"Being of the opinion that it would more comport with the views of the General Assembly, that these swords should be presented to the persons, authorised to receive them in public, than in private, after having given public notice to that effect, I presented two of them respectively, in person, in the chamber of the House of Delegates, on the 4th of July last, to the gentlemen authorised to receive them.
"The one to Thomas Ritchie, Esq. in behalf of his brother, Col. Archibald Ritchie, the nearest male relative of captain John Ritchie. --The other to Philip N. Nicholaus, Esq. in behalf of Governor Holmes, of Mississippi, the nearest male relative of Major Andrew Hunter Holmes.
"Copies of my addresses to these gentlemen, with their replies respectively on this interesting occasion, marked B, will accompany this communication. No person appearing to receive the one in behalf of captain Henley, it has been retained."
--Brock-Perry
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