. Historic Virginia homes and churches . head of a shady avenue,also within the S(iuare—the governors mansion—a serene,dignified and beautiful, but unostentatious Virguiia of the historv of Virginia lias been made withnithe walls of this old Capitol. The Hall of the House ofDelegates, especially, teems with associations. ^Vithin thishall at least a part of the celebrated trial of Aaron Burrwas held; witliin it met tl)e famous Constitutional Con- GOVERNORS MANSION, RICHMOND vention of 1829-1830, of which :Madison, ^lonroe, ]Mar-shall, John Randolph and many other eminent men of thetim
. Historic Virginia homes and churches . head of a shady avenue,also within the S(iuare—the governors mansion—a serene,dignified and beautiful, but unostentatious Virguiia of the historv of Virginia lias been made withnithe walls of this old Capitol. The Hall of the House ofDelegates, especially, teems with associations. ^Vithin thishall at least a part of the celebrated trial of Aaron Burrwas held; witliin it met tl)e famous Constitutional Con- GOVERNORS MANSION, RICHMOND vention of 1829-1830, of which :Madison, ^lonroe, ]Mar-shall, John Randolph and many other eminent men of thetime were members; within it met the Secession Con-vention of 1861; and within it, during the war that fol-lowed, were held the sessions of the Confederate after the Revolution, Houdon, the most famoussculptor of the time, came from Paris to ^Nlount Vernon forthe purpose of making a statue of General ^ masterpiece of jjortraiture in white marble, declaredby Lafayette to be a facsimile of Washingtons person,. STATE CAPITOL, RICHMOND
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