. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . volutionary and Civil War times,the State Library ; then, passing around CapitolSquare, they located the various State offices ofthe defunct Confederacy, had a look at the gov-ernors mansion in the park, and visited the White House of the Confederacy — the housein which Jefferson Davis had lived during thewar. They saw the house of Chief-Justice Mar-shall, now old and time-worn. They saw onMain street the roomy old Allan mansion, inwhich Edgar Allan Poe lived as a boy. They,stood, as you alrea
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . volutionary and Civil War times,the State Library ; then, passing around CapitolSquare, they located the various State offices ofthe defunct Confederacy, had a look at the gov-ernors mansion in the park, and visited the White House of the Confederacy — the housein which Jefferson Davis had lived during thewar. They saw the house of Chief-Justice Mar-shall, now old and time-worn. They saw onMain street the roomy old Allan mansion, inwhich Edgar Allan Poe lived as a boy. They,stood, as you already know, in the very pew inold St. Johns Church from which Patrick Henrydeclared for liberty or death; they saw that later church, with the needle-like spire, where Davis received word from Lee that the cause was lost andRichmond must be evacuated; they visited the Monumental Church,erected on the site of the dreadful Richmond theater fire of 1811 ; theyadmired Richmond College standing in its attractive grounds near to theLee monument; they located, as far as possible, the notable battle spots. OLD STOVE IN STATE CAPITOL. IIO THE CENTURY BOOK OF FAMOUS AMERICANS
Size: 1162px × 2151px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectstatesmen, bookyear18
