Laird & Lee's guide to historic Virginia and the Jamestown centennial ..Full statistics and itinerary .. . the interior remodeled. The Capitol of the Confederacy.—Located on CapitolSquare. This venerable structure has been entirely remodeled and massivewings have been addedto it on both stone steps leadup to its portals, pre-senting one of the finestState Houses in thecountry. Many interesting relicsare preserved here,among them the Speak-ers Chair of the Houseof Burgesses at Wil-liamsburg, used whenPatrick Henry made hiscelebrated speech, Ifthis be treason—Georgethe Third can ma
Laird & Lee's guide to historic Virginia and the Jamestown centennial ..Full statistics and itinerary .. . the interior remodeled. The Capitol of the Confederacy.—Located on CapitolSquare. This venerable structure has been entirely remodeled and massivewings have been addedto it on both stone steps leadup to its portals, pre-senting one of the finestState Houses in thecountry. Many interesting relicsare preserved here,among them the Speak-ers Chair of the Houseof Burgesses at Wil-liamsburg, used whenPatrick Henry made hiscelebrated speech, Ifthis be treason—Georgethe Third can make themost of Colonial relic is the old stove presented tothe House of Burgesses by Lord Botetourt, Governorof Virginia. It was made in London in 1770 byBuzaglo, a celebrated stovemaker of that period, andwas called by him a warming machine. Before itwas completed the Governor died, but his heirs andexecutor, the Duke of Beaufort, carried out his pur-pose and forwarded it to the Colony. Capitol Square.—At one corner of the square standsan old-fashioned building surmounted by a cupola,. SPEAKERS CHAIR, HOUSEOF BURGESSES. 103 called the Bell Tower. From this tower, the Con-federates surveyed the surrounding country on thelookout for the approach of Federal troops. Oppositethe State House is anexquisite life size eques-trian statue of Washington, whowas born in Virginia in1732 and died at , Va., Dec. 14,1799. In the center courtof the State House isanother beautiful mar-ble statue of Washing-ton done by the noted,sculptor, Houdon, saidto be the only one madeof this famous soldier,patriot and statesmanfrom life. So lifelike isit that the tourist standsentranced, waiting al-most for the marble fig-ure to move. It is saidthat France has offeredthe City of Richmond$100,000 for this almostpriceless work. The Home of E. Lee.—Now oc-
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