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Archibald Stuart spent the greater part of the next two years in the study of law with Mr. Jefferson. After he had completed his course of reading he returned to the residence of his father, in Rockbridge county, with a view to conference with his friends as to his future set- tlement in life. Some of them thought that it would be advisable for him to become a candidate for a seat in the House of Delegates at the election which was then near at hand. The elections were then, and continued for half a century later, to be held on the first day of the
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county courts of April in the respective counties. The April term of the County Court of Rockbridge was then, and I believe still continues to be, held on the Monday before the first Tuesday in April, and all the votes were cast at the court-house. In compliance with the wishes of his friends he became a candidate, but was defeated by a majority of thirteen votes.
On the day after the election he was requested by his father to go to Botetourt county to close some matters of unsettled business which be had with Colonel George Skillern, who resided about two miles from Pattonsburg. Accordingly, on Wednesday, he went to the residence of Colonel Skillern, and on the following day closed up the business which was the object of his visit, so as to enable him to return to his father's on Friday, according to his original plan.
In the mean time an invitation had been sent to him, as the guest of Colonel Skillern, to attend a barbecue to be held on Friday at Pattons- burg. At the urgent solicitation of Colonel Skillern he consented to remain and attend the festival, at which it was expected most of the leading gentlemen of the county would be present.
During the progress of the entertainment a toast was offered in honor of the soldiers of the Revolutionary War, and Archibald Stuart was called on to respond to it. This he did at some length, and apparently to the satisfaction of his audience, to whom he was a stranger. Many inquiries were made about him, and it having been made known that he was the son of Major Alexander Stuart, who had commanded the Valley regiment at Guilford, and that he had left William and Mary College some weeks in advance of the battle to join the army, and had himself actively participated in the fight, the favorable impression made by his speech was strengthened; and some one having referred to the fact that he had been defeated as a candidate for the Legislature in Rockbridge on the preceding Monday, it was suggested that the people of Botetourt should elect him as one of their delegates at the election to be held on the following Monday. The suggestion was promptly adopted, and a committee appointed to wait on Mr. Stuart and communicate to him their wishes and invite him to be a candidate. This action was wholly unexpected by him, and after thanking them for their kind wishes he was obliged to decline their offer, on the ground that he was ineligible for Botetourt, not being a freeholder in the county. Colonel Skillern, who was a man of wealth, promptly replied that he was prepared to remove that objection by conveying to Mr. Stuart a small house and lot which he owned in Fincastle. The proposition was finally accepted, and all the arrangements perfected, and at the close of the barbecue the gentlemen who had been present returned to their homes prepared to announce to their neighbors that Mr. Stuart would be a candidate for a seat in the House of Delegates from Botetourt at the election to be held on the following Monday.
He remained as the guest of Colonel Skillern, who was an old friend of his father, but on Monday morning he appeared at Fincastle, and
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the deed from Colonel Skillern to him having been deposited in the clerk's office which made him eligible, he was regularly announced as a candidate for the House of Delegates from Botetourt county, and proceeded to address the large crowd, which, attracted by the novelty of the circumstances, had assembled at the court-house, on the political topics of the day, and at the close of the polls he was announced as one of those duly elected.
Thus it happened that the young man who had left his father's house a week before a defeated candidate for the House of Delegates for Rockbridge county, returned a ' delegate-elect " for Botetourt.
These events occurred in April, 1783. In the progress of that year Archibald Stuart removed to Staunton, which presented many induce- ments to a young man who proposed to follow the profession of law. By diligence and energy he soon acquired a large and lucrative practice. As proof of the activity and industry which he displayed in the pursuit of his profession, I can refer to the fact that, in addition to what may be called his "home practice " in Augusta and the adjacent, he was a regular attendant on what were then called the "district courts," held at New London, Abingdon, the Sweet Springs, and Rockingham.
He represented Botetourt in the session of the General Assembly in the winter of 1783-'S4, and was re-elected and served the same county in the sessions of 1784 .'85 and 1785-'86.
In 1786 he was elected and served as a delegate from Augusta ; was re-elected in 1787. In 1788 he was elected a member of the conven- tion of Virginia which ratified the Constitution of the United States. He was probably the youngest member of that body, as he had barely completed his thirty-first year when he took his seat in it. There he was brought into association with Edmund Pendleton, President, Patrick Henry, George Mason, James Madison, Edmund Randolph, John Marshall, James Monroe, George Nicholas, and many other of the distinguished men of Virginia.
