The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-01
HISTORY EXHIBIT
ATTRACTS NOTICE
Unique Features OF Jamestown
Said to Excel Other
Expositions

I :
Especial from a Staff Correspondent.)
AN ESTOWN E EXPOSITION,
October 31.-Exposition visitors who
have journeyed to other Worlds Fairs
always ask first thing on their arrival,
What is the most unique exhibit here!'
Those who have been to st. Louis, Chi
.cago or Buffalo have seen the con-
.vantional exhibits made by the various
manufacturing concerns. and while the
Ingenuity of these vigorous organlza-
tons has been taxed for new features.
there Is a certain inevitable sameness
In their efforts.
Possibly the most unique. original
and valuable exhibit at the jamestown
Exposition is the collection placed By
! thu various States in the History Build
ling, just to the left of the Auditorium.
1t Is one of the unfortunate features
Of the exposition that this building was
the last one to be finished. and many
early visitors, even to the end OF July.
were unable to enter. After viewing
the treasures on exhibition however,
one is not surprised to learn that the
building Is a brick and concrete struc-
ture, apart from the other buildings
and absolutely fireproof. 1t is pa
troled night and day by armed guards,
for here are exhibited some Of the
nrIceless treasures of American his
tory. I
this unique undertaking, which far
SURPRISES anything of the sort under
taken by any former exposition. and
which emphasizes the historical char.
acter OF the Jamestown Tercentennial
Exposition, has q separate alcove desls-
mated for it's State and local history.
Portraits are prominent feature OF
ri crfn
nessest of Colonial celebrities orna-
menting the walls.
Virginia. as Is most fitting. is in
tho forefront in the historical display.
portraits of her Governors and OF many
| Colonial, Revolutionary and civil War
Figures ornamentinG the Virginia dis.
play.
Perhaps the most unique display OF
the History Building are the cases OF
Virginia papers and letters, many Oh
which are invaluable. and which are
here first offered to public view. IN.
idaed. the very existence OF many OF
these8 letters and papers had been for
gotten. and generations OF rats had
trampled over them In the attic of the
1 virginia State Capitol. When the old
/ caoitol was remodeled a number OF
Ca ses OF old napers and letters We're
,inearthed ,rl under the dirt of more
4 ~, : ho1f a century and on examination
Nc 80 t,,a nfficers Of the Virginia State
Library were found to contain many
/ priceless treasures
Under the direction of DR.. James
Ecl,enrode. OF the Library, these LETT
ta,s and napers have been classified
an5 Mounted and their display under
class al the Jamestown Exposition
noal,es one OF the most Interesting dis
nI,vs IN the grounds. There may be
sesn n,ltograph letters of colonial Gov
ernors. MS we'll as many valuable Rev
4 oI,,tionary documents.
pasted on one OF the cases contain
ing civil War papers is a flaming
nrinteda placard calling on nll citizens
1 Of the town Of Lexington to rally 70
| tha defense or Virginia against invnc
|, sion an Invitation Which led TO the
Formation OF the Roclsbridge Battery
\ = d M school child In the Southern