A history of Virginia for boys and girls . ^ The main street,called Duke of Gloucester Street, runs east andwest. It is about a hundred feet wide and onemile long. At the west end stands William andMary College. At the east end stood, for manyyears, the capitol — the building in which theHouse of Burgesses met and where the business THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY 8i of the colonial government centered. There inthe ground to-day one may trace the foundationsof the old building. A small monument marksthe spot. From 1698 to 1780 Williamsburg was thecapital of Virginia. Until 1705, when the capit
A history of Virginia for boys and girls . ^ The main street,called Duke of Gloucester Street, runs east andwest. It is about a hundred feet wide and onemile long. At the west end stands William andMary College. At the east end stood, for manyyears, the capitol — the building in which theHouse of Burgesses met and where the business THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY 8i of the colonial government centered. There inthe ground to-day one may trace the foundationsof the old building. A small monument marksthe spot. From 1698 to 1780 Williamsburg was thecapital of Virginia. Until 1705, when the capitol. WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE, MAIN BUILDING was finished, the House of Burgesses met in thecollege building. This shows how closely thecollege and the colonial government were asso-ciated. Governor Nicholson did much to help thecollege, though after a time he quarreled fiercelywith Rev. Mr. Blair. The latter was first presi- 82 A HISTORY OF VIRGINIA dent of the college and served as such for fiftyyears. At first, and for many years thereafter,young Indians were taught in some of thedepartments of William and Mary. They weretrained to do missionary work among their ownpeople. Three early Presidents of the United Stateswere students of William and Mary were Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe,and John Tyler. John Marshall, the famouschief justice of the United States Supreme Court,also studied law there. In old Williamsburgsuch men as Alexander Spotswood, Patrick Henry,George Washington, George Mason, GeorgeWythe, and Richard Henry Lee were familiarfigures. It was from William and M
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