Discourse of the Life and Character of the Hon. Littleton Waller Tazewell eBook

Hugh Blair Grigsby
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 182 pages of information about Discourse of the Life and Character of the Hon. Littleton Waller Tazewell.

Discourse of the Life and Character of the Hon. Littleton Waller Tazewell eBook

Hugh Blair Grigsby
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 182 pages of information about Discourse of the Life and Character of the Hon. Littleton Waller Tazewell.

Resolved, That these resolutions be published in the newspapers of Norfolk and Richmond.

After the reading of the above resolutions, Messrs. Tazewell Taylor, Hugh Blair Grigsby, William W. Sharp, and L.H.  Chandler, delivered touching and appropriate addresses.

On motion of William W. Sharp, the blank in the third resolution was filled with the name of Hugh Blair Grigsby, who, being present, accepted the appointment.

The meeting then adjourned to enable the members of the Bar to attend the funeral.

JAMES E. HUBARD, Chairman.

CHARLES SHARP, } Secretaries
JOHN T. FRANCIS, }

No.  II.

CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THE PUBLICATION OF MR. GRIGSBY’S DISCOURSE.

NORFOLK, JUNE 29, 1860. 
HUGH B. GRIGSBY, ESQ.: 

SIR:—­On behalf of the Norfolk bar, the undersigned committee desire to express to you their thanks for the able and interesting discourse on the life and character of the late Littleton Waller Tazewell, Esq., delivered before the bar this morning, and request a copy thereof for publication.

Expressing the hope that you will find it convenient and agreeable to comply with the request,

We are, sir, with great respect, your ob’t serv’ts,

W.W.  SHARP, }
JNO.  S. MILLSON, }
TAZEWELL TAYLOR, } Committee. 
HN.  ROBERTSON, }
JNO.  T. FRANCIS, }

NORFOLK, JUNE 29, 1860.

GENTLEMEN:—­In complying with your request for a copy of my discourse, delivered this morning, it is proper that I should state the circumstances under which it was prepared.  When I accepted from the bar the office of delivering a discourse on the life and character of Mr. Tazewell, I said to the meeting that, from the state of my eyes, I could not probably prepare it before the fall; but, having been unexpectedly detained in Norfolk beyond my usual time of leaving it for the country, and fearing from the state of my own health and from the uncertainty of human affairs, that, if I postponed the discourse till the fall, I might be prevented from preparing it then, I determined to do the work, as well as I could, at once, and the result is the discourse of which I read a portion to you this morning.

It is hastily written, and written almost wholly from my own mind, and, I may add, for the meridian of Virginia; but I have ventured to send it to you, such as it is, and I indulge the hope that, humble as it is, it may serve to recall, in some slight measure at least, and until some better memorial be prepared, the recollections of a statesman who was long the pride of his native commonwealth, and who stood to most of you in the intimate and endearing relation of a personal friend.

I am, gentlemen, with the highest respect, very truly yours,

HUGH BLAIR GRIGSBY.

TO W.W.  SHARP, }
   JOHN S. MILLSON, } Esquires,
   TAZEWELL TAYLOR, } Committee of the
   HARRISON ROBERTSON, } Norfolk Bar. 
   JOHN T. FRANCIS, }

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