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      • A Comparison of Charles Bird King’s Work 
      • Identifying the Mahockney portrait’s subject as John Tyler, 10th President of the United States
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Spencer Roane as “Hampden” publishes essays on state rights

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1819, March: (from Ammon, “The Richmond Junto”) At the same time that it undertook to condemn the mild nationalism of …

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JQA felt that Roane was a potential rival for the presidency

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1819, February 26: JQA in his diary writes “some acount of the political intrigues which have been working at Richmond …

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John Quincy Adams: The Richmond Junto treats James Monroe “like a master to his slave”

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1818, March 28: John Quincy Adams noted in his diary more evidence that the Richmond Junto was very much cooling …

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Spencer Roane’s cousin John Brockenbrough builds his Richmond mansion

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1818: Spencer Roane’s first cousin and fellow Juntist John Brockenbrough moved on from his beautiful home on the Rappahannock in …

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1814, April: The Randolph family implodes, a metaphor for Virginia’s decline

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http://www.upress.virginia.edu/books/hamilton.html Below is from the William and Mary Quarterly, Reviews of Books http://oieahc.wm.edu/wmq/Jul04/kamoie.pdf Review of: The Making and Unmaking of …

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1814, February 1: Spencer Roane’s youngest son Patrick Henry Roane dies at 20

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“Richmond Examiner, Feb 3, 1814: On Tuesday morning last [i.e. February 1, 1814] died at his father’s dwelling in this …

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1810, Jan 18: John Roane of Newington murders his wife

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“Richmond Visitor, Feb. 10, 1810: We learn that Mr. John Roane, of Newington, King and Queen County, on Thursday evening …

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During the Burr Trial, Marshall and Spencer Roane in the Capitol

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1807, August 3: Spencer Roane worked in the Virginia State Capitol for years. In 1807, the same building hosted his …

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1801, March 19: Spencer Roane marries second wife, Eliza Hoskins

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“Richmond Examiner, March 24, 1801: On Thursday last [i.e. March 19, 1801] was married in King and Queen, Spencer Roane, …

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Election of 1800 « Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello

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1801, March 4: With his Revolution of 1800, Jefferson initially felt the clash of the two “parties” was over, though …

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