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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-29


there were peaches, pears. grapes
plums. cherries and every other good
thing that grows In this good county.
ono of the best In the United States.
and because of the conditions there
was no market for them. The CORE
spondent then gets down to better
things and grows trnc more opti-
mistir. lie says: The cabbage crop
has been very fine also, and the good
farmers are getting thousands of dol
lars from their cabbage patches even
at the low price of 40 to 80 cents per
hundred head The corn crop Is Just
bully. the best crop ever made within
the recollection of the oldest inhabi-
tant." The correspondent speaks with
like enthusiasm of the wheat and rye
crops, also the buckwheat layout, and
adds that this fair the farmers arc
sowing much morn or these grains
than they ever did before. Indeed,
Carroll County is coming to the front
and that is Il mighty good sign of the
times f. S. w.
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COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK, November es--.Rumors OF u.
reused southern spot offerings were ac-
|ompan!ed by a little trade selling In the
oltou market hero to-day. whne there was
1iiso scattered realizing. after the advance
IN the Garner week and prices eased on
n tho absence OF support. The close WAS
tcady. but ut the lowest point OF the day.
TO ]: points under the Enul Hgures ot
Itrday.
the market opened steady at decline
III TO points In response to easier Cables.
General business was lacking. and smaii
offerings were sufficient to send prices on
10 7.3o Tor December and 1.a, for March
contracts, or about % to II points under the
high level OF yesterday. ,;raduni reopen :
ny OF the various exchanges throughout tho
COUNTRY would suggest that conniiions arc
becoming more normal. while the general
movement OF inerchanuisc is improving, ami
objections are reported easier
Ca bleS from Manchester calm that cot
on manufacturers In that section also are
becoming more hopeiui al a result oi more
requent inquiries from india. moderate
demand from China ana improving nome
racc. These features appeared TO stimu-
ate no important demann today, however.
ana the tuIh arounu the ring reflected Il dis
position to wait Tor further test III the
southern spot situation.
spot cotton quiet mtddingi uplands, 7.15
'aies. 90 bales -
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PROPOSED RAILWAY LINE.
One That May Do Great Things for a
Part Of West Virginia.

CHARLESTON. w. VA. November
2s.-The proposed line of the Charles
ton, Petersburg and Western Rail-
road Company is fifty-six miles long
from Charleston to Palestine. w. Va,
connecting there with the Little Ka.
nawha River branch of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, running from Pal
estinee to Parkersburg. athirty miles.
The line chosen for the new road is
via Sissonsville. Cicerone and POGO
fiat country and crosses two grade
SUBMITS. one at the head OF Two-Mile
Creels. tributary of the Great Ka-
nawha River, the other being the dt :
vide between the Pocotnlico and the
Little Kanawha Rivers Tho first
grade will not exceed l per cent and
the latter. not over 1s per cent. Few
bridges will be. necessary, but where
they are needed short spanB Of the
through plato gigder type will be
used. Of any tunnels. they will also
be short. hut open cuts will 30 en-
ployed. IL iiossihle everywhere; Bids
fpr construction Will be. opened about
January l.. rs 81 80. vas
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EXPERIMENT
PRONOUNCED SUCCESS
Market Is Opened for Dealings I'm
Bonds After Idleness of More
Than Seventeen Weeks.
|BRoKERs GIVEN NEW HOPE
they Believe Days Trading Points
Way to Resumption Of Business In
Stocks-Board Urged to- Reopen
for Domestic Securities.
BY DRoADAN WALL.

