The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-21

and summer house parties are gladly
accepted by those thus highly favored
Blandfeld has that delicious and irev-
table atmosphere OF long inheritance.
The passing generation leaves It's sub
tie influence on that which comcss and
a strange continuity Is established from
the first owner to the grandfather OF
the present owner, who in summer days
gambol where the children OF William
ta) and Elizabeth Bland laughed and
romped in the middle eighteenth ccn-f
fury. Elizabeth Bland gave name to
Blandheld. IN @ y * 55sas " ss 3
Theodorick Bland settled at Westovers
In 1854 and died in 1911. His tomb 10 In
the Westover garden. He was one OF
the Kings council. land in fortune and
understanding was Inferior to none In
the colony. He had three sons--The-
oderic (2). Richard tt2) and John (2).
Richard (2) married first a Miss Swa n,
and secondly Elizabeth. daughter OF
William Randolph, OF Turkey Island.
further UP the river. Elizabeth, his
daughter, married William 81 Beverley,
and her name Is memorialized by the
fine old mansion OF which we write.
Richard (2) BANDS sons were Rich
ard (3) and Theodoric t3). The former
lived at Jordans and the second at
Cawsons. near City Point. Theodore
married Miss Boiling, and his daugh-i
ter, Frances. was the mother OF " Ohm
Randolph OF Roanoke. III
It is said by those who know that
architecture seems a finished sctence.-a
1t has had unitarian advances but no
artistic growth 70 r many years. Ger
tainly the old Virginia architecture Is
the best that we have, and no. country
more capacious or more sanitary
lines than Blandfeld.
The planter seemed early to realize
the best situation to escape the wrath
OF wintry winds and midsummer suns,
and the best position for winter sun
light and summer shadows; space was
the pivotal idea to which all else was
tributary. In our climate two es-
sen tials are space and air. After a
snort period OF composite building,
taste has returned to the simp2a and
broad lines OF these Colonial homes. y
There Is collection OF very In
lBeverley, OF Blandteld, which DR..
Lyon q. Tyler published in the VIII
liam and Mary Quarterly in 1865.
These letters show the large planter
i that " illiam Beverley was Tobacco
was his chief currency. The invoice
Z of sundry goods ordered by him to
! be sent by a Rappahannock ship show
i how luxurious were the attire and
Il general taste Of his family.
. me invoice begins: For my wife
3 an hat SIX pairs OF Powered stuff
damask shoes for my daughters. Eliza
beth and Ursula. Six pairs Of CALI
I nance or stuff damask shoes for each !;
one nair OF silk shoes for each, ac-3
cording to measure" etc. etc. In
ordering his own silk stockings he
urges his merchant to have them small
4 enough In the calf. IT having but q
4 slender body and a leg in proportions"
4 In the year 1897 there was an awful
4 drought In the Rappahannock country.
and William Beverley ordered from
London two hundred weight Of finest
white biscuit. and In one OF his LETT
ters he says that the poor people along
the river were living on herbs. with
out either bread or meat. He was
very anxious to succeed to ] Ohm
Carriers place as Secretary of State
He remarks that John Carter gave
FL. 500 for It.. and he would be willing
to give $4,000. but "if you should not
think fit to endeavor to get ye secre-
tary's place for me. pray don't let II
be known st I have wrote to YOU
4 about It"
Wires were pulled then as now! The
great grief in the life of the builder
4 of Blandtield was the death OF his sol
1 j ohm in 1742. The boy was going t
q school at Wisborn. and there con
II tracted q cold which caused his death
. The second William Byrd was William
. Beverley's uncle, and Evelyn and thu
third William his first cousins. n