[171] Anderson, 214.
[172] The stage schedule was much shorter, but the hours of travel very long. The stage left Petersburg at 3 A.M., arrived at Warrenton at 8 P.M., left Warrenton at 3 A.M., and arrived at Raleigh the same night. (Data furnished by Professor Archibald Henderson.) The stage was seldom on time, however, and the hardships of traveling in it very great. Marshall used it only when in extreme haste, a state of mind into which he seldom would be driven by any emergency.
[173] Mordecai, 64-65. Bishop Meade says of Marshall on his trips to Fauquier County, "Servant he had none." (Meade, ii, 222.)
[174] As related by M. D. Haywood, Librarian of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, to Professor Archibald Henderson and by him to the author; and see Harper's Magazine, lxx, 610; World's Work, i, 395.
[175] Judge James C. MacRae in John Marshall—Life, Character and Judicial Services: Dillon, ii, 68.
[176] As late as April, 1811, the population of Raleigh was between six hundred and seven hundred. Nearly all the houses were of wood. By 1810 there were only four brick houses in the town.
[177] Magazine of American History, xii, 69.
[178] Account of eye-witness as related by Dr. Kemp P. Battle of Raleigh to Professor Henderson and by him to the author.
Another tavern was opened about 1806 by one John Marshall. He had been one of the first commissioners of Raleigh, serving until 1797. He was no relation whatever to the Chief Justice. As already stated (vol. i, footnote to 15, of this work) the name was a common one.
[179] Mr. W. J. Peele of Raleigh to Professor Henderson.