In the presence of men like these, who had inaugurated and con- ducted the movement for independence, he very properly declined to participate in the debates. and was content to remain an attentive and delighted listener to the marvellous displays of wisdom, logic, and eloquence which were made by those who were justly regarded as the fathers of the Republic.
After the close of the session of the Convention Archibald Stuart declined a re-election to any public office, with a view to devote his whole time to his profession. There were other family reasons which concurred in leading him to this conclusion. His father, who was advanced in life, had met with some heavy losses in consequence of a partnership into which he had unfortunately entered. He was, there- fore, unable to give to his two younger sons, Alexander and James, the same opportunities of education which he had extended to Archibald. He had been educated at Liberty Hall Academy, which afforded a fine course of instruction. They were both young men of energy and
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ability, and, stimulated by the success of their brother in the law, evinced a strong desire to adopt the same profession. This fact having been made known to Archibald Stuart, he promptly invited them to come to Staunton and take positions in his office, and study law under his supervision and instruction. A similar invitation was given by him to his cousin, John Hall. These invitations were grate- fully accepted, and in due season these three young men became installed as law-students in the office of Archibald Stuart. They all proved to be diligent students, and all successful men in after life.
John Hall settled in North Carolina, where, after a distinguished career at the bar, he was elected Judge of the circuit or district court, and, after a service of some years in that court, he was promoted to the bench of the Supreme Court of that State, where he gained still higher distinction as an able and upright judge.
After Alexander Stuart had completed his course of study of law in . the office of his brother in Staunton he removed to Campbell county, where he commenced the practice of his profession. Not long after- wards he was elected a member of the Executive Council of the State and removed to Richmond, where he resided for some years. About this time (but the writer has no information as to the date) he married Miss Ann Dabney, a near relation of the late Chiswell Dabney, of Lynchburg; and when a territorial government was established in Illinois, he was appointed United States Judge for the territory, and settled in Kaskaskia. But, the climate proving unfavorable for the health of his family, he returned to Virginia. Subsequently he removed to Missouri, where he owned valuable real estate, and con- tinued to be a resident of that State until his death, in December, 1832. During his residence there he served as District Judge of the United States, and occupied other positions of honor and responsibility. Two of his children by his first wife (Miss Dabney) survived him- viz., a son, Archibald, and a daughter, Anne. Anne married Judge James Ewell Brown, of Wythe county, Virginia. Archibald Stuart studied law and settled in Patrick county, Virginia, where he became eminent as a lawyer and politician. He represented Patrick county at different times in the House of Delegates, in the Senate of Virginia, in the Congress of the United States, and in the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829-'30 and 1850-'51. He married Miss Elizabeth Pannil and reared a large family of sons and daughters. Two of his sons, in after life, attained peculiar eminence in their respective voca- tions-viz., William Alexander Stuart as one of the most enterprising and successful business men of the State, and General James Ewell Brown Stuart, who is generally recognized to have been the most brilliant and successful cavalry officer of the late war between the States.
James Stuart, after obtaining his license to practice law, removed to one of the southern counties of Virginia (Pittsylvania), commenced his professional career, and soon afterwards married a lady named
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Stockton. The result of this marriage was a large family of children. For many years he was successful as a lawyer, but finally he was over- taken by disease which impaired his mind to such an extent as to dis- qualify him for the pursuit of his profession. The family then removed to Mississippi, where they established themselves in good social posi- tion, and their descendants are now to be found in various parts of the State. During the late civil war two young men, the grandsous of James Stuart, who had won for themselves great distinction at the University of Mississippi, came to Virginia with the troops of that State. In consequence of their scientific attainments they were assigned to duty in the signal department; but, when the hour of deadly conflict came, they were unable to restrain their military ardor, and rushed into the thickest of the fight and both were killed-one at the second battle of Manassas. and the other at Fredericksburg.
Passing from this digression from the regular line of narrative-which the writer thought might be interesting to collateral branches of the family connected with Archibald Stuart-he now returns to the con- sideration of the principal events connected with the subsequent career of Archibald Stuart.
