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The Daily Dispatch: October 5, 1861., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 15. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: October 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], From Norfolk. (search)
rter-master in the Continental army, in the American Revolution. During the discharge of his duties in that capacity he generously expended the most of his private fortune in furnishing transportation for the supplies that were so necessary for the safety and efficiency of the patriotic army in the South, that fought so gallantly for liberty and freedom, to be abused and destroyed by a set of paritanic fanatics of the North. It is also a somewhat remarkable coincidence that the late Wm. B. Lamb, the father of the present excellent Mayor of our city, was Mayor of the borough of Norfolk during the last war with Great Britain, when our port was blockaded by a British fleet.--He was one of the few remaining patriarchs whose foundation of subsequent usefulness was laid in the last century. The Independent Grays, and company F. of this city, are on parade to-day. These two well- drilled companies have just passed through the city, and present a soldierly and warlike appearance.