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Browsing named entities in Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones). You can also browse the collection for T. S. Garnett or search for T. S. Garnett in all documents.
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.23 (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Address of Hon. T. S. Garnett (search)
Address of Hon. T. S. Garnett
Upon presenting the portrait of Hon. R. M. T. Hunter,
To the circuit Court of Essex county, at Tappahannock, Va., June 20, 1898.
Judge Wright, and Ladies and Gentlemen:
In response to your kind invitation, I am here to present to the Circuit Court of Essex county, the portrait of the Honorable Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter.
Before venturing upon the performance of this honorable duty, I cannot refrain from expressing my gratitude to you for the great and good work you have so wisely conceived and so devotedly executed throughout your judicial circuit, in rescuing from dull forgetfulness the memories of the past, and from oblivion the names and features of so many of our Tidewater Virginians who made that past forever memorable.
All honor to you, sir, for this noble work, and Heaven's blessings upon your unselfish and patriotic labors.
This portrait of Mr. Hunter, the gift of his great-niece, is a faithful likeness of that great
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Address of Hon. T. S. Garnett (search)
Address of Hon. T. S. Garnett
On the Presentation to the circuit Court of Essex county, Va. (Honorable T. R. B. Wright, presiding), of the portrait of the Honorable M. R. H. Garnett, at Tappahannock, Va., July 20, 1898.
Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett was the son of James Mercer Garnett, Jr., who was the son of James Mercer Garnett, of Elmwood, and Maria Hunter, sister of Honorable R. M. T. Hunter.
His father was educated at Princeton College and devoted himself to the law, but died at too early an age to be remembered by any but his immediate family, by whom he was esteemed as a man of great intellectual force.
His son, Muscoe, was born July 25, 1821, and was educated at the Elmwood School, established there by his grandfather.
He entered the University of Virginia at the opening of the session of 1838-39, and graduated that session in Latin, Greek, French, German and Mathematics.
After a year's intermission he returned to the University to pursue the study of law, and g