On the 4th of May, 1791, Archibald Stuart was married to Eleanor Briscoe, second daughter of Colonel Gerard Briscoe, of Frederick county, Virginia. Colonel Briscoe was a Maryland gentleman, and had served in the Revolutionary War. He lived for many years in Montgomery county, near Rockville, Maryland, but having married Miss Margaret Baker, a Virginia lady, he subsequently removed to an estate which he owned near Winchester, Virginia, where he continued to reside during the residue of his life. After Archibald Stuart's marriage he withdrew from public life and devoted all his time to his professional business interests. But he still felt deep solicitude about the success of the new Federal Government, which he, as a member of the State Convention of 1788, nad aided in establishing.
It will be remembered that the Constitution of the United States seemed to contemplate the division of each State into "electoral dis- tricts," corresponding in number with the number of electoral votes which the State was entitled to cast, and the people of each district were allowed to choose their own elector. In the earlier presidential elections the counties of Augusta, Rockingham, and Shenandoah com- posed one electoral district.
The writer has not taken pains to inform himself who was elected from that district in the year 1788-'S9, when George Washington was first elected, but he has in his possession the original certificate of the election of Archibald Stuart as elector in that district at the second election. This paper is prepared and certified under the hands and seals of And. Shanklin, sheriff of Rockingham, Joseph Bell, sheriff of Augusta, and Jacob Steigal, deputy sheriff for Evan Jones, sheriff of Shenandoah county, dated 12th day of November, 1792. Under this
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certificate of his election Archibald Stuart qualified as a member of the Electoral College of Virginia and cast the vote of his district for George Washington at his second election in 1793.
It may be added that at each presidential election thereafter, up to and including the election of IS24, he was chosen a member of the Electoral College of Virginia, voting consecutively for Jefferson, Madi- son, Monroe, and William H. Crawford, of Georgia
In pursuance of a resolution of the General Assembly of Virginia, passed on the 25th of December, 1795, authorizing the Executive to appoint commissioners to ascertain the boundary line between the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of Kentucky, a commission was-
The manuscript of Mr. Stuart concludes as above. The com - missioners on the part of Virginia were Archibald Stuart, General Joseph Martin, and Creed Taylor ; and John Coburn, Robert Johnson, and Buckner Thruston on the part of Kentucky. Their report is embodied in "an act for confirming and estab- !ishing the boundary line between this State and the State of Kentucky, ascertained and fixed by certain commissions by both States, and for other purposes," passed by the Virginia Assembly January 13, 1800. (Shepherd's Continuation of Hening's Statutes, Vol. II, pages 234, et seq. )-EDITOR.
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INDEX.
Abolition of Slavery, I, 191, 309, 341 ; II. 277 ; efforts for, in Ken- tucky, II, 294.
A British American, Letters of, II, 218.
Academy, The Richmond (between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets), founding of, I, 67.
ADAMS, John, I, 177, 186, 214; II, 381 ; administration of, 294; ex- citement during the administra- tion of, 324. Colonel Richard, II, 373. Sarah, II, 373.
Admiralty of Virginia, Commis- sioners of the, I, 249.
Admission of States into the Union, I, 305. AGNEW, Rev. John, II. 47. "Airwell," II, 374.
ALEXANDER, D. D., Rev. A., I, vi ; II, 116, 327.
ALEXANDER, D. D., Rev. H. C., I, xiii.
ALEXANDER, Robert, II, 363.
Alien and Sedition Laws, discus-
· sion of, II, 243; vote on, 224, 292, 324.
ALLEN, II, 381.
Major Arthur, II, 381.
Rev. Cary, II, 52.
Colonel John, II, 381.
John, II, 16 226, 326, 366, 381, 382. Thomas. I, 7; II, 265.
AMBLER, Jaquelin, II, 210. Mary Willis, I, 177.
Amendments to the Federal Con- stitution, I, 225, 307, 317, 318, 320, 332, 334, 344; committee to pre- pare, 347, 350; vote on, 351 ; II, 38; Edmund Randolph's substi- tute for, 38, 183, 208, 231, 323.
American Philosophical Society, I. xix.
"Ampthill," II, 369.
ANDERSON, II, 254.
ANDRE, Major John, II, 356.
ANDREWS, Rev. Robert, II, 23, 329, 364.
Annapolis Convention, The, dele- gates to, I, 131, 144, 251; II, 34. 37, 70, 149. 153; circular propos- ing the, 166.
