(Federal Judge.)
In a letter addressed to Hon. John L. Peyton, and dated Eastbourne, Charlottesville, Jan. 29th, 1881, Judge R. says:
"There was no one at the bar, with whom I was associated, for whom I cherished the same admiration, respect and esteem, as for him.
"So much of our State's worth and greatness was in the ranks of the bar and the bench, that I have felt it to be a shame to the State that it has never been chronicled, as it should have been, for after ages. Such men as Wickham, Leigh, and Johnson survive only in brief obituaries. I am glad your filial piety has, in some measure, rescued your father's name from that neglect."
FROM JOHN B. MINOR, LL. D.,
professor of law, &c.
University of Virginia, February 3d, 1881.
My Dear Sir:
I pray you to accept my thanks for the brief memoirs of your distinguished father, which you were so kind as to send me.
It is very pleasing to have before my eyes the well remembered features, expression and attitude of a man for whom, through my whole professional life, I have cherished the most unreserved respect and admiration.