[467] Mordecai, 63-70; and ib., chap. vii.
[468] La Rochefoucauld, iii, 63. Negroes made up one third of the population.
[469] Ib., 64; also Christian, 30.
[470] This celebrated French playwright and adventurer is soon to appear again at a dramatic moment of Marshall's life. (See infra, chaps. vi to viii.)
[471] Marshall's bill in equity in the "High Court of Chancery sitting in Richmond," January 1, 1803; Chamberlin MSS., Boston Public Library. Marshall, then Chief Justice, personally drew this bill. After the Fairfax transaction, he seems to have left to his brother and partner, James M. Marshall, the practical handling of his business affairs.
[472] Memorial of William F. Ast and others; MS. Archives, Va. St. Lib.
[473] Christian, 46.
[474] This company is still doing business in Richmond.
[475] Christian, 46.
[476] The enterprise appears not to have filled the public with investing enthusiasm and no subscriptions to it were received.