This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ...His biographer, --a choice entirely inexplicable--in the American Statesmen Series, says of his mother, that she was endowed with those thoroughly feminine traits, piety and family pride. In a letter written after her death, her son tells of a thunderstorm which threw him, as a child, into such a fright that she drew ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ...His biographer, --a choice entirely inexplicable--in the American Statesmen Series, says of his mother, that she was endowed with those thoroughly feminine traits, piety and family pride. In a letter written after her death, her son tells of a thunderstorm which threw him, as a child, into such a fright that she drew him to her and told him how God was watching over him; and then he speaks with bitter reproach of the man who (to comfort him, apparently) explained the phenomenon scientifically. This letter was doubtless written during one of those periods of religious anxiety, which not infrequently visited him. Naturally, being a Virginian, he inherited the trait of family pride. In his commonplacebook--preserved in the archives containing many other memorials of him--along with lists of horses, which he dearly loved; of slaves whom he manumitted; daily records of the weather and briefest note of each day's happenings--how many partridges killed, who came into dinner, etc., --are recorded bits of genealogical data, notes of visits to the homes and tombs of his English ancestors, and mention of those of his immediate connection. And here, with a harsh word sometimes, shines a gleam of tenderness. Cawsons, his birthplace, the seat of his maternal grandfather, Theodrick Bland, situated at the conjunction of the James and Appomattox rivers, near the present village of City Point, was, long ago, destroyed by fire. In 1814, he wrote to Francis Key, author of "Star Spangled Banner."--"A few days ago, I returned from a visit to my birthplace, the seat of my ancestors on one side, the spot where my dear and honored mother was given in marriage, and where I was ushered into this world of woe. The sight of the broad waters seemed to renovate me. I was tos...
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