Apollo Tavern, The, II, 217.
Armed Neutrality, I, 187.
ARMISTEAD, Mary, I, 250 ; II, 265. Robert, II, 265. William, II, 171.
Army of the United States, Reduc- tion of the. II, 279.
Articles of the Confederation, I, 20, 29, 45, 49. 54. ARTHUR, Thomas, II, 364.
ASHTON, Burdet, II, 364. ATKINSON, Jane, II, 371.
Roger, II, 371.
Attainder, Act of. I, 122.
Augusta County, Va., exalted stat- ure of men from, I, 338 ; patriot- ism of, 338; Address from. Feb- ruary 22, 1775, 338; extension of limits of, II, 23.
Aurora newspaper, The, II, 246, ₹30. Ayes and Noes, when first ordered in a Virginia Convention, I, 344.
Bacon's Rebellion, II, 215 BACON, Sir Nicholas, I, 79. BAKER, Margaret, II, 391. Judge Richard H., II, 376. Richard H .. II, 376.
Baltimore, Md., trade of, fostered by Virginia legislation, II, 139. BALDWIN, Briscoe G., II, 15. Dr. Cornelius, II, 15. Bank of the United States, II, 280.
BANTE, II, 32.
Baptist Associations, memorial from, II, 100, 103; petition for
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use of Episcopal churches, 210; for sequestration of Episcopal Church property, 323; vote on, 323.
BARBOUR, Benjamin Johnston, II, 213. James, I, 39, IS2 ; II, 48, 226, 326. Philip Pendleton, 1, 39; II, 180, 226, 347.
BARNES, Colonel John, II, 264. Mary, II, 225.
BARRY. II. 378.
IV. T., II, 268.
BASSETT, Burwell, II, 173, 178, 190, 198, 199. 365 ; sketch of, 379. Richard, I1, 252, 337.
BATES, II, 83. " Bathurst,"' II, 373.
BATHURST, Launcelot, II, 373.
BAXTER, D. D., Rev. George A., II, 52. Louisa P., II, 54. Sidney S, II, 51.
BAYLEY, Thomas H., II, 327.
BAYLOR. Mrs. Lucy (Page), II, 377.
Beacon, The Norfolk, I, viii,
Beard, little worn, 1. 95.
BECKLEY, II, 378.
John James, sketch of, I, 64; II, 53. 98, 226, 3S2.
BELL, David, 1I, 363, 369. Joseph, II, 391. Judith ( Cary), II, 369.
BENSON, Egbert, II, 252.
BERKELEY, Sarah, I, 169.
BERTIE, 1, 60.
Best, 1, 119.
BEVERLEY. Anne, II, 379. BICKLEY, Henry, 1, 64. Joseph, I, 64. Sir William, I, 64.
Bill of Attainder, I, 262.
Bill of Rights, II, 373.
BINNEY, Horace, I, xvii.
Bishop of London, I, 258 ; II, 216. BLACKBURN, General Samuel, II, 387. BLACKFORD, II, 37S. BLAIR, Dr. Archibald, II, 382.
Dr. James, I, xxvii ; II, 216, 225, 382
John, I, 29, 162, 347 ; II, 167, 192 210, 219, 366 ; sketch of, 3S2. President John, II, 303.
BLAND, Edward, II, 92
Richard, I, 37, 52, 66, 187 ; II, 133. Theodorick, I, 35, 53, 197, 347 ; II, 56, 275 ; sketch of, 365, 380.
BLOUNT, Benjamin, II, 366. Blue Licks, Battle of, II, 368. BOOKER, II, 367
Edmund, II, 362.
Louis, II, 367. Richard, II, 226.
Captain Samuel, II, 367.
BOONE, Daniel, JI, 173.
BOTETOURT, Lord, burial of, II, 303 ; statue of, 93.
Boundary lines, between Virginia and Kentucky, II, 14: and Penn- sylvania, 23 ; and North Carolina, 228.
Bounties on Occupations, II, 278.
BOURNE, Benjamin, II, 252.
BOWLES, E'eanor, II, 374.
James, 11, 374. John, I, vii.
BOWYER, John, II, 92. Colonel William, II, 43.
Braddock's Defeut, I, 256; II, 42, 36S BRAGG, Mrs. Lucy, I, 205.
