. Westmoreland County, Virginia : parts I and II : a short chapter and bright day in its history. nigh hither: put offthy shoes from off thy feet; for the placenuhereon thou standest is holy ground. —Exodus, Chap, iii, v. 5. ^^ Richmond, Virginia: WHITTET & SHEPPERSON, PRINTERS. 1912 cm Author % DEDICATION TO MY WIFE WHO NEVER FORCIETS ME. The symphony of a grand fiasi is indeed heard when the hand of memory siveeps 07er such golden strings. INTRODUCTION, The history of a people is, often, best preserved by their lawsand civic institutions; and nothing adds more to the true glory ofa nation th
. Westmoreland County, Virginia : parts I and II : a short chapter and bright day in its history. nigh hither: put offthy shoes from off thy feet; for the placenuhereon thou standest is holy ground. —Exodus, Chap, iii, v. 5. ^^ Richmond, Virginia: WHITTET & SHEPPERSON, PRINTERS. 1912 cm Author % DEDICATION TO MY WIFE WHO NEVER FORCIETS ME. The symphony of a grand fiasi is indeed heard when the hand of memory siveeps 07er such golden strings. INTRODUCTION, The history of a people is, often, best preserved by their lawsand civic institutions; and nothing adds more to the true glory ofa nation than narratives of its wise and impartial administrationof justice. The fame of the Areopagus survived the military gloryof Athens; and while the battle of Marathon, the passage of theHellespont and the victory of Salamis were treated as fables atRome,* the memory of the Grecian Laws still lived in the twelvetables of the Capital of the —Preface to fourth volumeCalls (Va.) Reports. * Liv. lib. 28, 43; Juv. sat. XI., 174 etc. f Adamss Antiq: ICC- 5 Gibb. Rom. Emp. 308. PART From painting by Col. Trumbull. Washington Westmoreland County, Virginia. I. Westmoreland Called The Athens of Virginia. A. Pleasant and Noted Day at Monteoss, the County Addresses by Lawrence Washington, Eev,Eandolph Harrison McKim, D. D., ,AND Rev, George Wm. Beale, D. D. Westmoreland county, Virginia, was taken from the oldercolony of Northumberland by an Act of the Grand Assembly/July, 1653. Westmoreland has been called The Athens of Virginia. Someof the most renowned men of this country have been born withinher borders. Among these may be mentioned Washington, EiehardHenry Lee, and his three brothers—Thomas, Francis and Arthur:General Henry Lee, Monroe, and the late Buslirod Washington. President Monroe was born at the head of Monroes , situated upon the Potomac, now in ruins, was once theresidence of Eiehard Henry Lee. Upon the same stream, a fewmiles
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