A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . lls its worshippers toprayer, and the communion serviceas well, which is yet carefully pre-served there, were given to the par-ish by Queen Anne. Governor Spotswood.— In 1710Alexander Spotswood came as gov-ernor to Virginia, where he wasdestined to remain for the rest ofhis life. For twelve years he wiselyand faithfully watched over the in-terest of the people, having their welfare at heart, andinaugurated many new enterprises for their good. His Enterprises.—He established furnaces for the man-ufacture of iron, and encouraged the planti
A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . lls its worshippers toprayer, and the communion serviceas well, which is yet carefully pre-served there, were given to the par-ish by Queen Anne. Governor Spotswood.— In 1710Alexander Spotswood came as gov-ernor to Virginia, where he wasdestined to remain for the rest ofhis life. For twelve years he wiselyand faithfully watched over the in-terest of the people, having their welfare at heart, andinaugurated many new enterprises for their good. His Enterprises.—He established furnaces for the man-ufacture of iron, and encouraged the planting of vine-yards and the cultivation of the grape. Having been ap-pointed postmaster-general for the colonies he establishedthe first post-offices, and mails were carried between Wil-liamsburg and Philadelphia in eight or ten days. Spots-wood appointed a very well known American, BenjaminFranklin, postmaster for the province of Pennsylvania. Indian School.—Out of his own private means GovernorSpotswood equipped and supported a school for the edu-. ALRXANDER SPOTSWOOD- 90 History of Virginia and Virginians. cation and conversion of the Indians; and thither heoften went riding through the woods on horseback towatch over the welfare and progress of the young Indianstudents. Expedition to the Valley.—In August, 1716, he set outfrom Chelsea, the home of his son-in-law, Austin Moore, onthe Mattaponi River, upon the famous expedition withwhich his name has been associated, towards the Blue RidgeMountains. It was a gay and gallant company that jour-neyed with him, with a train of pack-horses and a reti-nue of servants. They went at their leisure, hunting
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