Identifier: manorsofvirginia01sale (find matches)
Title: Manors of Virginia in colonial times
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Sale, Edith Dabney Tunis, d. 1932
Subjects: Manors
Publisher: Philadelphia, London, J.B. Lippincott
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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eople: Do any of ye dislikeyour present condition of life, or do wish toenter into Lord D.s service and trust to the conse-quences ? Answer of the black People: We donot wish to enter into Lord D.s service to fightagainst ye white People of the 13 UnitedProvinces, but we all fully intend to serve youour Master, and we do now promise to use ourwhole might and force to execute your com-mands.—The only order I shall now mention, isthat if any of Lord Dunmores party of menshould land in Coles Point tract of land, that yeblack men take your wives, children, male andfemale acquaintances, clothes, bedding, and tools,removing all into private places away from therivers Potomack and Machotoc, and send aperson off to Nomony Hall immediately to ad-vise me at what place ye are gotten too, and I willthen give directions tending for your immediaterehef. Of Councillor Carter Bishop Meade says: Early in life his disposition was marked by atendency to wit and humor. Afterwards he was 286 o >— X
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OATLANDS the grave Councillor, and always the generousphilanthropist. At a later day he becamescrupulous as to the holding of slaves, andmanumitted great numbers. The subject of re-ligion then engrossed his thoughts. . . . All thewhile he was a most benevolent and amiable man.I might mention many others, of both sexes, withwhom I have had personal and intimate acquaint-ance, who have been beautiful specimens of piety,without the versatility and inconsistency of Mr.Carter. When George Carter, the youngest son ofRobert Carter, became of age, in 1798, the Coun-cillor gave him the estate of Oatlands, and in1800 George Carter erected the present palatialmanor-house. The bricks of which the mansion is built weremade on the plantation, and are hidden beneatha wash of cement, laid in blocks. Being his ownarchitect, Mr. Carter has left an unquestionedmonument to his genius in that respect, as Oat-lands mansion is both substantial in appearanceand more compact than most of the houses ofthat per

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