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Alexandria Gazette
Alexandria, Alexandria County, District Of Columbia
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The 227th anniversary of Captain John Smith's landing with Virginia's first colonists at Jamestown was celebrated on May 24, 1834, organized by Williamsburg gentlemen. About 1,500-2,000 attendees, including distinguished senators and General Taylor, gathered for prayers, an oration by Moreau Bowers, and a supper in Williamsburg.
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Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot.
NORFOLK, 25th May, 1834.
Agreeably to previous announcement, the celebration of the 227th anniversary of the landing of the gallant Captain Smith, with the first colonists of Virginia, at Jamestown, took place yesterday, the 24th instant, under the direction of the following gentlemen of Williamsburg: Hon. Burwell Bassett, Hon. Richard Coke, Doctor A. D. Galt, Dr. T. G. Peachy, Professor T. R. Dew and Col. Robert McCandlish. There were, it is estimated, between fifteen hundred and two thousand persons present, (and among them a goodly proportion of the fair daughters of Virginia,) congregated from distant parts of the State, as well as from the contiguous counties, to enjoy the scene with all its interesting associations, and to contemplate, with pious delight, the birth-place of their venerated and beloved Commonwealth. Our ancient borough contributed a respectable quota of visiters, besides its handsome new Rifle Company, to do honor to the occasion: about a hundred, it is believed, went up in the new steamboat Old Dominion, and twenty or thirty in the Patrick Henry.
Among the distinguished visitors who attended at the special invitation of the Committee, were the Hon. John Tyler, Hon. George Poindexter, Hon. John Tipton, of the United States Senate, and General Taylor, of Kentucky. The proceedings of the day were chastened by the appropriate solemnity of prayer, by the Rev. S. K. Pollock, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Norfolk, and enlivened by the thrilling touches of impassioned eloquence in an oration by Mr. Moreau Bowers, of Williamsburg, a graduate of William and Mary College. The heart overflowing with the virtuous and patriotic sympathies inspired by the occasion, felt no regret at the absence of all display of pomp and pageantry. The scene was one altogether for the contemplation of the philosophic mind.
In the evening the Committee escorted their invited guests to Williamsburg, where they terminated the festivities of the day with a splendid supper.
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Jamestown, Virginia; Williamsburg, Virginia; Norfolk, Virginia
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24th May, 1834
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Celebration of the 227th anniversary of the landing of Captain Smith and the first Virginia colonists at Jamestown, organized by Williamsburg gentlemen, with prayers by Rev. Pollock, oration by Moreau Bowers, attended by 1,500-2,000 people including U.S. senators and General Taylor, ending with a supper in Williamsburg.