Mahockney house expanded in 1820
1820 12 21: This document is believed to be the bill for the 1820 addition of a second full story to …
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Thomas Ritchie rails against the Missouri Compromise, “the bitterest disappointment”
1820, March 7: In response to Monroe’s support of the Missouri Compromise, according to Ammon in “The Richmond Junto”: “The …
Spencer Roane to Madison: Virginians are “averse to be damned up in a land of Slaves”
1820, February 16: Spencer writes to President James Monroe about slavery and state rights, particularly over the issue of Missouri. …
James Henry Latane born at Mahockney
February 1820: William Catesby Latane and his wife Anne Elizabeth (Burwell) Latane have their first child, at Mahockney, a son: …
Henry Clay: the words Civil War and Disunion are uttered almost without emotion
1820, January 22: Henry Clay letter to Kentucky Judge Adam Beatty, an old friend and supporter. At present Spanish affairs, manufactures, …
Mahockney’s Four-Foot Mountain of Conceit
I was born of a Virginian mother and a North Carolinian father, used to ride across the state-line between the two states on …
The political power of Virginia in the nation wanes, as the state’s agriculture declines
1820: By this time, there’d been great decline in the Old Dominion (see The Dominion of Memories book). Also, Virginia …
Mahockney gets a new wing
Circa 1820: Our records and logic argue that the “new” brick wing of the house was built in 1817-1820. The …
Richmond Junto core group finally moves into hard-core state rights column
1820: “Indeed, it was not util after 1820 when the Junto itself finally subscribed to the state rights views, so …
Jefferson to Spencer Roane, “the revolution of 1800”
1819, September 6: Thomas Jefferson to Spencer Roane Dear Sir Poplar Forest Sep. 6. 19. I had read …
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