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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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Mahockney

~ America's Story Told Through the History of One of its Oldest Houses

Category Archives: Roane

Thomas Ritchie rails against the Missouri Compromise, “the bitterest disappointment”

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1820, March 7: In response to Monroe’s support of the Missouri Compromise, according to Ammon in “The Richmond Junto”: “The …

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Spencer Roane to Madison: Virginians are “averse to be damned up in a land of Slaves”

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1820, February 16: Spencer writes to President James Monroe about slavery and state rights, particularly over the issue of Missouri. …

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Richmond Junto core group finally moves into hard-core state rights column

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1820: “Indeed, it was not util after 1820 when the Junto itself finally subscribed to the state rights views, so …

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Jefferson to Spencer Roane, “the revolution of 1800”

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    1819, September 6: Thomas Jefferson to Spencer Roane Dear Sir Poplar Forest Sep. 6. 19. I had read …

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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, 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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