NEW YORK. November cs.-Arter an idle
| iess OF seventeen weeks and two days. Stock
Exchange tickcrs resumed their functions
3to.dny, and recorded transactions as they
occurred on the floor Of the exchange. The
Experiment OF opening the bond ,nurket tor
intense. and hundreds oil Stockholders who
:heir orders TO fellow brokers who make
,s speciality Of bonds: made Il aspoint to be
osiesk. s iuiy mem Sss were eHs S SSas
|:nt. and tho re-efiIisted army OF stock EN-
[hansc empioyes ana telephone attendants
Iioined In a cheer.
States Steel % at s?x. OF II. from the
i NJ % price. an equal amount, OF Dis.
y up "a. Chesapeake and OHIO convertible
1r:s showed a decline OF Ia In the initial
ransnctions. anu southern Pacific convertible
: were oil u on safe OF eight bonds. Deal
ngs were carried on In the usual orderly
value In tho INST nttcen minutes.
Ine subcommittee OF three sat at tables
lose TO the bond market tor the purpose
"iiUns .ihu supervising such changes an
onyer,iSles eS We're STEADY. ccnIai n Leather
| . hrm. With Is point gain. baltimore and
ma Northern Pacific is OF which a large
amount is known to be held In Germany.
ui lsw ia per es' .as were strong
nd lnteInationai Mercantile Marine iss
MAX 1I - 81 ., 9 1v 81 u points from the clos
Toiai traces amounted TO 14s.o,o for tho
wo hours session against u turnover OF
'..aAeS recorded Oh July D.. a full day.
|bonIbrokers heartily indorseJ the expert
nent Tor that ~ what IT IS generally CARED.
{,f tho resumption OF public trading. The
70. or the mark.. appeared good. and
he advances that hau occurred while truns-
Iictions were conducted through the COM
nittee Of i've were generally. maintained.
sentiment on the Dtteet Is strongly In favor
III an carly resumption of dealings In stocks
ind the governors OF the exchange
ne ursco TO permit dealings In domes,ic
ssacs, such as the automobile rharcs stcel
Iitocks copper Issues and the various stocks
u Manufacturing companies anu pubic
Utilities that never had an international
market There was good public demand
or stocks. and yroadway house. which
u Union Pacinc, SoutT=.n Pacific anu Ca
iadan Pacific. found Difficulty In getting
|,ncrinsr. although their prices wcil
tboYe recent quota lions.
Another corner has been turned In Wall
Itrcet history. and lear. always more harm
u! than facts. should now be replaced By
oniidencc. anu a stcudy Improvement ir the
Erection of a return to normal markets.
NEW YORK. November ?s.-Closing: MGR
nn,ile paper ts4Ss. sterling exchange
tsauy: hiHty-lny biiir. si.sGjJ: FOR cables
e,is: for demand. s&san: bar silver. 49, ;
| Schanges. s.f..4..a.s: balances. FG5s9.ii:: eA-
hahScs for the week. hl,!iasiiI.i; bat
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UNEXPECTED HAPPENS IN
CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET
Bears Hold Full Control for Time
md Proceed to Hammer Values
Downward.

Especial to The Times Dispatc h.J
CHICAGO, November 2S.--Thc unex-
pected happened In the Chicago wheat
market to-day. The bears held full
control for time. and they proceeded
to hammer values downward in dis
couraging manner to holders. a change.
and an almost complete reversal OF
conditions. was seen late. and reactions
SIS cents were established. BESIDES
the buying by shorts. there was con-
siderable wheat to change hands on in
vestment account. Prices showed net
gains of rs to cent. and the Gloss
ings were strong and around the best
levels. Broomhall. the foreign statis-
tlcian of the Chicago Board of Trade,
stood by his Argentine crop figures by
acknowledging that the crop estimate
was official. having been made up by
on the crop were 2oO.Oo0.0o0 bushels.
and the eNportablc surplus $4,000, 900.
Tho cable said that the Argentine gov
are generally optimistic. and that ac-
copied opinions at Liverpool are for u
surplus not exceeding 100000 bush
Wheat continues to move In q lively
fashion. as the receipts at primary
markets last week we're 13,754.ooo
of the corresponding time last year.
Receipts at primary markets since July
l were :S3. 0o0,oo0 bushels. comparec
Rod last year.
While there was an enormous trade
in wheat on export account on Friday.
when 1t was said that 100000 bushels
changed hands. In all positions. with
italy tho largest buyer. tho trade to-
day was light n: Chicago at $4,000
to exporters. The export business In
all positions was estimated at 1850.
600 bushels. The demand from Eng
land for cash wheat was much small
Ter than at amy time in the past fort
night. Aliilcrs in all positions report
the export trade as some smaller and
the domestic business as less urgent
than was the case a week or ten days
ago.
Corn ruled irregular and unsettled,
but the price changes were at no time
large. The corn mari,ct Is vccrinS
around into a position where the bears
will again control the situation. Cash
sales AT Chicago were $4,000 bushels.
Of which 100000 bushels were for ex-
port.
Oats showed but little change for
the day. the December loss being is
cent. while May was up 18 cent. The
Increased offerings of oats from the
country and the cash Gales were 1880
bushels, nearly all of which was for
export.
The volume of business In provision.
was on n larger scale. and the feature
of the day was the selling by longs.
On the other hand. shorts were In the
lead as buyers. The cash situation
was unsatisfactory, as the demand was
only moderate.
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New York Curb.

