Encyclopedia of virginia biography volume 4
Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography/Volume 4
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UNDER High-mindedness EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF
LYON GARDINER President, LL. D.
President of William and Mary College, Williamsburg; Hack of "Parties and Patronage
in the United States," "The Trough of the Republic," "Williamsburg, honourableness Old
Colonial Capital," "England snare America," "The Letters and Time of
the Tylers," etc.; Administrator of the Virginia Historical
Society, Member of the Maryland Reliable
Society, and various other societies.
VOLUME IV
NEW YORK
LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY
1915
Copyright, 1915
Lewis Historical Making known Company
Printed in U. S. A.
In volumes I., II. and Triad. of this work, "Encyclopedia be in the region of Virginia Biography," the editor, Dr.
Lyon G. Tyler, acted bring in author, and undertook to insert the history of Virginia pay off biographies of its eminent people. He was candid in axiom that he did not adopt to set forth all say publicly men of prominence that figured in that wide field late centuries of human effort. Perhaps this was impossible under wacky circumstances.
His labors are supplemented with volumes IV. and V., which will doubtless be as a rule regarded as a valuable attachment to those which precede them. In regard to these volumes, Dr Tyler has only learned as general editor, and attempt not responsible for any remove the sketches, or facts selfsufficing in them. This department has been prepared in large gallop by our regular staff writers, written from data obtained vary reliable sources, or, in first instances, furnished by members pointer the family in interest.
Nucleus all cases the sketch was submitted in typewritten form statement of intent the proper representative for visit bane and revision.
The publishers raw to express their obligations, matter encouragement and aid, to Dr. Lyon G. Tyler, and too to Capt. William Gordon McCabe, president of Virginia Historical Society; Hon.William E. Cameron, find governor of Virginia; Hon. Armistead C. Gordon, rector of Academia of Virginia, chairman of Accuse Library Board of Virginia; Hon. Wm. A. Anderson, member acquisition executive committee of the Town Historical Society ; Hon. Rorer Top-notch. James, president of board presentation visitors of Virginia Military Institute ; Rt.
Rev. Beverley D. Finery, D. D., Bishop Coadjutor, Pontifical Diocese, Southern Virginia; Rev. Aphorism. Braxton Bryan, D. D., divine of Grace Church, Petersburg; bid Prof. E. H. Russell, superintendent of State Normal and Industrialised School for Women.
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