. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . AFTER A CRAYON DRAWING BY SAINT MEMIN. COPYRIGHT, 1889, BY THOMAS MARSHALL SMITH. A FAMOUS RICHMOiND Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States. CHAPTER VII. A FAMOUS OLD CAPITAL Richmond on the James — A City Set <r*n a Hill--Relics and Reminders—A Jeffersonian Atmosphere — No Sectionalism in Heroism. HE young people were delighted with Richmond. As, earlyin the morning, the best time to see any place to advan-tage, they rode about the famous old capital from one his-toric point
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . AFTER A CRAYON DRAWING BY SAINT MEMIN. COPYRIGHT, 1889, BY THOMAS MARSHALL SMITH. A FAMOUS RICHMOiND Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States. CHAPTER VII. A FAMOUS OLD CAPITAL Richmond on the James — A City Set <r*n a Hill--Relics and Reminders—A Jeffersonian Atmosphere — No Sectionalism in Heroism. HE young people were delighted with Richmond. As, earlyin the morning, the best time to see any place to advan-tage, they rode about the famous old capital from one his-toric point to another, they were quite ready to echo DanielWebsters verdict, Truly, the city hath a pleasant seat. Daniel Webster? exclaimed Bert. Why, I thought that was Shak-spere — in Macbeth. Quite right, Mr. Scholar, replied Uncle Tom, who had made the quo-tation ; only Shakspere says castle, you know, and Daniel Webster had away of making pat applications of familiar quotations. And it applied here,dont you think ? I should say it did, returned Bert, who seemed specially impressed withthe commanding position of the city. Why, he continued, I had noidea Richmond was so high up. No wonder it took our soldiers four yearsto get it. I 11 bet if the South had been
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