Biographical Sketch of Anne Montgomery Peyton (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Peyton, J. Lewis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330667360 ISBN 13: 9781330667361

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Biographical Sketch of Anne Montgomery Peyton This pamplet is reprinted, from the Guernsey Magazine, in which periodical the memorials were introduced by the following note: - Some months since, the trustees and faculty of Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia, decided to erect a hall, at an expense of 10,000, for the Library, Museum, and public exercises, and to call it "Lewis Centennial Hall" in honor of General Andrew Lewis, one of the foremost military men of America, and the hero of the battle of Point Pleasant, which was fought and won against the Confederated Indian tribes by the Colonial forces of Virginia, on the 10th day of October, 1774. At the same time they decided to publish a work containing a history of the Lewis family, with a biographical sketch of General Lewis and of other eminent members of the family, and also an account of the ceremonies to take place on the 10th of October, 1876, when the remains of General Lewis are to be removed from their present resting-place and re-interred near the hall or in a crypt under it. Col. John Lewis Peyton, a distinguished descendant on the maternal side of the Lewis family, his great grandfather, Col. William Lewis, having been a younger brother of General Lewis, has been invited by the authorities of Roanoke College, and has consented, to write these biographical sketches, &c., &c., and to edit the memorial volume. From his Ms. we are permitted to publish the article below, which, we are sure, our readers will peruse with pleasure and profit. It rarely falls to the lot of the biographer to be able to draw from life a more attractive character than that of the subject of the following sketch. - Ed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format w

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1330667360
• ISBN 13: 9781330667361
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 40