[650] Dodd, in Amer. Hist. Rev., xii, 776.
[651] Marshall participated in the appointment of General George Rogers Clark to the office of Surveyor of Officers' and Soldiers' lands. (Journal, Ex. Council, 1784, 57: MS., Va. St. Lib.)
[652] Ib.
[653] Binney, in Dillon, iii, 291-92. This story is repeated in almost all of the sketches of Marshall's life.
[654] Marshall to Monroe, April 17, 1784; MS., N.Y. Pub. Lib.
[655] His father, now in Kentucky, could no longer personally aid his son in his old home. Thus Marshall himself had to attend to his own political affairs.
[656] Marshall did not try for the Legislature again until 1787 when he sought and secured election from Henrico. (See infra.)
[657] Journal, H.D. (Spring Sess., 1784), 5. A Robert Marshall was also a member of the House during 1784 as one of the representatives for Isle of Wight County. He was not related in any way to John Marshall.
[658] Ib.
[659] Ib.