ILLUSTRATIONS

JOHN MARSHALL AT 43[Colored Frontispiece]
From a miniature painted on ivory by an unknown artist. It wasexecuted in Paris in 1797-98, when Marshall was there on the X. Y. Z.Mission. It is now in the possession of Miss Emily Harvie, of Richmond,Virginia. It is the only portrait in existence of Marshall at thisperiod of his life and faithfully portrays him as he was at the time of hisintellectual duel with Talleyrand.
COLONEL WILLIAM RANDOLPH[10]
From a copy in the possession of Mr. Douglas H. Thomas, of Baltimore,after the original portrait in the possession of Mr. Edward C.Mayo, of Richmond. The painter of the original is unknown. It waspainted about 1673 and has passed down through successive generationsof the family. Mr. Thomas's copy is a faithful one, and has beenused for reproduction here because the original is not sufficiently clearand distinct for the purpose.
MARY ISHAM RANDOLPH, WIFE OF COLONEL WILLIAM RANDOLPH[10]
From a copy in the possession of Mr. Douglas H. Thomas, of Baltimore,after the original in the possession of Miss Anne MortimerMinor. The original portrait was painted about 1673 by an unknownartist. It is incapable of satisfactory reproduction.
COLONEL THOMAS MARSHALL, THE FATHER OF JOHN MARSHALL[14]
From a portrait in the possession of Charles Edward Marshall, ofGlen Mary, Kentucky. This is the only portrait or likeness of anykind in existence of John Marshall's father. It was painted at sometime between 1790 and 1800 and was inherited by Charles EdwardMarshall from his parents, Charles Edward and Judith LanghorneMarshall. The name of the painter of this unusual portrait is not known.
MARY RANDOLPH (KEITH) MARSHALL, WIFE OF THOMAS MARSHALL AND MOTHER OF JOHN MARSHALL[18]
From a portrait in the possession of Miss Sallie Marshall, of Leeds,Virginia. The portrait was painted at some time between 1790 and1800, but the painter's name is unknown. The reproduction is from aphotograph furnished by Mr. Douglas H. Thomas.
"THE HOLLOW"[36]
The Blue Ridge home of the Marshall family where John Marshalllived from early childhood to his eighteenth year. The house is situatedon a farm at Markham, Va. From a photograph.
OAK HILL[56]
From a water-color in the possession of Mr. Thomas Marshall Smith,of Baltimore. The small house at the rear of the right of the main buildingwas the original dwelling, built by John Marshall's father in 1773.The Marshall family lived here until after the Revolution. The largebuilding was added nearly forty years afterward by Thomas Marshall,son of the Chief Justice. The name of the painter is unknown.
OAK HILL[64]
This is the original house, built in 1773 and carefully kept in repair.The brick pavement is a modern improvement. From a photograph.
FACSIMILE OF THE LAST PAGE OF A LETTER FROM JOHN MARSHALL TO HIS WIFE, DESCRIBING THEIR COURTSHIP[152]
This letter was written at Washington, February 23, 1824, forty-oneyears after their marriage. No part of it has ever before been published.
MARY AMBLER MARSHALL, THE WIFE OF JOHN MARSHALL[168]
A crayon drawing from the original painting now in the possession ofMrs. Carroll, a granddaughter of John Marshall, living at Leeds Manor,Va. This is the only painting of Mrs. Marshall in existence and thename of the artist is unknown.
RICHMOND IN 1800[184]
From a painting in the rooms of the Virginia Historical Society.
FACSIMILE OF A PAGE OF MARSHALL'S ACCOUNT BOOK, MAY, 1787[198]
In this book Marshall kept his accounts of receipts and expenses fortwelve years after his marriage in 1783. In the first part of it he alsorecorded his notes of law lectures during his brief attendance at Williamand Mary College. The original volume is owned by Mrs. John K.Mason, of Richmond.
FACSIMILES OF SIGNATURES OF JOHN MARSHALL AT TWENTY-NINE AND FORTY-TWO AND OF THOMAS MARSHALL[210]
These signatures are remarkable as showing the extreme dissimilaritybetween the signature of Marshall as a member of the Council ofState before he was thirty and his signature in his mature manhood, andalso as showing the basic similarity between the signatures of Marshalland his father. The signature of Marshall as a member of the Councilof State in 1784 is from the original minutes of the Council in the Archivesof the Virginia State Library. His 1797 signature is from a letterto his wife, the original of which is in the possession of Miss Emily Harvie,of Richmond. The signature of Thomas Marshall is from the originalroster of the officers of his regiment in the Manuscripts Division ofthe Library of Congress.
FACSIMILE OF THE FIRST PAGE OF A LETTER FROM MARSHALL TO JAMES MONROE, APRIL 17, 1784[212]
From the original in the Manuscript Division of the New York PublicLibrary. This letter has never before been published. It is extremelyimportant in that it corrects extravagant errors concerning Marshall'sresignation from the Council of State and his reëlection to the legislature.
JOHN MARSHALL[294]
From a profile drawing by Charles Balthazar Julien Fèvre de SaintMémin, in the possession of Miss Emily Harvey of Richmond, Va., agranddaughter of John Marshall. Autograph from manuscript collectionin the Library of the Boston Athenæum.
GEORGE WYTHE[368]
From an engraving by J. B. Longacre after a portrait by an unknownpainter in the possession of the Virginia State Library. George Wythewas Professor of Law at William and Mary College during Marshall'sbrief attendance.
JOHN MARSHALL[420]
From a painting by J. B. Martin in the Robe Room of the SupremeCourt of the United States, Washington, D.C.
PATRICK HENRY[470]
From a copy (in the possession of the Westmoreland Club, of Richmond)of the portrait by Thomas Sully. Sully, who never saw PatrickHenry himself, painted the portrait from a miniature on ivory doneby a French artist in Richmond about 1792. John Marshall, underdate of December 30, 1816, attested its excellence as follows: "I havebeen shown a painting of the late Mr. Henry, painted by Mr. Sully, nowin possession of Mr. Webster, which I think a good likeness."