The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-29
FINE EXHIBIT OF
REVOLUTION DAYS
Mcmentocs Of Great virginians
to Be Placed at the
Exposition.
lBY PETERSBURG CHAPTER
Collection Made With Care and
Is Regarded as the Best in
Existence.
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PETERSBURG. VA, April 2s.-1'hc
ladies of the Frances Bland Randolph
f,hapter. Daughters OF the American
Revolution, will soon send to the
Jamestown Exposition an exhibit OF
mcmentoes of great Virs,nans Of the
Revolutionary days, which, for historic
cal interest and value, will hardly be
oxcelled The collection has been made
with great care and painstaking re-
search as to the historical genuine
ness of each article. and Is now at the
residence OF rs Arthur Kyle Davis.
president Of the Southern Female Col
lese. Mrs. Davis has been a most zeal
Gus worker for the exhibit. to which
she has loaned many OF its most IN
teresting treasures. Among the most
valuable relics are fac-simile OF the
Declaration of Independence wrought
in colors on cloth, and one OF the lea-
lures of that part of the Virginia y.
"A. x. exhibit which won the medal at
the Charleston Exposition. an old cop
per lustre jug, bearing on one side a
representation OF the surrender of Lord
CORVALLIS and on the other q por-
trait OF Lafayette; this Is one OF pair
brought from England soon after the
Revolution by Mr.. Daingerneld. OF
fredericksburg, in whose family 1t re-
NAMED for three generations: stock
worn by Thomas Jefferson, ahd bear
ing distinct marks of the pins which
fastened It: circular wooden cam
teen carried by Colonel Tarleton, the
British cavalry officer. during his RAID
through this section of the State; this
canteen was lost In Il skirmish at
Craig's Mill. Lunenburg county. and Is
a relic OF three wars. having been used
in the Revolution, the War of 1872. and
the Civil War: Lord Cornwallis's Bible.
found on the Hill Farm. In Dinwiddie
county where the British commander
camped with his army on the way TO
Yorktown In 1881, and now owned by
descendant of the finder: tortoise
shell snuff box, presented to Bushrod
Washington by General Washington,
and now belonging TO Judge Roger a.
Pryor, of New York: portrait OF Mrs.
Frances Bland Randolph Tucker. moth
er OF John Randolph of Roanoke: this
Is now the property OF Mrs Charles
Washington Coleman, granddaug hter
OF Mrs. Randolph: Patrick Henry's sill
yer candlestickE, loaned by Mrs. Mann
s. Valentine, Of Richmond; n beautiful
old sampler. a specimen OF handiwork
of the women OF the Revolution. made
BY a ten-year-old girl. and containing
family history, alphabet numerals and
verse: handsome pair of Washington
silver goblets. bearing raised pictures
of Mount Vernon and old Falls Church.
where General Washington was a yes
tryman; Mount Vernon teapot, in
old blue. showing Washington and his
body-servant, BILLY" standing on the
lawn before Mount Vernon: an old
engraving of Stuart's Washington, for
which painting Washington gave sit
;ings nj the ~tist's home. accompanied
by lady. whose conversation, he said,
would give his face its most agree
able expresson: fac-simile Of wash
ingtons public accounts, kept by him
during the Revolution. when he de-
cined all compensation for his SER
vices, and announced that he would
keep an account Of his expenses, which
he would rely on Congress to pay.
Some Other Relics.
These are only few of the Wash
ington exhibits. which are of great
variety. and are loaned by Mrs
Robert Harrison. Mrs. Arthur Kyle
Davis Mrs. W. II. Camp. Mrs. Horton
cuykendan and the Misses Newsom.
of this city. and by Judge Pryor. of
New York: Mrs. Mann s. Valentine and
Mrs. w. w. Webb. of Richmond. The
extensive collection of books includes
an old English Bible history, in two
folio volumes, by the Rev Thomas
Stackhouse, used as n family Bible
during the Revolutionar, period, and
containing a register of the births and
deaths in tho owners family and
among his slaves; this is now owned
by Mrs "A X. Davis; an, old English
prayer book, 1864, used by Mary
Heath during the Revolution. and con-
tanning prayers for King George and
Queen Charlotte; this is loa,ed by Mrs
z. c. Tredway, of Emporia Va.
John Randolph Meme1toes.
Among mementoes of John Randolph
of Roanoke are his book-plat, and au-
tograph, written Mt Bizarre. Mss NJ. \.
Neblett, of Jorgensen. Va, IT'S loaned
many of the most interestingi~elics in
the collection, including sthn we'd
ding slipper worn at the balltgiven in
honor of the Revolutionary giAt. Peter
Francisco. by the great-gran
of Miss Sarah ]. Marshall, ofLunen-
burg county. In the extensive collec-
ton of old china Is a Governct Win
throp saucer. which is one Of /. list,
made in 1917. OF the possess us of
Mrs. Governor Winthrop, and \ now
owned by Mrs. w. f. Drewry, "a this
city.
The variety and completeness IN the
exhibit have been achieved b: the
patriotic efforts of the ladies I'LL the
Frances Bland Randolph ChaptehAand
have made the collection one of Iveik-
ing interest to many friends ootthe
organization who have been invit I to