NEW YORK. November ;s-The regular
curb market was fairly active to-day. espc-
cially some Of the industr!als. AZ we'll as the
Standard OIL group.
Maxwell Motors was without sale during
the day, closing quotations being: common.
ifhhlil5: first preferred SAT-; second pre-
fcrred I5IlS.
Standard Oil. of New York. sold from 1871
20 1873 about 100 shares changing hands: the
closing prices for these stocks we're: Anglo
American on. @liG: California: 39?NsS;
indiana' aISn ~ New Jessey ss'@ss.; Ohio.
.9oGIS3
British American Tobacco closed IeNl6,a
United Cigar Stores new. 9AQSS; Riker-
Hegeman. I5sqs; United Profit Sharing. 1873.
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NEW. ORLEANS. November es.-The cot
on market lacked buying power to-day, and
cal on under nouerate offerings. closing at
no lowest Levels. net loss of to - points.
Cable news was uniayorablc, and the
aiiiEg OH in receipts at Texas points led
70 predictions that the export movement
also wound Shrink. disposition 10 lake
Weather news WAS considered against the
market, since tho ruins would ,neck the
planting Vi Erains. Bulls. however, pointed
Put inat there still wus cotton In the nelds
(which would surer damage.
some talk oil u corner III old style jan
1nry developed. and mat position stoUd
irm carly In the day at gain oil points,
Shen other positions were uown.
Spot cotton. quiet. SAFES the spot, 80
Jaies: to arrive. so bales.
Cotton futures closing: December, old 7I2.
January. old, T.a; new, 7.a5; March. old
.3f; new. 7tS; May. old, s,5c; new, 7.76J:, July,
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cIIICACo GnAIH ,IARKET.

,cIncAGO November 2s-incrcnsing be-
lief that estimates OF the Argentine export
able export had been grossly cXasEeratsd
wheat market to-day. after an curly de-
cline. The close was strong. Hai to net
oats varying from I. decline 10 an equal
gain. and provisions the snmc as last night
to III down.
Cash grain: Wheat No. = red. iie,.9i:a,a
No. . hard. ,Iollflil3a4. Corn. No. yellow.
6slfS9: new. G3isd0i Oats. standard. 4sqtisiz.
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RICHMOND HAY MARKET.
RICHMOND LIVE STOCK MARKET
tSales at Union Stock Yards.)
Richmond. Va. November %. 1914

1914:
Best steers. "a 10 s. medium to good s..
70 ~; common TO fair. 50 70 6: best heiferr.
to fair. ~ to 5: hest COWS 81. to 81: medium
10 good, az 10 .; common TO fair. 3 10 ::
best heavy bulls. So to So: light 5 to 81. /:
veals, $ 10 So: dicks. s to si.; cows and
calves. SD to SIS: best hogs, 8; light. ~ 20
~: VOWS ana stays. . to :: best sheep. a.. TO
5: medium to good 3A TO AZ: common to
fair. 10 3i2 lambs. to s
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Richmond & Chesapeake Bay Railway Company
SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE APRIL i'd,
1914.
Atlantic Coast Line
The Standard Railroad Of the South,
EFEECTINE. APRIL. T. ial4 -

