[190] See infra, chap. x.
[191] Mrs. Marshall did not write to her children, it would seem. When he was in Richmond, the Chief Justice himself sent messages from her which were ordinary expressions of affection.
"Your mother is very much gratified with the account you give from yourself and Claudia of all your affairs & especially of your children and hopes for its continuance. She looks with some impatience for similar information from John. She desires me to send her love to all the family including Miss Maria and to tell you that this hot weather distresses her very much & she wishes you also to give her love to John & Elizabeth & their children." (Marshall to his son James K. Marshall, Richmond, July 3, 1827, MS.)
[192] See vol. i, footnote to 189, of this work.
[193] In Leeds Parish, near Oakhill, Fauquier County.
[194] Meade, ii, 221-22.
[195] Green Bag, viii, 487.
[196] Howe, 275-76.
[197] Ib.
[198] This story was originally published in the Winchester Republican. The incident is said to have occurred at McGuire's hotel in Winchester. The newspaper account is reproduced in the Charleston (S.C.) edition (1845) of Howe's book, 275-76.