BRANCH, Colonel James R. II, 370. "Brandon," II, 284, 297.
Brandywine, Battle of: 11, 376, 380.
BRATTON, James, II, 52.
BRAXTON, Carter, I 52; II, 122, 127. Elizabeth, II, 374. George, II, 374.
Bulk of Cargoes, Breaking, II, 72. BRECKENRIDGE, James, II, 325.
John, II, 92, 249, 254, 289, 335, 338.
Robert, I, 7 ; II, 364, 377.
BRENT, II, 226. William, II, 263.
BRIGGS, Eliza, II, 381. Gray, II, 381. John Howell, II, 210, 230, 366, 381. BRIDGER. Joseph, II, 376.
BRISCOE, Eleanor, II, 15, 391. Colonel Gerard, II, 15, 391.
British, cruelties of, during the Revolution, II. 45 ; supply arms to Indians, 83, 96.
British Debts, 1, 54, 266; II, 82, 95;
vote on, 95, 118, 176, 227, 239, 305, 3So.
British Monopoly of trade, and greed of merchants, I, 357 ; II, 138, 236.
British Navigation Act, I, 361 ; II, 81, 127, 138, 236.
British Treaty, I, 166, 276, 279 ; II, 82 ; vote on, 84 ; infraction of, 94. 236 ; opposing resolutions to, 237.
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BROCK, R. A., History of Tobacco in Virginia, I, 10.
BROOKE, Edmund, II, 326.
General George M., II, 374. Humphrey, I, 307 ; 11, 178, 198, 211, 364, 374. Commodore, John M., II, 374. Robert, II, 374.
Commodore Walter, II, 374. William, II, 374.
Brown's Genesis of the United States, II, 377.
BROWN, James, II, 289. Judge James Ewell, II, 390. Janet, II, 383. John, II, 192, 226, 227, 230, 245, 276. Rev. John, II, 383, 384, 385. BUCHANAN, Andrew, II, 356 James, II. 74. BUCKNER, II, 372.
BUFORD, IL, 371.
BULLITT, Cuthbert, II, 140, 219, 365, 380.
Captain Thomas, II, 38o.
BULLOCK, Rice, I, 7 ; II, 364.
Burgesses, The, difficulty in finding who were, II, 76; of 1619, 1, 40, 49; of 1765, 40 ; Speaker of, also Treasurer, 44. BURNETT, Bishop, II, 381.
BURR, Aaron, II, 237, 333 ; trial of, 370. Burweil's Bay, II, 376.
BURWELL, Major Lewis, II, 376.
Nathaniel, II, 364; sketch of, 376. BUTLER, Mann, I, 7. Pierce, II, 243. BYRD, Colonel William, II, So.
CABELL, John, I, 338.
Samuel Jordan, I, 35, 40, 75; II, 284, 363. Dr. William, II, 71. William, I, 49, 165; II, 48, 71, 90, 181, 226, 363 382. William H., II. 226. CALHOUN, John C., II, 334. CALLOWAY, James, II, 371.
CALLIS, William Overton; II, 365; sketch of. 375. CALVERT, Benedict, II, 373. Eleanor, II, 375. CALVIN, John. 1, 257. Campbell's Lives of the Chancel- lors, restrictions as to publishing, II, 276, 335.
CAMPBELL, II, 378. Charles, II. 350.
Colonel William, II, 47.
Capitol of Virginia, old edifice, I, I; II, removal of, to Richmond, 74; vote on removal, 75, 85; Church Hill proposed for site of, 373.
CARLETON, General, II, 96. CARR, IJ, 37S.
CARRINGTON, Colonel Clement, I, ix, 197. Edward, I, 12, 160, 204; II, 170, IS2, 199, 201, 203, 227, 322. George, 1, 35: Il, 98, 329, 364, 375. Joseph, II, 71, So.
Paul, I, 50, 64, 66, 347, 351 ; II, 19, 48. 51, 173, 192, 219, 363; sketch of, 369.
CARTER, II. 26.
Charles, II, 53, 98, 198, 199, 200. John, Il, 375- Robert Grayson, I, 203, 204. Thomas, II, 365.
"Carter Hall," II, 376.
CARY, II, 371, 37S.
Archibald, I. 38, 66; iron works of. 66; II, 61, 74, 283, 302, 369. Judith, II, 369.
