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Hugh Blair Grigsby was born on November 22, 1806 at Norfolk, Virginia, of English descent, son of the Rev. Benjamin Porter Grigsby, pastor of the first Presbyterian church organized in that borough, and his wife Elizabeth McPherson.
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The Virginia Convention of 1776: A Discourse Delivered Before the Virginia Alpha of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, in the Chapel of William and Mary College, ... on the Afternoon of July the 3rd, 1855
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The History of the Virginia Federal Convention of 1788, With Some Account of Eminent, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)
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Hon. Hugh Blair Grigsby, LL.D. The pure, devoted and earnest life of Hugh Blair Grigsby was a beneficent one, and signal in its incitations. Few, if any, among his contemporaries exerted a more inspiring influence in the cause of education and in behalf of virtuous resolve in Virginia than he ;not one, certainly, in glowing utterance, and in appealing picture, sounded more surely the key-note of State grandeur and the common weal. Justly remarked the late venerable and admirable Marshall P. Wilder, in his last penned effort, on his couch, in his last days an address to be delivered before the New England Historic Genealogical Society, upon the completion of nineteen years service as the president of that learned body, at its annual meeting in 1887 :R ecall the traditions of men ;each generation in its day bears testimony to the character of the preceding. He who worships the past believes we are connected not only with those that came before us, but with those who are to come after. What means those hieroglyphic inscriptions on the .E gyptian monuments? Says one of them :I speak to you who shall come a million of years after my death. A nother says, Grant that my words may live for hundreds and thousands of years. The writers were evidently thinking, not only of their own time, but of the distant future of the human race, and hoped, themselves, never to be forgotten. a Hon. Marshall Pinckney Wilder was born September 28, 1798, and died at Boston, Mass., March 16, 1886. (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately pr
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Discourse of the Life and Character of the Hon. Littleton Waller Tazewell (TREDITION CLASSICS)
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Excerpt from The History of the Virginia Federal Convention of 1788, Vol. 1: With Some Account of the Eminent Virginians of That Era Who Were Members of the Body Travels, of which he presented a handsomely bound copy to his youthful guide and entertainer. James Grigsby married twice, first, in 1768, Frances Porter, the sister of the second wife of his father, and settled at Fancy Hill, Rockbridge county. Their eldest son, the father of Hugh Blair Grigsby, was christened Benjamin Porter Grigsby, but appears to have omitted the use of the second name. He was a trustee of Washington College 1796 - 1807. 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 whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Hugh Blair Grigsby
Edit ProfileEducation
In spite of a delicate physique which forced upon him a regimen of systematic exercise and unflagging prudence, he progressed rapidly under private instruction before spending two years at Yale, where he pursued with distinction, among other subjects, the course in law.
Career
Upon the completion of his studies he was admitted to the Norfolk bar, but his increasing deafness caused him to relinquish legal practise, and he embarked in journalism as owner and editor of the Norfolk American Beacon.
During 1828-29 and 1829-30, when, as he later observed, his editorial labors often compelled him to do the work of three men, he represented Norfolk in the House of Delegates and succeeded Gen. Robert Barraud Taylor as a member of the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829-30.
Meanwhile, so capably did he conduct the affairs of his newspaper that, when at the end of six years his health made it necessary for him to withdraw, he was able to retire with a competency.
At “Edgehill, ” his wife’s patrimonial estate, surrounded by an excellent library, he followed the quiet existence of the scholar and gentleman farmer, studying, enjoying nature, making pets of animals and birds, writing his historical and biographical works, and experimenting eagerly in agricultural engineering.
His deafness did not make him a recluse, however: he won friends readily, loved the company of children, and maintained a hospitable establishment. By precept and example he sought to encourage the causes of education and culture in his state, fostered the genius of the sculptor, Alexander Galt, and composed voluminous numbers of graceful letters and occasional chaste, if uninspired, verses. He took a particular interest in the College of William and Mary, served on its board of visitors, and in 1871 was elected its chancellor.
In youth Grigsby evinced an aptitude for biography, and his later writings or addresses were largely concerned with this phase of literature.
He was an active supporter of the Virginia Historical Society, contributing regularly to its publications and serving as its president from 1870 until his death.
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Devoted to Virginia and, in his day, the acknowledged historian of the state, Blair was thoroughly familiar with its story from the beginnings and with the history of nearly every native family within its borders. Of his numerous productions, the chief were his sketches of The Virginia Convention of 1776 (1855) and The History of the Virginia Federal Convention of 1788, distinguished in style and diction. His account of The Virginia Convention of 1829-30 (1854) is likewise valuable. Besides being the authoritative narratives of the proceedings of these three conventions, Grigsby’s essays are supplemented by sketches of the men who sat in each body, significant for their pictures of the "second growth” of eminent Virginians as well as for their accurate summaries of the earlier nationally known figures. His other major publications include his Discourse on the Life and Character of the Honorable Littleton Waller Tazewell (1860), The Founders of Washington College (1890), and Discourse on the Lives and Characters of the Early Presidents and Trustees of Hampden-Sidney College (1913). He was an enthusiastic historian, who more than counterbalanced an occasional religious bias or a deficiency in creative imagination by his thoroughness, his grasp of the facts and principles underlying American history, his eloquence, sense of proportion, and fund of anecdote and humor, but especially by his gift for uncovering local material that would doubtless otherwise have perished.
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The Virginia Convention of 1829-30: A Discourse Delivered Before the Virginia Historical Society, at Their Annual Meeting, Held in the Athenacum in ... December 15th, 1853 (Classic Reprint)
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The History of the Virginia Federal Convention of 1788, Vol. 2: With Some Account of the Eminent Virginians of That Era Who Were Members of the Body (Classic Reprint)
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The History of the Virginia Federal Convention of 1788, Vol. 1: With Some Account of the Eminent Virginians of That Era Who Were Members of the Body (Classic Reprint)
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The Virginia Convention of 1776: A Discourse Delivered Before the Virginia Alpha of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, in the Chapel of William and Mary College, ... on the Afternoon of July the 3rd, 1855
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The History of the Virginia Federal Convention of 1788, With Some Account of Eminent, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)
(Hon. Hugh Blair Grigsby, LL.D. The pure, devoted and earn...)
- Discourse of the Life and Character of the Hon. Littleton Waller Tazewell (TREDITION CLASSICS)
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The Virginia Convention of 1829-30: A Discourse Delivered Before the Virginia Historical Society, at Their Annual Meeting, Held in the Athenacum in ... December 15th, 1853 (Classic Reprint)
Membership
He was a member of the historical societies of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.
Connections
He married on November 19, 1840, Mary Venable Carrington, daughter of Col. Clement Carrington of Charlotte County, Virginia, and there resided, save for a temporary removal to Norfolk, until his death.
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Religion
Presbyterian