Historic shrines of America; being the story of one hundred and twenty historic buildings and the pioneers who made them notable . ST. JOHN S CHUKCH, KICHMOND, VA. Photo by H. P. CookSee page 266. NELSON HorSE, YORKTOWN, VA. Photo by H. P. CookSee page 270 HOMES AND HAUNTS OF THE CAVALIERS 263 Imving appointed us to agree with and undertake tobuild the same, we do hereby give notice that we shallmeet at Mr. Hays (the Raleigh Tavern) on Tuesday,the 4th of April, to let the building thereof; we are alsoappointed to dispose of the present court-house, and theground on which the same stands. James
Historic shrines of America; being the story of one hundred and twenty historic buildings and the pioneers who made them notable . ST. JOHN S CHUKCH, KICHMOND, VA. Photo by H. P. CookSee page 266. NELSON HorSE, YORKTOWN, VA. Photo by H. P. CookSee page 270 HOMES AND HAUNTS OF THE CAVALIERS 263 Imving appointed us to agree with and undertake tobuild the same, we do hereby give notice that we shallmeet at Mr. Hays (the Raleigh Tavern) on Tuesday,the 4th of April, to let the building thereof; we are alsoappointed to dispose of the present court-house, and theground on which the same stands. James Cock, JohnCarter, James Carter, John Tazewell. The building displaced by the new structure waserected in 1716 by William Levington, and was givento the city in 1745 by the Gentlemen subscribers forthe Play House. The stone steps on the new building, which are stillin use, were brought from England in 1772. A copyof the letter in which William Wilson acknowledgedtheir receipt is in a letter book preserved in the libraryof the Episcopal Seminary, near Alexandria. During the Revolution, the patriots were called to-gether, from time to time, by the bell in the picturesquetower. It was fitting
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