TRAINS LEAVE KiCHMoND DAILY
+. NJ. 1889 A. II.
:, For Norfolk: $500 A. NJ, $500 p. NJ. +:,o
For y. & W. Ry. West: Sis A. NJ. $50
~ NJ. 900 i; 81. 5:3, P. 81.
For Petersburg: 1850 a. NJ. s:i5 a. NJ
s:io a. NJ, eco A. NJ, $3.50 a. NJ. 800 p. 81 4,
go T.: NJ, 500 Z. NJ. G:35 T. NJ. $50 P NJ.
For Goldsboro and Fayetteville: 1910 P. NJ.
Trains arrive Richmond daily: 5:.5 A NJ.
W:I5 a. NJ. $50 a. NJ. 1881 A. NJ. 10. q
NJ .I:fo y. NJ. '::io p. N. ii:io p NJ.
Cos r. NJ. Gas p. ~, 500 P. 81, 300 L. NJ.
1880 p. NJ
Except Sunday. 1Sunday only
Time of arrival and departure and conuec-
tons not guaranteed.
c. S. CAMPBELL. D. P. A. SIS Main St
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
COrTON GOODS.

NEW YORK. November .s.-CottoH goods
quiet and steady to day. Yarns were
weak. Cooler weather helped the spot de-
quict ana nrm. Burlaps continues easy.
\ letter dtu,nrd for underwear for quick
delivery reported.
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NAVAL. STnI.ES

SAVANNAH. CA. November :s.--Turpcn-
tine firm: f'<: saies. III casks: receipts. ;oS
casks: shipments. 81 ca SKIS stock. D.ass
cnsks Itosin. lrm: raies. 81: barrels: re-
"eipts, .i:9 bHrreis: shipments. I)S barrels:
stcck. ~, 20. barrels. quote: so.
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. tCHICAGD.. Novennber Y-Hogs lower;
bulk. S7.Sidt'.i5: light. t6..sdi'.;p: mixed
!.."GfI.0: heavy. s1.:1siS7.61: rough. 500,
$50: pigs t,.5pdsf.25. Cattle. native steers
s.. Snf,o.io: Western. sJ2atsGo; COVE and
hefcrs. s3;.tiI 81. n: calves. }s.:ja&fi % Sheep
lower; sheep. s5.:aussp: yearlings. ss.iJ:,
SI.22: iarnbs. SC..lM ~.
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PETERSBURG PEANUT MARKET

J.eportci by Roberts. pIimnicr & CO.. Inc,
'pETERSBCRG, VA. Novenber cs.--Spon-
ish: F#rmcrs' stock--MaEkct. steady AT
.tlc per bushci. Nirsiniens: Farmers stock
Market steady. Fancy Jumbo S,sc per
pound: fancy hand picked, 3i.c per pound :;
extra primo. &c 10 3i.c per pound; she'll
Ing aioc,i. &c To 2ltc peE pound
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NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK, November 2s.-Raw sugar
Easy; molasses, 1856; centrifugal, 4ol: re.
lined, steady. Butter. unsettled. Cheese
|,toady and unchanged. Spot coffee steady;
|faio ~. 6Ac: Santos As, lOc.
The cottonseed oil market was frmcr ON
CONTINUED buying for speculative accoun,
oaBed on the strength in crude, and cvi.
iences OF a broadening trade. closing UNI
hanged to points net higher.
The market closed firm. Spot, 5.Sl5pG. ii
!Occember. 5.9la5.9s: January, 606d6.VS: Feb.
|-uary, 6i7G6is; March. 6.3l@6.33: April 63g
[I6.i9; May. 6.4sIG.Jo; June. 6.5IG6.62. Total
|.ales, 1890 barrels. -
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Potatoes. Irish. por bag.

