. word for word from the
directory Of 1919:
IF "a. Mayo. hook seller IS OF E BIT.
18th and 14th SITS first from 18th ST.
4 John Ma ddox. publisher, tells us that
No. i will always be the next to the
corner, instead OF the corner itself.
1t is thus made clear that Mayo's store
was In 1919 next to the corner. tenement
long known as Crawford's before which.
al the curb stood a revolutionary can
non. After Mayos removal the store
a narrow zone OF little depth-was occu-a
pied successfully by others until lS4t
when the sign OF Charles Thurston. "a
worthy, Scot, Wos suspended from above
the doorway. avail myself OF al
seeming misunderstanding to give a brief
account OF the finding OF the first city.
directory. purchased 1t nearly a half
century ago at an auction sale Of the
library. OF William Gait. a retired mer-5
chant OF the firm OF Gait and Johnson.
It lay in a bundle Of books deemed to
be Of the trashy sort At the time, It.
appeared to DO the only copy in ex-5
'istence, but two or more came to light.
subsequently. My copy was passed to
certain old gentlemen for examination,
some of whom have made their pencil
marks, or comments on Its pages. The
late Messrs Mordecai (authors Of the BY
'Gone Days.. T., a. LANCASTER and VIII
liam John Clarke, became deeply Inter-
ested in It's contents. Corrections Of de-
hands, ana the number OF survivors In
the alphabetical list Of citizens noted.
Alodecal signs his Initials to his note:
i'About ], 1bo names; a survivors. !" 7. A.
Lancaster adds Within brackets: May
/, 1900 make Ills the survivors, are
checked thus W." and William John
Clarke, referring to these 1865, October
9Th: i"There are only 50 survivors. OF all
named in this directory" Another old
gentleman whose handwriting Is without
Initials or name, says. opposite to the
list, which give the names ofthose then
serving the city In all its departments
md also OF those serving as directors
In the two State banks. " knew them.
ALL Well might he have known them.
NIL, for every one OF them was a man
OF mark IN lis day. Andrew Stevenson.
Philip N. Nicholas, John Brockenhrough,
John Rutherford Hilary Baker, Abel T,
el1pshur and other WORTHLESS sat in the
Common Hall as tie City Council was
then called. si
What must have been the happiness
OF our LOCAL commentators us they pored
over the pages of the rare little duo.
dsclma and conned every name from a
to lizard!