The magazine of American history with notes and queries . stock-ing. She thought there was something in learn from these pages nothing of the ob-stacles which arose afterward to be overcome be-fore the contract to build the Monitor could beobtained—and which appear in a letter fromMr. Bushnell himself in another part of thisnumber of the Magazine. Mr. Lincolns devel-opment into a great leader of men was so inti-mately connected with the circumstances of thetime, that no study of his personality can be ad-vantageously considered apart from his publicwork, which called into exercise all th
The magazine of American history with notes and queries . stock-ing. She thought there was something in learn from these pages nothing of the ob-stacles which arose afterward to be overcome be-fore the contract to build the Monitor could beobtained—and which appear in a letter fromMr. Bushnell himself in another part of thisnumber of the Magazine. Mr. Lincolns devel-opment into a great leader of men was so inti-mately connected with the circumstances of thetime, that no study of his personality can be ad-vantageously considered apart from his publicwork, which called into exercise all the highestand noblest impulses of his nature. ANNOUNCEMENT.—The sketch of Gen-eral Nathaniel Lyon, by Dr. William A. Ham-mond, announced for February, has been un-avoidably postponed until March. The Magazinewill publish an article in an early issue on the Printing Press in America, illustrative of itsgrowth, improvement, and present or two articles of moment in connection withour late war are also in active preparation forfuture KING CHARLES THE FIRST. As he sat be/ore the High Court of Justice. MAGAZINE OF AMERICAN HISTORY Vol. XIII MARCH, 1885 No. 3 THE FAIRFAXES OF YORKSHIRE AND VIRGINIA ONE of the most famous families of England and America is that whichbears the name of Fairfax. From the earliest times of which there isany record its principal English home has been in the Ainsty of York, thecountry between the old city and Tadcaster, bounded by the rivers Ouse,Wharfe, and Nidd. The name is Saxon, and—as old Fuller explains—means fair hair, either bright in color, or comely from the plenty R. Markham, in his Life of the Great Lord Fairfax, says theoriginal seat of the family was at Walton, near Thorparch, where it com-manded a view of the valley of the Wharfe. Thence the scions of thisgrand old house went forth to seek fortune and distinction in the courtsand camps of their own and other nations. For centuries the senior branch
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