. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . sued theplates of John Boydells Shakespeare Gallery,and bought those of the Musee Francaise, but,as the government refused to remit the heavy im-port duty, they were returned to France. SPOTSWOOD, Alexander, governor of Vir-ginia, b. in Tangier. Africa, in 1676; d. in An-napolis, 7 June, 1740. He was bred to armsfrom an early age, served under the Duke of Marl-borough, was dangerously wounded at Blenheim,and became deputy quartermaster-general. He wasthen appointed governor of Virginia and arrivedthere in June, 1710, bringing with him as a
. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . sued theplates of John Boydells Shakespeare Gallery,and bought those of the Musee Francaise, but,as the government refused to remit the heavy im-port duty, they were returned to France. SPOTSWOOD, Alexander, governor of Vir-ginia, b. in Tangier. Africa, in 1676; d. in An-napolis, 7 June, 1740. He was bred to armsfrom an early age, served under the Duke of Marl-borough, was dangerously wounded at Blenheim,and became deputy quartermaster-general. He wasthen appointed governor of Virginia and arrivedthere in June, 1710, bringing with him as a peaceoffering the writ of habeas corpus, which hithertohad been withheld from the province. The satis-faction with which this was received by the peopleand the evident necessity of such a protectionturned his attention to the condition of their laws,and he introduced reforms in the constitution, inthe general administration of justice, and in thecharacter of the revenue laws and the collection oftaxes, receiving the co-operation of the assembly. and the approval of the people, while the burgess-es voted £2,000 to build him \\ palace. In theM-cond year of his administration the house of bur-gesses refused to provide the means that he askedfor repelling the invasion of the French fromCanada, and he therefore requested the homegovernment for as-sistance. Virginiaalso refused to con-cur with his propo-sals for the dis-charge of the pub-lic debt, but, not-withstanding thesedifferences, his pop-ularity was undi-minished for exerted himselfin behalf of Will-iam and Mary col-lege, assisted inraising a large fundfor its support andin restoring thebuilding that hadbeen burned sever-al years before hisarrival, established a school for the education of In-dian children, insisted on rigid economy in the offi-ces under his control, and supported every measurethat was conducive to the general prosperity. Hewas the first to explore the Appalachian expedition, which last
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