Unll,,Cn "" U,U l.t,.Ue it
:,,u>?'I u a re itseir was bare of trra
o 1,e traveler approa. l.e the. itv f
he river or crossing thl. S((tlIh
of t?,o.1 nines the Capitol was the dominant
..11 tuio of the landscape. To the building
lunv- thronged the idle or interested"
Tnt.itude to listen to the speeches or' to
catch the gossip which petty politicians..
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Of bns^gs. thp t.j!y boa red in"a year
not as much as Is transacted in a week
at present. From the upper James, by bnt
teaux, were liruuglil farm products; up the
river came the schooners and an occasional
clipper; down Brook Road thundered in dust
the wagons from as far west as Albemarle.
The banking business of the city, centering
about Nineteenth and Main Streets, was
already becoming notable. 