Potatoes. Irish. por bag....... @1@
Ds' 'MARKB; i :. cc;oHSpiitriioNs.
The receipts OF chckens and hens continue
q prices Quoted ted TarNeys s"s ra.h ss
liberal: market active. Eggs-Receipt. con-
d!tion. Rabbits--Very active. with favor
able weather. also whole deer. veals. hogs
and cattle In good demand; market in good
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BUND LIST

Nisnttr Coast Line, ist is lbId,...... S.Is
Nudntic Coast Linc-L. & y. is tot
lt"his"n ......,.........-......... 80.
ih"sapeake and Ohio conv. i,as......... 6s
'isgctt 81 Mycra - tbidj.................. ~.
.Isgeit q; Myers ,s........................ ~
..or,uprd Company Observation-Disclosures. a1ts
'.oriiard Company IH...,..................i III
Ncr. Marine ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, ..
sonboaru Air Line adj. Ss.................. i.
ioutnern facinc. COW. 4s................ ~.
ioutnern halfway Observation-Disclosures. s.
Souinerp gltah~ay 5s....... ................ os;S
jnttan states Stcc!, md bs......-.s.,.... ga
'irEfiua ltaiiway ana rover CO. 5s.... 81
- ~
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RAILROADS
Norfolk & Western Railway
ONLY ALL Rail. LINE TO NORFOLK
Gchsdula In Enact MAY 10 1914

ONLY ALL Rail. LINE TO NORFOLK
Schedule In Effect Nav 10. 1914.
Leave Byrd street Station. Richmond. For
NORFOLK: $500 A. NJ. $500 p. A.. H:il
z; Fo 81 LrHcHBuno AND THE WEST:
te:i5 A. NJ. 1870 A. NJ. $500 p. M. $3.50 p. NJ
Arrive Richmond from Norfolk: .n:to A.
~. 's:35 p. NJ, .u;2o P, 81. From tho west:
$3.50 A.. NJ. t2:io p. ~. ai:+o P. NJ. 's:'s p.
DAILY. :Daiiy except Sunday. isunday
w b. BEviLL. w. C. SAUNDERS.
p. T. NJ. Roanoke g. P. A. Roanoke
9. II. BOSLEY. d. p. A. Richmond. Va.
sEABoARD AIR LINE RAILWAY.
'.rhe Progressive Railway of tho South
4 Sbuthbould trains scheduled to leave Rich
mond daily: 500 A. n. Local to Norlina. i:a,
T.. NJ. sieepers and coaches Atlanta. Biz
minghnn. jacksonville: io:45 p. NJ. sleeper
to Hamlet and coaches to Atlanta and B,r-
minghnm: 1915 a. NJ. sleepers. Atlanta. Bir-
ming ham. Memphis. JRcksonvillc. Tampa
and coaches Jacksonville.
Northbound trains scheduled to arrive In
Richmond daily: 5:65 a. M. 500 A. NJ, sos
P. NJ. 6.45 r. NJ. Local
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nn,ile paper lS4ah. sterling exchange
,.aay; hiN,y-'lny bi,ir, si.sGj9: FOR cables
islS: for demand. tsol: bar silver. 49, !;
/ Nchanges. s.rs.:..s.s: Ua.anccs fiG5s,.ii:; eA,
hahges for the week. kl,.iasitI.i; bli-
1nuta Tor INC week. {,s 97st;i.
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LOCAL MARKET QUOTATIONS.

|tFurpished by Levy Commission Co., COM
mission Merchants. Richmond. vaD
Richmond, Va, November o. 1914.
ACTUAL WiiulEsALE 0UOFATI0Ns ON
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-29