Richard, !I, 128, 193, 366; sketch of, 382. Colonel Wilson, II, 283. Wilson Miles, II, 306.
Central Presbyterian, I, xiii.
Certificates of Debt, II, 177.
Charlotte Gazette, I, x.
Charters, jealousy regarding, II, 164.
CHASE, impeachment of Judge Samuel, II, 342.
CHASTELLUX, Marquis de, I, vi. CHENOWITH, Richard, II, 176.
Cherokee Indians, Commissioners to, II, 196.
Chesapeake, Defense of the, II, 73. CHICHELEY, Sir Henry, I, 169. Chickasaw Indians, II, 201.
"Chippewamsic," II, 223.
CHRISTIAN, Anne, II, 42. Elizabeth. II, 42. Issac, II, 42. Mary, II. 42. Priscilla, II, 42. Rose, II, 42.
Colonel William, II, 42.
Church Establishment, vote on the, 11, 75.
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Cincinnati, Society of the, I, 160, 340 ; II, 372, 375, 379.
Citizenship in Virginia, discussed, II, So, 222.
CLARKE, II, 65. Alice (Lee), II, 372. Thomas, II, 372.
CLAY, Cassius M., II, 379.
Rev. Charles, 1, 4, 151 ; sketch of, 255; grave of, 256, 317; II, 363, 378.
Green, I, 7; II. 365; sketch of, 378: Henry, I, 255 ; 1I, 16, 373, 378.
CLAYBROOKE, II, 378.
CLAYTON, John, 11, 379.
William, II, 365 ; sketch of, 37). CLENDENIN, George, I, 35; II, 264. Clergymen of Virginia, number of, before and at close of the Revo- lution, I, 259; II, 97 ; as educators, 225.
"Clermont,"' II, 38r. "Clifton," II, 370.
CLINTON, DeWitt, II, 254 339. Governor George, II, 188.
CLOUGH, II, 37S.
COBBETT, William, II, 293.
COBURN, John, II, 392.
COCKE, II, 330, 381.
Elizabeth, II, 38o.
John Hartwell, II, 226, 366, 381, 382.
Richard, II, 3SI.
Cod-fishery interests, II, 278.
Code of Virginia, revision of, II, 134, 202, 315. COLEMAN, II, 378. Lucy, II. 371. Robert, II. 371.
COLES, Governor Edward, I, 83, 95. Isaac, II, 222, 276, 279, 364, 374. Major John, II, 374.
Coles' Ferry, II, 375.
Commerce and Navigation, discuss- ed, I, 314 ; II, 68 ; regulation of- vote on, 87 ; regulation of, 140. Committee of Safety, in 1776, 1I, 48. Common Law, how regulated, I, 265.
CONARROE, George M., I, 186. Confiscations, I, 278
Confederation, Articles of the, I, 20, 29, 45, 54, So, 89, 91 ; draft of, 129, 137, 237, 310; II, 219. Confederations, ancient and mod- ern; of the New England States, I, :46
Congress, original term of a mem- ber of, 1, 51 ; jealousy of the acts of, 52; power of, 137, 258 ; elec- tion of members of, 139; mem- bers from Virginia reported pro- ceedings to governor, II, 199.
"Conjuror's Neck," II, 379.
CONN, Notlay, I, 7; II, 353.
Constitution, The Federal, opposi- tion to, defects of, I, 31, 41, 48, 49, 51, 58, 319; adoption of, by the several States, 40, 57, 78, 310, 319 ; condemned and infractions fore- told, 117, 156. 198, 208,,293; dis- cussed by Madison, 134; ratified by the influence of Revolution- ary officers, 192; vote on the ratification of, 345; amendments to, Il, 183; vote on, 183, 208 ; new convention proposed, . 231, 322.
Constitution of Virginia, resolution to revise the, II, 210.
CONTESSE, Dr., 1, 248.
Continental Money, settlement of, I, 265 ; speculation in, 265 ; de- preciation of. II. 45, 73.
CONWAY, Edwin, II, 377. Moncure D., II, 208.
COOKE, I, 347.
COOPER, Thomas, II, 364.
CORBIN, Francis, descent of. I, 143 ; his ability, 145, 247, 259, 264, 274, 276, 347 ; II, 56, 114, 127, 167, 198, 199, 200.
Henry, I, 143. Richard, I, 143.
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