Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-12
Will Mark Site
on English Coast
Tablet at Blackwell to Comment
crate Voyaecrs Who Sailed
for jamestown in 1916
Bf MRS. }. TAYLOR ELI.YSON.
President Association for Preservation
or Virginia Antiuuitles.

The movement for the erection OF a
monument at Blackwell. England. TO
commemorate the voyagcrs OF 1906 who
sailed from that port on the good ships
Susan Constance. Godspeed and Dis
covery. and landed at jamestown May
IL. 1907. was inaugurated in til early
part OF 1914 by Barton Myers, OF Nor
lo!k Nr. Myers appeared on two oc-
casions before meetings of tho Associa-
ton for the Preservation Of Virginia
Antiquities, and advocated the erection
Oh an imposing memorial at Blackwell.
inc proposition was received with
enthusiasm. and the president was In
structcd 10 appoint q committee, TO no
known as the Blackwell monument
committee OF the Association for the
Preservation OF Virginia Antiquities
1t was composed OF the following mem
bers Of the association: William G.
Stanard, Barton Myers. Governor
iienrE Carter Stuart. Lieutenant
Governor j. Taylor Ellyson. Philip
Alexander Bruce. Fairfax Harrison,
George W. stevens. Thomas p. Bryan.
Morgan i. Robinson. Mrs George l..
Christian, Mrs w. j. Thomas Mrs. j.
Arthur LEROY, Mrs George Cor
Z w
Astor. Preliminary TO calling :: meet
| ing OF this committee Mr.. Stanard, as
chairman. immediately wrote to Mr..
; Bruce. resident Of London, and a
member OF the Association for the
! Prescrva ton OF Virginia iAntiquities.
I TO visit Blackwell ana ascertain If IL
would be atting place 10 erect
! monument, and. If so. would X be pos
sIpie 10 gain permission OF the au-
thorities 10 90 so. II was necessary 10
nave THIS Information before the COM
inittee could take any action.
On August 3. 1914. MIR. Bruce wrote
me that he had sent 10 Mr. Stanard n
very full report OF all that he had been
able 20 accomplish Individually in the
matter of the Blaclewall memorial. and
( that the report was accompanied by
all the correspondence he had lie
wrote that he also had forwarded to
Mir Stanard a large map OF the Hack
wall district, which will give the COM
mittee visual impression OF the pro-
posed site for the monument
Mr.. Bruce visited tho Blackwell River
front in company with the Borough
engineer and made Il personal inspec-
tion OF the ground, and feels assured
that the authorities OF the Port Of Lon
a
mitted 10 the committee shall be one
suitable TO the esplanade of the Black
wall pier Just at thia time tho war
with Germany began. The movement
was arrested at once, the committee
was never called to meet. and the above
report has never been considered by
II or by the association
In private conversation, Mr.. Myers
suggested TO me that Virginia granite
/ monument would he n suitable me-
mortal In my annual report of jan
uarY. 1915, / recognize the splendid
, work OF the Colonial Danes in the
state OF Virginia, which erected two
exquisite stained-giass windows In St.
Georges Church, Gravesend, England,
TO Princess Pocahontas, who Is buried
there. the first memorial ever placed
IN our mother country by Virginia I
followed this by expressing the hone
that our association would follow this
splendid example by placing q Virginia
granite monument at Blackwall Eng
land, with tablets placed on it's four
sides, which will relate the history OF
the embarking OF the Colonists who
landed at Jamestown in 1907 Whether
IL snail he surmounted by 4 command
ing figure. which all would consider
most appropriate, is for the future de
termination or the association
feel confident that the association.
which has done so much to preserve
Virginia history in the past. Will meas
rre up TO this great responsibility
when the time comes to act
Up TO this time, the assistance Of
other patriotic organizations have not
been asked.