Members paying %
cents n week, fixed,
for nifty weeks. get
$3.50
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Members starting with
o cents and increas-
ing 5 cents for each
week for fifty weeks
get .S83.75
Members starting with
$3.50 and decreasing
o cents eaoh week
for fifty weeks get
scars
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-21
ASSESSMENTS MADE ON
PUBLIC CORPORATIONS
Comnission Fixes Taxes on Telephone,
Telegraph, Express. Steamboat
and Steamship Companies.
Clerk Richard T.. Wilson. of the State

Clerk Richard T, Wilson. of the State
Corporation Commission. yesterday af-
ternoon gave out "A statement sum
marizing the work of the commission
in making assessments of the telc =
phone, telegraph, express. steamboat.
steamship and sleeping car companies
for the year 1914.
Telephone and telegraph co,h'ba .
show an increase in propert%'-vafue of
S33S,06l.3l and AN increase in State tax
of S4,952.0l' over the year 1913
While the property values OF express
companies show q decrease of SS,i77.
the State tax increased S15i.9T, OH ac-
count of increased mileage. The de-
crease in value was accustomed by dis
position OF property In Richmond by
the Southern Express Company valued
at $4,000. so that there really was Il
small increase in other portions OF the
state.
Steamboat and steamship companies
show an increase in property values of
STi,S06, and an increase in State tax of
S344.40.
The Pullman Company shows an in
crease of SIS over the previous year
occasioned by the extension of Pullman
service over thirty-nine miles of road
dHrinS the year, the tax paid by sleep
iifE car companies being 50 per mile OF
line operated.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-21
CONVICTS RECAPTURED
Regulations Issued for Escaped Pris-
OncrA Under Arrest In Other Stntcs.

Two escaped convicts from the Vir-
ginia Penitentiary. who have been re-
captured in other States, are to be. re-
turned TO the state prison. ReQuisitionS
FOR them We're issued yesterday from
the Office of Governor Stuart
one of the rccapturcd convicts is J.
~ i'lastcrs. twice convicted of felony.
who was serving two years for Digamy
and three years for forgery. Plasters
was received AT the prison from Floyd
County He effected his escape while
working with u convict gang in Pitt
sylNahia County February II. and is
now in jail in Welsh. w Va. The requi-
SiuU on Governor Hatfield, OF West
virginia, VIII lie carried TO that State
by j. .. DoYen, 81 pcnitentiary guard,
who viii bring back the prisoner
The second rcquisition is on Cover
nor John NJ. station. of Gcorgiu for
the surrender OF Moore Richardson
now in Jail in Augusta. Richardson
was sentenced from the Circuit Court
Of Floyd comfy. where he was con
victed Of houscbrsakinE and his pun
ishment fixed at eight years in tho
penitentiary He was transferred to
the road forces, and made his escape
from gang az work in Charles City
County November IS, 1913. Hospital
Keeper S. r. Smith viii go TO tho
Cracker state to bring back the fugi-
tive convict,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-21
WOULD RESTORE BOOKS
TO LEES DESCENDANTS
Clarence III. LobdeII Writes to Cover
nor Stuart of Interesting
Volumes.

y Clarence Il. I-obdell, n citizen Of
copy OF Pierres Studies of Nature"
which he desires to present to some
member OF the Lee family in Virginia
us chief interest lies In the fact that
the book carries on Il nylcaf the auto
graph OF Charles Lambert Lee" The
volume was published in 1897, which
gives it added value as II specimen
Old Dominion.
Writing to Governor Stuart, Mr.. Lob
dell says:
81 have in my possession six volumes.
In excellent condition. of st. Pierre's
studies OF Nature, published in 1907,
which bear the autograph OF Charles
lambert Lee and his coat of arms,
with the Endorsement New College, OK,
ford
~ Imagine that they are quite val
liable. and that they ought to be in the
possession OF a direct descendant OF
CHARLES liauncelot Lee or the library of
the state OF Virginia. +.
II want TO present them to the one
that best deserves them, and write to
you to ask II YOU will help me to go
ABOUT II in the best way"
Governor Stuart will consult mem
bers of the Lee family before com
generous tender of the interesting pos
session will. no doubt, be accepted.